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a golden splash | kolkata
« on: July 02, 2012, 12:01:17 AM »
a girl searches river water if she could find a coin or two. devotees throw coins in river ganges as the water is believed to be sacred and these local poor girls get those coins to buy a bit of happiness for themselves.



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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 01:04:58 AM »
nice click  8)
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 05:41:58 AM »
Excellent comp and photograph.

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 06:28:47 AM »
Fine compo........
Wish the Girls face details are seen......

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2012, 07:31:48 AM »
Very nice semi-silhoquette image !

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2012, 09:09:48 AM »
Very interesting image. The darkness on face leads to the mystery of the reaction of the lady at that moment. one can imagine any expressions. Soumya da i can see some vignetting (type) on right top corner towards left. can you please explain hows that happening..??
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2012, 01:15:52 PM »
Dark spots and camera facing sun while shooting the images is certainly NAY idea. I am not trying to teach the gurus here how to take pictures. I am presenting what I think of your pic. In this image, the composition is darkish unnecessarily. The picture taken at high shutter speed, has shown the water as rays which should not be the case.  This issue could easily be sorted out at slow shutter speed and little longer exposure.  A different angle avoiding direct sun-light could have produced magic in this pic. Neither bridge nor the splash seems to be in focus. That's an honest feedback.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2012, 01:49:58 PM »
Excellent take Soumya. Liked the lighting and composition most.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2012, 05:24:22 PM »
love the compo..... i can see a lil flarin which could've been avoided..... everythin else is goin on fine wit me.... Again, Lovely composition.... (: (: TFS

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2012, 09:28:45 PM »
Excellent...
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2012, 10:16:58 PM »
I would have liked to see the girl's face and the expression. I guess her expression would have told a lot more about her state of mind.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2012, 05:30:50 AM »
Nice shot. Liked the composition.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2012, 09:13:21 AM »
Speechless I am , Soumya. You control the exposure so well.

Exposure blening again I guess. Am I right?
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2012, 10:09:51 AM »
lovely pic .. beautiful composition :)
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2012, 12:30:37 PM »
thanks for the honest feedback. really helps.

Wish the Girls face details are seen......
i could have tried to extract details from the shadowed face, but then again i thought, my subject is that splash. do i need to show the face?

Very interesting image. The darkness on face leads to the mystery of the reaction of the lady at that moment. one can imagine any expressions. Soumya da i can see some vignetting (type) on right top corner towards left. can you please explain hows that happening..??
not vignetting. sun was on the left side. hence the yellow clouds are more luminous on left than on the right. the other corners are free from any vignetting.

Dark spots and camera facing sun while shooting the images is certainly NAY idea. I am not trying to teach the gurus here how to take pictures. I am presenting what I think of your pic. In this image, the composition is darkish unnecessarily. The picture taken at high shutter speed, has shown the water as rays which should not be the case.  This issue could easily be sorted out at slow shutter speed and little longer exposure.  A different angle avoiding direct sun-light could have produced magic in this pic. Neither bridge nor the splash seems to be in focus. That's an honest feedback.
very interesting critic. thanks a lot. the splash is in sharp focus and that's my subject. slower shutter won't look good as it will smoothen the splash details. i agree a little bit of light should be on the girl's face.

I would have liked to see the girl's face and the expression. I guess her expression would have told a lot more about her state of mind.
bodhi, that would be a different composition/photograph altogether. if i wanted to show the girls emotion/expression, i would have shot a different photograph for that. i wanted the splash only. hence shot from an angle which helps backlighting on the water.

Exposure blening again I guess. Am I right?
this one is not blended. i pulled some shadow details from foreground during raw conversion.

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2012, 01:28:12 PM »
and here is another closer shot of the action.

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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #16 on: July 04, 2012, 01:35:40 PM »
I am happy with the light coming from the left outlining the girl's body and legs and adding some sparkle to the splash. I don't think it was easy to show details on girl's face in this sort of shot unless you change composition or use some strobes/flashes on right of frame.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #17 on: July 04, 2012, 03:01:32 PM »
Soumya, I agree.

The second one is more beautiful some how IMO.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2012, 07:25:33 PM »
Soumya, here is a guide for you. http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography-rule-of-thirds.html. Even your last photo has the similar issues.  Beware of the people who praise and do not tell you why they feel so. Equally, always ask the people who criticize your work, to improve your next attempt.  A ruthless critic is best friend if you wish to improve drastically. Every time I hold my camera in my hands, I always think it is not going to make to market. I position, reposition and change my way of thinking about a pic and finally click happens.  My photo rejection rate is 20%. Nobody is perfect. Improve with the camera and do experiments with various tilting the angles. In this forum I have found people do not like tilting angles. People love straight horizon but think of the great stock photos, 90% of them do not have straight horizon. Go on exploring, you have potential, dont let the praise take over the chance to improve.
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Re: a golden splash | kolkata
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2012, 08:13:47 PM »
The second one is beautiful :) :) but if I were u a flash would have been fired at her.
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