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Invasion
Invasion of the landscape became a dominant thought as we waited for a hornbill mud bath that never occurred
Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:46 pm
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Commentby Lila on Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:59 pm

Strong symbolic message, beautifully conveyed!

I remember this very well, Raj. We were really waiting for them that day and they never showed up! :)

Commentby krishnan v on Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:44 pm

Invasion it was / is .I like the tones here and the sharply contrasting fence poles and converging electric lines

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Commentby Raviprakash S S on Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:53 am

You have made invasions look obvious. Lesson for us on how to see the subjects in field.

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:22 am

Nice emphasis on those invasive parallel patterns there Raj. It was great meeting you and for the very informative talk on tonal management.

In an unrelated note, continuing on the topic of tonal management, in B&W processing at times I think we give too much importance to following the formula - keep very few pixels in pure black, a few few in pure white, spread the remaining rest to ensure everything from (1,1,1) to (254,254,254) get nicely separated. However, I think emotion and intent has to drive this decision and not the routine spread of the tones from zone 0 to zone 10. The idea is not to turn every thing into yet another beautifully tone managed print. Emotional correctness (from creator's point of view) I think is far more important than technical correctness of the final output. If such a rendering needs pixels in zone 0, 5 and 10, so be it. We should not be routinely spreading them in each print.

Your thoughts?

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» Last edited by Ganesh H Shankar on Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:36 am; edited 2 times in total

Commentby Rajkumar on Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:29 pm

Thanks Ganesh. Could not agree with you more.
It is only a means not the end !!! and It is only the process not the purpose !!!!

Having said that I would say it is no different from learning about one's camera and lens in detail. That knowledge helps in deviating from the norm and imagining new things and getting to know how to get there.

Of course we saw some images which played with very limited tones to express themselves. Sacha book is a classic example.
your thoughts

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:19 pm

Yes, Raj, agree with you 100% :)

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Commentby Prashanth Sampagar on Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:51 pm

You've very well portrayed the invasion here, Raj! The emphasis on those poles takes all the attention and rightly so. It hits where its intended to. TFS

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Commentby Nevil Zaveri on Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:56 pm

you made it without hornbills!, rajkumar-ji. apt title to go with. also like the strong contrast n balance betn little whites n more blacks.
tfs. regards.

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