Long time.. misc photos..

[harsh.kataruka]

Hi..

Haven been to these forums regularly over the past few days.. clicked some random photos the other day in Taj Bengal Hotel. Not too pleased with the results, but was trying different things.. Hope you like them.

A different angle of a tree.. was trying to make the lights in the background twinkle like stars



hotel TAJ BENGAL, Kolkata.. from 2nd floor. the palms in the bottom are the subject of the first pic.



the lamp is actually a reflection off the window, the billboard was across the road from my room..



This moth was flying around in my room tonight. initially tried to swat it away, then inspired by the threads here in DPS, got out my cam n started clicking instead. He was a bit fidgety at first, but then settled down into a nice pose



Cheers

Harsh

[Hayward Taylor]

Hello Harsh - these are outstanding images .. I like experimental photos .. nice result on the first one .. that 2nd one is breathtaking - love the compostion .. on the 3rd one, I would have never know that lamp is a window reflection - thumbs up .. and I am glad you snap a of photo of the moth - excellent work .. continue to experiment

[ukglyn]

loving all the pics, but the last is by far the money shot for me, well done for trying something different, tryting that myself at the moment!

[Fred flyfisher]

Beautiful work Harsh. I really like the window shot. Very interesting.

[gottasnap]

These are really good. It is a beautiful building. And the moth is great too. Nice closeup he posed for! He was probably relieved that you were taking pictures of him instead of swatting at him!

[harsh.kataruka]

Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hello Harsh - these are outstanding images .. I like experimental photos .. nice result on the first one .. that 2nd one is breathtaking - love the compostion .. on the 3rd one, I would have never know that lamp is a window reflection - thumbs up .. and I am glad you snap a of photo of the moth - excellent work .. continue to experiment

Thanks Hayward.. Actually not particularly happy with the photo quality of the first 3 photos as i had to shoot on 400 ISO. well, i'll keep trying to get the balance right

Originally Posted by ukglyn

loving all the pics, but the last is by far the money shot for me, well done for trying something different, tryting that myself at the moment!

Thanks for your kind words ukglyn.

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

Beautiful work Harsh. I really like the window shot. Very interesting.

Thanks Fred.. Got the idea of the lamp photo from the reflection assignment a few weeks back. Guess i'm way too late to submit it though

Originally Posted by gottasnap

These are really good. It is a beautiful building. And the moth is great too. Nice closeup he posed for! He was probably relieved that you were taking pictures of him instead of swatting at him!

Yeah, i guess a camera instead of a swatter soothened the stage fright a little. at the cost of sounding pompous, i like this shot myself, particularly since i'm very scared of all insects, however small or harmless they are