Visual Orgasm

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Hehe! No comments! Photography is all about timing.

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Sample of Macro photographe

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My friend Rahul driving. This was taken at ISO 200, with shutter speed of 1 second.

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Picure of saint taken at Rajim with ISO 200, and shutter speed of 1/2000

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Picture of saint taken at Rajim with ISO 200, and shutter speed of 650.

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I don't remember details of this but this was taken in our society garden.

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Mt friend Nikita Singh wrote poem for this one. Here it goes..
The wings of freedom tied in chain..
Cerulean sky waiting to embrace me in its arms..
Speck of hope flickering like ember..
Dreams longing to liberate from agony..
Nostalgia creeping like damp walls..
My heart mottled with myriad of memories..
Craving for an elixir to the restless soul..
—Nikita Singh.

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These are great! However, there are some things that overall, I think could use some working on.

The balance of your photos is a bit off. Take the macro of a flower with your hand as an example. One side is very weighty; my eye is drawn towards the hand rather than the flower, because of how different it feels from the rest of the photo. This is primarily because of tone, but the framing you've given the photo is another reason that it feels this way. Work on pulling what needs to be emphasized in your photos, and make that the focal point, through your framing and the tones of the background.

Back to framing. Your framing is nice, but I think that if you were to pay more attention to it, you could get them to feel a bit more natural. Remember the rule of threes and introduce elements that allow a bit more of a lining around the edge, whether it's the stalk of a plant or a building or whatever.


Again, great stuff. Looking forward to seeing more.

GawravMehta -

Firstly, it's great to meet you! And although I am rather new to the Society as well, I would just like to say "welcome!" If you have any questions, you can always message me; or if you need a review, don't hesitate to contact me for that, as well. Now, on with the review . . .

Alright - the first photo is, erm, unique, I will give you that. I do agree about your statement, however, that in photography timing is everything; it is very true. Give me a moment to look at this critically and try not to spit up the blueberry and apricot scones I had for breakfast just a little bit ago. The photo is nice; there is nothing spectacular about it, at least not unless you are counting the feces coming out the frog's backside. It really just seems like a photo that my friend would take with her spiffy iPhone 4s to show me some oddball creature she had seen when she was hiking. The only thing I would say is that the angle is a little boring, but I can understand for a picture like this if you didn't quite have time to dally around.

The second photo is great, actually. I love the flower's brightness against the green - it is really beautiful and captures the viewer's eye, that's for sure. Your use of the DoF "depth of focus" is great; I am impressed. It looks, almost, as if the flower has been placed on an entirely different photo the background is so well-"blurred". Basically, one of the only nitpicks I would have to mention is the fact that the hand holding it in the background disrupts with the overall picture - the smoothness of the background, etcetera. However, that is just a minor flaw.

The third picture is, sadly, my least favorite of the first three photos I have seen. There are a few reasons for this; let me tell you why. Firstly, perhaps it's a bias and therefore unfair, but I have never liked the "streaky light" photography that people seem to be doing these days. In my mind, it is a very amateur "technique" and hardly ever do we see a streaky light photo that is truly done right to the point where it is really impressive. But again, I see it as either very amateur or very professional - not a middle-line thing. You hit the "very amateur" mark with this, I'm afraid, m'dear. The whole photo is a little shaky; the light is hitting your friend Rahul's cheeks and is on the dashboard, you will see, if you look closely enough. No offense, also, but Rahul's hair looks greasy (I feel like a meanie saying this) in this photo from the flash. The visor at the top also interrupts with the frame of the picture.

This next photograph is interesting; I like it very much, as it is very unique and different from the other photos you have on here and any photos I have yet seen, period. I really like how the man is a shadow-ish figure at the forefront of the photo; it is an interesting angle you do not see often, at least one you hardly see executed very well. The only tidbit I would say that I noticed is that, overall, the photo is slightly grainy, if you understand what I mean. The fifth photo - another of the saint (?) = is okay. It's certainly interesting and reminds me of some photos I took when I was in Hawaii this past summer of the men dancing the hula and slamming the drums. I bet the atmosphere when you took this picture was very fun. However, the photo itself is very grainy, more so than the last photo; it's quite noticeable and not at all sightly. The drum's bottom, also, seems a little blurred - you didn't, it seems, use a fast enough shutter speed to capture the motion sufficiently.

The sixth photo is really quite beautiful indeed. The yellow flowers themselves are so, so, so pretty and the angle at which you have taken this photo and presented it to us, the viewer, is superb. I have nothing to say, except that I really like this and it looks a lot like a picture I have hanging in my kitchen (or rather, my mum has hanging in her kitchen). Whatever; this is gorgeous. Bravo.

The next photo is interesting. The black background is very fresh and new compared to just taking this in a natural environment, however I wish you had left it in nature. Nonetheless, it's fun to look at and the bright blue color with the yellow center is very popping and eye-catching. I will say, however, that for this photo your depth of focus and general focus are a little fugged up. I wish the flower/dandelion/blue-thing was not as blurred in the forefront as it is. I am not sure if you wanted a review for the poem for your friend, but if you do, post it by itself in the poetry forums, as it will get reviewed there. Besides, this review is increasingly mammoth in size already.

This photo of the pigeon is very fun! I love the pigeon's expression and this once again goes back to the "timing is everything" deal that you yourself mentioned earlier. The angling in this photo is very good, so great job on that aspect of your photo. Also, the lighting is superb; this isn't blown-out or even under-lit. The way the light catches the violet-colored feathers is very pretty. Why are the pigeons I see never this pretty and/or humorous-looking? Pity, isn't it?

I love when a photographer can correctly capture an insect in motion; it is always, for me, at least, a very phenomenal sight to look at and observe. However, I hate to say it, but with this photo you fell very, very flat indeed (of that expectation). The flower on the side is very blurred, as if you were shaking the camera around and the background being so blurred out is just overwhelming and not in the oh-my-god-how-beautiful way that you want your viewers to feel when they look at your photos. What makes me really sad, however, is that you were nowhere near capturing the bee's motion in a good way. Pity, really. Use a higher shutter speed next time; be more on your toes, etc. The final photo is very, very cute! I love small kids and this kid is just adorably cheeky. My heart just melted. The people really pop due to the blurred out background, so great job on that.

Thanks for giving me the pleasure of reviewing these, hun. Keep up the good work.

- roach

Hey, you've got some pretty interesting stuff here! I think I'll comment on it while I procrastinate from my pile of Chemistry homework.

I liked the froggy in the first pic until I noticed it was pooping lol. I'm wondering if you saw it pooping and the act alone inspired you to take the pic, or if you sat there with your camera and waited for it to crap. Either way it's a little odd lol, but a memorable photo nonetheless x)

I really like the pic you took while your friend was driving. It kind of reminds me of a sci-fi or superhero movie where something flies by really fast and leaves a trail of light.

The picture taken at Rajim was really cool. The colors look beautiful together and I love the man's pose and expression. I would really like to see more of him, but you cut his body off. But it looks like if you showed more of him, you would be cutting off that blue fork in the background and you wouldn't want that either. So my suggestion would be to tilt the camera and take the pic vertically.

Very cool blue flower pic, I really like this one as well. It's so pretty that it almost had me wondering if it was real and unedited. But I love this pic and the black background was a really smart choice.

The bird with its head tilted at us is pretty funny looking x) I like it. It seems like one of those pics you would put on a mousepad design or something

The last picture is very beautiful. The colors, the kid's expression, everything about it is amazing. This is a very good picture.

The rest were pretty mediocre, but these ones stood out to me. Sorry if I didn't help much, I'm really not a photographer x)