A Moment frozen in time....
What is a "photograph" or a "photographie" in French or a " fotografía " in Spanish ?? Some years ago , when the digital camera was not in every photographers' pouch we all had to depend on the negative and the positive ..The (optimistic) Argentum Chloride solution was the only way out to develop the positive out of the negative . After coming back from a long tour all of us had to hand over the rolls to the studio and wait for at least 4-5 days for the prints to arrive. And when the prints came we could hardly wait to see those. I can bet everyone saw all the photos standing in the counter inside the studio before stepping out. The person who took the shots sees all the photos repeatedly and every time there's an "Aha.... how beautiful is this one !!! .. I , I myself, shot this ..." effect.
So for every passionate photographer like me, Photo (light)+Graph(Signature) or the impression of the light has a emotional touch in each and every click of the shutter.
For a physicist the fourth dimension or the time axis extends both left and right.. and a photograph is a moment frozen in time. We see a photo but do not know what lies on the left or right of that point. Or how many light years away is that moment from us...But a photograph has frozen that moment for us.. Sweet memories ........ For an octogenarian to see a photo of his convocation with all his batch mates or the photo of his last day in school drifts him back to those days. All those moments have travelled very far from him .. yet frozen in time in a piece of paper....
The Efficiency Aspect :
If the ( Output / Input ) ratio is calculated for different hobbies photography would probably end up at the bottom of the list. The shutter opens for a 100th of a second or may be even less (actually depends on the shutter speed you select). The photographer waits for at least 5 mins to find the scene he wants . So the time ratio becomes ( 1/100 upon 300) = 1/30,000 !!!! The time in which the work is done is 1/100 th sec but you have to wait more than 5 mins for that moment. That makes photography interesting. The man behind the lens feels the charm ..
Now let me take up the photos on the left side of this page one by one .
1. SKY IS THE LIMIT
This photo was NOT taken by me ...I have downloaded it from the Boeing website. The legendary Boeing Dreamliner 787 take off , intimidating the others. In today's world the biggest issues are Energy Conservation and Pollution Control. This aircraft is highly fuel efficient than its peers. The 787 will provide airlines with unmatched fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance. The airplane will use 20 percent less fuel for comparable missions than today's similarly sized airplane. It will also travel at speeds similar to today's fastest wide bodies, Mach 0.85. Boeing has selected General Electric and Rolls-Royce to develop engines for the new airplane. But how does the fuel efficiency come from ?? Light weight Composites have replaced metals . For example, by manufacturing a one-piece fuselage section, 787 is eliminating 1,500 aluminum sheets and 40,000 - 50,000 fasteners.
Now, the title "Sky is the Limit..." Do we wish that we were like aircrafts and fly high in our life and sky was the limit for us ... thats the dream.. To achieve whatever we want.. The moment the tyres leave the ground you feel like the air-borne king of the world.. the nerve tingling speed and the high acceleration .. the pseudo force shows its presence.. We want to win in life and take off ... We try and try , we work hard .. in the process we are building the the 787 engine within ourselves and the runway is the life we have left behind. But as the aircraft has to touch down on the runway again ,we also refer back to the past.. We can never forget the past..
The cos(theta) effect : In our ninth standard we have learnt cos(theta) = base / hypotenuse (or the acclivity).. The stronger the base , the higher will be the rise . Unless the runway is proper the 787 can never take off. Unless our base is strong we can never rise high in life...
2. ACCORD
This photo is from my own album. It was shot when my better half was by my side.. It was just after sunset. A beautiful moment , it was. She was the everything of my life .. Our feelings were in complete accord and we were soulmates.. The accord or the synchronization of the heart beats caused the resonance.. But I heard them say resonance causes tremendous vibration which leads to collapse.. Resonant Frequency is to be avoided in structure design.
The Nature reflected our feelings too .. The water and the sky .. reflection on the two halves "in complete accord", just like we were.. Suddenly the cumulonimbus formation changes , the virtual image on the water changes .. The water reflects the feelings of the firmament .. Also why does the water appear blue ? Or why do we say - Blue Ocean .. ? Its because of the blue sky.. But the does the sky reflect the water ? Throw a stone into the water .. the ripples are formed because the water feels the pain. Gradually , the ripples attenuate. But does the sky reflect this change ? So was it a one way accord ? I know not the answer ..
But what i know is that ..
. If it rises , it has to set ,
. Sunset and sunrise happen everyday ,
. But why does the Sky bleed day after day on the verge of parting ??
My photograph has frozen that moment of accord in an eternal arabesque........
If we could freeze the beautiful moments of our life too..........
3. THE KISS
I was inspired by Gustav Klimt.. His famous "The Kiss " (1907 - 1908) , a masterpiece with oil on canvas currently at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , at Vienna , Austria. My photograph is not as explicit as his but still I prefer to christen my photograph as "The Kiss" This photo was shot on a Diwali night. The two diyas , the flames kissing each other in a mild zephyr. The meeting of the two souls , the burning passion within takes the control , or may be "out of
control" .. Fire was invented by men in the stone ages . Invention -- ?? Was fire invented or discovered ?? Men found out a way to strike two stones and ignite that spark. Fire was always there. It was just waiting to get ignited. And since then fire has given us warmth , the heat to keep ourselves alive during the cold winter months . The two diyas in the wind , when the flames become unite they go even higher up. But at the same time the fuel gets depleted. Death is the ultimatum - the two diyas had to burn out after a few hours .. death is inevitable because entropy of the living system cannot decrease with time. The chaos inside leads to the end of everything. A zephyr is not strong enough but a stormy wind is-- the diyas cannot survive the strong wind. The unexpected , but much feared , end to life. But as long as they were alive , they were close .. very close .. kissing each other every now and then . So enjoy life .. be with your beloved ones . You never know when the strong wind will come .. In this world , the greatest threat is terrorism , which may lead to the Third world war . What we need now is to spread the message of love . The greatest terrorist in this world was not born a terrorist. War is not the end to all wars.. rather .. Love is . Love has the power of a million canons. So let love rule so that there's never any strong stormy wind to "murder" the two diyas....
Here ends my longest post so far .....
I wanted to let people know what I felt when I froze that micro-sec in time.....
Signing off...
JOY (photographer JOY :-)
What is a "photograph" or a "photographie" in French or a " fotografía " in Spanish ?? Some years ago , when the digital camera was not in every photographers' pouch we all had to depend on the negative and the positive ..The (optimistic) Argentum Chloride solution was the only way out to develop the positive out of the negative . After coming back from a long tour all of us had to hand over the rolls to the studio and wait for at least 4-5 days for the prints to arrive. And when the prints came we could hardly wait to see those. I can bet everyone saw all the photos standing in the counter inside the studio before stepping out. The person who took the shots sees all the photos repeatedly and every time there's an "Aha.... how beautiful is this one !!! .. I , I myself, shot this ..." effect.
So for every passionate photographer like me, Photo (light)+Graph(Signature) or the impression of the light has a emotional touch in each and every click of the shutter.
For a physicist the fourth dimension or the time axis extends both left and right.. and a photograph is a moment frozen in time. We see a photo but do not know what lies on the left or right of that point. Or how many light years away is that moment from us...But a photograph has frozen that moment for us.. Sweet memories ........ For an octogenarian to see a photo of his convocation with all his batch mates or the photo of his last day in school drifts him back to those days. All those moments have travelled very far from him .. yet frozen in time in a piece of paper....
The Efficiency Aspect :
If the ( Output / Input ) ratio is calculated for different hobbies photography would probably end up at the bottom of the list. The shutter opens for a 100th of a second or may be even less (actually depends on the shutter speed you select). The photographer waits for at least 5 mins to find the scene he wants . So the time ratio becomes ( 1/100 upon 300) = 1/30,000 !!!! The time in which the work is done is 1/100 th sec but you have to wait more than 5 mins for that moment. That makes photography interesting. The man behind the lens feels the charm ..
Now let me take up the photos on the left side of this page one by one .
1. SKY IS THE LIMIT
This photo was NOT taken by me ...I have downloaded it from the Boeing website. The legendary Boeing Dreamliner 787 take off , intimidating the others. In today's world the biggest issues are Energy Conservation and Pollution Control. This aircraft is highly fuel efficient than its peers. The 787 will provide airlines with unmatched fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance. The airplane will use 20 percent less fuel for comparable missions than today's similarly sized airplane. It will also travel at speeds similar to today's fastest wide bodies, Mach 0.85. Boeing has selected General Electric and Rolls-Royce to develop engines for the new airplane. But how does the fuel efficiency come from ?? Light weight Composites have replaced metals . For example, by manufacturing a one-piece fuselage section, 787 is eliminating 1,500 aluminum sheets and 40,000 - 50,000 fasteners.
Now, the title "Sky is the Limit..." Do we wish that we were like aircrafts and fly high in our life and sky was the limit for us ... thats the dream.. To achieve whatever we want.. The moment the tyres leave the ground you feel like the air-borne king of the world.. the nerve tingling speed and the high acceleration .. the pseudo force shows its presence.. We want to win in life and take off ... We try and try , we work hard .. in the process we are building the the 787 engine within ourselves and the runway is the life we have left behind. But as the aircraft has to touch down on the runway again ,we also refer back to the past.. We can never forget the past..
The cos(theta) effect : In our ninth standard we have learnt cos(theta) = base / hypotenuse (or the acclivity).. The stronger the base , the higher will be the rise . Unless the runway is proper the 787 can never take off. Unless our base is strong we can never rise high in life...
2. ACCORD
This photo is from my own album. It was shot when my better half was by my side.. It was just after sunset. A beautiful moment , it was. She was the everything of my life .. Our feelings were in complete accord and we were soulmates.. The accord or the synchronization of the heart beats caused the resonance.. But I heard them say resonance causes tremendous vibration which leads to collapse.. Resonant Frequency is to be avoided in structure design.
The Nature reflected our feelings too .. The water and the sky .. reflection on the two halves "in complete accord", just like we were.. Suddenly the cumulonimbus formation changes , the virtual image on the water changes .. The water reflects the feelings of the firmament .. Also why does the water appear blue ? Or why do we say - Blue Ocean .. ? Its because of the blue sky.. But the does the sky reflect the water ? Throw a stone into the water .. the ripples are formed because the water feels the pain. Gradually , the ripples attenuate. But does the sky reflect this change ? So was it a one way accord ? I know not the answer ..
But what i know is that ..
. If it rises , it has to set ,
. Sunset and sunrise happen everyday ,
. But why does the Sky bleed day after day on the verge of parting ??
My photograph has frozen that moment of accord in an eternal arabesque........
If we could freeze the beautiful moments of our life too..........
3. THE KISS
I was inspired by Gustav Klimt.. His famous "The Kiss " (1907 - 1908) , a masterpiece with oil on canvas currently at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , at Vienna , Austria. My photograph is not as explicit as his but still I prefer to christen my photograph as "The Kiss" This photo was shot on a Diwali night. The two diyas , the flames kissing each other in a mild zephyr. The meeting of the two souls , the burning passion within takes the control , or may be "out of
control" .. Fire was invented by men in the stone ages . Invention -- ?? Was fire invented or discovered ?? Men found out a way to strike two stones and ignite that spark. Fire was always there. It was just waiting to get ignited. And since then fire has given us warmth , the heat to keep ourselves alive during the cold winter months . The two diyas in the wind , when the flames become unite they go even higher up. But at the same time the fuel gets depleted. Death is the ultimatum - the two diyas had to burn out after a few hours .. death is inevitable because entropy of the living system cannot decrease with time. The chaos inside leads to the end of everything. A zephyr is not strong enough but a stormy wind is-- the diyas cannot survive the strong wind. The unexpected , but much feared , end to life. But as long as they were alive , they were close .. very close .. kissing each other every now and then . So enjoy life .. be with your beloved ones . You never know when the strong wind will come .. In this world , the greatest threat is terrorism , which may lead to the Third world war . What we need now is to spread the message of love . The greatest terrorist in this world was not born a terrorist. War is not the end to all wars.. rather .. Love is . Love has the power of a million canons. So let love rule so that there's never any strong stormy wind to "murder" the two diyas....Here ends my longest post so far .....
I wanted to let people know what I felt when I froze that micro-sec in time.....
Signing off...
JOY (photographer JOY :-)
2 comments:
Simply superb !!!!!
keep up the good work frnd ..............
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