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Photo of the Day | May 15 | River Painting, by Swaroop Singha Roy

L&C Team — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:41:42 +0000

This shot was taken during my visit to Dumka, Jharkhand (India) to see the Massanjore Dam. In this shot, the blurry scene of the Mayurakshi River. I saw a few boatmen sailing in the river. After I was done with taking the landscape scenery of the river… I thought of shooting one of these boatmen sailing. I tried to capture the moment as a surreal scene. So I used a very slow shutter speed and hand held my camera. It was a challenge of course ! The end result, surprised me ! It was during the dusk when I was shooting, and the Light was quite low… but the shot came very Vibrant ! I even saw the reflection of the clouds in the water.

Technical Info: Canon 1000D | Exposure 1.6sec @ f/5.6 | Focal length 50mm | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: River Painting
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Dumka, Jharkhand | India

Photographer: Swaroop Singha Roy (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Swaroop Singha Roy – A shutter bug from Kolkata with a knack for music and wildlife. A funny, happy go lucky boy who loves to Love the beautiful creations of nature. The innocent animals have a special place in his heart. Since his childhood, Swaroop had this habit (maybe a bad habit) of snatching a camera from his dad and trying to figure out which button makes the “Snap” sound! Then, the day finally came when he got his first camera – yes, it was a film-roll one, and that was the day he realized he needs to do something big with this. Now, armed with his digital photographic stuff, he loves to go around the city, village or anywhere in this big beautiful world and shoot at sight. Photographing Animals is what he likes the most. Photography to him is a means of expressing his thoughts

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/swaroopsingharoy/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swaroopphotography

Photo of the Day | January 31 | Rock’n’Roll, by Rainer Mirau

L&C Team — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:28:57 +0000

I love shooting great landscapes in magical light. But I enjoy equally walking around looking for inimate details. When the light is flat an boring, my biggest pleasure is isolating interesting shapes of stones on a shoreline. Rain can be an advantage, because it intensifies the colors of the rocks.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5DII | Canon EF 3.5/24mm TS-E II | ISO 100| 6sec @ f/11 | Polarizer
Title of the photograph: Rock’n’Roll
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Baden | Austria
Photographer: Rainer Mirau (Baden, Austria)
Rainer Mirau was born in 1976 in Vienna and have lived since his early childhood in Baden, an idyllic small town on the edge of the Vienna Forest. In his youth, he often travelled with a backpack and a tent. Now, he is often on the road in his camping van in the Alps and in Northern Europe.
His interest in landscape photography was awakened by first trips to Scandinavia. With his father‘s Olympus OM-1 and through studying various books by photographers such as Andreas Feininger, Ansel Adams or Fritz Pölking, he learned the rules of photography time after time. In 2005, he rediscovered his passion for photography and have pursued it since then with a lot of energy and joy.
Spending time in natural surroundings regularly is not just recreation and inspiration for Rainer Mirau, but is a necessity in order to lead a balanced life. For him, nature photography is the ideal occupation, as he can thus live out his creativity and grapple with technology (that whole big toy!) and in the process, still experience beautiful moments in nature as well.
Numerous publications and successes in international competitions motivates him to continue on his path as a photographer.
Website: www.silent-moment.com
Google+: http://plus.google.com/105675627112568067224/posts
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Rainer.Mirau

Photo of the Day | January 13 | Frozen Leaves, by Rainer Mirau

L&C Team — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:42:21 +0000

No precipitation and cold temperatures for weeks are perfect conditions for shooting interesting ice formations. My intention was to shoot a mountain scenery in the first light, but it turned out be impossible because of bad weather. No problem, because the mountain lake gave me great opportunities for shooting frozen leaves and bubbles.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5DII | Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 3.4/35-70mm | Exposure: 0.4sec @ f/11 | ISO: 100 | Polarizer
Title of the photograph: Frozen Leaves
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Mirror Lake, Styria | Austria
Photographer: Rainer Mirau (Baden, Austria)
Rainer Mirau was born in 1976 in Vienna and have lived since his early childhood in Baden, an idyllic small town on the edge of the Vienna Forest. In his youth, he often travelled with a backpack and a tent. Now, he is often on the road in his camping van in the Alps and in Northern Europe.
His interest in landscape photography was awakened by first trips to Scandinavia. With his father‘s Olympus OM-1 and through studying various books by photographers such as Andreas Feininger, Ansel Adams or Fritz Pölking, he learned the rules of photography time after time. In 2005, he rediscovered his passion for photography and have pursued it since then with a lot of energy and joy.
Spending time in natural surroundings regularly is not just recreation and inspiration for Rainer Mirau, but is a necessity in order to lead a balanced life. For him, nature photography is the ideal occupation, as he can thus live out his creativity and grapple with technology (that whole big toy!) and in the process, still experience beautiful moments in nature as well.
Numerous publications and successes in international competitions motivates him to continue on his path as a photographer.
Website: www.silent-moment.com
Google+: http://plus.google.com/105675627112568067224/posts
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Rainer.Mirau

Photo of the Day | December 22 | Yellow and Green, by Luca Renoldi

L&C Team — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:27:12 +0000

Emerald Pool at Yellowstone National Park. The deep green color caused by algae living on the rocks at the bottom of the pool gives it an abstract look.

Title of the photograph: Yellow and Green
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Yellowstone National Park | United States
Photographer: Luca Renoldi (Monza, Italy)
Luca born in Milan on 1958 and is living in the surround of Monza, not far from the loved Milan, with the wife Cinzia, the daughter Alessia and their dog Chanel.
His indomable vitality and will to discover new horizons get him called a twenty-year-old with 30 years of experience.100% of effort and energy is always offered to every passion he has. Lover of football, fans of FC Internazionale Milano, he is active part of InterClub Muratidentro supporters club. He loves since ever the photographic art, taking pictures of whatever he finds interesting, nothing precluded, fitting the perspectives to the mounted optics, rarely constructing his own photos, leaving the images as real as his eyes have captured.

Manager in a company producing industrial laundry machines, he travels all around the world right along with his trustworthy Nikon, always finding the time to dedicate himself to photography, which sometimes combines with fractals or various experimental techniques.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/muratodentro

Photo of the Day | September 20 | Tunnel by Joaquín Alonso Arellano Ramírez

L&C Team — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:48:24 +0000

Sometimes when I do not find something to photograph I look around if there is something interesting around to experiment a little, it seemed like a good idea to simulate a tunnel with this sheet that was just growing, it’s amazing the photos that can be achieved with imagination.

Technical Info: Nikon D5000 with an AF-S VR Micro – NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, Exposure: 1/640sec at f/4.0, ISO: 200, Focal length: 105mm, Trend exposure: -2/3 EV
Title of the photograph: Tunnel
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Mexico
Photographer: Joaquín Alonso Arellano Ramírez (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)
Joaquín Arellano is an amateur photographer that enjoys nature and macro photography, and also likes to experiment with different techniques, use a Nikon D5000 and spend most of his free time taking shots and he always tries to learn something new. For his photography mostly he uses a Nikon D5000 equipped with a NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G or Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR IF-ED

Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_yuca/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joaquin-Arellano-Photography/167979239896994
500px : http://500px.com/Joaquin_Arellano
Twitter : https://twitter.com/#!/El_Yuca

Photo of the Day | August 04 | Deceiving, by Arnab Pal

L&C Team — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:37:41 +0000

This is was a lake near Banff. Banff is one of the beautiful places in Alberta’s Rockies, Canada. It is a region on the southwestern part of the province, along the British Columbia border.

Technical Info: Nikon D80 | Exposure 1/125 sec @ f/5.6 | ISO100
Title of the photograph: Deceiving
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Canada
Photographer: Arnab Pal (Edmonton, Canada)
Arnab Pal was born and raised in Kolkata. After studying at IIT Bombay he went to Canada for higher studies. Presently he is a graduate student. He loves to meet new people, loves to travel. His passion is Photography, he feels that every person’s imagination makes them different from their simple-self. He believes that photography creates a world of imagination to emphasize beauty, nature, heritage and small nothings of everyday life that paints a story of their own. Most of his current photography work is around nature, landscape, and most importantly capturing people.

Portfolio: www.cocktail-photography.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cocktail-Photography/129542537123971

Photo of the Day | May 15 | Leaf from Within by Christopher Utano

L&C Team — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:22:45 +0000

I noticed a natural use of lkines in the veins of this leaf. I wanted to capture this effect and shoot the leaf in a unique POV. I decided to shoot it from a bugs POV using a 60 mm macro lens. Instread of shooting from the view of looking at the leaf I shot this with the view of looking outside the leaf from within and it seemd to be a little more intresting POV. Converting to B&W to emphasize texture.

Technical Info: Nikon D60 | ExposureTime : 1/200Sec | Aperture: f/32 | ISO 200
Title of the photograph: Leaf from Within
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: New York | United States
Photographer: Christopher Utano (Hauppauge, New York, USA)
Christopher Utano enjoys black & white, landscape,still life, macro and HDR photography. Has has achieved publication credits include National Geographic Stock,istockphoto and Boating Times Long Island. For his photography mostly he uses Nikon D40 with SB600 Flash, Sea and Sea MMII with YS 50 Strobe, Nikor 60 mm macro f2.8, Sigma 10-20mm f 5.6, Sigma 70-200mm f2.8, Nikon 50mm f1.8, Tamron 28-300mm f3.5 and Manfrotto 725B Tripod.
Website: http://cutano.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=1553532784

Photo of the Day | April 28 | Glowing Caterpillar by Avik Sengupta

L&C Team — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:21:07 +0000

In an effort to experiment with light and reflection, I ended up taking this photo of a Chinese lamp and its reflection on my dining table.

Technical Info: Nikon D3000 | Exposure 1/20 sec | Aperture f/10.0 | Focal Length 55 mm | ISO 200
Title of the Photograph: Glowing Caterpillar
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Hyderabad | India
Photographer: Avik Sengupta (Hyderabad, India)
Avik Sengupta is truly passionate about Travel and Photography. As a kid he used to shoot with a Kodak Croma 35mm film camera. Later he got hold of a SONY digital camera which his sister gifted him. Recently, for about 7 months, he has started shooting with Nikon D3000 and he is enjoying every moment of it. Avik has traveled to many places in India to take pictures and hope to continue on his voyage to become a better photographer.
Portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/evolutionistheist/
Flickr: http://www.picturesocial.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=2fbvgu86oc99z
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Avik.SG

Photo of the Day | March 26 | Sorrow… by Vinay Joshi

L&C Team — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:00:39 +0000

The photograph depicts the sorrow for me, and hence the title. The idea was to photograph only the reflection of the tree on the water. It was taken in Tamil Nadu on the road to Thekkady from Pollachy.
Technical Info: Canon EOS 1000D | Aperture: f/4.0 | Shutter 1/4000sec | Focal Length: 70mm
Title of the photograph: Sorrow…
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: India
Photographer: Vinay Joshi (Bangalore, India)
Vinay Joshi lives and works in Bangalore. He is an Automotive Engineer and work for a US based Mechanical Design and Engineering Company. Originally from a place called Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He is married and have a 1 year old son. Photography to him comes naturally, photography is not a hobby or profession to him, it is in fact that zeal for me to capture that moment and live it everyday for rest of his life. So far he has tried to capture anything and everything around him. Vinay believes that things, people and nature around us are so awesome beautiful that whatever you click is bound to look perfect. He works under the name of Indori VJ (Indori from his hometown Indore and VJ means Vinay Joshi)

Portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36873579@N00/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indori-vjs-photography/144021902288576
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vinayjoshi9

Photo of the Day | March 19 | Monet on Water, by Nancy Sámano

L&C Team — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:23 +0000

Camecuaro Lake, in Mexico, the water remembers the Monet’s strokes over itself. Monet’s strokes are not of one size, they overlap and one grand cascading jumble of color. Certainly more than any other artist’s work.

Technical Info: Canon PowerShot G9 | Exposure: 1/250sec | Aperture: f/5.6 | ISO: 200 | Focal Length 14.8 mm
Title of the photograph: Monet on Water
Photo of the Day Award Category: Abstract Photography
Photograph Location: Mexico
Photographer: Nancy Sámano Velázquez (Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico)
Nancy Sámano. Photographer by accident, observer by conviction, she is a Cultural Producer since 2005. She studied Cinema Direction in Barcelona City, and later screenplay creation in New York City. This place intensifies her interest in photography. In Guadalajara México, city where she born in 1981 and lives now, she exposes her work in several galleries. In Spain, she filmed and wrote two short cuts and now she is writing a long film screenplay.

Portfolio: http://nancysamano.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/nancinescribe
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nancinescribe