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Pondicherry
Camera: Nikon D300 Shutter speed: 1/180sec Aperture: f/4.5 Sensitivity: ISO 200
Strings
Camera: Nikon D70 Shutter speed: 1/90sec Aperture: f/9.5 Sensitivity: ISO 320
Pondicherry
Camera: Nikon D300 Shutter speed: 1/180sec Aperture: f/4.5 Sensitivity: ISO 200
Strings
Camera: Nikon D70 Shutter speed: 1/90sec Aperture: f/9.5 Sensitivity: ISO 320
O Flight at Pushkar
Camera: Nikon D70 Shutter speed: 1/750sec Aperture: f/13 Sensitivity: ISO 320
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CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS! Kaleidoscope is the perfect way to jump-start your career... So simply send us a selection of your images along with full details of your vision and the technical information at sp@nextgenpublishing.net. We accept both film and digital images.
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O Enduring Mystique
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f / I owe a lot to my family I for mustering up the I courage to send me to Light & Life Academy for my training in photography, but I must admit that it was at America On-line Limited (AOL), Bangalore where I really grasped the tricks of the trade", acknowledges Jyothy Karat who specializes in photojournalism, travel and fine art photography.
"All my free time was devoted to shooting, and I began exhibiting my work in Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. In 2009,1 was chosen to attend the Angkor Photo Workshop in Cambodia. This workshop provided young photographers from Asia with an opportunity to enrich their skills in documenting their own societies, and in understanding universal ethics and professional standards. Once I I returned from the workshop, I quit my desk job and branched out as a freelance photographer. In hindsight, I realized that that story telling in Bangalore is a tough and serious business", she recalls.
Apart from managing a team of photo editors and handling AOL's photography website, Pixcetera.com , she also worked with the local and international teams, tracked metrics, interviewed photographers, and created multimedia content for AOL's various websites. She is currently involved with a project involving the women of urban India.
Although Bangalore is home,Jyothy Karats portfolio displays travel stories from the United States, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia, including a powerful collection of visual stories on child sexual abuse in Cambodia. With the camera as her comrade, she has journeyed across the Indian Peninsula, worked on multimedia stories covering human rights issues, reported cultural festivals and folk arts, studied eastern and western dance forms etc. Her first exhibition was a group show in four major cities. The second show called 'Art Space and the City' was hosted at the Max Mueller Bhavan in Bangalore. Her most recent show, again hosted by the Max Mueller Bhavan, which explored spaces in the city that usually remain hidden from the conventional tourist ambit, but hold enormous cultural significance and value.
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Rotiintor Mehta, Technical Editor, Smart Photography
33 Picture Info
Camera: Canon EOS 3iOD
Shutter speed: 1/500 ser
Aperture: f/B
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Our Imaging Expert
No one can take a picture that everyone likes. But, almost every picture can have a scope of improvement. Many-a-times, we are not our best critic, while others can immediately point out the faults. In If I were you, our expert comments on how your pictures could be taken to another level.
A Good Watchman
SP reader Rakesh Babu shouid be commended for taking a picture of the humble crow (not many peopie photo graph crows!).
Original Image
Not being a posed picture, Rakesh probably could not control the background illumination, which has provided low separation between the crow and the darker shade of green background. The overall contrast is low and the picture seems a bit dull.
In the edited picture, I have slightly lightened the green background so that there is better separation between it and the crow. The crow has also been lightened slightly. The rusted angle-iron pole and the bright spots in the background have been toned down. The picture has been cropped to show greater emphasis on the main subject. And finally, the picture has been sharpened.
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Camera: Nikon D90 Shutter speed: 1/125 sec Aperture: f/11 ISO: 200
"The Baby
Smart Photography reader John Philip loves to photograph babies. And going by the photo he has sent us, I say he is doing very well.
The selection of the background is perfect. There is nothing disturbing there to draw the viewer's attention away. The light, that seems to come from about 100 degrees from the left of the camera, is beautiful. The diagonal composition is nice and there is enough space in the direction where the baby is looking.
So, is there any chance to improve this pic ture? What would I have done if I were you? As good as the photo is, if I were you, I would have avoided the hand (or rather the two fingers) of grandpa' holding the child in place (left hand bottom corner). When one is totally engrossed in capturing such sweet innocence, it is possible not to observe these things. It is possible that even I would have missed seeing the hand while taking the shot.
So, using Photoshop, I have edited the picture to remove the hand. I also slightly toned down the highlight on the baby's face.
Original Image
Edited Image
The Landscape
Fifteen year old SP reader Aayush Saraf who has just given his tenth standard exam, started photography last year. He wants to know how his photograph can be improved.
Aayush, this is a good effort. Keep it up and remember, practice makes a man perfect.
Under normal circumstances, we generally set the camera to its lowest ISO sensitivity. Before we press the shutter release button, we must be sure as to why we are taking that particular picture. In other words, what is it in the frame that has excited us to take the picture? Once that element is decided, we should ideally focus on it as sharply as possible. The next question you should ask yourself is, from what point to what point do I want the picture to be sharp? Depending on the answer, you set the required aperture on your lens (if you want greater depth of field - the zone of sharpness - then use a narrow aperture like f/11; if you want a shallow DOF, then opt for a wider aperture, like f/4 or f/2.8. Of course, if you are using a 'slow' lens, then you may not have the required aperture on your lens. In that case you have no choice but to use whatever wider aperture is available. If you are using the camera in Aperture Priority mode, the camera will then indicate the required shutter speed. If the shutter speed is too low (which can cause handshake), one should ideally use a tripod. If that is not possible for whatever reason, we should increase the ISO sensitivity till we get a reasonably high shutter speed.
Now back to your picture. It is not as sharp as it should have been. This could be because you may have shot it hand-held. And the fact that the aperture used was f/5.6 has provided a shallow depth of field. The tree in the foreground which occupies about 1/3rd of the frame, appears out of focus (due to limited DOF at f/5.6).
Using Photoshop, I have adjusted the tones and contrast in the picture. Notice the details in the foreground tree. I have also sharpened the picture but more sharpening was applied to the tree. Get into the habit of using a tripod and see your images take on a new look.
Original Image
Edited Image
[O Picture Info
Camera: Cation EOS 1000D Shutter speed; 1/60 sec Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 100..................................
Pictures not sharp enough?
I am an aspiring wildlife photographer. My equipment is modestly priced. Since I use slow lenses, I am unable to use faster shutter speeds. This results in pictures that do not look as sharp as those shot by professional photographers. If I increase the ISO, the pictures turn noisy. Any solution? I am using a Canon EOS 550D. Currently I do not use a tripod. Kadam Nair, via email
1. For wild life, shoot in RAW and try shooting at ISO 800. This will give you a 3-stop advantage over the most widely-used ISO 100, and your pictures will definitely be sharper. With the 550D, pictures should not be noisy at ISO 800.
2. Take time to focus. If necessary, press the shutter release button halfway more than once. Focus carefully on the subject's eyes. Remember that with slow lenses, achieving autofocus is difficult. Autofocusing accuracy and speed also depend on the camera body. (Also read the article 'Are you Autofocusing Accurately' in this issue).
3. Instead of taking just one shot, shoot a fast continuous burst, of say, 3 frames. The second frame is likely to be sharper! This is
Continuous burst setting
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