Seeking Light

Dory in Witch Pastels

raaj — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:35 +0000

I came across this beached dory in the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia a while ago and the witch-pastel colors caught my eye (why witch-pastel? because I think a modern witch would favor these shades, in combination together. )

What do you think?

Nikon D3 + Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VRI

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Great Wall – 1

raaj — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:22 +0000

One of the more mind-blowing structures on the planet – the Great Wall of China. This one was shot near Beijing. I don’t normally shoot in square format, so this was a departure for me. Compositionally, when one gets used to shooting to fit a rectangular frame, it can be difficult to transition to square format. This one seems to have worked out.

Nikon D3 + Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5. Raw conversion in Aperture.

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View from the Great Wall – 1

raaj — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:51 +0000

Shot from the Great Wall, near Beijing, China.

Nikon D3 + 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Nikkor.

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Moonrise in monochrome

raaj — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:57 +0000

Continuing the exploration into simplicity, here’s a monochrome version of yesterday’s moonrise image.

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Moonrise

raaj — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:28 +0000

Another one from my evening walks.

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Old Shed

raaj — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000

I came across this old and dilapidated shed while traipsing around the very photogenic town of Blue Rock near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. That particular day everything was in deep fog, so I spent most of my time shooting abstract and quasi-abstract images. Here are a few from that day.

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The Joy of Water

raaj — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:19:51 +0000

Not much more needs to be said…

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Glad to be alive!

raaj — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:08:28 +0000

Of late, I have been attempting to get a walk in every evening as a sort of a meditative effort – to walk, to observe, and to consciously stop the mind-chatter. It’s also been an opportunity to carry the camera and work on capturing what the eye perceives.

Today, the colors in the sky were glorious! Both these images are a perhaps a poor representation of the feeling of being outdoors in the cold, crisp air, of breathing in deeply, drinking in the wonder of nature’s palette; of feeling gloriously alive! It seems as though with every passing year, the rate at which time goes by ever increases, with life passing by too quickly. To live in the moment then, is of paramount importance…

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Heather

raaj — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:53 +0000

Beautiful young lady with a very sunny disposition.

Leica M9 + Canon 85mm f/1.8, shot wide open. Christmas 2011.

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Dancing Light

raaj — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:01:36 +0000

Noted photographer and author Robert Adams wrote “When Photographers get beyond copying the achievements of others, or just repeating their own accidental first successes, they learn that they do not know where in the world they will find pictures. Nobody does” in an essays in his excellent book titled “Why People Photograph”. You can read my review of this book here.

Somewhat akin to this idea of photographic serendipity that Adams alludes to, I did not set out to consciously create this image. I was photographing the Singapore skyline at dusk. With darkness fast approaching, I noticed this young lady shooting the skyline at the water’s edge. I intended to focus on the water and have her somewhat blurred in the foreground simply from shooting at a bigger aperture. However, the light had dropped considerably and when I squeezed the shutter release, the Ricoh GXR camera compensated for the low light with a slower shutter speed, capturing the young lady as she moved. Not what I expected. Nonetheless, this is one of my favorite images. I call it Dancing Light.

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