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All Stacked Up

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StackedUpTv: 1/160s; Av: F/3.2; f:8.1mm (35m-equiv:52mm)

I took this pic at my native village. What you see here are trunks of betelnut trees stacked up. These trunks are used in the betelnut “harvesting” season to build temporary one-storey high structures on which the betel-nuts are dried after coloring them. These structures are called “atta” in Kannada, and are a common sight in rural Karnataka during the season.

  • I liked the 45-degree angle as it gives the photo its character.
  • This photo was shot in B&W (as against shooting in color and then converting to B&W later). I liked the fact that the B&W effect has come out much better than my other attempts!
  • There has been minimal post-processing in this snap (just minor adjustments for brightness and contrast)

How this snap could have been improved?

  • It would have been nice if I could get some other aspect of village life into the frame – the house itself was right next to this shed – and I could have tried to include it as well.
  • The time of say when this snap was taken was not optimal. Had I taken it during brighter daylight – the effect might have been drastically better!

Well, whats your opinion?

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6 Comments

  1. Comment by Vishal:
    Friday, September 18th 2009 at 7:42 pm | 

    Thats the best I think. Nice one bro

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  2. Comment by Rahul:
    Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 at 10:30 am | 

    You can also change the mood of the picture by using various presets in Lightroom. That will give the picture some character!

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  3. Comment by mahesh:
    Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 at 8:45 pm | 

    i feel its too mixed up…esp when the trees stack ends ,the tiles stacked on roof starts. ..too goemetric…village life category mein kuch aur nahin mila tujhe..

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    • Comment by kiranoncemore:
      Friday, September 25th 2009 at 8:30 am | 

      Mahesh, “Geometric” indeed :) Yes, I think the framing is not good enough. Anyways the intention of this photo was not to show village life. That was just an afterthought.

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