On Strings

I posted a similar picture a while back and quite a few people said that it looked "musical".
Honestly, I hadn't looked at it like that so I have to thank them for a new perspective.

Here is another picture that I'd taken on the same day but a little while apart. No, it isn't the same picture...it is different. Trust me.

We could actually play a "find the difference" game :D

I haven't done tutorials for a while now and I'm thinking of getting back into the game. Any topics you want me to make a video and/or blog post on? Just let me know.

After The Sun Goes Down

The sunset was beautiful. The colours were vivid and the sky was dynamic. Soon after the sun set I noticed that this part looked particularly good.

So using the SX50's massive zoom I zoomed in fully to capture this particular minimalistic landscape shot.

Notice the little temple on the hill? I'm guessing it's not so little in real life but here it looks really tiny and minuscule (miniscule...whatever).

Make Hay In The Moonlight

I hope the quote "Make hay while the sun shines" isn't copyright or something because then I'd be in big trouble for today's title.Yeah! Yeah! It might sound cheesy but that's what I came up with.

The first proper Daily Post on this blog was when I shared a picture of a spider in its web. Some found it creepy and some loved the picture. Either way thanks for your feedback because today I'm sharing another spider picture which I don't think I've shared before.

This spider disappears during the day and magically reappears in the night. It's as if it goes into a magic portal to another dimension and then returns after it has rested because when I do see it, it is always as busy as a bee. This is cool but it also makes it difficult to capture because of the continuous movement.

Thankfully the moon was pretty bright that night and I was able to get a good silhouette of the spider. Yes, that is the moon - not a street lamp of light from a torch. Many get confused and some don't even believe me.

I hope you've had a good weekend and had loads of fun.

Make A Choice

The first time I saw this species of bird was when I was quite little. I don't think you find these birds in the city which is why I saw this only when we moved to the outskirts of the city.

I was walking down a small well-trodden lane when I saw this bird sitting high up on a branch. It seemed a little interesting to me even though I didn't know why. I just wanted to get a good shot.

I wanted to take a minimalistic image but I soon realised that I'd have to use a photo editing software if I wanted only the bird in the frame because of the other branches so I decided to take a picture in which the bird would be on one side and one branch on the other with a branch running diagonally across the top of the frame. To me it looked like the bird had a choice to make - which branch it would fly to and perch on.

How is your weekend going? I hope you are having fun :)

A Private Moment

I hope these insects are reading this post because I must apologise for barging in on such a private and personal moment and then taking pictures of it. If you are reading this post, little bugs then I'm sorry if I disturbed you but I just had to take pictures. Anyway given the fact that neither of you moved when I was there or seemed even remotely bothered I guess you didn't really mind, did you?

Getting this shot was really difficult because of the wind. If you have dabbled in macro photography you know that you have to work with a really shallow depth of field which means you have to keep your camera really steady in order to get the right parts in focus. It was quite a challenge trying to get the eyes in focus. I could get both in focus because of the angle I was working at. I should try focus stacking. Is there a way to auto-align and focus stack images in Photoshop CS2?

Btw if you are on G+ let me know what you think of the changes there? I'll be writing a little about those changes when I upload this picture there shortly so you might want to check my profile as well. Basically I like what they've done. If you aren't on G+ then I suggest you create a profile immediately because you don't know what you are missing. I find myself spending more and more time there everyday. Why? Because I think it is better that Facebook in many ways - especially for photographers.

That's it for now. See you tomorrow.

Thanks a lot for all your feedback, suggestions, comments, emails and messages. I really appreciate it. Keep 'em coming! :)

Dancing In The Sun

I know children and quite a few adults absolutely love playing in the rain...I know I do :D
But how many enjoy the sun? I do prefer the sun to the rain because then I can actually go out and roam around taking pictures. Actually there are great pictures to be had even when it is raining so don't ever let the rain stop you - just protect yourself and your gear. Ok now I have really gone off topic and I'll stop here.

Is this a dandelion? I don't know! Why? Well simply because it grows among the grass and has way smaller leaves that what I would assume a dandelion has. So, my best guess is that this is part of a Hawkweed plant but I'm not sure.

Anyway although these aren't necessarily rare in this area they aren't very common either. So I always get really excited when I see one of these because let's admit that these really are beautiful and fun too! Blowing on them indeed is fun. I placed it against the sun and I noticed that the refracted light actually looked like arches which I thought was pretty cool.

Hope you've had a great day or are going to have a great day. Either way have fun and take care :)
Oh, and come everyday for more...obviously.

I'm also planning to write a few more tutorials so let me know what you would like and I'll see what I can do. Meanwhile you can read the tutorials that are on this blog and also watch the tutorials on my Youtube channel.