Landscapes around Nalsarovar, Guj

[Abhijit Rao]

Monochrome landscapes around the Nalsarovar area. Dec 2024.
Sony A7R3 + Voigtlander Nokton 50/1

[ISO]

Very nice use of leading lines.

TFS

[GIRISH22]

     Very nice,  but why B/w

[Abhijit Rao]

Thanks Mukund.

Thanks Girish. Somehow I like B/W. Have since I started photographing long ago in the 90's. I had a darkroom and I developed my own film and printed my own photos. There was some magick in that process. Since that time I have been in love with B/W. I also love the charm of shallow DoF to really narrow down the focus.  These landscapes are not of some grand vista and stunning visuals -- they are of ordinary mundane scenes around where I visit. I have tried to explore the forms and spaces. B/W removes the distractions of colour IMHO ;-).

You may find https://quasi.in/photography/ruia-naka.html interesting - shallow DoF, photos of the Ruia Naka shot in low light on film.

thanks for taking the time to see.

regards,

[arindam ghosh]

Hello, Abhijit sir.

Loved your images; especially your earlier post with the boats. I can see you are enjoying the CV 50mm f1. Can you please share from where you bought the lens? I use the previous 50mm f1.1 version that I got from cameraquest.com.

Regards.

Arindam Ghosh

[bitublack]

Nice series, Abhijeet. TFS.

For me #3 stands out as the most interesting/appealing.

The leading lines are equally evident in #1 and #2 as well, but when I ask myself what it is that stands out in #3, I feel that in #1 and #2 I am being led into the image with strong leading lines, but then it fizzles out as there is no obvious point-of-interest. OTOH, for #3 I am intrigued by the fence-posts themselves, and the relationship of the in-focus post with the OOF ones.

[Abhijit Rao]

Hi Arindam,

Thanks. I purchased the lens at https://www.mysticfocus.in/ . I highly recommend them as Sandeep, the owner, is very engaging, helpful and responsive.  I have 3 of their manual lenses - 35/1.2, 65/2 and now the 50/1. All outstanding.

regards,
Abhijit

Hello, Abhijit sir.

Loved your images; especially your earlier post with the boats. I can see you are enjoying the CV 50mm f1. Can you please share from where you bought the lens? I use the previous 50mm f1.1 version that I got from cameraquest.com.

Regards.

Arindam Ghosh