That's where he shines!

Portrait of a hawker sitting across his shop. Shot at my hometown, Ajmer, Rajasthan. If you have ever been to vegetable market (subzi-mandi) near St. Anselm's school, you must have seen him as he owns a considerable area with almost all seasonal vegetables for sale.

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A filled vessel - Mind

Portrait of a street hawker shot at my home town, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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"Magic stairs."

"Magic stairs."
"Really?"
"Oh, yes."
 "How are they magic?"
"They just are."
"In what way?" 
"In a magicky way."

#blackandwhite #monochrome #iisc

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Patience

Shot with DP2 Merrill. ISO1000, f/2.8.

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Man at my town

Shot with Sigma DP2 Merrill. Location: Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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Monsoon!

Location: Ajmer, Rajasthan - Aravalis Mountain Ranage Shot with Sigma DP2 Merrill

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Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple, Nandi Hills, Bangalore

Tokina 1228 - HDR

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Nandi Hills, Bangalore

40mm Nikkor + CPL

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Laxmi

Portrait of a young girl with a beautiful face! Shot with Sigma DP2 Merrill. [JPG straight out of camera. I forgot to turn on RAW saving option.]

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Man on Street: Shooting with Flash Speedlight on Street

Shot with Sigma DP2 Merrill and Flash.

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I've started using a speedlite flash for street photography even during daytime to light up the faces of subjects. So far its good. I've faced some weird reactions from people when they get flashed on face but its fun! :-)
I'll continue using flash from now onwards. My current setup is Sigma DP2 Merrill with a small Sunpak pf20xd auto flash. It goes well with DP2m. I generally shoot on Aperture priority, mostly at F/8 - F/10 during daytime. Since this flash do not work with Sigma's TTL, I manually set the exposure compensation (ev value) to "-1 ev" and adjust the flash power accordingly.
My next step is to get a trigger cable or wireless popper.

Few more shots using speedlight:

For night shots, I go complete Manual. The following pic was shot in hyperfocal distance at F/8 and shutter at 1/30 (I guess!). Flash was on Auto aperture mode, set for F/5.6. Dp2m's leaf shutter works at any sync speed!





Some more shots are below, but this time using my Nikon D5100 with a handheld flash at remote SU4 mode.

Kids

Shot with DP2 Merrill.

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On the Stairs

Shot with Sigma DP2 Merrill at high ISO and a flash in zone focusing style, this noisy image has a unique film like look. It was raining and I was crossing by a street where I saw this woman sitting on a staircase waiting for rain to stop.

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Faces of Art: Karnataka Chitra Santhe 2016

A set of seven portraits taken at "Karnataka Chitra Santhe 2016" organised by Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore on 3rd of Jan, 2016. Shot with Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 40mm/2.8. RAW processed images. Copyright protected Images. Don't copy/use/embed without permissions.

"Experienced"


"Percipience"


"Lenient"


"Divine"


"Mystic"


"Oriented"



"Shine"