04 June 2011

Portrait of a Juice Seller

Chakra Varthy : Portrait of juice seller
Chakra.Varthy
This one is aptly titled 'Chakra.Varthy" suggested by my friend 'Anirban'.



Phototip: Capturing motion through camera is one of the photography elements which are not noted by human eye. This is one of the few rare things that camera can do better than eyes. Use shutter speed < 1/20 to capture motion. Ofcourse the tough part is always to keep few elements like the seller in this photograph in sharp focus. It wasn't so difficult here, since the wheel was moving at very high speed.

Processing: Sel contrast, levels, curves. Used red channel to convert to B&W.

18 comments:

Meghana said...

fantastic work! I love the composition and especially the look on the guy's face. Also has HDR feel to this one4

mayankpandey said...

Funny you say the HDR feel. Why so? I got similar feedback from someone
else. I have never done HDR in my life. But am glad you like the
composition.

Zephyr said...

The face is very clear even through a rapidly moving wheel. It is an unusual angle.  Ignorant about photography tricks as I am, I can appreciate only the subject of the photograph. :)

mayankpandey said...

forget the tricks and technique. Its all no good if the subject is not interesting enough. So well what you like is what matters! thanks

magiceye said...

SUPERB WORK!!

mayankpandey said...

thanks friend.

joshi daniel said...

man!!! excellent and a unique perspective!

mayankpandey said...

Daniel, thank you very much. Am pleased! :-)

Richa Kholkute said...

There is so much color in this photo despite it being a b/w pic. Super pic!

Richa said...

There is so much color in this photo despite it being b/w. Super work!

mayankpandey said...

thank you Richa. Its amazing how everyone sees different things in the same photograph.  And welcome to my blog. Hope you liked what you saw here. :) Look forward to hearing your comments.

irfanuddin said...

yesss...indeed a very lively snap by you.....and ur fiend is very correct while suggesting the title for it.....its so meaningful.... 

mayankpandey said...

Irfan, thank you my friend. Welcome to my blog and good to know you liked
the photograph. Look forward to your feedback in future too.

Andrew Graeme Gould said...

The look of concentration and the motion of the machinery is so well caught, making this a stand out image.

Andrew Graeme Gould said...

Tweeted it here: @andrewgphotos

mayankpandey said...

Andrew - thank you! I like this for reasons you have noted.

mayankpandey said...

Andrew  - thanks mate. I liked this myself for reasons you have so well noted. 

Bhupesh said...

Intensely dramatic...nice frame buddy..Cheers !