We always encounter this debate whether photography is an art or science.Though we all end up saying its both art and science. Mostly photographs can be judged both from technology point of view as well as the art point of view. Using either of the one can result in either a technically perfect photo with no art, or an excellent art photo with technical faults. We all start with techniques first when we start photography, exactly opposite takes place for painters, they start with pure art. Which is why we mostly come around art in paintings and moment pictures in photographs. After a while, we all reach a saturation point and in a need to satisfy our hunger for thought food we begin our journey towards the unreal. Many have their own paths, own thinking and executions.Of course , in search of uncommon we go to lengths ,some find success ,some don't. And as a common notion in this world, mostly the conventional rules. Below are some pictures , some technically flawed pictures that I shot with pure deliberation. Of course there have been several experiments before on the same , and I may be blowing the same trumpet again, but still, here goes... some of my attempts to amalgamate art abd science of photography...
This is a baby elephant and its mother moving along the forests. The upper body of the mother in front is a reflection of motherly care that elephants are famous for.Freezing of a pic or slowing it down is always a prerogative of the photographer/artist and his thinking and executions....
This is a crocodile that was resting in still waters, owing to harsh light , I decided to shoot monochrome to pump up the contrasts and added grains by over sharpening the background. These kind of pics can be edited according to mood you are in....
After taking some conventional shots of the leopard, i decided to cut down the exposure so background got darkened, the left half of leopard I retrieved later, I also liked the flower near the leopard giving it a perfect jungle feel.....
This is a heron , again an underexposed pic, but then it all depends on taste buds of person to person, just a weird experiment this time.....
I actually desaturated the beautiful colors of the magnificent Indian rollers. The contrast of the background and the light falling on rollers made a perfect recipe for monochromes.Just amplifying the feel of duality in the pic....
These are one of the most common birds that we can sight near any lake.We always have a tendency to use a high shutter speed to freeze the motion , many maestros then decided to counter the technical aspects and slow it down to reflect the motion of the flapping wings. The above pic is combination of panning and slow shutter speeds that reflected the motions....
Similar is the above pic where the commotion is more apparent along with the setting sunlight reflection in the lake.Avery slow shutter fused the wings and the birds and tangled them to create the effect. One more similar pic below, where two egrets separated them from the flock ...
Apart from breaking technical rules in photography , there is also distortion in visions. I shot a normal pic of a geese in lake whose reflection caught my eye. The shape of the geese and curves in reflection made a shape of OM. Also flipping the image made it look like a trident. I converted it in monochrome to give it a more profound look like a trishul.....
These are some of my perceptions towards the aspects of photography. To satiate the hunger of art , both within and outwards ,is a very difficult job. Sometimes you are successful in satiating your inner search , most often not.... but it should be on...and as always ..the debate will go on........
