Delhi & Uttar Pradesh rejoiced (horizontal series)

[zoossh]

#95 something to dot on the forehead. is that kohl?

 

[zoossh]

#96 smelly beancurd??? that's what everyone who saw it ask.

this is the cheese from india.

 

[zoossh]

#97 schoolgirls on the street. kawaii neh! they are also shown on an earlier photo when my travel companion show them the LCD. eye contact is good, but sometimes they also look good looking elsewhere, for the contours shown between highlight and shadow bring a localised 3D effect that bring our eyes to it. the girl on the left is indeed much darker than the others, probably of dravidian descent. she also has some flare on her face coming from the blown highlight cutting in from the left (note the broken ray across the roof on the left)

 

[zoossh]

#98 waking up early for shooting. handheld with highest ISO 1600. due to very high noise and subsequent noise reduction, the quality of the photo is very bad. the face is especially the least forgiving, any blurring is immediately seen, so is sharpening. i also can't do much with the shadows below and the strong incandescent color cast on the face.

 

[zoossh]

#99 across the bank of varanasi is a plain of land for kite flying, horse riding and some ceremonies.

 

[zoossh]

#100 one of the buildings at jodh bai. need some colors from the tourist and waited for quite a while.

 

[Outlook]

For #92, #99, #100, did you use the filter or use PS to achieve the upper dark effect ?

Mind to share: How do you get the pleasant warm color effects in your pics?

Thanks.

 

[zoossh]

For #92, #99, #100, did you use the filter or use PS to achieve the upper dark effect ?

Mind to share: How do you get the pleasant warm color effects in your pics?

Thanks.

warm usually due to the lighting situation, cloudy/daylight WB, unwanted color cast of GND filter and maybe some pp.

#100 - can see the physical cut-off vignette from the filter holder. additional pp done.

#99 - unprocessed, no pp done. effect due to haze, distance and dirty filter

#92 - GND filter to block light from gate, additional pp done.

 

[peanutbeer]

WOW...

im always amazed by your travels series Zoosh. just wandering if what lens, and how many camera body do you always carry with you. you've got the widest of wides and great tight portraits. i love the mood and seeing this pictures the colors and the warmness of it had me associated it with India.

its really great to travel with you through your photos..:embrass:

 

[Outlook]

warm usually due to the lighting situation, cloudy/daylight WB, unwanted color cast of GND filter and maybe some pp.

#100 - can see the physical cut-off vignette from the filter holder. additional pp done.

#99 - unprocessed, no pp done. effect due to haze, distance and dirty filter

#92 - GND filter to block light from gate, additional pp done.

Seems need to start playing with the filters to get better color modes.

For WB, did you mean you change the settings of WB on camera to cloudy/daylight ? For me, too lazy and always set to 'Auto'. Will test other settings. Any tips for that ? Thanks, Zoossh.

I like the color cast of your pictures.

 

[zoossh]

Seems need to start playing with the filters to get better color modes.

For WB, did you mean you change the settings of WB on camera to cloudy/daylight ? For me, too lazy and always set to 'Auto'. Will test other settings. Any tips for that ? Thanks, Zoossh.

I like the color cast of your pictures.

actually filters can become cumblesome, becos you cannot always have them on, and meddling with it causes them to be dirty and changing costs $.

and the filters is not to change the colors, at least i dun use color-adjustment filters (which the coastal/landscape photography ppl are more likely to use). the GND filters add more in exposure control and partially cutting down glares (but not as a polarizer). however dirty filters or even a clean new GND filters can reduce light and affect sharpness via shutter duration/increased handshake.

as for WB, have to try with your camera, compare with LCD, compare with calibrated screen. cloudy WB can also causes excessive yellow cast and ruin an already warm scene

 

[zoossh]

WOW...

im always amazed by your travels series Zoosh. just wandering if what lens, and how many camera body do you always carry with you. you've got the widest of wides and great tight portraits. i love the mood and seeing this pictures the colors and the warmness of it had me associated it with India.

its really great to travel with you through your photos..:embrass:

10-20mm
18-200mm
50mm f/1.8
and some outings i;ll bring less lens.

and one body only. a compact as backup now with gf.

 

[Outlook]

Thanks, Zoosh. Will try my WB setting.

I only have UV filter now. May try polarizer filter first.
Am reading some articles on filters. Seems that some filter can change the color tone, e.g.,
'Due to its light pink color, the Hoya Skylight (1B) reduces the bluish cast of daylight and produces a pleasing, warmer picture tone. '

Thank you again for your replies.

actually filters can become cumblesome, becos you cannot always have them on, and meddling with it causes them to be dirty and changing costs $.

and the filters is not to change the colors, at least i dun use color-adjustment filters (which the coastal/landscape photography ppl are more likely to use). the GND filters add more in exposure control and partially cutting down glares (but not as a polarizer). however dirty filters or even a clean new GND filters can reduce light and affect sharpness via shutter duration/increased handshake.

as for WB, have to try with your camera, compare with LCD, compare with calibrated screen. cloudy WB can also causes excessive yellow cast and ruin an already warm scene

 

[zoossh]

#101 high vantage point on people: grandma and kid

 

[Xevox]

actually filters can become cumblesome, becos you cannot always have them on, and meddling with it causes them to be dirty and changing costs $.

and the filters is not to change the colors, at least i dun use color-adjustment filters (which the coastal/landscape photography ppl are more likely to use). the GND filters add more in exposure control and partially cutting down glares (but not as a polarizer). however dirty filters or even a clean new GND filters can reduce light and affect sharpness via shutter duration/increased handshake.

as for WB, have to try with your camera, compare with LCD, compare with calibrated screen. cloudy WB can also causes excessive yellow cast and ruin an already warm scene

Do you use GND filters only when you r taking the sky/foreground? How about ND filters? Do you use them to cut down overall exposure? I'm thinking of investing in a set of good filters for travelling and is gathering as much info as possible now. How is the performance of GND compared to CP in terms of stopping light for overexposed sky? Sry for all the noobie questions... thks!

 

[zoossh]

Do you use GND filters only when you r taking the sky/foreground? How about ND filters? Do you use them to cut down overall exposure? I'm thinking of investing in a set of good filters for travelling and is gathering as much info as possible now. How is the performance of GND compared to CP in terms of stopping light for overexposed sky? Sry for all the noobie questions... thks!

you may want to do some reading as it is a long passage to describe them all. rectangular GND is meant for balancing of exposure, and may or may not cut down exposure depending on positioning and metering mode/point.

do compare ND and CP. ND cuts down exposure in overall thereby significantly enabling prolonged shutter duration without affecting aperture size/DOF, while the CPL cuts down exposure from the glare component only and deepens/saturates weak existing colors. ND varies with different stops ND, while CPL varies by how much you turn it.

 

[philip827]

#93 looking like a sacred man in saffron. but i'm not sure.

Zoossh,
I dont really know how to comment on people photographs, but you have captured beautiful colors in most of your photos. For example, this photo which i like very much. Colors, texture and composition are all great!

 

[zoossh]

Zoossh,
I dont really know how to comment on people photographs, but you have captured beautiful colors in most of your photos. For example, this photo which i like very much. Colors, texture and composition are all great!

thanks. guess i was lucky. not so lucky in subsequent trips though.

here is another portrait

#102 a guy makes a funny expression when i'm taking time to position and focus.

 

[zoossh]

#103 snapshot of the street.

 

[zoossh]

#104 on the brink of a fight