My Exploration in the Hostel

I am starting off this post with a  'THANKS' to all the viewers of my previous post. I got a lot of encouragement, praises and some constructive criticism too. Some comments that I thought could be shared...

1. One viewer had asked me, "Why are the images blurred?". Frankly speaking even I am clueless about this. Looks like blogspot has it own resolution manager to compress the uploaded image. But if you click on the images, it would show you the picture in full resolution. 

2. The other comment was - "Why dont you add the technical details of the snaps!". I am furnishing them for each snap in this post

3. The last comment was a honest one which I was expecting. "Why is your blog looking like an album??". The answer I have to this comment is "I will try to make it more descriptive dude.. Probably in my future travel blogs you can expect more description.. ha ha. :)"

Back to business. This is actually the continuation of the previous blog. All these snaps were taken on the same day as is the case in my first post. After taking the macro snaps one thing became clear to me - BIM Hostel has got lot of un-touched objects that makes a delight to a photographer, be it a beginner or an expert. 

I had some challenges while taking these snaps.

1. Technically, since all were macro shots I had to spend a lot of time focussing the objects. A slight hand shiver would make the object out of focus

2. The varied lighting was a challenge especially in the rear of the hostel 

PIC1: This Marudhani shrub is in the front of my house and was obstructing me for a long time. So I decided that its time I should shoot it.  

Exposure time : 1/25 sec

f stop        : f/4

PIC2: This snap was an inspiration of the leaves that we might have seen in some coffee ads. Just an attempt of mimick

Exposure time : 1/50 sec

f stop        : f/3.5

PIC3: I tried introducing a foreground deliberatly for this snap

Exposure time : 1/40 sec

f stop        : f/4

PIC4: I wasn't sure what plants these were. But I was fascinated by these group of tender, new born herbs which were struggling to get a life in the midst of concrete slabs

Exposure time : 1/20 sec

f stop        : f/3.5

Next 4 snaps comes in the order of flowers, veg and fruits. I admired what a diversity we have in our campus!!

Exposure time : 1/100 sec

f stop        : f/3.5

Exposure time : 1/40 sec

f stop        : f/4

Exposure time : 1/50 sec

f stop        : f/4

Exposure time : 1/50 sec

f stop        : f/3.5

PIC9: This snap is particularly my favourite. I was able to capture the reflection of sun in a quagmire. 

Exposure time : 1/320 sec

f stop        : f/4

PIC10: I should thank Chellaram for this snap for letting his car to be soaked in rain. 

Exposure time : 1/160 sec

f stop        : f/4

I am concluding this post with an event update. Today (Nov 2) we had a photowalk in our campus covering the back yards of CC. There were 3 participants - Rajeshwar, Karthikeyan (Su) and I. Expecting more BIMmites to join us in the future photo walks. Will keep you posted. Bye.