Bharat Rakshak

Purush

This is the kind of socio-economic situation that leads to revolutions in the turdworld; how come amreeka is immune? Very efficient brainwashing of the populace by the robber-barons, media vultures and gobarmound? http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?...

Purush

anishns wrote: Can some of you guru's please provide me with a crash course on the photography jargon used i.e. ISO settings (50 - 3200) , Whitebalance etc etc?

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutori ... posure.htm

Purush

great shots indeed!

Purush

some good details about the china bullet train technology issues ... foreign cos are not allowed to bid directly, they have to find a state approved local partner. hitachi apparently was asked to supply some parts and did so in a black box manner to make 'cloning' tough. http://online.wsj.com/artic...

Purush

Probably all bought up by the Railway ministry using proxies, to save face and boost confidence in the HSR.

Purush

Great shots Mian!
I suppose there was a nice thick layer of high strength glass between you and those snakes.

Purush

Just to remind you: DO NOT buy Made in China food products. :x I had posted another news article on this recycled gutter oil business a few months ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14894070 More than 100 tonnes of oil were seized in raids across 14 provinces. Some of it had been coll...

Purush

P Uroos You need a holiday preferably at a nature reserve for at least 6 weeks, you need fresh air ... Absolutely true Mahdi... I need a decent vacation...it's been 2+ years since I took a proper break. :(( On the plus side, I am on leave in October and will be at home in India most of the time. :)...

Purush

Lots of folks from Kerala will give you glowing reviews. Several family members consume this; only issue is the cost and the period that one needs to keep consuming it. Am gonna be heading to an Ayurved doc soon; will check if he has similar routines to follow. So it has to be continuously consumed...

Purush

Came across this stuff in the supermarket a few days ago. Looked tempting since I have dust allergies and usually end up with chest congestion + mild cold for a couple of days every time I do some serious cleaning around the house. :(( Is this stuff any good, or merely snake-oil? Has anyone actually...

Purush

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/could+trigger+world/5398190/story.html The man who could trigger a world war By David Warren, Ottawa Citizen The greatest threat to the world's peace, at this moment, comes from a man named Recip Tayyip Erdogan. He is the prime minister of Turkey, at the head of the...

Purush

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/08/30/Chinese-printed-Korans-filled-with-errors/UPI-22551314726463/?spt=hs&or=on Chinese-printed Korans filled with errors TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Copies of the Koran printed in China and imported into Iran have been found to be littered with spelling mistakes, ...

Purush

The best railway station in the mid to late '90s was Trichy Jn. Clean, well-lit, properly maintained infra, and everything ran like clockwork. It was a pleasure to use the station.

Purush

Thanks maulanas.

Praksam, yup that looks very good onlee. Much prefer it to the first version.

Purush

Hakimuddin, bee-yoo-tee-full! Love the ant photos! Thanks maulana. :) I was shooting in the dark with the Metz (got it!) + FA50 on the K-x. I was shocked! Brilliant, brilliant results in P-TTL mode. AoA! AoA! AWESOME news indeed! Very happy to hear that the k-x's flash system does not suffer from t...

Purush

The main reason being, the eyes are not accustomed to seeing unnatural shadows. By mimicing shadows formed by natural light, portraits can be more "natural" and hence not jarring to the viewer. Under natural lighting conditions, light is diffused throughout and isn't a point source which ...

Purush

Some old macros from last week and some from today. All with D7k and Tamron 90, some with flash. M1) What happens if an ahmediyya strays into Waziristan. :eek: http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Macro-D7k/i-LcDDfBz/0/X3/DSC1400ACR-X3.jpg M2) http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Macro-D7k/i-fvDGFzH/0/X...

Purush

Infact, My idea was to get the shadow on the wall. I'll try to take one without the shadow too. IIRC, in general, the viewer's eyes are first drawn to midtones and brighter areas. So the use of shadow to accentuate the 'atmosphere' must be done carefully; often it can 'crush' and overpower the rest...

Purush

Good shots sire. I like the second better.
In the first one, the shadow in the background is distracting. Perhaps cloning it out would be a good option; should be easy to do since background is clean white onlee.

Purush

Yesterday, I attended a party organized by a friend on the occasion of his daughter's first birthday. Took the D7k, 18-105 kit lens and the Metz 50. Lighting was horrible-mix of tungsten+fluorescent+flash, and lots of dark shadows+poorly lit areas in the party room. Shot only 20-30 frames, in M mode...

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6) A pelican with a "No, I am not really pleased to see you" attitude :evil: http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-D7k/i-DwFq2WB/0/X3/DSC0589ACR-X3.jpg 7 http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-D7k/i-JFrZmnN/0/X3/DSC0583ACR-X3.jpg 8) http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-D7k/i-N...

Purush

Last few from the joo 1)..Arey raju tumhare daant tho motiyon jaise chamak rahein hain.. http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-D7k/i-rJtRTsK/0/X3/DSC0702ACR-X3.jpg 2)..Kyon na ho masterji.. main dabur ka lal dantmanjan jo istamal karta hoon http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-D7k/i-P5x7x5Q...

Purush

Saar, for macro, just lens to manual focus, move the barrel to 1:1 magnification position (or whatever is desired) and then find focus by moving the camera, not turning the lens.
Essentially you have to sway back and forth until you get focus.

Purush

^ yeah, the SLT77 looks like a hi-tech monster. Would have been perfect except for the EVF....but the SLT also allows it to have some of the headline features that SLRs lack. 24MP means you absolutely need top-notch lenses on this monster. Maulana Niran, thanks for the kind words. :) I wish I could ...

Purush

Air Parasite 787 under construction, at Boeing
http://www.airliners.net/photo//1968149 ... bab9a47539

Purush

^Saar, those photos were taken in the morning after it had rained, so the droplets were still present. :) --------------- M1) Jaaaas! (with apologies to Mr. Great White Shark) http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Macro-D7k/i-RJx638z/0/X3/DSC1392ACR-X3.jpg M2) Phoenix phlower http://pentaxsg.smugmug.co...

Purush

Please see the macro setup for insects in flight that this genius has designed and constructed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoopa_hs ... 073020642/

Every engineer's fantasy!

Purush

Thanks birathers. Archanullah, one of the coolest things about macro phutugraphy is that you can find subjects quite easily where there are plants/trees. All these were shot in a park just beside my apartment. Balasaheb Kanoonray, these were shot with a Tamron 90/2.8 Macro lens + Metz 50AF-1 flash. ...

Purush

Hah! You'll never find me in my 'Pindi safehouse! So betrayal shmetrayal. :P -------- A few from the last 2 days. Heavily cropped; a couple are from 1:1 the rest are not. I desperately need higher magnification...maybe 3:1 or thereabouts :(( :(( Maybe time to look into some extension tubes. I believ...

Purush

Aditya_V wrote: Jou Also going former Al Pentaxi now Neekon way. Pwhat is Ricoh management doing

Hmmmphhh....Kanoonites are now taunting other brand users, hain jee?

Purush

Thanks Mians. Bhairavuddin, yeah the Nikon flash system is pretty darn decent indeed. I just tested out the Metz 50 as a wireless slave today (on-board flash was commander). Was very easy to set up, and by bouncing off the ceiling, one can get very decent results. The SB800 is a much loved flash...a...

Purush

Atmaji, generally dimensions of 1200px max width and 800px max height would be ideal. otherwise, it throws the formatting out of whack.

Purush

Thanks maulanas. Archanullah-al-sixteedee, I don't stand a chance in contests...there are gazillions of far superior phutus out there. Maybe in a couple of years once I get the hang of the macro stuff, I'll be ready. Besides, I do all this phor phun onlee. Once one begins to take it seriously (conte...

Purush

Thanks Sire.

Purush

M5) Larger crop of D-fly :evil: showing some detail http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Macro-D7k/i-hPDRQhr/0/X3/DSC1005ACRL-X3.jpg M6) Damsel fly. A less uncivilized cousin of the D-fly. http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Macro-D7k/i-nwD7fD2/0/X3/DSC0841ACR-X3.jpg M7) Harsh flash highlights :(( htt...

Purush

Ah yes, with a manual lens, you won't be able to use p-ttl. May not be a bad thing since after a bit of trial & error, you should be able to set the 'correct' flash output for an exposure given by the camera, and you'll be able to guesstimate the right output even for newer situations. Anyway, t...

Purush

Purushullah, direct or bounced flash? I have a Metz 48 on the way as well, was wondering how best to use it in macros. Bhairavuddin-al-Pentaxi, I just used a cheap $5 plastic slip-on diffuser for the flash. Not possible to bounce the flash for macro since you'll be shooting in tight spaces with a l...

Purush

niran wrote:oooh! superb, the D-fly shows its wing internals , fantastic.

Thanks maulana. I'll post a few bigger crops when I get home in the evening...the details of the head/thorax regions are actually amazing.

Purush

Thank you Saar. First few macro attempts with the D7k + Tamron 90 + Metz 50. Flash exposure on the Nikon D7000 is excellent. Needs a wee bit of -ev (0.3-0.7) for (only) the flash output for tricky scenes, but in general it's consistency is superb. "It just works". In a perverse sort of way...

Purush

More jooooo phutus 19 G. riff-raff http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-zwkBJFp/0/X3/DSC0454ACR-X3.jpg 20 Z-bra http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-TFpfCTJ/0/X3/DSC0467ACR1-X3.jpg 21 Maulana and Begum Rhino taking a nap in the oppressive heat http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/...

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