Posted in Brazil, Photography on Nov 21st, 2008
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Early morning
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Points of view – Meeting birding – Meeting Photographers – The Pantanal & Photography. (Map this!)
One of our favorite movies is Akira Kuroawa’s “Rashomon“. It relates the story of a murder from four different viewpoints, including the victim’s. I often think how applicable it is in everything that we do, from work to family to traveling. In the rainforest one person sees colorful birds and beautiful insects, another sees discomfort, mosquitoes and heat. Some people reverently see ancient deities in high mountains while others see an irresistible challenge beckoning to them. A hike can be done at a quick, uniform pace that brings color to the cheeks or it can be done at a deliberately slow pace to observe wildlife.
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Posted in Chile, Photography, Reflections on Oct 18th, 2008
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In the rubble
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Not so interesting – Diamond in the rough – Welcoming people – Herd instinct – Shades of gray
There is usually a reason why certain spots are off the beaten path. Most of the time this is because there is not much of interest to be gained at that site or the trouble involved in getting there does not merit the payback in entertainment value. On the other hand, going to sites mobbed with tourists can be quite off-putting and most places cannot handle the large volumes of people wanting to see them. Rare is the site like Machu Picchu that can handle hordes of visitors and still feel uncrowded and spacious.
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Posted in Costa Rica, Photography on Jun 15th, 2008
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Golden Orb
Spider
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An Active Participant – To Better Macro Photographs
Macro photography requires concentration on technique and thus makes the photographer a very active participant in the picture taking process. With the wonderful cameras of today it is all to easy to just point the lens and click away and have the image captured within five seconds or less of having concieved it. Macro is very unforgiving of this quick approach – indeed it is difficult to capture a good macro image without significant thought and planning. In this post I will talk about some of the lessons learned from our new hobby, which are applicable to general picture taking as well.
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Posted in Honduras, Photography on May 10th, 2008
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Shreesh and
the blue morpho
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The Enchanted Wings – Patience – the nature of the macro lens. (Map this!)
“It takes a lot of patience to do macro photography”. Shreesh remarked, walking back from “The Enchanted Wings”, a butterfly garden in Copán Ruinas, Honduras. We had just spent three hours fiddling with our camera, the tripod with its Acratech ball head, the level, the angled viewfinder and the 180mm macro lens in an effort to photograph the butterflies.
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Posted in Guatemala, Photography on May 2nd, 2008
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San Marcos
Shores of Atitlan
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Upside down – Gas Stations with guns – Power Vacuum – Stochastic processes
Just as the book is always better than the movie, pictures can’t do justice to a place. But sometimes the commonly expressed sentiment in the first sentence is turned upside down. In this upside down world the movie is better than the book, and the pictures not only do justice to the place but actually improve it.
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