1-2-Cha Cha Cha!

Why the weird title ?
Answer lies behind that closed door ;)


I am travelling next few days, might miss out on some PAD entries!!

Chain & Lock!

Cheating within Boundaries!

Reaching the sky!

Take the jump!

Still Sober

L a s t - m a r t i n i - S h o t

Relativity

Magnify

Yellow

Balance of Curves

First Date!

The distance, the conversation..the walk they all show the elements of being a first date but the age tells you a different story.. just a mystery that the world of candid photography offers!

Bigger picture / New Blog <--

Shakka

As I stepped out of the coffee shop I could hear music; someone singing not too far from where I was. The song although unfamiliar was some sort of blues. Shakka was sitting on the window sill; tabbing on his rustic guitar with Jon on some kind of drum. I took some pictures and stood there for him to complete the song.

As I was about to start walking I hear the coarse voice 'hey, what are you doing?', I turned around 'yes, what are you doing?'. A bit scared - I went closer.. ' I was taking some pictures'...pushing the glasses up he looked at the 2 inch LCD screen 'Ohhh I like this one' ' I like that one too' .. - 'do you want these?' .. 'yes, can I have them, this one is nice too'...

Shakka moved to Ithaca two summers back from Oregon, his guitar had a sticker of Oregon with number '420' and a picture 'ganja' .. he showed me the picture and started talking about the places he plays, how much he hates the winters in Ithaca and how he enjoys coming down to the commons.. he then played me a song while I continued taking some more shots!

Link to the new blog <--

Lets Play

Haven't shifted yet, but link to my new blog...

Last Smoke

I have finally created a blog engine on my website. I will soon be moving there...Suggestions are always appreciated on design issues .. right now it's just a regular template from pixelpost.org!

Another cup of coffee

Troubles!

As I took the shot, his looks made me think I wish I knew what was troubling him, I wish I could do something to help. He just came and sat there thinking, disturbed by something I will never know!

Spring makes me happy !

The Thought, move & the win!

Ithaca Commons - place for friends to meet and chat, guitarist to fill the air with music, coffee-bar and restaurant - place where time is for just another move in chess!

Settings : (1) f/4.5, 1/250, 155mm (2) & (3) f/6, 1/125, 300mm
Post Processing : First 2 shots are crops from other pictures. Resize, framed

On the edge!

Cornell Plantations - Ithaca

My second try with 'High Dynamic Range' (HDR) picture. It is when you merge 2 or more pictures taken from the same place while changing the exposure compensation.

Settings : f/22, 1/2 to 1/10 (4 shots), 18mm
Post Processing : Merge in HDR, 32bit -> 16bit using Local Adaptation, Curves, Resize

Ready to fly!

Finally the view I have talked about so often in my previous posts ..

Settings : Aperture f/20 ; Shutter 1/125, Focal length 24mm
Post processing : Crop, Resize, Curves

Rent!

Man walked outside the store, while I was showing off my camera... and offered me a perfect pose for the 300mm to capture :)

Taken outside 'Patel Brothers' - grocery store in Edison, NJ.

Settings : Aperture f/6 ; Shutter 1/125, Focal length 300mm
Post processing : Crop, Resize, Unsharp Mask, Desaturate, Levels, Duotone

Looking Back

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Settings : Aperture f/20 ; Shutter 1/100, Focal length 18mm
Post processing : Crop, Resize, Curves

Drop by drop...

I know this has been done before a million times, but not by me :) .. Limited props and 365 days of shooting makes you want to do everything you can imagine with the same thing!

Exif data for the curious ones :

Aperture : f/1.8
Shutter Speed : 1/60
ISO : 200
Flash : ON (used a cardboard for bouncing the flash off the ceiling)

Post Processing :

Crop
Cloning some reflections
Color Balance

Still Waiting ...

Those following my blog might remember the entry 'Waiting...' that was posted in the middle of March.

I visited the same place again and managed to find the tree. Except that earlier it was a foggy winter day and the tree was waiting for the spring, now its spring but the wait is still on!

Aren't we always waiting ?

Geometry

Silent Night!

Taken with my G5, few months back! Colors and features are flat because of the on camera flash...Something you should never use!!!

Lost!

I believe this is one of my first candid shots here!
Taken from across the room (about 20ft), I am surprised how well the off-camera flash worked!

Lens

Natural Curves!

Moon over bourbon street..

Title - Inkblot - Thank you :)

This is known as Earthshine. Darker portion of the moon is visible due to the reflection of light from the Earths surface. This usually happens when there is a new moon.