Brand New Day Photo

Photographer’s Note

Chandigarh is known for it's well planned architect and tranquility. True essence of this can be discovered if one visit it's parks, and places like lake early in the morning. It's very other side of what you usually see at it's shopping malls any time of day.
This guy is busy doing "Surya Namaskara", Praying before sun to fill one's life with energy and youth.
This shot was taken at "Sukhna Lake", a famous check at Chandigarh, where you can find hundreds of people hunting for their share of Enigma in the early morning hours.

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Homerhomer (4005) 2004-11-29 13:33

Hi Manu.
I like this image for number of reasons. Some say that sunsets and sunrises are a cliche, and that's true for many, I think this one goes beyond that. I like the composition, like the layers of colours on the other side of the river, including the man also adds interest to the photo.

Things you may consider here is leveling the horizon, the photo seems a bit soft, perhaps smaller F stop if possible could have been used. Exposure here is very tricky, very high contrasts due to strong sun, the man, the river and it's bank are exposed propery, however big part of the sky is overexposed. It's difficult to expose image like this properly, one option would be to expose for the sun and then try to bring out the details in the shadows in photo shop. Blending exposure is also a possibility.
Very nice image, if a bit improved technically it would have been very good.
Peter