Jantar Mantar[Anna Hazare] -Fight Against Corruption(Beginning )

[robin234]

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[KrishnenduKes]

Good job Robin. This is not your quality of course... The WB is not right etc...

Liked 4, 6, and the woman holding the banner. News reporting like this is very hard work. You have to be in the middle of the action, in the thick of it and get close up action shots with a 16mm kinda lens! I know this is not a critique thread, but I am saying this for your work.

Hope you do not mind.

But thanks for sharing.

Approved

[Devaiah PA]

I was thinking about this thread yesterday....

Thanks for covering the story.

[robin234]

Good job Robin. This is not your quality of course... The WB is not right etc...

Liked 4, 6, and the woman holding the banner. News reporting like this is very hard work. You have to be in the middle of the action, in the thick of it and get close up action shots with a 16mm kinda lens! I know this is not a critique thread, but I am saying this for your work.

Hope you do not mind.

But thanks for sharing.

Approved


thanks for the critiques :)

[robin234]

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will post more pictures :) :)

[Devaiah PA]

Thanks for the participating and covering the moments

[hensil]

Hi Robin,
Good work done. You have captured the essence of the moment. That is more important than anything else like composition or lighting. Proper post processing can enhance these pictures.
Henry

[Devaiah PA]

Hi Robin,
Good work done. You have captured the essence of the moment. That is more important than anything else like composition or lighting. Proper post processing can enhance these pictures.
Henry

+1.
Story v/s techniques

[KrishnenduKes]

Oh boy, you came back here and posted after 4 months. Good one.

Thanks for sharing Robin. Do show us some of your world class work from this event.

Hi Robin,
Good work done. You have captured the essence of the moment. That is more important than anything else like composition or lighting. Proper post processing can enhance these pictures.
Henry

I have been involved with photojournalists for a good part of my life, people who have been Pullitzer winners (John McConnico, with AP), nominees, Saurabh Das, (twice nominated and winner of various other journalism awards across the planet) very close friend of mine. When you are shooting events like these on the spot, or games in a stadium or in a war you really do not have time to "post process". They are uploading on to the server from the scene of action as you might be aware. I know that in the back-end, someone does edit. But even for that, there is not much time to post process too many elements. Composition has to be near perfect, WB and light conditions as well. I know that we are not a reporting agency. But I am saying this for the sake of people who are making the effort of going on site, shooting and sharing, that they be aware of how to make better shots on the spot.

[7-methyltheophylline]

These are some of the finest event-documenting photos I've ever seen. You're right in the middle of the action, capturing both the actual scenes and the spirit of the scene.

Excellent work.

[robin234]

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[KrishnenduKes]

The first one in this post is not bad at all!

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

Sorry for coming in late.

I feel that you have captured them all well. the essence is there in every photo regardless of the tech stuff.

Btw in your very first shot the person to the right holding the card, the right hand of his is in color, the left is BW.:p

Anvancy

[hensil]

The first one in this post is not bad at all!

Yes, I agree with you. The second has unnecessary vacant sky. In fact, this vacant space can be used for text.
Henry

[hensil]

Sorry for coming in late.

I feel that you have captured them all well. the essence is there in every photo regardless of the tech stuff.

Btw in your very first shot the person to the right holding the card, the right hand of his is in color, the left is BW.:p

Anvancy

It could be the result of different color light source illuminating it. Maybe a flash for different camera. If you notice carefully, it is not black&white but proper skin tone, where as the rest of the picture is yellow. The camera may be balance to flash.
Henry

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

It could be the result of different color light source illuminating it. Maybe a flash for different camera. If you notice carefully, it is not black&white but proper skin tone, where as the rest of the picture is yellow. The camera may be balance to flash.
Henry

Can be. another option.

Anvancy

[hensil]

Can be. another option.

Anvancy

If if look at all the pictures in the first session, they are lit by two different light sources. One yellow (sodium vapour) and the other bluish white (halogen). And the camera was white balance to halogen.
Henry

[robin234]

The first one in this post is not bad at all!

I only posted the second for the sake of showing the crowd .

[robin234]

sky chopped

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[KrishnenduKes]

To give you an idea of what news-reporting is with photos have a look at these photos:

http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/20110823/protest13_20110823.jpg

http://cryptome.org/info/india-protest/pict17.jpg

http://nimg.sulekha.com/others/original700/india-corruption-protest-2011-8-23-12-40-49.jpg

The first two shots are by Saurabh Das, AP Photos.

The third shot is by Gurinder Osan, AP Photos.

[robin234]

I know Krishnendu and thanks for the posting those lovely pictures :).

[robin234]

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[KrishnenduKes]

This indeed is an excellent series Abhinav (other than the one with the camera crew). All your shots are good. But the last post is really good.

[surya@64]

@ Robin, Thanks & appreciation for bringing in the moods of this people's movement. Various images in the series brings out the overall happenings on the ground zero.

Being there and pictorial reporting takes some real effort....Some images are captivating....!!!
Regards.

[hensil]

This is an excellent reportage.
Henry

[anirban]

I hope we can use this thread to post images of the India Against Corruption movement, from across India.

I was present again at Freedom Park, Bangalore, today, to try and capture the movement. Thanks to Devaiah Sir and Henry for the tips. I will try harder the next time I attend. :)

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[KrishnenduKes]

@Anirban: Not a bad effort at all.

@ Abhinav: You should seriously consider showing your work to AP.

[anirban]

@Anirban: Not a bad effort at all.


Thank you for the encouragement Sir! It feels very good :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Thank you for the encouragement Sir! It feels very good :)

To be more specific, in your work, 5,7 and 10 are the best. Use this as a guiding factor. See the works of the AP photographers on the previous page and you will have an idea of which direction to go. Also look at some of Robin's work.

[anirban]

The AP photos really capture the moment, and Robin's work is amazing. I'll use these as guidelines for my next attempt.

[hensil]

Anirban,
You picture taking has improved immediately.
Henry

[KrishnenduKes]

Anirban,
You picture taking has improved immediately.
Henry

Yes. He is becoming good.

[anirban]

Thanks a lot Henry & Krishnendu Sir!

I was there again today. However, there was not much 'action' as compared to yesterday. There were many people in attendance, listening to the speakers, but today very few groups turned up with placards and banners. As a result, I could not get shots like yesterday. Maybe the timing of my visit was wrong.

I'm sharing just two photos for today. I remember the first AP photo that was posted here by Krishnendu Sir. I saw the same intense expressions on people's faces here. But, while trying to capture them, I was at a disadvantage with 3.3x optical zoom, and I couldn't get any closer. A voice in my head kept reprimanding "do NOT blame your gear!"

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We all have our share of ups and downs, and today was not so good a day for my photography. A lot of lessons learnt, and no disappointments, only a zeal to get better! :)

[KrishnenduKes]

We all have our share of ups and downs, and today was not so good a day for my photography. A lot of lessons learnt, and no disappointments, only a zeal to get better! :)

Your first shot framing is really good.

[Devaiah PA]

Aniban,

Keep going... If you find 5 shots out of 100 useful ..... that is a good start

[anirban]

Your first shot framing is really good.
I'm pleasantly surprised since I couldn't look at the LCD while framing, camera being held as high as my arms could reach!

Aniban,

Keep going... If you find 5 shots out of 100 useful ..... that is a good start
Yes Sir.. hope to keep the momentum :)

[Devaiah PA]

Just for the spirit of the thread....

The unanimous resolution in the Lok Sabha, moved by Pranab Mukherjee reads: "This House agrees 'in principle' on following issues - (i) citizen charter, (ii) lower bureaucracy under Lokpal through an appropriate mechanism, and (iii) establishment of Lokayukta in the states;

Found this pic in the records, Liked the caption on the T-Shirt

"A good day is about to begin"

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[robin234]

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Please Ignore WB here and there :(

@thanks for sharing ariban and Devaiah :)

[KrishnenduKes]

@thanks for sharing ariban and Devaiah :)

First shot is superb.

Last shot is interesting too. :)