Ajay

Camera: Panasonic LX1

Lens: 28mm

ISO400 f8/800

I didn't take this photograph, one of my workshop students did. It was something we saw that captured the misty morning ...when the sky dissolved to water... with the anchored boats providing some real solidity to the otherwise ethereal morning.

Camera: Nikon D40

Lens: 35mm

ISO 200 f 8/250

I am sick of taking rear-view mirror photographs when I travel. So this time I tried to break that. Does it work for you?

Sruti Visweswaran

Camera Details:

Model: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
ISO 400
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/4.5

In this photograph, I tried to establish a sense of the place where the photograph was taken by using the reflection of the place on the camera. I took this photograph several times by shifting the point of focus and changing the depth of field, till I arrived at this photograph finally.



Camera Details:

Model: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
ISO 400
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/6.3

This photographs is of a small water body that runs in the IIT campus of New Delhi. The water very clearly reflects the tree that droops over it and the pipes that run through the ground right above it, except for the places where small ripples are created by the insects breeding in the water. In this picture, I tried to reveal, through the reflection itself, what the scene was, without actually showing it.


Camera Details:

Model: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
ISO 400
Shutter Speed: 1/8
Aperture: f/2.8

This is a photograph of a rangoli made by a few friends on Diwali. In order to click this photograph, I had to expose just enough for the lights from the diyas. The reflection of the light on the floor along with the actual light very interestingly shows the textures in the rangoli.



Camera Details:

Model: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
ISO 400
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/5.6

This is a photograph of water in a little water hole near home in Delhi. I tried taking this photograph from various angles and at different times, but this photograph appealed to me most because of the way the water reflected the person wearing a pink jacket who was walking in the distance. The water is so still that it gives an almost exactly inverted reflection of the actual scene.



Camera Details:

Model: Canon PowerShot A570 IS
ISO 400
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Aperture: f/7.1
Black and White

This photograph for me is a reflection of a very important memory. This is a photograph of a place where my friends and I spent a chunk of our time in college. It's a little marketplace across the road from my old college in New Delhi. When I clicked this photograph in colour, it did not have the same effect and mood as it did in black and white. In colour, it seemed as though I was documenting a place, rather than a memory.
In the photograph of this now empty place, I find place to rebuild and reconstruct my past. In that sense, this becomes a reflection of that past. A reflection of time.

Geetanjali Nenwani

This reflection is of the Asia's biggest mosque, "Tajul Masajid" in Bhopal, This scenic view from the window of the Taj Mahal has its own set of nawaabi story. The picture was clicked on a sunny noon, with pin drop of silence around & just the azaan could be heard. Apart from peace this monument creates a sense of tension, for the ancient structure is no one's concern anymore.

(I am sorry, for I am not able to figure out the exact settings in my digital camera, & the manul book is'nt with me here)

Aneesha Henry

Aneesha Henry

Reflections--Radhika Iyengar

Instrument: Polaroid i534, 5.0 mp (6.1-18.3 mm)
Aperture : f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/4
ISO: 100
Lighting Conditions: Low light, indoors

I had taken about 20 odd photographs of the most random things which had reflections to offer, however, this one struck me to be the most arbit one in nature, which I believe, is something different from what I usually produce.
Earlier, I had taken a tube light (from the other side) to be my subject, however, since that didn't work out, I decided to switch sides. I took some 2-3 pictures of the fan's reflection on the black granite alone, which came out to be extremely dull and distorted. So I spilt some water on the granite, and took another 2-3 shots. There was a knife lying on the table, so I picked it up and made a few 'cuts' here and there in the water, and voila. I like it, because to me, it's different.

Deepa Nair

Focal Length: 53 mm
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 800
Flash: Flash Not Fired

From being restive during exams, we've finally managed to be festive with the festival of lights. Also, personally diyas form an extension of my name Deepa... I intended to capture the lovely illumination that a small diya brings about.They reprsent the small gleam of light in darkness and a symbol of enlightenment and the elemination of evil. It's one of the loveliest sights during this festival.
So, As the Hindustan Times Logo goes, " Let there be light"

Ex 6: Reflections

While you are contemplating your final film ideas, exams, diwali break and the field trip, I want you to next explore "reflections". This time you are on your own...reflective, contemplative... 

I want you to be a lot more careful in your framing, exposure and focus. Besides writing at least a paragraph about each photograph you post, I'd like you to also note technical details of camera used, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, distance and lens used and post alongside wherever possible. Write about why you took THIS photograph, your thought process, how happy/unhappy you are with the result. 

There is no limit on the number of photographs you can post. Remember, sometimes our mistakes can be our best takes! For a change, I'll post some too n you can tell me what you thought of them.

Start posting as soon as you think you have something worthwhile to share with the rest. Enjoy! - Ajay

PS: Remember, your name in the title and 'reflections' as label.