Photograph of the Month 5

Friends, quite gradually we have completed the Fifth month of our existence. And its a pleasure to present to you, our fourth "Photograph of the Month", judged by photographer, Mahadeo lal barai  from Kolkata, India. We thank him to have found time for us and have tracked the entire month of work, we are privileged to have his experience and guidance by our side.






The love forgotten, the fallen king... the stained sword . 
Photograph by Anirban Saha. He is a computer science engineer, from Kolkata.. passionate about photography.. Photography is an accidental bliss to him, as he says he started it to help college events' documentation back in 2009. And we should congratulate him for his new DSLR, which he bought just the last week. We expect to see more of such superb shots.

 "Well composed , nice lighting , nice back , arrange a good pictorial photograph , with the help of chess and red rose , red rose is a symbol of love , so here red rose tell the story , war and peace ! so I like this photograph best of the lot in this forum , I think will be up to satisfaction , and not like unjustified .... Thanks and cheers for the above photographs .. Congratulations !"

- Mahadeo lal Barai.

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Mahadeo Lal Barai

Mahadeolal Barai is an household name of all photographers.. or people passionate about it. He is a veteran still life photographer, with accolades from across the globe. To mention few of his achievement, we need to mention the Presidents Award, 1979, National award in 2004 (subject : Life and Water). He has also awarded the Life time achievement award by the federation of Indian Photography. He is also the honoured artist of Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. These days we get to see Purulia from his eyes, and cannot help fall in love with it all over again. We feel blessed to have him with us, guiding us. We feel honoured that he judged the 5th "Photograph of the Month".

Week 20 : Long exposures.

This week 20 was dedicated to "Long exposures". The concept about exposure is very simple.. when the shutter opens, light starts entering the camera, objects starts getting recognized.. then the shutter closes after a specific time period, and the image is captured. The faster the shutter is, the less light is allowed to enter. The motion is frozen for eternity. The slower the shutter is, the more light is allowed, and if the object moves, the motion is also recorded. Example of Long exposures or slower shutter speed can be : Light painting/ selective lighting, Light trailing, City scape, Star trailing, Cloud scapes, Water falls/ river, Flash sync, Panning. and numerous other ocassions.

Photograph : Ajay Thomas

Photograph: Shounak Roy

Photograph: Pratyay Mukhopadhyay 

Photograph : Prashanth Rudra 

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Week 19 : Open theme

This week too we could not find any appropriate theme to suit us, and the submissions were open beyond any boundary of themes... Showcasing 6 of them :)

"Hope, my friend, is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"
Photograph: Prashanth Rudra

As we bid adieu
Photograph: Saptashwa Bhattacharya

Colours in the storm.
Photograph: Somajita Ray

Who to worship, whom to blame?
Photograph: Arka Dhara

"Kothaye acho?"                                        Abstract Fear 

Photograph: Rajat Dey                       Photograph: Aakash Sethi

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Do join us at Facebook group if you are passionate amateur photographer... this weeks' theme is "Long exposures".. feel free to contribute and get featured. :) email your photos to mailme@anirbansaha.com with the subject : "long exposures"

Drops | Prashant Rudra's

Another very promising amateur photographer of our group - Prashanth rudra, tried to capture water droplets. His theme was "Serenity and Simplicity".

Prashant is from Hydrabad. He says, he is an introvert... well his photographs speak for him. Click the "Like" button to Like Prashant Rudra Photography at Facebook.

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Assignment : Colors of the Fall

Autumn.. Or the Fall, is perhaps one of the few seasons when out planet earth turns extremely colorful. This was an assignment, mainly to the amateur NRI photographers in our group.
Considering the very less number of them in our group, and their profession, what ever submissions we have had in the last 2 weeks, its over whelming. 2 weeks are left for the assignment.
Showcasing few of the shots submitted (Click to enlarge).
If you have any photographs of the theme "Colors of the Fall" and you are not a member of the group.. email it to mailme@anirbansaha.com with the subject : Colors of the Fall.



  Photograph : Ajay Thomas                                           Photograph : Dr Soham Chatterji

  Photograph : Somajita Ray                                           Photograph : Dr Soham Chatterji

  Photograph : Shatabdi Sarkar                                           Photograph : Somajita Ray
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Aakash Sethi : Still Life

Sharing a single photograph with you all. This is shot by Aakash Sethi, from Punjab.

 

Caption: Only.

Words fail while writing about this photograph, a thousand emotions evoke while we see at this ;)
Aakash Sethi is a school final year student from Punjab, and loves to snap clouds. The way they form different shapes fascinates him.. Apart from clouds, he fascinated me with his still life also ;)

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Flickr Link : http://www.flickr.com/photos/aakashsethiphotography/

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Assignment: You have to shoot objects in your home.

You have to think of a theme, arrange different objects and shoot. It can be anything on the table, it can be the spoon or the diary that you write... Just arrange and shoot.
Email us your Still life photographs at mailme@anirbansaha.com, with the subject as : Still Life.


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Assignment : Still Life

Still Life had been a theme ago, now we wanted to improvise and improve upon our existing knowledge.

Shall be uploading 3 of the shots that mersmerises. :) [Shall be uploading more.]

Two eyes...two perspectives [Photograph: Saikat Adak] 

Fire of Love [Photograph: Sayon Kumar Saha] 

The love forgotten, the fallen king... the stained sword. [Photograph: Anirban Saha] 

Assignment: You have to shoot objects in your home.

You have to think of a theme, arrange different objects and shoot. It can be anything on the table, it can be the spoon or the diary that you write... Just arrange and shoot.
Email us your Still life photographs at mailme@anirbansaha.com, with the subject as : Still Life.

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The Durga Puja Post

Bangalis' "shera utsav" is Durga Puja.. perhaps the most vibrantly celebrated occasion in entire of India.

 

This photograph is shot in the United States of America, By Somajita Ray. This occasion is celebrated by all bengalis across the globe irrespective of their background.  Down below we bring to you some of the members insight :) Click to enlarge and view in original aspect ratio.

If you like their work, "like" their pages also ;)
Colour Mixx at Somajita Ray:

Sayon Kumar Saha Photography :

Swaroop Singha roy :

Robin Sinha:

Anirbans' (das deb) photography work:

Anirban Saha Photography

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Photograph of the Month 4 .

Friends, quite gradually we have completed the fourth month of our existence. And its a pleasure to present to you, our fourth "Photograph of the Month", judged by photographer, Anirban Brahma from Kolkata, India. We thank him to have found time for us and have tracked the entire month of work, we are privileged to have his experience and guidance by our side.




The wait . 
Photograph by Dr Soham Chatterji. He is a doctor, not situated outside India.. passionate about photography.. and he finds nothing interesting about him to tell the world!! When asked what photography is to him, he expressed it is feeling the beauty of the world and immortalising it. He is a very new member to the group, and wooo! what an entry ... Expecting more superb shots from you doctor ji.. 

 "It has that beautiful morning feeling, the warmth is present in the picture. The backlight is very very beautiful. All in all the feeling in this picture makes it a winner shot"

- Anirban Brahma.

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Anirban Brahma

The Photograph was judged by Anirban Brahma. I became his fan when he said, "No matter how tough life is, it is gloriously beautiful". He is a marriage photographer, a passionate street photographer, was awarded "Photographer of the year 2010" by Better Photography, nominated for "Wedding photographer of the year 2010". His work got featured in many leading news channels like CNBC TV18, and in printed media regards advertisements, accolades, interviews. He also conducts workshops in Kolkata. Recently taken to blogging, you can view his site : http://anirbanbrahma.com/ We are privileged to have him with us, and we wish to learn from his experiences. 

Wrap up week #16 : Open theme

Well, we all are in our homes enjoying the festivities... and trying different stuff. This week too was open to all categories and genres, and friends were asked to upload their best images. These are 6 of the photographs.

Photograph courtesy : Anirban Saha, Amit Sahoo, Arnab Chatterjee, Sayon Kumar Saha, Koustab Das, Soham Chatterji. Anjan Basu, Aaghran Ghosh.