The Flying Subject

Yeah! It's the last day of 2013 and of course this is the last post of this year on Picsonia. By the way, I wish you all a very happy new year! 

 The Flying subject is actually a Blue and Gold Macaw of the Jurong Bird Park, Singapore. At this bird park, I had met a wide variety of birds, but this bird had fascinated me the most. Maybe, because it was very attractive and colourful. The blue and gold macaws are large South American parrots with blue and yellow coloured feathers on their body. They are known for their ability to talk, colourful body and for their friendliness with humans. 

That was the descriptive part of the post. To me, photographing with 'The Flying Subject' was an unusual experience. As I owned a standard 18-55 mm lens, I had to get very close to my subject. As I was about to photograph a bird, I set my camera to Priority mode. Spent a bit of time photographing my subject and later I made a little tests with aperture and got better results. Moreover, you can see that I got some bokeh in the first photo. I have also tried to put my subject in the centre of the frame, following the rule of thirds.

That's all in this post. Hope you liked the post and do leave your comments below. All the best for the new year. See you in the next post, till then bye.

Horrifying Rain

We all love rain! Don't we? 

It had just stopped raining and the whole lithosphere was wet and filled with water droplets. In some areas, the affect of rain was pleasing and in some, a bit horrifying. This post is connected to these words:
'rain - black and white - emotions - droplets'

And my task was to capture these moments along with my friend - Nikon D5100. The reason why I chose B&W is clear. It was because I wanted to bring out the emotions of my subjects. But if I had to take photographs of droplets on flowers or something else, I would surely use Vivid! In the below picture you can see what rain has done to a wooden door. 

I had used a lot of time clicking these photographs.  The one main reason was that I used the Manual Mode in clicking these. Had to choose the appropriate ISO, aperture, shutter speed and focusing modes. Actually it's of great fun using the Manual mode because you learn a lot doing that. And one more thing, whatever kind of photographer you are, you really need to know how to use the Manual mode. 

Okay guys, that's all for this week! Check out other posts too. More in the next week.. 

Lighting innocent beauties!

Oh! Sorry guys for not posting for a while. I was so busy that I couldn't get time for my blog. But I'm back with some more pictures. Today, it was sunny and I had been given the task of watering the plants. When I looked at some flowers, they looked more beautiful. The main reason for this was Mr. Sun who was constantly pouring light on these innocent beauties. I could do the least on my part by just putting them on the frames. Just clicked them all and here you have them as my latest blog post! Hope you like them and do leave a comment!

Bokeh in the background

'Bokeh' is one of the most exciting element in photography. Bokeh  is similar to blur. You can get bokeh by keeping something unfocused at less f stop number(aperture). Bokehs will seem very exciting when you have subject, and the background is blurred(out of focus). 

For bokeh to appear you need to have some light source behind your subject. When these light sources are out of focus, it will cause bokeh. In these pictures, my light source was sunlight passing through patterned leaves and trees. Your source may be natural like sunlight or artificial like small bulbs. You can even avoid bokeh. You can do this by setting your camera to larger F stop number(aperture). This will actually reduce the blur.

It is better to have bokeh when you are shooting pictures of flowers, small objects or products. If you haven't heard and known about bokeh, then give it a try! 

Click here to know more on bokeh!

Mr. Spidey

I was just walking around my house and I just came across this spider which seemed to amaze me. It was clung on its web, which too looked wonderful. Took some photos of this spider, each one from different angle and some in black and white.

Hiding in the garden

Flowers are one of my favorite subjects! I often photograph flowers in my mom's garden. Today, as I went around the garden, I discovered some tiny flowers. It seemed as if these flowers were hiding. They were hiding between their fellow flowers and leaves. So, got my camera and took some snaps of these flowers. Here they are!

Smile :)

This is the photo which I clicked a few days before. I was truly amazed when I looked at this photo. I uploaded this photo online and it got many likes and good rating. So, I thought of uploading it here. Hope you will like it!

You can buy the canvas print of this image.

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Silhouetting Plants

Plants and trees can be good subjects for your photographs. They form different patterns with their branches, flowers, leaves, etc.
Today, when I went around my house I found a plant with a small bud. I didn't want to capture it normally, so I tried silhouetting them. Actually, it turned better! I also got blur in  the background making it more exciting.

Steady Macros

Photographing macros are exciting. Today, as I went around my house, I saw a couple of ants moving on the compound. I thought I could capture these ants at work. Ants are tiny little living beings. So you may need a macro lens to photograph them. 
I used other subjects like little flowers too to make the image look beautiful. I could also get some bokeh in some of the images. But I had a great time photographing these little creatures. Thank You.

Walking and clicking

                        

Photographing while you are on walk is one of the best way to photograph. Today I was feeling bored, which made me to walk a bit near my house. I took my camera and went on a walk. I found the nature around very pleasing. I snapped some pictures which may please you people. 

 Photographing colorful flowers can not only make your image look beautiful. Today I just found some small flowers which were not too colorful, like the one above but can act as a good subject for my pictures. I had set a lower F stop number (higher aperture) and focused on the subject which resulted in good bokeh. 

First time I had seen a flower like the one above. A tiny flower inside another flower. The pink color of the flower had a great effect on the image. I had purposely made the image dark as it added a unique touch to the image. I also like capturing silhouettes, and I actually captured one of a tree.

  

Thanks for reading and I am always ready for your comments guys. I found out some quotes on Photography from Brainy Quote (source) which I want to show you.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. 
-Dorothea Lange

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
-Ansel Adams

Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty four times per second.
-Jean Luc Godard