Monsoon Mood - Hope

Monsoon Mood - Hope: "Monsoon Mood - Hope"

*** BLOG MOVED TO MY HOME ***

Friends !

I have moved my blog to my web site itself. The new link is - http://www.naturelyrics.com/blog/

- Ganesh H Shankar.

Back from Kaziranga..

Went with a few friends to Kaziranga National Park in north east of India a week back. Currently busy processing some of the images from the trip. Kaziranga is a beautiful place. I was told that it rains during all months at Kazi. But we had ample sunshine during our stay at Kazi - I wish it rained just one day though. We were fortunate to meet Steve Winter, a National Geographic photographer at Kazi. I was just humbled by some of the images he made at Kazi (and else where). He has spent a few months now at Kazi. All I can say is creativity and meticulous planning at its best.

Lots of images to process. Hope to make a gallery just for Kaziranga images at my web site Nature Lyrics and get it up and running in a week or two - stay tuned !!

24th Feb 2008

I have set up the gallery. All images I have processed so far can be seen here. I will add more images to this gallery (I am not done with the processing still).

- Ganesh H Shankar.

Lost Compositions...

Macro lenses and telephoto lenses make us try as frame filling as possible. When I initially started nature photography using $30 worth point-and-shoot camera I made some nice compositions. Later I got into the frame filling game. It took years for me to get out of it. Seeing nature through mind's eye using 12mm to 600mm lenses using 50mm physical eyes has always been a challenge and will remain so for years to come I guess!

- Ganesh H Shankar (Nature Lyrics)

Interaction of border with image

Here are some of thoughts on how different shades of grey interacts with the image when used as border or frame.

- Ganesh H Shankar (Nature Lyrics)

Flash Light Photography

As mentioned in my previous blog below I had fun time experimenting with various flashlights for nature photography, macro work in particular. Here is the link to my new article on use of different flash lights for nature photography.

- Ganesh H Shankar (Nature Lyrics)

Western Ghats - New Images

Back here at concrete jungle (Bangalore) after visiting a few regions of our Western Ghats (our rain forests). Lots of memories are cast in silicon. You may want to see my new set of images here. A few of them have made into my Creative Visions and Favourites Galleries too.

I had thought of exploring photography, macro photography in particular using different flash-lights (with different white balances). Made a few satisfying images using this new technique. You can find some of them in my new images gallery. I hope to write an article on it soon. Stay tuned !

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous new year 2008 !

- Ganesh H Shankar (Nature Lyrics)