Hi everyone. Today we would take a look at a simple yet effective trick.
lets have look at how to take these type of photos:
Lets look at the equipment you need for these type of photos:
1. A camera.
2. A tripod.
3. Microsoft paint (or the MAC default photo editing app).
4. Bit of patience.
That's it.
Let have a look at the original photo:
Method:
1. Find a glossy surface and keep the object you want to shoot on it. In my
case I used my laptop's top as a glossy surface.
2. Click the photo.
3. Open the photo in paint.
4. Select white color.
5. Select the brush tool and paint the remaining photo in white color.
6. Be careful with the edges. If you need, zoom it full and then paint.
7. Remember that the photo will look good only if the details are right.
That's all.
Here are some more shots like above:
P.S: Let me know if you have any such ideas.
The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo (also known as Trivandrum Zoo) is located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It occupies 55 acres (22 ha) of woodland, lakes, and lawns.
Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is one of the oldest of its kind in India. Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, who ruled Travancore between 1830 and 1847, established a menagerie where royal tigers, panthers, cheetahs, deer, boar, and other wild animals were kept. His brother Uthram Thirunal and British Resident William Cullen formally establish the Zoo in 1857 as an annex to the Napier Museum. The zoo was originally built with the typical iron-barred cages prevalent at the time, and was designed for recreational purposes, but with increased loss of forest and wildlife due to human development, the goal of the Zoo has changed from recreation to conservation.
A modernization project started in 1995 aims to gradually replace the old enclosures with spacious naturalistic enclosures. The state government of Kerala is undertaking this renovation with financial and technical help from the Central Zoo Authority. (Source: Wikipedia)
I must say, it's one of the best zoo's that I have visited. Some of the Snaps
of the Place:
Hello everyone. Many times it happens that you are having free time and a camera, but unfortunately you can't head out. May be because its raining outside or is very cold or it's night. It happens a lot, isn't it?? It has happened with me many times. Eventually after some brief search on Google and YouTube I got some ideas. So I decided to write a blog about it and upload some snaps that I took and share the technique and camera settings with all of you.
Let's begin.
Equipment:
You don't need any fancy equipment to capture the photos that I am gonna show you.
1. Any camera with manual mode.
2. Manual focus. (Not necessary)
3. A Tripod.
4. A Flash Light (a LED torch may also do)
That's it. I have used Canon 600D and standard 18-55 mm kit lens to capture all the below images.
I guess everyone, at least in India, have played with toy cars like these. Good old HotWheels.. :)
These cars good be a great photographing subject. Now how did i get those images.
You would need a dark room for this. I have taken above images at night.
Camera Settings: Aperture: f22, Shutter speed: 8 seconds, ISO:100.
The technique is to use a flash light as your shutter and lighting device, so that you can choose which part of the subject you have to expose. Confused??
Don't worry I will explain it step by step.
1. Switch on your room lights.
2. Mount your camera on a tripod and focus manually on the subject
3. Now don't move the camera.
4. Switch of the room lights.
5. Grab your LED flash light, or any kind of flash light you have (May be white or of any color)
6. Set the camera for 10 sec timer.
7. Press the shutter button to capture the image (Don't worry if the screen looks completely black).
8. As soon as the timer ends, point your flash light on the subject. Cover the entire subject eventually.
9. You might require some trail and error shots to get the perfect shot. But anyways we can't go out remember, so you can try as many shots as possible.
Some photos that I took with this technique:
If you have more awesome Idea's, do let me know in the comment section below.
P.S: For those who don't have a manual focus, Lock the focus before you switch of the room lights (i.e when the object is lit by room lights) and for guys who have a point and shoot camera, the fireworks mode might do the same job for you. But you have to be very quick with your flash light.
