tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72903620647061573002024-09-22T01:34:15.735+05:30If you have ever wished to learn to take better and cooler photographs, without spending a fortune and without carrying a suitcase full of gadgets, You have landed at right place. This Portal is for people like you and me to know better ways to freeze time "Via-The-Lens". Rock on and Rock HardSubiethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041404731011691458noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290362064706157300.post-57969658210621823132009-06-03T21:16:00.005+05:302009-10-09T20:19:42.500+05:30

this post has nothing to do with the generic theme of the blog, but who cares...I wanted to create an off-line archive of xkcd.com web comic, and found plenty of shell script to do so, but none packaged the image with the mouseover/tooltip text (which for me was half the fun). So i did, what any self-respecting xkcd reader would do, i went on to create one. So here it is for all the xkcd fans.The

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Ok here is a small tip to create interesting snapshots (notice, i haven't said photograph, i will explain in the following posts the difference between snapshot and photograph).The tip is small, simple and sweet, and it is to simply TILT THE CAMERA. Yeah, tilt the camera at say abt 30 degrees of horizontal, click the picture and then watch your cousins sliding down the floor ;-)

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Well the title of the post is the The caption for this photograph, and i recently captured this, and is one of my favorite, primarily because i first thought of a theme (Miles ahead of the Pack), then thought an idea to visualize it, and then the shot also came as i wanted.Remember this photo hasn't been edited at all by any software (except for resizing for ease of publishing)Selectively getting

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Well, this is not a lens cleaning tip or something, It is a simple way of saving your compact camera's lens system.Well most compact camera's have a retractable lens, which extends on power up, now many of my friends have been unfortunate enough to have their power button pressed accidentally in their jeans pocket or purses, and due to no room for extension, getting their lens' mechanics

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Hey guys, i recent got lucky, and won myself a ticket to Antarctica to visit the world famous museum of objects carved out of ice, and what did i get back for you, well, a photograph of giant wheel, carved out of a single block of ice.Ok, agreed i am KIDDING, what you see is nothing, but the mundane view of a PET bottle's bottom, filled partially with water (Click to enlarge). An example of how

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Ever felt the need to know a bit more about words like "exposure", "ISO speed", "Aperture", "Shutter Speed", but while looking for explanation got bogged down by further jargons, well, here i will try and explain what they mean, the way it should be ;-"). (I mean photography is art, not rocket science).Consider a the task of making a dot on a paper with a sketch pen, now the size of the dot will

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Continuing with the last post's topic of small is big, here is another example. Both the pictures (please click the second one, for a bigger size one, to appreciate it completely, unfortunately my limited bandwidth doesn't allow me to post full resolution photographs, but yes you can request me if you really need it by email) above are of the same blue water filled tub in my bathroom, and here is

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Here is a small example, of how small things, can affect your picture in a big way. In the picture above, had the bird not been there, it would have looked half as good as it does now. This picture was taken from my balcony, pretty early in the morning. I was trying to get a photo, where the bird was flying right across the sun, but i waited for quite some time, and the bird just didn't move.

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As for the picture, below (The one in my last post), well it is one of my favorites, Here is how i produced it, and what exactly it is:What it is:Picture caption: VIA-MY-LENSWell it is the lens, of the camera, from which the picture was taken itself. I LOVE, to take macro shots of everyday items, to give them a more interesting and different perspective, you will find a lot of such examples in

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Well, this is a portal for stuff related to photography, in form of a blog, by someone who loves to freeze time, via-his-lens.This is for everyone and anyone, right from absolute novices to semi-professionals, most (95%) of the tips and tricks mentioned over here will not require you to spend a fortune on devices (some may well, save you quite a few bucks), or carry a suitcase full of equipment

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