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Photo of the Day | May 22 | On a White Cushion, by Swaroop Singha Roy

L&C Team — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:13:30 +0000

One day, while on a vacation, I was trying to shoot few flowers in the Hotel’s Garden. There were charming flowers everywhere. I was shooting them with various angles and perspectives, but none of them quite satisfied me. Then suddenly I saw this beautiful little white flower with a striking bright yellow portion in the middle. I decided to shoot a macro of this but it was too small for my lens’s macro capability. I wanted to focus right in the bright yellow part and keep the entire white petals throughout the frame. This was possible only by using an extension tube. The extension tube allowed me to go more up close as I wanted. And finally I got satisfactory results.

Technical Info: Canon 1000D with Tamron 70-300mm Macro | Exposure 1/320sec @ f/5.6 | ISO 400 | Extension Tubes Used
Title of the photograph: On a White Cushion
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Rampurhat, West Bengal | 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 | May 18 | Out of Syllabus, by Nirupam Roy

L&C Team — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:09:54 +0000

As I am a school teacher by profession, I know from the bottom of my heart that these little ones like to make fun, noise, and hilarious activities during the time when there are no burdens of books. Such candid moods are great to watch as we all used to do during our school days, and miss those as we grow old. It’s great to be a Child…everyone should try it.

Technical Info: Nikon D5000 with Nikon 55-300mm | Exposure 1/30sec @ f/8 | Focal length 300mm | ISO 720
Title of the photograph: Out of Syllabus
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Coochbehar, West Bengal | India

Photographer: Nirupam Roy (Tufanganj, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India)
Nirupam Roy is a school teacher by profession. His story of coming to the world of photography is quite fascinating. In one summer he planned a family trip to Orrisa, India. There he realized the necessity of a camera to capture the scenic beauty of the place surrounded by several sea-coasts. At the same time he wanted to photograph his family, especially his son Arkapravo, and bought his first camera Canon SX 40 HS. After returning home, he has fallen in love with photography passionately. Photography completely changes his whole attitude towards nature and human being. It gives him a sort of peace to his weary mind, as if a blessings from Almighty.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75471972@N04/

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

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

Photo of the Day | May 14 | Peeping, by Anup Kar

L&C Team — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:41:59 +0000

This photograph was taken at Lepchakha, Duars, West Bengal. We went to Lepchakha for photographing Losar Festival. Reaching there we decided to photograph the local villages. There I saw this girl, peeping to our activity with curiosity through the door. Suddenly I capture her with this expression. Later I confirmed her name is ”Sonam” from her Mother.

Technical Info: Nikon D40 with Tamron 70-300mm | Exposure f/5.6 @ 1/125sec | ISO 400 | Focal Length 200mm
Title of the photograph: Peeping
Photo of the Day Award Category: Portraiture Photography
Photograph Location: West Bengal | India
Photographer: Anup Kar (Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India)
Anup Kar lives in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. By education he is a Civil Engineer, doing government job posted in his home district. Photography was his hobby at first, but recently he got some good friends who are quite serious about photography. Having such photographers, he has developed his interested, and giving time to photography more. He is interested in Landscape, Portrait and Street Photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anup_chbwl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anupkar1982

Photo of the Day | May 09 | Chocolate! by Swaroop Singha Roy

L&C Team — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:50:24 +0000

This was a shot taken while I was experimenting with the built in flash. I created a DIY setup to bounce off the built in flash and take the photo. After a lot of trial and error, this one seemed a bit pleasing ! I couldn’t find a proper subject to test my DIY flash setup until I saw this box of chocolate on my table. I’ve seen many product shoots of chocolates…. and in this one I really wanted to try something different. And at this moment the quote “Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies” by John Q Tullius came to my mind !

Technical Info: Canon 1000D | Exposure 1/30sec @ f/8 | Focal length 55mm | ISO 800
Title of the photograph: Chocolate!
Photo of the Day Award Category: Food Photography
Photograph Location: Kolkata, West Bengal | India

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

Photo of the Day | May 07 | The Veiled Queen, by Souvick Mazumder

L&C Team — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:22:25 +0000

The moment is seized from a beautiful foggy as well as rainy day of Darjeeling. She is beautiful, her beauty can drench the longing heart of an artist. So she keeps herself veiled. Darjeeling is a Himalayan city, and renowned tourist destination. It is known as “the Queen of the Hills”, here one can watch the scenic beauty of the mountain range and take charm of walking at the Darjeeling Mall.

Technical Info: SONY DSC-H10 | Exposure f/4 @ 1/250sec | ISO 125
Title of the photograph: The Veiled Queen
Photo of the Day Award Category: Street Photography
Photograph Location: Darjeeling, West Bengal | India
Photographer: Souvick Mazumder (Siliguri, India)
Souvick Mazumder is an engineering student who once came across a shiny thing named camera, and realized that it’s his biggest drug. He never realized when the words photo, click, camera, shot became the best in my dictionary. He believes life is all about ups and downs, but also about finding the beauty, and happiness out of every situation. That’s what he does, with his lens, by seizing moments.

Blogs: http://souvickphotography.blogspot.in/
http://souvickmazumder.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/H_for_souvick

Photo of the Day | May 06 | Thinking Kid, by Anup Kar

L&C Team — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:16:25 +0000

While returning from Lepchakha, a village in Buxa Duars, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, I saw this little gril stading beside a wooden pillar. She was sad and indifferent. She was chewing a rubber band, and was not interested to our activities. I like her attitude and shooot her expression in my frame.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 1100D | Exposure f/6.3 @ 1/125sec | ISO 200 | Focal Length 250mm
Title of the photograph: Thinking Kid
Photo of the Day Award Category: Candid Photography
Photograph Location: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal | India
Photographer: Anup Kar (Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India)
Anup Kar lives in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. By education he is a Civil Engineer, doing government job posted in his home district. Photography was his hobby at first, but recently he got some good friends who are quite serious about photography. Having such photographers, he has developed his interested, and giving time to photography more. He is interested in Landscape, Portrait and Street Photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anup_chbwl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anupkar1982

Photo of the Day | May 02 | Kid Ties a Knot, by Swaroop Singha Roy

L&C Team — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:35:35 +0000

While roaming on my terrace, trying to figure out what to shoot, I saw this little kid on my neighbor’s roof running from one corner to the other, then suddenly he stopped near a few lines of ropes, and was trying to tie a knot. The cuteness of the kid compelled me to think of a composition and shoot the moment. I quickly took a shot of the moment with my 70-300mm zoom lens capturing his expressions. The photo signified how the little children on the earth tied a knot of love around this whole wide world.

Technical Info: Canon 1000D | Exposure 1/160sec @ f/5.6 | Focal length 300mm | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: Kid Ties a Knot
Photo of the Day Award Category: Candid Photography
Photograph Location: Kolkata, West Bengal | India

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

Photo of the Day | April 28 | Colors of Life, by Kamalesh Das

L&C Team — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:19:17 +0000

I took this shot in Rasmela, a local fair of my city. There are various kinds of grooming or dressing accessories sold in different shops mainly for women. This is a bangle shop where different colors of bangles are displayed. Those colors really reflects the true spirits of Indian culture and tradition.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 18-105mm | ISO 200 | Focal length 105mm | Exposure 1/160sec @ f/6.3
Title of the photograph: Colors of Life
Photo of the Day Award Category: Color Photography
Photograph Location: Cooch Behar Rasmela, West Bengal | India
Photographer: Kamalesh Das (Cooch behar, West bengal, India)
Kamalesh Das is a school teacher. He is 29 years old, who got his first camera in 2007. It was a point and shoot digital camera from Kodak. However when he first took few shots in his friend’s DSLR, he started to think seriously about photography. Then the very next year he took his first DSLR Nikon D40. Though he start taking Photographs on his vacation time but he gave serious attention to it. He realized there are many opportunities to photograph around, even in his bedroom. Till today he uses to see good photos and recharge his energy for good work. Every click in his shutter is new for him, as his past experience gets challenge over there. So He always tries to think different to get new.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47266109@N07/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kamalesh.das
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/iamkamalesh

Photo of the Day | April 21 | Gossiping of the Shadows, by Biplab Arahan Majumder

L&C Team — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:32:15 +0000

A moment can describe so many shades of life, this man was seeking help from other visitors in the fair, and very naturally he doesn’t have any idea that some people were gossiping behind the plastic sheet of his back, his eyes were only searching for some help he needs. I kept this photo in Black & White for showing the actual colors of life and describing the dark shadow behind our any needs, our any looks.

Technical Info: Canon 50d | Exposure 1/160sec @ f/5.6 | Focal length 50mm | ISO 100
Title of the photograph: Gossiping of the Shadows
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: MajidKhana, Alipurduar, West Bengal | India

Photographer:Biplab Arahan Majumder ( Alipurduar, West Bengal, India)
Biplab Arahan Majumder has been doing photography for last 4 years. At the beginning, just after start clicking, Biplab didn’t know that there is a subject called photography; and it’s a language of one’s own perspective. He started to learn photography from his own instinct, and from so many moments of life. Moreover there are so many cameras that always teach him that there is so many ways to set the canvas, set the exposure, and set the perspective, or set the composition. He acknowledge those people who helped him to take it in better way, gave him courage to do better in photography. He thanks everyone once again for encouraging him.

Portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biplabmajumder/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arahan.majumder