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A life well lived
Loved the pristine flower against the decaying forest floor, Maintaining its purity and whiteness
Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:11 pm
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Art is about what is inside rather than what is outside


Rajkumar  Joined CNP On 21 Mar 2011    Total Image posts 760    -   Total Image Comments 1621    -   Image Post to Comment Ratio 1:2    -   Image Comment Density 30     -     Total Forum Posts 85

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:55 am

Raj, do I see a change in your approach to photography ? :) far more emphasis now on feelings and emotions than technical correctness of B&W rendering? Of course the latter comes naturally and is given but the emphasis seem to have shifted now ? Love the image BTW..

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Fine Art Nature Photography

Commentby Rajkumar on Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:03 pm

Thanks Ganesh. Yes it has. It is a long journey right. We will never know if we reached. Possibly we will never reach and think we can do better. CNP has a good role to play in the journey. A no comment on CNP is a far more effective learning than a " WoW, Super, Amazing " in most places :) At this stage I have to unlearn more than learn.
On another note I was thinking is it easier to create a emotional connect with the subject that has limbs, eyes, moves, possibly thinks rather than a flower , tree, bark, leaves etc (other than just as a beautiful representation ) . For example we can imagine a animal feeling thirsty. We probably cannot sympathize so well with a tree feeling thirsty. We identify more closely with a animals life cycle. any thoughts ?
. thanks again

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:23 pm

Raj, here are my thoughts from this discussion thread..

I think our main challenge in pursuing nature photography as an art form is dealing with subjects in nature and relating that to human value systems, human culture, human relations and human emotions. While it is true that in this urbanized mechanical world we have lost some of our natural connection with the subjects in nature we also simply can't understand all expressions in nature. A smile on a child's face is unmistakable while happy mood of a snake just can't be deciphered. I am not sure, if we have to pursue nature photography as an art form is there any other alternative other than translating our compositions of nature into a relatable form which makes sense in the context of human value system (of course I am not talking about natural history/unique awesome moment etc).

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Ganesh H. Shankar
Wishing you best light,

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Fine Art Nature Photography



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