Bharat Rakshak

Purush

Sanjeevji, looks like an awesome place indeed. Never knew about the Valley of Flowers until you mentioned it. Will try a trip there if ever I am in N. India. Balasaheb, thanks very much. KrishG, to get those types of photos, meter for the sky (or nearly the brightest part of the scene) so you'll hav...

Purush

Thanks Sire.

Purush

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser

Some of the best insect macros you'll ever see.
He uses a Pentax K200D and a reversed lens + extension tubes IIRC.

Purush

Thanks Armenonullah. Bugs are easy to find here...lush green humid tropical habitat and all that :P May not be so easy in the desert... Haven't used any of the Raynox products yet, but they seem reasonably priced if you say US$75. BTW, switch to MF mode on your P&S and set the lens position at t...

Purush

Thanks talibs.

Praksam, great B&W conversion. Very nice contrast.

Diyar kaccha obsessed Kafir Negiuddin, #9 is the close up detail of estructure of colorphool leaph onlee

Purush

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... x?id=26829

MS codec pack for viewing RAW thumbnails for most dslrs in Windows Explorer.

Purush

You are correct saar, those are indeed the stamens of a hibiscus flower.

Purush

@Al-Pentaxi - lovely shots. What aperture? ~f8/11? Thanks mian. Yes, aperture values thereabouts. Picked up a Metz 50 AF-1 external flash + cheap plastic diffuser yesterday for macro work. Makes a HUGE difference..can shoot at < ISO 400 with 1/180s + f/16 now :D Unfortunately this macro lighting bu...

Purush

sanjeevpunj wrote:
Purush wrote:Boss, please don't post video game screenshots in this thread.
Post it in the PC/console games thread here
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... =24&t=5050
Ok boss, noted for future action.Any way to delete?

Don't worry about it.

Purush

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-29/train-crash-proves-debacle-for-china-s-propaganda-machine-adam-minter.html On the evening of July 23, news broke on China’s microblogs that a collision and derailment occurred on high-speed rail tracks between the boomtowns of Taizhou and Wenzhou, killing at ...

Purush

Boss, please don't post video game screenshots in this thread.
Post it in the PC/console games thread here
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... =24&t=5050

Purush

Er.. that's my question too.

Purush

Picked up a Tamron 90mm/2.8 Di macro lens for SG$519. Very sharp and nice lens. Much better handling and lighter than the Sigma 105/2.8 macro I had for a short while a couple of years ago. Haven't had much time to shoot with it, as well as the light wasn't great when I took these shots early in the ...

Purush

yes, nice conversion saar.

Purush

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1456/29companieshighlighted.png Gujarat Automotive Gears has $86 billion in assets? WTF? :shock: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=GATG:IN OPEN 763.00 PREVIOUS CLOSE 763.95 DAY HIGH 763.00 DAY LOW 741.00 52 WEEK HIGH 07...

Purush

Thank you saars. ----------------- Bhairavuddin, check out this guy's review of the 645D. :eek: The phenomenal level of detail and the exquisite rendering makes the FF canikons, Sony, K5 etc look like children's toys. :(( http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-medium-format-645-6x7-645d/139755-my...

Purush

Yeah, without a > 250 mm lens, you can't shoot the moon. Even after a 100% crop it will be really tiny. EDIT: No need for remote (i.e. off-camera) flash; in fact you shouldn't use the flash at all since the light won't reach the moon. :P A remote cable release is about SG$15 for the no-name cheeni m...

Purush

For moon shots: -tripod -flash off -2 sec timer with remote cable release + mirror lock up enabled EDIT: added. Use aperture priority exposure mode - base ISO - f/8-f/11 - FL of 300mm or higher preferably - spot /center-weighted metering - ev compensation as appropriate to the camera's exposure Focu...

Purush

Thanks for the kind words, fellow talibs. I am still in the learning phase onlee....very far to go before my phutugraphy skills are of acceptable level. :(( :(( BTW, I shall be picking up a Tamron Macro 90mm/2.8 if I can this week. Seems to be a cheap and good macro lens. The Sigma 180/3.5 macro is ...

Purush

Szanks mian.

Purush

Thanks maulanas. Armenonullah, the bokeh is not photoshopped; the background foliage was far away hence the smooth bokeh. :) I never PS the bokeh..PSed backgrounds usually look like poo. The best bokeh is that from the lens + careful composition keeping in mind the background of the subject. PS is u...

Purush

Excuse the pacqui quality of these phutus. Taken under bad lighting conditions, with harsh undiffused on-board flash and heavily cropped. :cry: 10. Yanqui-Paqui high level chai-biskoot session. http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-MCPBQ59/0/X3/IMGP2045ACR-X3.jpg 11. :eek: http://pentaxsg.smug...

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A few shots from the SG botanical gardens today. K20D + DA55-300. Cropped; some quite a bit because I don't have a macro lens. :(( 1. B-fly http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-rgbd5CQ/0/X3/IMGP2024ACR-X3.jpg 2 Some plant....no clue what it is. http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature/i-rgtV...

Purush

A shot from last weekend with the LX5. Saw a few spectacular sunsets in the last week, but never had my dslr with me at those times. :(( http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Other/Panasonic-LX5/i-4n4CkNH/0/X3/P1000555ACR1-X3.jpg Another 2 random shots. http://pentaxsg.smugmug.com/Other/Panasonic-LX5/i-BvvGm2...

Purush

cheeni 'bullet train' derails. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/8656759/Chinese-D-train-derails-and-falls-from-bridge.html http://i.imgur.com/1aIXy.jpg The Chinese D train derailed with two of its carriages falling off a bridge. The number of casualties, however, is still unknown, according...

Purush

archan, unless you're a billionaire who spends time on his yacht in the bahamas and hands out the slr to bikini clad babes to take pictures of fish, If bredatorullah is a billionaire cavorting with bikini-clad girls on his yacht in the Bahamas, with high end phutu kit, 1) why on earth would he want...

Purush

Aditya_V wrote:
Did not understand- did you meant Tamil' Soothe"

Purush

BhairavP wrote:
Pentax and Sony have in-body stabilisation.

50/1.4 or 31/1.8 + K5's high ISO capabilities + in-body IS = very good low light kit.

Purush

Aditya_V wrote:Just to sooth Maulana Purush-ud din onlee

Bliss to choose words more carefully

Purush

but I am trying to get an "insurance" lens which will be decent for use in not-so-ideal photography conditions. Hence not planning to spend much. :) Get a cheap used P&S and keep it for 'friends' who want to borrow your camera. Or buy the cheapest version of the 18-55 kit lens and sti...

Purush

Praksam the second shot is good but overexposed. First one is definitely overexposed.
Bliss to check histogram always when in doubt. Never trust only the monitor which may or may not be calibrated.

Purush

Will it be usable at 18mm though? one hardly needs zoom indoors and if I were to get into serious-er photography I always have my 17-55. Since you already have the 17-55/2.8, you shouldn't bother with anything else in that range; yours is the best lens from canon for a APS-C wide/moderate zoom. At ...

Purush

Aditya_V wrote:Can Pentax lenses be used on a Canon 60D?

yes, there is an adapter for K-mount to EF, but all functions will be manual. I believe the adapter works only for pentax lenses that have a mechanical aperture ring i.e. the older pre-digital lenses .

Purush

BhairavP wrote: Pentax DA18-135, Pentax DA17-70/4 SDM,take your pick.

DA*16-50/2.8

DA16-45/4

The f/5.6@85mm for the canon lens makes it pretty much useless in low light or indoors.

Purush

Aditya_V wrote:Now lets make the game unfair, best Camera's should be voted based on Volumes sold in India. Camera manufactures unable to sell in India are worthless

Admiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins, bliss to ban this yumbeeaye wannabe onlee

Purush

I forgot I forgot....645D is Camera of the Year 2011.

So Pentax is #1 too. In fact 654D, K5 and K-r = #1 to #3..!!!!!!!!!!

Bliss to adjust patriotic song in previous post accordingly.

Purush

^That's overrated, seriously.. forget about it and get the camera. You have some good Pentaxians in SG, and they're not complaining! They're a bunch of hardcore fanbois, very good at sweeping problems under the carpet to save face. As far as they are concerned, there are no problems whatsoever with...

Purush

BhairavP wrote:@Al-Pentaxi, go for it.. I'm living vicariously through you

And who's not-so-vicariously coughing up the dinars for it, hain jee?

If it were not for the wierd-ass mirror flop issue, I'd have bought one already.

Purush

Must agree that the editors were smoking something very potent. One needs to find out who financed it. :twisted: Otherwise I can't understand how the EOS 5D MKII can be joint 9th, or the EOS 7D can come is as joint fourth with the EOS 600D, just as the D7000 come in in the same spot as D700. Sorry ...

Purush

^ Good shot in B&W. A couple of suggestions: (a) you can level the horizon a bit, it's tilted to the right (b) make a vertical crop to exclude the areas to the right and left of the hoop; it will help draw attention to the main subject. -------------- Top 11 dslrs Bhairavuddin , take a look at #...

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