Comments on: Hours in Rain…

By: adnan

adnan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:46:31 +0000

Thanks Ganesh for a very insightful article. To me it is a great example of what passion is all about.

By: Ganesh H Shankar

Ganesh H Shankar — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:38:32 +0000

Mahesh, Yes, I did visits Nick’s site some time back and seen some of his creations. During my last trip to Kaziranga, it was my privilege to meet Steve Winter, a National Geographic Photographer who spent more 5 years photographing snow leopards in Himalayan region. He was kind enough to show us his images - some of those are bench mark images for me (unfortunately none of those images are available on his site - may be owned by National Geographic). Each image of that kind needs very detailed study of the subject and its behaviors and lots of precise efforts with camera traps. May be a few tens or hundred failures one need to experience before a memorable one comes out from such experiments.

By: Mahesh Devarajan

Mahesh Devarajan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:55:52 +0000

Hi Ganesh, The moment i read this article it reminded me of the the image by nick nichols http://michaelnicknichols.com/gallery/cameratraps/4/
and the article itself
http://michaelnicknichols.com/article/camera_traps/

Guess this is the kind of effort that goes in to making memorable images. All the best Ganesh for your future efforts in this direction.
-Mahesh

By: Alwan.S

Alwan.S — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:26:19 +0000

Fantastic…One day when our roads cross I will have a lot more to talk. Thinking differently again and there you have tried pushing the equipments to the maximum stress they can bear.

Shiva - TFS those images.

By: Shivakumar

Shivakumar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:30:38 +0000

A Small behind the scene image from my end

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2394661061_088097733f_o.jpg

-Shivakumar

By: ganesh

ganesh — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:47:12 +0000

Madhukar, I don’t think water got inside my D200. These professional/semi-professional bodies are constructed like a rock.

By: Madhukar B V

Madhukar B V — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:46:41 +0000

Ganesh-master,

Thinking differently again. But, I feel you must really have been crazy. Probably that is what passion is all about. I can not imagine leaving D200 in the rains. At the same time I appreciate the built of the camera. Did water get inside the camera?

Wish you make one of the best Bear images in the near future.

Madhukar
http://gpitta.blogspot.com

By: Pramod Viswanath

Pramod Viswanath — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:27:51 +0000

First of all, I am loving “your’s truely” image here :)).
That apart as Shiva said, the amount of effort you put in setting up the apparatus was something mind boggling for me. Though the experiment wasn’t completely successful, the information and learning that you pass on to the youngsters like us and the lessons that we learn watching you is phenomenally priceless. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Wish you good luck for the next attempt. Am sure you will make it!

By: Shivakumar

Shivakumar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:23:06 +0000

It was indeed a good learning experience seeing you trying out different things. The amount of effort and planning that is involved in getting that “different image” is something you cant explain in words.
All the best for next time.
[ 3 Cheers to Nikon :o) ]

-Shivakumar

By: Ashwini Kumar Bhat

Ashwini Kumar Bhat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:25 +0000

Very nice attempt Ganesh! Its true that we learn more when we fail than when we win. I am sure you will win next time when you attempt this.
A very nice post. I enjoyed a lot…

- Ashwin