Picturesque World has been moved. I have decided to post my Travel related potos in my Travel Blog and rest photography related posts will be done in Random Thoughts.
Reason for move: Its tough to maintain 3 blogs regularly and I guess reading so many blogs is not convenient for readers. Its always better to maintain minimum number of blogs for the blogger as well as for the readers.
Another reason is to focus on my other blogs, to keep them moving. Slowly I am getting busier in my career, and it will be hard to post regularly, track and response the comments. Thank you all for your encouragement and appreciating my photos.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Picturesque World has been moved
Posted by Pijush at 11:34 PM 28 comments
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Rocky Nature
Posted by Pijush at 4:40 AM 8 comments
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Norway : B&W Nature
My trip to Norway in Nutshell was wonderful, this is one of the image from that one. The original image is posted in my Nutshell Photo Blog. I made it B&W deliberately to focus the white snow and to bring the contrast with the houses.
Posted by Pijush at 3:16 AM 5 comments
Labels: Norway
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Back to Greece
I am back to Greece for a shot trip of three months (till OCT). I have been to many countries, but truly speaking Greece is unique for its landscape and natural resources and obviously for the ancient cultural heritage. To me the journey in Mediterranean is the best water trip I have ever had. The islands are wonderful and I am planning to visit some of them.
Posted by Pijush at 7:15 AM 7 comments
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Eunuch baby dance: A Social Tradion
In my way back home last month I have encountered many different traditions and social hazards of Indian society. In my home town Kharagpur, I have seen a social menace of eunuch (Hizras). They used to go to the house where new baby is born. Dance with the baby, sing songs, perform some rituals and demand for huge money. Its really horrible, as one can not bargain and if not the demand is made, they will create a huge chaos in the locality. What ever it may be, it’s still considered one of the traditions of Indian society.
The picture above is of my niece in our Kharagpur house surrounded by a group of eunuch. After the dance they pray better life of the baby.
Posted by Pijush at 2:09 PM 8 comments
Labels: Kharagpur, Social Traditions
Friday, August 3, 2007
Typical Greek Face
Posted by Pijush at 10:19 AM 6 comments
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Virtual Moon 4 : Final One :-)
Posted by Pijush at 1:29 AM 3 comments
Labels: Moon, Sky, Virtual Series
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Virtual Moon 3 : The last one
First of all sorry for not visiting your blogs, I will be busy for another 2 weeks. But will go through each and every post after coming back to normal life.
This one is the last one in my virtual series as of now, same place again (from the top of the Acropolis, Athens City in Greece).
Take care!!
Posted by Pijush at 6:01 AM 4 comments
Labels: Greece, Moon, Sky, Virtual Series
Friday, July 13, 2007
Monday, July 9, 2007
Virtual Moon 2 : View of Athens from Acropolis
This time its a full moon, from the top of the Acropolis, the moonlit Athens was looking wonderful. Just to remind you that its a virtual moon.
I have started my kharagpur series in my Random Thoughts. One photo collage of Kharagpur is posted there.
Posted by Pijush at 5:57 AM 5 comments
Labels: Greece, Moon, Virtual Series
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Virtual Sun 2
Posted by Pijush at 5:32 AM 4 comments
Labels: Sky, Sun, Virtual Series
Saturday, June 30, 2007
The Land of Midnight Sun
What I like in this photo is the illuminating street lights, fascinating and glowing like candle sticks. The Voss railway station is visible in right side.
Posted by Pijush at 4:53 PM 5 comments
Labels: Night, Norway, Street Light
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Virtual Moon 1
Posted by Pijush at 4:58 AM 6 comments
Labels: Moon, Virtual Series
Real Sky after Sunset: Kolkata
These shots are absolutely real – posted as it is taken.
Posted by Pijush at 12:23 AM 4 comments
Labels: Sky, West Bengal
Monday, June 25, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Maple Leaves
I made it Black and White to achieve the contrast and sharpness.
Posted by Pijush at 8:23 AM 5 comments
Diagonal and shades
Posted by Pijush at 5:15 AM 4 comments
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Flowers in the Tub
In one of his Poem Rabindranath Tagore had written…
“ Dekhite giyachi porbotmala, Dekhite giyachi Sindhu.
Dekha hoy nai chokkhu melia,
Ghor hote du pa felia,
Ekti dhaner sisher opor, ekti sishir bindu. “
The English meaning is something like..
“Have seen the mountain, seen the river…
Have not had seen with open eyes
Next to my door step where lies
A dew drop over the grass looks like a drop of tear…”
The inner meaning is we often miss the inherent beauty of trivial things very close to us. We travel to see the touristy places, enjoy remote destinations, but never care to watch
Posted by Pijush at 4:39 PM 10 comments
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monk - Tibetan Lama in India
The human right violation is not an unknown story in China; the encroaching dragon was always a problem for its neighbors. Recently I came to know about the Arunachal issue in details from Kalyan’s blog. It is really petty to claim a state of India, which has been an integral part of India. A part of Kashmir is under China, were they at all involved in the controversy in past? Because of this aggressive nature even Dalai Lama has taken shelter in India.
Coming back to the picture, it’s an instant shot. So the face of the Lama has a typical vivid expression of innocence and hesitance. The dress is typical Tibetan and the surrounding is of greenish Himalayan valley.
Posted by Pijush at 12:31 PM 9 comments
Friday, May 25, 2007
bangles - Churias in India
The word Bangles (Hindi: Churias / Kangan) is derived from Hindi word bungri (glass). Bangles are part of traditional Indian jewelry. In India, bangles are usually worn in pairs by women, one or more on each arm, and a single bangle is rarely sold. They are made of numerous precious as well as non-precious materials such as gold, silver, platinum, glass, wood, ferrous metals, plastic, etc.
This picture is taken in New Market (even though its quite OLD), Calcutta (Kolkata). Not only in Kolkata, but there are numerous shops just for bangles., in every Indian city. These colourful bangles are very cheap and looks georgious in the soft hands of Indian women; thus has huge demand in India.
Posted by Pijush at 1:31 PM 10 comments
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Mountains in Greece
"A mountain becomes great as a human personality does, by extending its influence over the thoughts, words and actions of mankind," so said R. L. G. Irving, an English mountaineer writing in 1940. The thoughts and words inspired by mountains and the people who live there have been very important influences in the development of mountain environments in modern times. The Matterhorn, for example, is a disagreeable, tall pile of loose rock but thanks to literature and photography it has become one of the world's best known tourist symbols and is as important to the national economy of Switzerland as the watch industry itself.
Posted by Pijush at 12:07 AM 6 comments
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
SLR vs Non-SLR
To start photography, its better to have non SLR normal camera where we don't bother for focusing, mode, DOF etc. Just open and click. Maximum we can change the mode from landscape to portrait or night shot. It gives us liberty to concentrate on the object and we can take pictures much faster. A beginner can easily operate normal digital camera. He need to have a steady hand sometime if not the camera has image stabilizer.
The subject of the picture is completely independent irrespective of the nature of the camera. So choosing and concentrating on object has nothing with SLR. But what matters in SLR is how you want to make the picture better, different and SLR gives the flexibility to play with the object depending on its nature.
So just compare SLR vs Non-SLR one by one.
1)Depth of Field (DOF)
The following two pictures have been taken in SLR, canon 350D; with varied apertures, shutter speed and ISO. In the first one DOF is so small that even the last leaves are not prompt, whereas DOF in second one quite long. The background is clear. This variety of DOF is only possible in SLR, where as in normal camera it is fixed.
2)Portrait (First one taken in SLR Canon 350D and Second one in Normal Canon Powershot)
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
4 MP and 8 MP
For ordinary use, I think normal (not SLR) 4 MP camera is more than enough. Even though we zoom little and play it looks perfect for 5x7 even 8x10 printing. So never go for more than 5MP if you do not have any special need for it, as more the MP bigger the size of it. So it can be problem in storing the pics after certain point of time.
But If you want to get more out of a picture 8-10MP is best and SLR is obviously better as I have compared in the following picture.
This one(following) is taken in Konica Minolta Dimage Z2 , 4 Mega Pixel camera - the best normal camera I have seen so far. I have edited the picture in two ways.
1) Full Saturation - Color of sky and trees are faded
2) 100% Zoom - Got little Blurred
This one(following) is taken in Canon 350 DSLR, 8 Mega Pixel camera - I am currently Using. After compacting(resizing) I have edited the picture in two ways.
1) Full Saturation - Color of sky and trees are not faded
Posted by Pijush at 5:18 AM 0 comments
Friday, January 26, 2007
New Camera : Canon 350D
Description: EOS 350D SLR Digital Camera 18-55 lens ; Manufacturer: Canon
Memory Type: CompactFlash ; LCD Screen Size: 1.8 in
Camera / Lens Type: Interchangeable
Optical Zoom: 3
MegaPixels: 8.2
Image Processor
Number of Image Sensor Pixels: 8200000
Image Sensor: CMOS
Image Quality
Number of Resolution Modes: 3
Max Vertical Image Resolution: 2304 pixels
Max Horizontal Image Resolution: 3456 pixels
Image Format: DCF,DPOF,EXIF,JPEG,RAW
Lens Features
Min Focal Length: 18 mm
Max Focal Length: 55 mm
Min Focus Distance: 11.3 in
Focus Features: Auto Focus,Focus Lock,Manual Focus,Multiple Point Focusing,Predictive Focusing
Max Aperture: 3.5 1/f
Optical Zoom: 3 X
Lens Mount: Interchangeable
Min Aperture: 22 1/f
Exposure Controls
Number of Scene Modes: 5
White Balance: Auto,Manual,Preset Modes
ISO Equivalencies: 100,1600,200,400,800
Metering Characteristics: Center-weighted Average,Central-area Partial,Evaluative
Exposure Settings: AE Lock,Aperture Priority,Auto Exposure,Exposure Bracketing,Manual Exposure,Multiple Exposure,Multiple Program Modes,Shutter Priority
Bulb Setting: Yes
Shutter Performance
Shutter Lag: 0.001 second(s)
Continuous Shooting Speed: 3 frames/s (fps)
Frames per Second: 3 frames/s (fps)
Minimum Shutter Speed: 30 sec.
Maximum Shutter Speed: 4000 1/f
Other Features
Power Source: Lithium Ion,Rechargeable Battery
General Features: Flash Cancel (On/Off),Red-Eye Reduction,Self Timer,Slow Speed Sync,SLR Camera
Interface Type: USB - Universal Serial Bus,Video - Out (Unspecified)
Flash Characteristics: Accessory Shoe,Built-in Flash
Included Components: Carrying Strap,Charger,PC Connection Cable
LCD Screen Size: 1.8 in
Dimensions
Height: 94 mm
Width: 127 mm
Depth: 64 mm
Weight: 485 g
Posted by Pijush at 3:50 AM 1 comments