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Friday, 5 June 2009
Portraits from MG Road, Bangalore
Category: People 'n Portraits

Like I mentioned in the last post, I'd been confined to Bangalore for a while now and one of the outings I had was a stroll on M G Road!

This person was selling drums near Mayo Hall and I walked past him. After moving far enough to make it 'not-so-obvious', I pulled out my longest lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L telephoto. I did take a few shots of his, but didnt like them because he was looking away. I waited there for a few minutes watching him through the view finder and thats when he looked towards me!

The light was good and I opted for my usual Av mode with f/6.3 and ISO-400 for a 1/640s exposure.

Further ahead, near the Barton Centre, I spotted this parking attendant. I followed the same strategy, lens and mode, but stayed a little closer for a tighter shot. Here also, I did get shots with him looking towards me, but liked this one better. Look at his cap! I kept wondering which this tournament was ... and later found out from Google that this was an under-17 tournie :)

Another shot with the Canon EF 400mm 5.6L telephoto, handheld in Av mode, f/6.3. But this time, I boosted the ISO to 800 and got a 1/800s exposure. The yellow background behind him is an auto rickshaw passing by.


Posted by usandeep at 12:01 AM
Updated: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 12:32 PM
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Monday, 29 June 2009 - 12:47 PM

Name: "Dhanush Gopinath"
Home Page: http://pintspics.blogspot.com

Brilliant Captures. And that auto background is really cool
 
P.S. Do you go for photowalks ? May be we should get in touch then. BTW Adobe's worldwidephotowalk is on July 18th. go to worldwidephotowalk.com 

Monday, 29 June 2009 - 3:52 PM

Name: "vea"
Home Page: http://photoblog.kivera.net/

well,  they  don t   know  smile  a  lot ... these  people ...   when   they  look at   you -  but   good   pictures!

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 10:11 PM

Name: "Thomas"
Home Page: http://walkthewilderness.net

I have walked MG Road many a times and seen these folks on the sidewalk. It never occured to me to take a shot. Fantastic shots with some amazing expressions Sandeep.

Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 9:37 AM

Name: "Rajesh"
Home Page: http://myindiantravel.blogspot.com

Good shots. You have given a new meaning to things that normally go unnoticd

Thursday, 2 July 2009 - 2:45 PM

Name: "mohkum"
Home Page: http://mohkum.aminus3.com

The second shot is a great looking one, that  particular angle has added some cow-boy style rude looks on his face. Nice work!

Friday, 3 July 2009 - 12:31 AM

Name: "joshi daniel"
Home Page: http://joshidaniel.wordpress.com/

loved the way both of them look!

Friday, 3 July 2009 - 12:51 AM

Name: "Dinesh"
Home Page: http://maduraiveeran.wordpress.com

Very nicely captured shots, both of them!

Friday, 3 July 2009 - 6:20 AM

Name: "R.Ramakrishnan"
Home Page: http://sankriti.blogspot.com

Hi Sandip

I enjoyed seeing your photographs-April-June'09.They are simply magnificent & extremely professional. A real treat for the eyes. The expressions (joy,curiosity,anticipation,relief  etc) on the subjects are so natural and the colors awesome.

You are indeed a very talented and gifted photographer. Is it simply a hobby or your profession.I think I have got hooked on to your blog & will be a regular visitor henceforth.

God Bless You. Best Wishes

 Ram

Friday, 3 July 2009 - 10:28 PM

Name: "jelb"
Home Page: http://www.brisedemer.net

Bonjour,

great portraits..wonderful lightness and details..Bravo!

Saturday, 4 July 2009 - 9:53 PM

Name: "Mridula"
Home Page: http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/

I too liked the second shot a lot.

Sunday, 5 July 2009 - 9:37 PM

Name: "Robert Kruh"
Home Page: http://www.robertkruh.com/blog

Beautiful street portraits shot! Great work!

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 - 6:07 PM

Name: "sandeep"
Home Page: http://usandeep.com/

Dhanush: I havent, yet ... unless u consider going to LIC or HDFC bank by foot a photo walk :) Infact, my photo-ops are nowadays limited to going somewhere walking and I started to luv walking :) I checked out the fotowalk link but I cannot join this weekend :(

Vera: Hmmm ... it depends on what kind of people u r talking abt. Generally (only on an average) people living in urban areas are not seen smiling so often. Is that what u meant?

Thomas: These are my only photo-ops nowadays :) Making most of what is available

Rajesh: U made my day :) Thnx

Mohkum: Hmmm ... I also felt that he is a li'l cow-boyish :) Nice to see that u too saw it :)

Joshi: Thnx :)

Dinesh: Thnx Dinesh

Ramakrishnan: Honoured to hear this :) I am very glad u liked my shots :) Welcome here

Jelb: Thnx Jelb

Mridula: Me too :) Thnx

Robert: Thnx Robert

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