Mayank's Viewpoint » Random Photo Sessions http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog Mayank Bhatnagar's photography weblog Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Unfocussed in the Park http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/unfocussed-in-the-park-photographs/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/unfocussed-in-the-park-photographs/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:49:48 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=456 The dusk mood in a Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) park where I went regularly for winter evening walks fascinated me and I thought of capturing it with the compact camera that I carried in a waist pouch: Canon PowerShot A720 IS. Owing to low available light, some of the initial attempts to capture the mood were unsuccessful as most photographs came out shaky due to slow shutter speed, ISO 400 was the maximum I could go up to to retain reasonably good image quality with a small sensor cam. It then occurred to me that detail was not important in arresting the mood so I took a series of photograph using A720 IS’s manual focus mode, deliberately ‘unfocussing’ all the shots. With blurred photographs, camera shake ceased to be an issue :-) and loss of detail enhanced the mood, imho. Here are some of the results (taken on March 18 and 19, 2010):

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/unfocussed-in-the-park-photographs/feed/ 0 Submerged in Fog http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/fog-fine-art-photographs/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/fog-fine-art-photographs/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:44:55 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=359 Here are some photographs taken in foggy conditions at Mount Abu, Rajasthan (in July 2007) and at Sultanpur National Park, Haryana (in March 2008). In both situations, I tried to make use of the two gifts that the fog offered: a natural impressionistic feel and natural isolation of elements.

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/fog-fine-art-photographs/feed/ 0 Shades of Eventide, Part 3 http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-3/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-3/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:56:57 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=332 Some more glimpses of nature, photographed during evening walks at Central Park, Jaipur (Rajasthan) India. These photographs were taken with a variety of compact digital cameras carried either in pockets or waist pouches.

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-3/feed/ 0 Shades of Eventide, Part 2 http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-2/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-2/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:32:21 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=314 Some more glimpses of nature, photographed during evening walks at Central Park, Jaipur (Rajasthan) India. These photographs were taken with a variety of compact digital cameras carried either in pockets or waist pouches.

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-2/feed/ 0 Shades of Eventide, Part 1 http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-1/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-1/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:48:52 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=293 Some glimpses of nature, photographed during evening walks at Central Park, Jaipur (Rajasthan) India. These photographs were taken with a variety of compact digital cameras carried either in pockets or waist pouches.

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/shades-of-eventide-part-1/feed/ 2 Pink City: Doors and Windows http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/pink-city-jaipur-doors-windows-photos/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/pink-city-jaipur-doors-windows-photos/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:56:27 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=232 In late 2007 and early 2008, I enjoyed exploring the Jaipur walled city (also known as the Pink City) and photographing any interesting doors and windows I came across. Here are some of my favourite pictures from the random photo sessions:

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]]> http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/pink-city-jaipur-doors-windows-photos/feed/ 2 Stuck in rain with a compact! http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/new-delhi-mall-rain-photos/ http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/new-delhi-mall-rain-photos/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:06:46 +0000 admin http://www.picsbymayank.com/blog/?p=86 A 15 minute grocery shopping session at a shopping mall in New Delhi turned into a three hour long wait owing to a heavy downpour. It rained very hard and continuously that evening (July 27, 2009) and after forced window shopping and coffee session, I got attracted to the sight of rainwater flowing down on some glass windows. Fortunately, I was carrying a Canon SX110IS compact camera with me and started shooting. The next few hours passed easily, thanks to an enjoyable photo session! Here are some pictures of the rain taken from inside the mall, between 7 and 10 pm, most at ISO 400.

Back-lit rain and plant shadows on glass windows.

Above: Back-lit rain and plant shadows on glass windows.

Rain and reflections on huge glass windows

Above: Rain and reflections on glass windows.

Reflections on wet verandah floor

Above: Wet verandah floor.

Rain on top!

Above: Rain on top!

Above: balcony, rain outside and glass reflections.

Above: Balcony, rain outside and reflections on glass door!

Above: Rain, pavement and shadows, lit-up by street lamps.

Above: Rain, pavement and shadows, lit-up by street lamps.

Above: Pouring outside..

Above: Pouring outside..

Above: Post-rain reflections at the mall promenade.

Above: Post-rain reflections outside the mall.

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