The picture's very clear and the colours were vibrant. It's the positive effect of the distortion. I like it very much.
Delhi to Ladakh rejoiced (H series)
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The picture's very clear and the colours were vibrant. It's the positive effect of the distortion. I like it very much.
zoossh
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i'm facing the reflective surface of the box, which thus show the reflected monastery behind me as well as people on the picture's left. my own shadow is not well seen as i'm wearing black, the outline of my head domes below the gompa, and the flesh of my forearm merges with the lamps on both side.
the other side of the box has another hole facing the mountains...
if you look at everything from the top, it is as such
sky & mountains
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green valley
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small window of the box
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lamps
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reflective surface of box
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me
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people walking behind
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monastery
elias601
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Memories..........................................
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young man, son of the boss of apple view guesthouse in manali
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(80611 leh / 58 shanti gompa / format i)
The Namgyal Tsemo Gompa above the town of Leh, Ladakh. AReality has got a better shot, probably also taken from shanti gompa. i didn't envision well in a panaromic crop and zoom in according to my 1.50 aspect ratio (3:2). As felt perpetually tired, nobody thought of going up from leh palace further up to the gompa.
this is very beautiful. i like it very much.
LOTUSfairy
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esther, i can only say thanks for your support.
#88
a few butter lamps held in a box next to the shanti monastery near leh. these represents wisdom in buddhism
really nice..i like the darkness with the light (a sense of hope).
zoossh
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i'm already starting to think of going Kyrgyzstan end of next year (maybe nov).... hope it is still cheap and try to reduce land transport, but i'm afraid neither may be the case. flight getting more ex, and these inland stans are probably difficult to travel fast between places... but still have always wanted to see the stans.
thanks, daanis and wendy. we enjoy one another's shot....
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zoossh
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thanks jlpk
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once we touch down at snow leopard hotel at hunder, me and another like-minded travel mate look at each other becos we are thinking of the same thing. on our way in the van a couple of mins ago, we saw a group of school kids waiting for their school bus, so that is what we want to shoot at close distance. we immediately set off and "fast march" to the site, only to miss them by a minute. from a distance, we already see the bus coming, not attempting to run any further in the breathless high altitude and knowing the futility, i used my 200mm to catch the last glimpse before we wave them goodbye when they are on the bus. if not, these will be my only knock-out pictures for that area.
hunder became a site of disappointment for most of us becos we are expecting some knock out pictures. alas for the 8hrs to and 8hrs fro that we already look at with trepidations, we venture, hoping that we can catch strong blue sky, white snow-ladden mountain peaks and pristine desert pattern in rich golden yellow, but the opposite is that of pale sky with gloomy clouds and disrupted blotches of desert sand in ochre. moreover the weather feels like it is more than 35C and one just dun feel like walking out facing the uninspiring landscape we see on our way....
well, did not have much luck with portraits either, as demonstrated in the sloppy snap below...
#91
once we touch down at snow leopard hotel at hunder, me and another like-minded travel mate look at each other becos we are thinking of the same thing. on our way in the van a couple of mins ago, we saw a group of school kids waiting for their school bus, so that is what we want to shoot at close distance. we immediately set off and "fast march" to the site, only to miss them by a minute. from a distance, we already see the bus coming, not attempting to run any further in the breathless high altitude and knowing the futility, i used my 200mm to catch the last glimpse before we wave them goodbye when they are on the bus. if not, these will be my only knock-out pictures for that area.
hunder became a site of disappointment for most of us becos we are expecting some knock out pictures. alas for the 8hrs to and 8hrs fro that we already look at with trepidations, we venture, hoping that we can catch strong blue sky, white snow-ladden mountain peaks and pristine desert pattern in rich golden yellow, but the opposite is that of pale sky with gloomy clouds and disrupted blotches of desert sand in ochre. moreover the weather feels like it is more than 35C and one just dun feel like walking out facing the uninspiring landscape we see on our way....
well, did not have much luck with portraits either, as demonstrated in the sloppy snap below...
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Every pic of yours seem to be so "3D" and alive. There are whole lot of wonderful pictures in this forum, but yours are not only nice, but each of them seems to bring me into the picture. I dont quite know how to explain, but I just had to spend time looking at each pic wondering how you made simple things contain so much details.
I tried comparing your pics with others. I noticed yours are really simple. Its like every pic contains the least amount of objects, making negative spaces(Is that what it is? Sorry if I described wrongly) to bring out a whole lot of detail of your main subject. Your pics won me over with the simplicity.
How do you think before taking a picture? I know this question is a little broad. I'm a newbie, I lack of the knowledge of how to come up with pictures that tells a story. Right now, I saw something, I just take, go back and try to edit it (cropping, etc..) and select the best that actually brings out the details.
Do you actually find your point, think of how to present your point, find the best position, etc.. think of the colors, composition, lighting, etc... before each shot? What exactly goes through your mind before each shot?
I tried comparing your pics with others. I noticed yours are really simple. Its like every pic contains the least amount of objects, making negative spaces(Is that what it is? Sorry if I described wrongly) to bring out a whole lot of detail of your main subject. Your pics won me over with the simplicity.
How do you think before taking a picture? I know this question is a little broad. I'm a newbie, I lack of the knowledge of how to come up with pictures that tells a story. Right now, I saw something, I just take, go back and try to edit it (cropping, etc..) and select the best that actually brings out the details.
Do you actually find your point, think of how to present your point, find the best position, etc.. think of the colors, composition, lighting, etc... before each shot? What exactly goes through your mind before each shot?
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zoossh
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i usually goes for targeted trips which i already have some vision of what i intend to look for. in that sense, it helps to give some natural mental preparation of composition, which is also somewhat of a second nature, partly due to my background in an art elective taken in school times, though i've not particularly talented as compared to my classmates.
colors and tones, if in large areas, i.e. whole patch of red, also are determined as part of composition. anyway, sometimes if you keep the composition simple, they are not any different from designing a coverpage or a letterhead.
when i see something interesting, the elements around the subject takes positions as forms, and i set out to decide how big they should take up in the frame, which thus decides the shooting distance. becos i have so far been using very limited range of focal length using the same lens, i can estimate the shooting distance slightly better than if given a new lens.
i typically preset the ISO and WB according to the scenes and change occasionally. i set to aperture priority and determines the exposure compensation. as i do not usually play with panning and long exposure, i focus better doing the same thing all the time before venturing into the next big part.
many pictures are well aided by GND filters which protects slightly bright skies from blowing, though unwanted color casts comes in.
post processing are mainly targetted at making black blacker without losing details and making bright colors brighter without appearing too saturated. as i used photoshop elements, i used mainly levels. a more complex function is curves.
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Thanks for answering my question.
I must admit that I have to read it a few times and try to create a picture of what you trying to say. Its not about your explanation, its about me not having enough field experience.
I totally dont know anything about the curves you are talking about. I made a search and got a rough idea that it is. This reminds me of how much there are to learn.
I decided to stick back to the foundation and basics first and learn about composition. I will keep your way of forming composition in mind and see what I can come up with. Not in terms of copycat of course. Its like telling me how to walk and how I walk depends on myself.
I've saved your answer and will come back and absorb what you've said step by step. I'm sure it will give me another kind of understanding the next time I read it.
Thanks alot!
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