Steps by the Water

Nandi Hills-20, originally uploaded by Aroj.

Taken at Nandi Hills. How I wish there was someone sitting on the steps towards the bottm right! But I still love this image.

Fall before Water

dandeli 458-1, originally uploaded by Aroj.

Tried a slow shutter here to capture the energy in the flow of the stream. Managed to catch the guy at just the right posture before he bent down further.

Though a slow shutter has overexposed my image as you can see. An attempt at increasing the shadows in picasa has also led to shadow clipping.

Well you learn from your mistakes. Will be more careful next time and either use a filter or reduce iso/higher aperture number to better control the exposure.

The Fortune Teller

dandeli 310-1, originally uploaded by Aroj.

Love the play of light and shadow on his face and the warm yellow glow all around.

One of those shots where I used spot metering to expose for the light falling on his face. This is not really a posed shot. It's about 6 in the evening. I jacked up my ISO, moved in close and took the meter reading of his face, framed and shot. Have darkened the shadows to take out the distractions in the background.