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(un) moving fires
My new found enthusiasm for this new perspective turned me into an incorrigible voyeur and I swear this jungle fire didn't arouse the usual sentiment in me. It happened to be just another element in my aesthtik schema. The fire and the trees lined up along with it were located at a distance and looked still. The closer foliage of chambal forest went by streaking.
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Commentby Shivakumar L Narayan on Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:48 am

I am getting over fascinated looking at the variety and unique perspectives that you are presenting in your Motion series.
This one really caught me by hand and stillness of the fire and the canvas feel of the foreground is really making this a best one for me.
Great one here - Thanks for sharing.

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:44 pm

Another unique perspective here Nirlep. I waiting for my next train journey :) Should be lot more interesting during monsoon here in this part of the world. Thanks for sharing with us these new perspectives..

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Commentby Pramod Viswanath on Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:26 pm

Apologize for delay comments from my side for this whole new series of yours. I blame myself for getting buried and lost under zillions of lines of code ;-). I have admired this entire series of yours from a distance and I am simply in love with them. Thinking, execution and presentation has been flawless.

Coming to this image, it exudes a sense of mystery all over. Love the way you have portrayed the power and dynamism of fire by freezing it but keeping everything else under churning motion! Hats off to your visualization and efforts.

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Commentby Shankar Kiragi on Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:45 pm

Fire element in this image makes high impact of these moving still images.

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Commentby nirlep on Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:05 am

Thanks Ganesh, Jack, Nilanjan, Nevil, Pramod, Shankar, Ashwin, Shiv....for your comments and critiques for motion study images. It has given me one more reason to travel by train. For sake of reference: I used a 80-200mm lense non-is, on Canon 400d.. started off taking shots standing close to the door but sanity prevailed soon after and I sat on my hips about two feet inside of entry door. Locked and crossed my ankles, braced my elbows between knees. 80 mm sometimes brought in door parts ....and settled for 100-150 mm as working range for these shots.
Thanks once again.
P.S. I think I have one more post to go on the subject :) Hope it doesn't get monotonous.

Commentby Shankar Kiragi on Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:18 am

Nirlep, An important factor you brought out here is about the appropriate focal length. I think this also varies with the speed of the train or the motion of the subjects in the frame. But it's an valid point to consider while shooting. Train journey is always enjoyable in India unlike in other contries where doors, windows would be close due to safety.

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