tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83336368840868551232024-02-21T11:44:43.027+02:00Nunc Capere PhotographyAuthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-15310609335212287042012-01-20T06:25:00.000+02:002012-01-20T06:25:23.158+02:0013:43<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7f-vBmWkirVh4Q3B0gyPVl0rBv9XnohWssdBsb14p4QNJpG6Cdifx5mcJQGOGuk2Q4dozyHrAIAO1oqFQ5D9PCPqcfW2rzJXD_VMfPj6lEKZ_MHkQEO11GBFNaBtL4p5R_r7ktE3Qmdv/s1600/13.43vvvv.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7f-vBmWkirVh4Q3B0gyPVl0rBv9XnohWssdBsb14p4QNJpG6Cdifx5mcJQGOGuk2Q4dozyHrAIAO1oqFQ5D9PCPqcfW2rzJXD_VMfPj6lEKZ_MHkQEO11GBFNaBtL4p5R_r7ktE3Qmdv/s640/13.43vvvv.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is quite a while since I posted something. This picture was taken some time ago. Initially I overlooked it, but afterwards I started to like it - this was made with fisheye lens.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-70379955896820564332011-06-12T23:43:00.000+03:002011-06-12T23:43:54.857+03:00Bonsai Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sFvQ-t9y-ZQHqeT8E4QuijhnRaRS0cmnfDpIfkeUkDtj3lwx1mZdNGUCH84KIg1f3pa1pYHiD-9o4HvsqEaK6Hc-li6R6ocerkLkGQtYiCsVT4R6O2vtN6UXnPlv3fC2rT-DWTdowZ6V/s1600/DSC_0192_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sFvQ-t9y-ZQHqeT8E4QuijhnRaRS0cmnfDpIfkeUkDtj3lwx1mZdNGUCH84KIg1f3pa1pYHiD-9o4HvsqEaK6Hc-li6R6ocerkLkGQtYiCsVT4R6O2vtN6UXnPlv3fC2rT-DWTdowZ6V/s640/DSC_0192_01.JPG" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shot of the bonsai by Andrea Melloni. The tree is Juniperus Chinensis and was presented in bonsai exhibition in Vilnius</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-7804483845236495272011-05-23T06:32:00.000+03:002011-05-23T06:32:35.094+03:00The Light of Faith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_s5zs6StUIkWsB0j0zwtXX5qZQIU6f3UOCqW0kkPdS-doeQRRiVpnshStGnQAobysj1-hWBI5idioPASEW8a8QkaKYp6JZ2McrxVIX3hpESUrNjH9lLLdY7lM-d65r7nDIcxE_2lC7_y/s1600/Tikejimo+sviesa_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_s5zs6StUIkWsB0j0zwtXX5qZQIU6f3UOCqW0kkPdS-doeQRRiVpnshStGnQAobysj1-hWBI5idioPASEW8a8QkaKYp6JZ2McrxVIX3hpESUrNjH9lLLdY7lM-d65r7nDIcxE_2lC7_y/s640/Tikejimo+sviesa_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea between this photo was to show the cross enlightened within dark, grey sky. I tried to do my best but I am not sure that my post processing is good enough to show the idea behind it.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-22812743419860523632011-05-22T00:01:00.000+03:002011-05-22T00:01:54.452+03:00Evening glow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwmeY0hl1CwR-j165FJHT06EWO6VpzFRcOrLAU0r8fDVTHisqrF-iK_ZkB2IPpFGKxaBWmFPs4-R6CMvPw1Pb4dxHu_vCY81rwcvmTQ2ZZ41aDlBtQWGVXnTl4eQXIu1EG9VfEchyfVkE/s1600/DSC_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwmeY0hl1CwR-j165FJHT06EWO6VpzFRcOrLAU0r8fDVTHisqrF-iK_ZkB2IPpFGKxaBWmFPs4-R6CMvPw1Pb4dxHu_vCY81rwcvmTQ2ZZ41aDlBtQWGVXnTl4eQXIu1EG9VfEchyfVkE/s640/DSC_0069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One more beautiful sunset in our small country</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-5339048648098660432011-05-09T22:57:00.000+03:002011-05-09T22:57:55.922+03:00Blossom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u1OIGLLMQ81f00dtP2tNKQVrh2vQws2nTUDf9sQvILgZrsMSbRbLZ-jRwuZUCnT2xClU0vnfQY6LaTVXNZePoOIA3x_LcGWXz6U55a-6KcBnlFPruDRS4Yh5ibuRLRf64yGTmm-CJH77/s1600/aaaa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u1OIGLLMQ81f00dtP2tNKQVrh2vQws2nTUDf9sQvILgZrsMSbRbLZ-jRwuZUCnT2xClU0vnfQY6LaTVXNZePoOIA3x_LcGWXz6U55a-6KcBnlFPruDRS4Yh5ibuRLRf64yGTmm-CJH77/s640/aaaa.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly speaking, I do not know what is the name of this flower.</span></div>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-23025657157932348452011-04-28T23:45:00.000+03:002011-04-28T23:45:00.456+03:00Blossoms of the spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEX9jtZ4LVmVaZKwuhNVPltYa3Vp088DeQMbOrMTG4hY6NXkjB6uFZ9cWIVAgz6Cc1gsAmWH5UvKUDEkmULg_TBNIAKd9OYTdie9kprB9i5EPfPB0xsIyEnaY-ronMECXqMtpurSy3G3-/s1600/Pavasariniai+ziedai_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEX9jtZ4LVmVaZKwuhNVPltYa3Vp088DeQMbOrMTG4hY6NXkjB6uFZ9cWIVAgz6Cc1gsAmWH5UvKUDEkmULg_TBNIAKd9OYTdie9kprB9i5EPfPB0xsIyEnaY-ronMECXqMtpurSy3G3-/s640/Pavasariniai+ziedai_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While going, I saw a tree full of blossoms (the real spring just started here), and it attracted my eye. After some considerations, for this shot I used my wide angle lens, the very wide end of it actually. I like the dynamics of this shot.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-16120644411245409692011-04-22T19:13:00.001+03:002011-04-22T19:13:29.239+03:00The Team<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwa0LsBsOt3GYjM_nJG8z4BXR8PkziROzm8fgivqme8adiY7BQPYUSy2jvbUCKkbr4rUrja5LBKNQTI1Fg4_8N75KSNKA4UiOl48d-zBJiXvBQpinQzoALt6jnqWNn1536h6CJ6hIi5H_/s1600/DSC_0505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwa0LsBsOt3GYjM_nJG8z4BXR8PkziROzm8fgivqme8adiY7BQPYUSy2jvbUCKkbr4rUrja5LBKNQTI1Fg4_8N75KSNKA4UiOl48d-zBJiXvBQpinQzoALt6jnqWNn1536h6CJ6hIi5H_/s640/DSC_0505.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this shot I like how similar those sails look like. Also, how vertical lines are going from the left, making this shot somehow idylic for me.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-4593528016476337702011-04-16T16:01:00.000+03:002011-04-16T16:01:28.310+03:00Das Auto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPQ6wpK6HWgRcPbSPDn_eAeMPxt6Z7Tacz9d9Qq1tPGuNB8ZN-WYs7hj_4edeW4268Qzu5QLHU8z5zmaRes0NAwjNagNjfrVx8gn5gRYVV7bYg_TsAzn6C3K9Roz6ky0R4oG2U6Cw8FtT/s1600/DSC_0240_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPQ6wpK6HWgRcPbSPDn_eAeMPxt6Z7Tacz9d9Qq1tPGuNB8ZN-WYs7hj_4edeW4268Qzu5QLHU8z5zmaRes0NAwjNagNjfrVx8gn5gRYVV7bYg_TsAzn6C3K9Roz6ky0R4oG2U6Cw8FtT/s640/DSC_0240_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spotted this car during autoshow in Vilnius, where famous collector presented his collection of vintage cars in the main street. I tried to make this image as centered as I could.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-86793789958867528092011-04-10T19:40:00.000+03:002011-04-10T19:40:08.878+03:00Afterglow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJI4PabSCgOEpNFmJqm8AWlG7tXJ56tkdS7stuuhntWdx268w6zUDRtG_zih_E20W6hRTGCuHsdPOyZDpWBYmaGsOFhHN4UN3Zh0V82nSdLWTZOO5mF9YNcynsVInwdkfNQxLtOxSvTvxL/s1600/aaaaaaa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJI4PabSCgOEpNFmJqm8AWlG7tXJ56tkdS7stuuhntWdx268w6zUDRtG_zih_E20W6hRTGCuHsdPOyZDpWBYmaGsOFhHN4UN3Zh0V82nSdLWTZOO5mF9YNcynsVInwdkfNQxLtOxSvTvxL/s640/aaaaaaa.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I saw this cloud, my hand was just immediately 'pulled' to take a shot - I just love how it contrasts to the higher dark clouds.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-35220993695003642392011-04-05T21:52:00.002+03:002011-04-05T21:53:58.202+03:00Storm of thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z1e4-5aw4AhutWfXS3VO445qKCvtmK_FbbpVzS9OS-taJD_Cy5pKqLbgjlDZ2tLgn6pLboFtCpg0IHw98vF82GuAyZxwlMgyywI6_0gq5MyjpB21Ki2NmEbJWQ1zeq1flkCRVHUHUTEG/s1600/Baltija+2010_01.08.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z1e4-5aw4AhutWfXS3VO445qKCvtmK_FbbpVzS9OS-taJD_Cy5pKqLbgjlDZ2tLgn6pLboFtCpg0IHw98vF82GuAyZxwlMgyywI6_0gq5MyjpB21Ki2NmEbJWQ1zeq1flkCRVHUHUTEG/s640/Baltija+2010_01.08.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-70869072031147815262011-04-03T22:32:00.001+03:002011-04-03T22:36:55.033+03:00Enlightened<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkwm5BwPmm4N0uvGWrEqAN1z709wRZnr4Cwr5BvJqd1sXJwxqeAtCoK1hZEg8uMv-6KfVHFpsPUDGv75N641usu1pwwC-Tw4lOOONq4nQ48o9Spsghdi7rH442Ud4B1Pb493eotroKfAj/s1600/DSC_0127+copy_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkwm5BwPmm4N0uvGWrEqAN1z709wRZnr4Cwr5BvJqd1sXJwxqeAtCoK1hZEg8uMv-6KfVHFpsPUDGv75N641usu1pwwC-Tw4lOOONq4nQ48o9Spsghdi7rH442Ud4B1Pb493eotroKfAj/s640/DSC_0127+copy_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like how the ship was sunlit by the setting sun and how it made contrast to the dark water of the lagoon. Buoys of the fishers' nets just happened to end near the ship - just nicely adding to the composition.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-32379672834180920572011-03-29T22:43:00.000+03:002011-03-29T22:43:39.701+03:00The Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMuDvb6KSspoQ1CLyn3kVMyC6ZqFkjpPkA9InOUErkLJ6U0PJtvuo6OfpoxErIKa4TL8A6Xo2o2UbiUWM2lfSts9Dv_KqnD94s0Niyen11lwMG5Vks16E0549UwWImyeOnyCZr_5SiviH/s1600/111DSC_0253_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMuDvb6KSspoQ1CLyn3kVMyC6ZqFkjpPkA9InOUErkLJ6U0PJtvuo6OfpoxErIKa4TL8A6Xo2o2UbiUWM2lfSts9Dv_KqnD94s0Niyen11lwMG5Vks16E0549UwWImyeOnyCZr_5SiviH/s640/111DSC_0253_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strangely I managed to make such shot without any post processing. I like how the red blends with a black (though I made some cropping to have such a balance in the picture)</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-7882915097923883892011-03-23T23:33:00.001+02:002011-03-23T23:34:42.349+02:00Life on a bent grass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbz3LZ2nLkdAYuTPVRYRRR2OFdKgUQawN179iofH-yGw2P0KOPFKmLC-Brq0Tz_2bodV3_NLrzt4sUNaHVFSZGHwD54qRwaTRyZtO9Fnl2vN1aNUNHcZSRn1bmWbDFy5pKVDfU9mBBoDJE/s1600/Life+on+a+bent+grass_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbz3LZ2nLkdAYuTPVRYRRR2OFdKgUQawN179iofH-yGw2P0KOPFKmLC-Brq0Tz_2bodV3_NLrzt4sUNaHVFSZGHwD54qRwaTRyZtO9Fnl2vN1aNUNHcZSRn1bmWbDFy5pKVDfU9mBBoDJE/s640/Life+on+a+bent+grass_01.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, I was taking photo of a dragon-fly, resting on this bent grass, as it started raising its tail (or how it is called). I intuitively took a vertical shot and only later noticed how well everything composes - vertical dragon-fly, arched bent grass, spider-web beneath and a small spider hidig. Just like artificially composed.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-80036623882099324852011-03-21T19:54:00.001+02:002011-03-21T22:42:11.015+02:00Apatura Ilia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something to remember summer. Hopefully, the name is right.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-49670657023466101032011-03-15T21:39:00.000+02:002011-03-15T21:39:49.262+02:00Sunset (3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVjIDVsuzCkKnvsQSKYeYouGRYNbkAzMdFk3NBD46szjq_RsCHAE5ho6etmfdfbXOJW_0B1jre65wuOfyuX0B6vd5nw5YWsqhBUgG_Mq-Yn9phAxBfVtHHDe1lF_83uLipGdjJ7AJtaXM/s1600/Baltic+sea+sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVjIDVsuzCkKnvsQSKYeYouGRYNbkAzMdFk3NBD46szjq_RsCHAE5ho6etmfdfbXOJW_0B1jre65wuOfyuX0B6vd5nw5YWsqhBUgG_Mq-Yn9phAxBfVtHHDe1lF_83uLipGdjJ7AJtaXM/s640/Baltic+sea+sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-19962013435169567892011-03-10T22:30:00.004+02:002011-03-11T08:58:50.627+02:00Calmness in the blue<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YMtOVp3H2xOr-QwzdygNWFrVhL8V4owBdwidPIYcI9wW9OcLNd5OkIyvCaSYCMzup8U4F2pt7Y6_d2W3Uwu-g2nW9E0EyOzyjpXD3ebj6aqbVc8t6yfleGVipVACB75fVrrOUuQ8BOqi/s1600/DSC_0513_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YMtOVp3H2xOr-QwzdygNWFrVhL8V4owBdwidPIYcI9wW9OcLNd5OkIyvCaSYCMzup8U4F2pt7Y6_d2W3Uwu-g2nW9E0EyOzyjpXD3ebj6aqbVc8t6yfleGVipVACB75fVrrOUuQ8BOqi/s640/DSC_0513_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
This photo was made in clear sunny day, somewhere at the noon, when the sun was the hottest. The water looked unusually blue, with very very light breeze. One of those calm, amazing days where you can enjoy your life leaving all the troubles behind.Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-43782932095606977962011-03-05T17:44:00.000+02:002011-03-05T17:44:42.064+02:00Into the skies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj0n3GwI8qkMNiTt6wA_nSvIEE0fLtuBkugvvxLeO4VFUzUsoNkb-R8kIbREXCznQ-WbfNzy6ZYP3YlON2kfzRpMWzTXnxskZ_UaLp_GETKrIcoUmTAoe6A1GyyXGpR2EUJcSs-8ZJkSv/s1600/DSC_0631_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj0n3GwI8qkMNiTt6wA_nSvIEE0fLtuBkugvvxLeO4VFUzUsoNkb-R8kIbREXCznQ-WbfNzy6ZYP3YlON2kfzRpMWzTXnxskZ_UaLp_GETKrIcoUmTAoe6A1GyyXGpR2EUJcSs-8ZJkSv/s640/DSC_0631_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-83957705656986935362011-03-01T19:50:00.002+02:002011-03-25T23:52:56.062+02:00Amazing skies<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have made those photos some time ago (to be specific, August last year). These were trully the colours of the sky - no post processing, auto white balance and so on. I am still suprised I have seen such.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-55341122869910729292011-02-24T21:37:00.002+02:002011-03-15T22:02:09.784+02:00How to shoot your friends<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Having your camera, you will definitely take photos of your friends, relatives either during the parties, trips or meetings. One of the prerequisites for good portraits (assuming that you are close) is fast portrait lenses. On DX camera (crop sensor) it would be around 50mm lenses, on FX (full frame) - around 85mm. Lenses must be fast - in general, I noticed that rather usable aperture from my point of view is f/2.2-f/2.8 - it has sufficient depth of field, and background is well isolated. Keep in mind, that shooting more than one person they will have to be in the same distance from you as one of them will be blurry. Otherwise you need to step back and decrease aperture. If you want to shoot groups of people and even inside - 35mm or shorter lens is much more usable (and equivalent on FX or full frame sensor) but shorter and fast lenses are getting rather expensive here (Nikon though has very nice 35mm f/1.8 DX lenses - cheap and amazing; see my post on choosing lenses).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Going back to portraits - I have noticed that a lot of people take pictures of their friends and relatives while they are posing. In most cases - those pictures are kind of artificial, as too little people feel natural in front of camera. Better try to catch emotion. Take your camera with you and be invisible. Snap your photo when nobody is expecting that and even will not notice that. You will see - your portraits will be way better and stronger than posed ones, as people express their true emotion, not impersonated one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Anyway, if you need a posed portrait - talk with your model, make him smile naturally, not just forcing him to say 'cheeeese' and get one more posed picture.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-74593757684826820702011-02-21T21:50:00.001+02:002011-02-21T21:52:09.330+02:00Fisheye geometry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtINaiba1p2L90msIkA7pkn8lQoD6QZOI8Vs-4eTntkcMAlhaOjV9pjp1CIY3OizedLPnhP7UuZxCSR_zXpvHmFsgNzv8g2G9k64OtLYiy2WDADSobgksrozZ1_7xm_RRFA9wzHwTY93C5/s1600/Po+tiltu_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtINaiba1p2L90msIkA7pkn8lQoD6QZOI8Vs-4eTntkcMAlhaOjV9pjp1CIY3OizedLPnhP7UuZxCSR_zXpvHmFsgNzv8g2G9k64OtLYiy2WDADSobgksrozZ1_7xm_RRFA9wzHwTY93C5/s640/Po+tiltu_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I like in this photo is the way how lines are appearing when using fisheye lens. These are Samyang fisheye (purely manual) lens, and I like how vertical lines are distorted and horizontal ones going deep into the photo (from the perspective of viewer standing there). This was done under the bridge in Vilnius. Actually it was rather difficult to get symetry (of pillars framing the picture) as due to the really wide angle of view (180 degrees) even a small move resulted in lost symetry. Even now it is not that perfect.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-46329708252121010332011-02-21T19:17:00.001+02:002011-02-21T21:37:53.994+02:00Book review<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have just read The Photographer’s Eye by Michael Freeman - it is amazing book. I would advise to read it everybody who is interest in photography composition, is not professional and has not studied arts (like me) - it explains the basics of composition in a simple way. The language use is simple, easy to understand. These are the things I lacked in my knowledge. All descriptions are visually explained which the descriptions much more useful. After reading it sometimes I started analyzing pictures of good photographers' - in pictures you can actually see those basics of compositions you would never think of if not knowing those basics.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Though I should confess that this is a first book I have read about photography (other than various tips in interent).</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-69019263777765350952011-02-20T09:48:00.001+02:002011-02-20T09:49:48.118+02:00Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneXONjAC9HVkSJI7B2qZ3LR6jk_x-6VB_CSY0yToAAA7954mWE0urQhYP1c8MS5MgbV2TttSkPw1YOmAkWGwQijhLEQn_EVhzQ1YSjGpgWb4VeYvzU9Mho3HtVOP5_60zRtYVbjD-bNTp/s1600/zzz_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneXONjAC9HVkSJI7B2qZ3LR6jk_x-6VB_CSY0yToAAA7954mWE0urQhYP1c8MS5MgbV2TttSkPw1YOmAkWGwQijhLEQn_EVhzQ1YSjGpgWb4VeYvzU9Mho3HtVOP5_60zRtYVbjD-bNTp/s640/zzz_01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These sculptures are one of four sculpture groups on the Green Bridge (Žaliasis tiltas), in Vilnius, erected in soviet times. They are still causing a debats shoud they be removed or not as soviet monuments. I would prefer leaving them as the reminder of our hard past. Also for me they are inseparable from Vilnius cityscape, in contrast with sculpures of Lenin or Stalin. This one is called "Agriculture".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I tried to emphasize them in the contrast of old and new buildings and all that blue skies (it was cold winter day).</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-18584454694363505922011-02-17T23:31:00.002+02:002011-02-18T21:14:50.619+02:00Graffiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though in general I am against graffiti, especially in our Old town of Vilnius (why you should muck such a beautiful old buildings?), this one I find really funny - luckily it is not in Old town. What an imagination of someone, who came up with such a cat? Definately he has a vein of artist (though an outlaw a bit as it is illegal to do so).</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-7442254151236731852011-02-16T20:55:00.003+02:002011-02-18T21:16:14.032+02:00Street art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJrKoWlijCh6EqFmiH2YigWnz-Y12wwzzBafbx2jUcwTUDRLy1IxdBDAOIvQqMLINem0k18hwntYiO_vFePzLyXwIMgkBsms8qThzQNtcUTR4YRs0lHrGrDQNALJbx7T8insWJIr7NkB4/s1600/Arvydas+Pakalka_01.+Vytautui+Rubaviciui.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJrKoWlijCh6EqFmiH2YigWnz-Y12wwzzBafbx2jUcwTUDRLy1IxdBDAOIvQqMLINem0k18hwntYiO_vFePzLyXwIMgkBsms8qThzQNtcUTR4YRs0lHrGrDQNALJbx7T8insWJIr7NkB4/s640/Arvydas+Pakalka_01.+Vytautui+Rubaviciui.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I have been enjoying my new lenses - Nikkor 10-24mm, i.e. ultrawide even for DX sensor. They are amazing! Here is one photo I have made. This</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> piece of art is placed on the wall in Literatų str., Vilnius (roughly tranlsated as L<span class="HW">itterateur street) and was created by </span>Arvydas Pakalka in honour of Vytautas Rubavičius (as you could probalby guess there are 147 preceding this one).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What I like about it - is how its colours contrast to the old wall and how it immediately attracts attention. </span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333636884086855123.post-39549779634811583292011-02-16T17:20:00.001+02:002011-03-15T22:01:32.547+02:00How to shoot your baby<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the reasons I have convinced my wife to spend pile of money on DSLR was that were waiting for a baby. Point and shoot cameras are not too good at that, as usually you are shooting indoors and you cannot use flash. Thus DSLR with fast lenses (<a href="http://nunc-capere-photography.blogspot.com/2011/02/choosing-first-lens.html">See my post on choosing main lenses</a>) is very nice option. Following are the tips which I learned during my shooting:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">- avoid dressing your baby with various strange stuff (like rabbit ears etc.); it simply looks cheap;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">- find a moment when your child is awake: you can see a lot of pictures of sleeping babies (in their first months), but not so much of ones with open eyes;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">- don't forget the parents;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">- try to catch emotion - the image will be much stronger; it means that you shoot not when you want but when your child dictates (sometimes on crazy times);</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">- and the most important - perspective! A lot of people shoot their babies while standing near the bed or then one of parents is holding him in its hand; lay down, see from the baby's level.</span>Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503994200736689110noreply@blogger.com0