Saturday, February 20, 2010


Dear Friends,
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A handsome "Landscapes" is the dream of a photo artist. Though natural physical features are the vital parts of a landscape, man-made structures also play an important role in few cases. Cottages, houses, temples etc. sometimes become imperative components of a landscape. If we keep some points in our consideration, we can brilliantly add above said structures in our photograph:
1. Manmade structures should not be very prominent in our photograph. They should be used as supporting elements. This is possible by maintaining proper distance between the camera and the structure or by using a wide angle lens.
2. We should avoid placing the architecture in the centre of a frame as it seems dividing the frame into two parts (left and right). It’s wise to place the supporting figure at any of the golden points as per the rule of third.
3. The structure of any bright colour will add meaning to the landscape. We have to avoid the structures of dull colours.
4. Shooting during early morning or late evening will help us presenting the architecture delightfully as this light helps in highlighting the details.
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--Dr. Pankaj Sharma
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22 comments:

  1. Excellent Landscapes and educative commentary, thanks for sharing the pictures and knowledge.

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  2. Superb Landscape Images Dr. Sharma
    You have captured wonderful mood and atmosphere. Amazing!
    Keep posting your magical work.

    Rgds,
    Ankur Thatai

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  3. The beautiful composition with these cottages had really enhanced the charm of these landscape photographs.Thanks a lot for these beautiful work.

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  4. Awesome collection...pictures can clearly depict the relation of man with mother nature...Beautiful work.

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  5. Dear Dr. Pankaj
    Thanks for sending me this mail with the attachment of your blog. I am really delighted to see the quality of the landscape particularly the last one added on 20th feb. I wish the best for your effort for connecting many photo lover in your blog.
    with regards
    debatosh sengupta

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  6. hi,
    thanks for sharing with me. do keep mailing me such inputs and i will share with people on my mailing list.

    regards,

    Mukesh Parpiani
    Centre for Photography as an Art form & Piramal Gallery (NCPA)-Mumbai

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  7. Hi

    It is really inspiring the way you are able to explain the techniques that lie behind a great capture.

    Keep it up!

    Cheers & Regards

    Ashish

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  8. Dear Mr. Sharma,

    Thank you for sharing your blog with me, its nice to see how you
    feature young talent and works on the blog... also, i really liked
    your flower images... esp the ones with the black
    background.. the emphasis is only on the flowers and thats what makes
    the image simple and interesting.

    Vaydehi.k

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  9. Dear Dr. Sharma,
    Breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Most important is, you have 'spotted' the pictorial values in the scenes and the composition is bang on the mark with rules of 1/3rd, 2/3rd religiously followed.
    Congrats. Keep up the good work.


    K. B. Jothady APSI
    Mumbai

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  10. I really enjoyed seeing these beautiful landscape pictures, thanks for sharing.
    Anil Risal Singh

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  11. Dear Pankaj.
    My kindest regards to you from Chile, ending summer here and soon autumn (my favourite season).
    Thank you very much for all your mails; I enjoy them and please do not stop sending a copy to me.
    Through my dear friend Tilak I knew about you. India is such a special country for me and I am lucky to have two friends there. Do you know about Chile? we are so far away, aren't we?
    I am not a good photographer; I do not have a good camera but I enjoy photography and all concerning arts.
    My best regards to you and thank you very much.
    Luis, Chile (South America)

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  12. Dear Mr. Luis,

    I feel glad to receive your message. Thanks. I know Chile. No doubt we are very far from each other but due to photography art I feel myself very close to you. I'll be sending you the mails about the updates in my blog in future. Please remain in touch.

    --Dr. Pankaj Sharma.

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  13. Dear Sir,
    I truly appreciate you sending your updates. I added your blog to my favorites,
    Thank you so much again for sharing your excellent photos with me..
    Kind regards,
    Javier Fiano-Spain

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  14. Dear Mr. Javier,

    Thanks for your kind words.

    --Dr. Pankaj Sharma

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  15. Dear Doctor:

    Short & sweet introduction to Landscape photography.

    Regards,

    KgM (K.G.Maheshwari)
    Mumbai

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  16. Dear Dr. Pankaj,
    I must say its your nice gesture, keep updating ur blog,
    that benefits the entire photographic fraternity at large, specially the
    beginners. I am forwarding to more than 2-dozen beginners & photo-enthusiasts, who needs such input. Keep doing, don't bring to halt.
    Ur recent Landscape was most appreciating, because landscape can not be made sitting at home, you got to move out n
    should hv knowledge of the subject, which reflects from ur attached Pics.

    regd => Virendra
    --- oOo ---

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  17. Dear Dr Pankaj,
    I appreciate the manner in which you share information about photography.
    Please do keep me posted about your blog.
    I also write my blog. It is www.subhashsapru.blogspot.com.
    Regards

    Subhash Sapru,AIIPC,APSA.AWIEP,PJ 2*,IIPC Silver
    IR-PSA,India

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  18. Dear Pankaj, --- its funny to that you have same discussions as we have here, about nature and landscape photo. Here we have nature as a category, and there must not be any manmade structures in the motive. It is very difficult because Denmark is a small country and all landscapes is part of manmade culture. So only details can be noted as nature. I find this stupid and never think about it, because "manmade structures can be in full harmony with landscapes and add some interesting points in a picture. Same as in your pictures I have seen." You are a very good photographer, with eye for good composition and your photos are full of harmony and you need no rules to lead you. Richard Avedon said "there are no rules for good pictures". Cities and industrial areas are also landscapes, maybe you should try this. After all every photo is a aesthetic selection by your self. Does aesthetic have any meaning? You can ask any female-peacock, and will learn it means a lot for breeding and if we think more about it, we can say that may be photo is a kind of sex..!! (interesting right).
    Dear Pankaj, was this too much for you, let me know your comments. best regards

    William (Denmark)

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  19. Dear Mr. William,

    Hello,

    Thanks for your mail. I'm very happy to read your views.
    In fact "involving/not involving" human or human made structure in a landscape depends purely on one's liking or disliking. What I think is , "if man or man made element supports our picture, it's quite ok".

    Warm regards,

    Your friend,

    -- Pankaj Sharma.

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  20. Sir,
    your images really touches inner soul.it is my dream to achieve the exposure which you are taking in every image.

    chandan d.n.gaonkar

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  21. Dear Pankaj ji,

    Amazing landscapes.

    Put more.

    m suresh

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