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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:38 am

Ok, lemme guess Nirlep, the glass in front of the lens has the painting of the four green leaves and the red flower / leaf. Am just wondering about the building in the background. Is this a multiple exposure or a composite or the entire thing a reflection ? I specially liked the idea of the human construction merged with the blue sky, initially I thought of a contest between nature and human world but the subtle presence of those man made objects in this image emphasizes more of co-existence. It's a peaceful image Nirlep and undoubtedly one of your very best that I have seen recently. Very skilled approach.

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Nilanjan Das Photography

Commentby Rajkumar on Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:35 am

Hmm Nirlep can I borrow this image :)
This is brilliant . The man made imitation of nature. Natures delightful variability and the viewer is invited to open his mind with a window in the sky

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Art is about what is inside rather than what is outside


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Commentby nirlep on Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:31 am

Thanks Nilanjan, Raj.
Nilanjan you are right there. This was clicked on the photo-walk to one of the sacred groves around bathinda. The trees there are 200-300 years old with warped trunks. Very fascinating. There's a gurudwara there. After paying respects there I happened to look out towards the grove through the stained glass windows. You can see reflection of the windows on the opposite wall. The whole thing was an interesting complex of dimensions and imitation of nature in life.
Thanks for your appreciation.

Commentby AratiRao on Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:33 pm

hi Nirlep,
this was a very interesting image for me. i really like the human-nature-human layering. there is a sub-text to this image which hits at the heart of our existence.

for close to a year now, i have been experimenting with portraiture where i can show the layers humans are immersed in or enmeshed by - especially in the city. I know this is not "nature" photography, but am including a few images here to show you my experiments - would love any comments, should you have any. The idea was to find ways to show layers, shackles, escapes, and hopes within life's milieu.
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three:
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Apologies once again for the non-nature or "very human" nature of this comment :)
A

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~ Arati Rao ~
http://www.aratirao.com



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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:59 pm

Nirlep, I like the freshness of this composition. I would love to hear your further thoughts on the image. How do you explain the pattern of the out of focussed leaves ? Probably our next leg of the journey will start with new unconventional thought processes and image like this which we can reason out and articulate. I just started a thread on the same. Your thoughts are welcome !

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Ganesh H. Shankar
Wishing you best light,

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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:41 pm

Ganshi, may I share my views on the out of focus leaves, they may vary from that of Nirlep's but it's too tempting to resist my feelings about the presence of those painted leaves ( hopefully ). In fact it's the presence of those leaves which blew me out, the leaves represent vision for me and the red one represented the third eye of Shiva, which lies between the brows and is used only to provide an inner vision ( realization / acceptance ). The red color symbolizes that so well. It is with that inner vision he showed the peaceful co-existence so beautifully. We are so used to contest for space that we have nearly forgotten the concept of peaceful sharing. This peaceful sharing is a concept which lies deep inside the heart and needed to be seen or realized only with the third eye. At least this is how the image communicated with me.
Arati, loved those frames :-).

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Nilanjan Das Photography

Commentby nirlep on Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:51 pm

Thanks Ganesh, Arati
Ganesh the foreground is a pattern on stained glass window through which trees shows up in the background. Standing very close to the window I have focussed on the distant trees. It's a kit lense not allowing me to go shallower. I would've liked the pattern to be blurred even more. The chequered pattern comes from the "jali" behind the glass. Once again the appeal was at the level of a visual only. About the next leg of our journey...I'll come back. Arati Human nature layering can not be wished away. Never even for a moment. Tracing its appeal has been my personal holy grail. lemme have a look at your images and we'll talk about it sure.
Thanks once again

Commentby swapnil19 on Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:22 pm

my first thoughts on the image were that the leaf was kept very close to the lens..... then it cleared ...the patterns of the glass and the shape of leaf look so serene...great pic sir :)

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Commentby Nevil Zaveri on Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:00 pm

after returning many times here, now it seems all is said, nirlep. so much thought provoking interplay of layers, esp. those windows 'n jali reflection adding translucency to the frame is amazing.

fantastic portraits, arati, very well thought 'n made.

regards.

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Commentby Adithya Biloor on Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:59 am

Your images are very bold and spontaneous. Initially I thought those were real oof leaves. I liked Nilanjan's interpretation. One must have third eye to see the images like this.
However, unlike your other images I am struggling a bit to connect the gap between the glass and the trees. May be I need some more time.

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Adithya Biloor
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Commentby Vikas T R on Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:15 am

Nirlep Sir, you always a give a fresh perspective to see the things around us. everything working very well for me here. TFS

loved the interpretation of Nilanjan on third eye :).

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"The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity."
-Vikas
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