Michigan Fall Colors

Trip to Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

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Trip to Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

6.3, 1/320, 400

Sunset/Silhouette at Comlara Park

This one I clicked on Auto setting and it triggered the flash. Obviously, I still have to get comfortable with the Manual controls of the camera.

Still some red glare in center. No post processing done. I have a long way to go in my photography tricks and techniques.

Lets Click session at Comlara Park,Bloomington

How to: Hi-Key Portrait

There are many different definitions for hi-key photography. Hi-Key photos are those that use a bit of over-exposing to get a brighter than normal picture.  Hi-key  is also useful in getting a completely white background for your portrait shots. Here is the technique I used to get this shot.  

The secret behind getting a perfect white background is to light your background brighter than your subject. I found a cheap dinner table cover paper sheet in Sam's club and it worked as a great background for my picture. To make sure my background is well lit, i covered the glass backdoor in my house with this paper, with the evening sunlight coming right through it.

I set my camera to over expose the subject by +4 ev. That way the subject is still exposed properly even with the bright background. Alternatively, you can try using spot metering on the subject to get the same result. I also used a little bit of fill flash - 1/32 power in manual mode.

Finally, when I tried the shot, my daughter grabbed the paper background and tried to, well, eat it. But that, I guess, made the photo more interesting. 

Shots from LetsClick Hands-On sessions

Indiana Lakeshore - Air Show

Taken lot of photos but very few came OK. Done little post processing. I am fully satisfied with images, but trying to put as first effort.

Flower-1

Happy

Rohan - F/5.6 Exp. 1/200sec

Lakeview

Image taken at Miller Park Lake - F/9, 1/640sec

Photographers Self-Review

Fireworks

Shutter: 5 sec

Aperture: f/8.0

ISO: 64

ND Filter used

Niagara Falls -Canada

One View of Niagara Falls from Canada side. People included in image helps to show how big Fall is.

Evening -I

Taken on on Eve from Ross Drive apt. To show beautiful colors of sky in eve.

Patterns in sand

Wind and Water create interesting patterns in sand - here's my attempt at capturing some.