Critiques

ttmountainman (2275) 2009-03-15 8:38

The men seem to be returning from a funeral...sober, subdued..and dressed in white....the women seem full of life by contrast...celebrating a local festival....

Both sides are life- the passing and the living - both go on..:-)

Pity the tiger was on route 5 and we on 3!

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-08-20 21:27

Great shot of Stakna.....perceived as a tooth sticking out of a gum its gets its name in Ladhaki...!

A favourite place of mine:-)

Slightly oversharpened maybe..:}
Vijay

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-07-24 10:03

Good shot considering the limitations of standing on the road and shooting!The wide angle did a nice job of widening the horizon.The frame though seems too ornate for a picture of such a simple life..and I didnt know that Lamayuru was a cop free zone in Ladakh..:-)

Regards
Vijay

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-07-19 11:15

Hi vandana,
Just posted one of Panggong myself..:-) Always thought there was no marine life in Pangong...but your shot definitely clears that up..:-)

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-02-04 3:59

She could be your older wrinkly sister ....

And thats why she is posing so patiently..:)...

Very very good calm look...Greek heritage is clear....and something very Himachali too..:) maybe her ancecestors are the lost tribe around Jaana.
x

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-01-26 5:55

Hi Rich,

We actually suffer from a more serious manifestation of the High Altitude sickness on the Raid de Himalaya rally. The cars do an accelerated ascent of what takes a trekker a couple of days in a few hours!

Despite the air evac and other faiclities what we always rely on first is an altitude chamber. The patient is put into it and the pressure pumped up so it simulates a drop in altitude immediately. They work like magic, are light enough to carry on a mule and and fold to the size of a large sleeping bag!

Next time you go o a trek in India insist that the company organising it provides one!

Just a thought.

Great pic of an Army Cheetah chopper. The army always travel in twos in the Himalayas.

Regards
Vijay

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-01-24 10:57

Hi Nikhil,

Great shot...your fake camera did wonders! Churna is one of my favourite sanctuaries....saw a lwopard walking down the road towards my gypsy and he stood at the bonnet for a full 5 minutes!! Got a great video! Welcome to TE.

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-01-20 22:16

Hi Santanu,
The picture itself is excellent aesthetically....well centred with a receding flow of arches....technically its useless.

No sharpness very poor cropping and the writing at the bottom destroys everything!
Infact it almost seems like you shot it with a pixelated webcam! Embrace photoshop..learn cropping,framing and sharpening and the photographer hiding in you can be appreciated by us all......welcome to TE. You will find some good friends and some heartless critics here....but at the end of this you will have great pictures to show....:)

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-01-19 21:43

Very nice ..I love the grain...the subject, the crop and composition....and positively detest the frame...:)Maybe you could have stopped at the black border!
Regards
Vijay

ttmountainman (2275) 2006-01-19 21:39

I just read through the exchange of views and as an Indian I was actually quite amused.
Also as someone who owns a garage in India I immediately recognised not only the engine block but also the ventilated disc rotors on the block.
In my opinion...the guy is possibly taking the engine and rotors for reconditioning...not to the scrap yard.If he was he would not have carefully covered, with a new cloth, the various opening left by removing the heads!
The only odd thing is whereas he is wearing a sandal on his left foot it seems to be a shoe on his right..so I would imagine he works in a garage that doesnt pay too well and is not the owner of a small shop as I earlier concluded.... that he is hardworking is written in his body...still strong at his age... around the early 50's I assume.
Now he needs no sympathy just respect. In India we have similar people who cant afford a pair of shoes yet they smile and work hard like the gent here.

Maybe you both need a holiday to India to put "deprivation" in perspective and sling political correctness out of the window!