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Photo: A classical portrait of the Parthenon with blue sky and clouds in the background

ashish — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:09:03 +0000

If you want to look at a classical portrait of some historical ruins, I guess this is probably how you would want the photos to appear. The structure slightly overhead, and clouds seeming to fly overhead at some speed. Overall, I really like this photo of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, taken as we were leaving the place.

Twinkle of sun as it emerges from behind a cloud

ashish — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:48:43 +0000

I had some previous photos with the sun behind a cloud. In this photo, against the background of a tree covered hill, almost in silhouette, you can see the twinkling of the sun after it emerges from the cloud.

Sun starting to get eclipsed by a cloud

ashish — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:19:58 +0000

The sun just starting to disappear behind a cloud, over a hill. The sun looks very bright, but it is possible to make out the different rays emerging from the sun in this photo.

Para-gliding in the blue sky above Interlaken

ashish — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:46:05 +0000

This is a photo of a para-glider sailing high above in the blue sky above Interlaken. Just seeing this person, enjoying the sights from that heights, soaring through the air, brings out a strong feeling of envy . I also want to do this.

Tip: When trying to take a photo of a distant object, getting the required clarity can be pretty different. Try using the maximum zoom, but the ideal condition is to use a telephoto lens for getting a sharp and clear image.

Paragliders launching themselves off a cliff near Interlaken

ashish — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:36:01 +0000

As we were roaming around the small town of Interlaken, we came across these colored cloth in the sky, and squinting against the sunlight, we found that these were people para-gliding, jumping off the cliff, in most cases in tandem with an expert who would be guiding them. It looks lovely, and must have been fun. Unfortunately, we did not do it for a variety of reasons, some of which were cowardice from 2 of us (including me).

Tip: When taking a photo such as this one where the focus is on a particular object (para-gliders), be sure to remove all extraneous objects from the frame. They tend to distract, and should not be there if possible. In this day and age of high mega-pixel cameras, getting rid of objects by cropping the photo should not really decrease the quality of the photo significantly.

Soaring high in the blue sky in a parasail

ashish — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:42:16 +0000

This must be real fun. While we were normal earth-based tourists in Interlaken, you could see so many people taking off from the nearby cliffs / mountains and then soaring for a long time in the mountains before they came back down to the ground.

Tip: When taking a photo of something like this, like a para-glider or a person para-sailing, you should make sure that the photo does not look empty (this photo fails in that). If necessary, use an appropriate zoom lens, or crop the photo so that the person does not look like a dot in the sky and instead occupies more space.

Dusk starting to fall over Silicon valley

ashish — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:53:42 +0000

This is just at the onset of sunset, with some amount of light in the sky, but clearly it is going much darker. The colors of the sky get very good at such a time of the day.

Darkness of the buildings versus the shining sky of sunset

ashish — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:52:26 +0000

Very close to sunset, the sky has a shine to it, while the Thames and the buildings along it are all dark.

A cross-section of the London Eye wheel

ashish — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:10:22 +0000

A cross-section of the London Eye wheel against a blue sky. A blue sky, a few clouds, very clear visibility; and sitting in a capsule that is rising more than a hundred meters in the air, what could be better ?

Beautiful photos of clouds in a hilly region

ashish — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:17:00 +0000

This is a photo that could happen in any regions with mountains, but is still very beautiful. This is actually from the Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh; it was very nice to see the clouds between the mountains. Any time you would look that side, you would see a very beautiful sight.