Cool shot! Oh, you shoot with Leica as well? I have long wanted one… But, when I am rich and ugly, I shall buy a medium format!
I tried to reply to one of your replies, but WP blocked me.
Yes, I will send and put up pictures of the hills when I get back there.
The desert? I went to the Gobi Desert, and all those pictures are lost. I also went to the Thar Desert of India, and those pictures are so bad that it is embarrasing!
I mainly shoot with Nikon full frame. But I have a Leica as well. I don’t know why you were blocked from commenting. That’s odd. However, I have been having some issues as well with posting, etc.
I just wonder how bad your images of the Thar Desert really are. See, I have a different perspective on images. I never delete. Unless it’s a total disaster, I never delete an image. I have hundreds of thousands of photographs all stored on external hard drives. Yep. I do. Know why? Because I refuse to do things the way most photographers do. I never see an image as a failure. You can always go back to a photograph later and see the value in it. I take the stance of an artist, not a photographer. I would encourage you to look at those photographs again with a fresh eye 🙂
Well, maybe WP did not like me. I tried to reply from my IPad, as well as desktop.
I too use a Nikon full frame. However, for some shoots, especially street work, I still use my D200. My old D200. It is lighter. And, when I am shooting film, I use the Nikon F75. The thing that holds me back from buying a new film camera is that Nikon sells them in India, but does not service them. Strange people.
Oh, I still have the photos of the Thar Desert. Like you, I never ever delete my photos, and I have loads of photos on external hard drives.
Now, I keep a back up. I did not do so earlier, and lost 2 years of work – the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, unknown sections of the Great Wall, Zhang Jia Jie, Jiu Zhai Gou, the streets of Paris, Beijing and Shanghai….
You will simply have to return to those places and take more 🙂
I did not take many photographs on this road trip. Not really. In fact, I have shot very little in the past year. I’ve become very selective and am working in other directions. I am a different person now than when I started shooting seven years ago, so I see things in a more pared down way.
Nikon is difficult even here to service. Everything has to be sent back East.
Oh serious? Back East? Well, I am blessed then! I have a Nikon Service Centre about 6 kilometres from where I live
What directions are you working on, if I may ask?
I am, kind of, stuck between projects. Landscapes I don’t do as often as I would like. I am planning to start ‘Delhi – Dusk to Dawn’, and to join a bunch of early morning walkers, to photograph the dwindling woods near my home.
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Awesome pic! What camera did you use?
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Thank you. I shoot with Nikon and Leica.
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But always remember, it’s not about your gear.
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Cool shot! Oh, you shoot with Leica as well? I have long wanted one… But, when I am rich and ugly, I shall buy a medium format!
I tried to reply to one of your replies, but WP blocked me.
Yes, I will send and put up pictures of the hills when I get back there.
The desert? I went to the Gobi Desert, and all those pictures are lost. I also went to the Thar Desert of India, and those pictures are so bad that it is embarrasing!
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I mainly shoot with Nikon full frame. But I have a Leica as well. I don’t know why you were blocked from commenting. That’s odd. However, I have been having some issues as well with posting, etc.
I just wonder how bad your images of the Thar Desert really are. See, I have a different perspective on images. I never delete. Unless it’s a total disaster, I never delete an image. I have hundreds of thousands of photographs all stored on external hard drives. Yep. I do. Know why? Because I refuse to do things the way most photographers do. I never see an image as a failure. You can always go back to a photograph later and see the value in it. I take the stance of an artist, not a photographer. I would encourage you to look at those photographs again with a fresh eye 🙂
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Well, maybe WP did not like me. I tried to reply from my IPad, as well as desktop.
I too use a Nikon full frame. However, for some shoots, especially street work, I still use my D200. My old D200. It is lighter. And, when I am shooting film, I use the Nikon F75. The thing that holds me back from buying a new film camera is that Nikon sells them in India, but does not service them. Strange people.
Oh, I still have the photos of the Thar Desert. Like you, I never ever delete my photos, and I have loads of photos on external hard drives.
Now, I keep a back up. I did not do so earlier, and lost 2 years of work – the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, unknown sections of the Great Wall, Zhang Jia Jie, Jiu Zhai Gou, the streets of Paris, Beijing and Shanghai….
All gone forever…
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You will simply have to return to those places and take more 🙂
I did not take many photographs on this road trip. Not really. In fact, I have shot very little in the past year. I’ve become very selective and am working in other directions. I am a different person now than when I started shooting seven years ago, so I see things in a more pared down way.
Nikon is difficult even here to service. Everything has to be sent back East.
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Oh serious? Back East? Well, I am blessed then! I have a Nikon Service Centre about 6 kilometres from where I live
What directions are you working on, if I may ask?
I am, kind of, stuck between projects. Landscapes I don’t do as often as I would like. I am planning to start ‘Delhi – Dusk to Dawn’, and to join a bunch of early morning walkers, to photograph the dwindling woods near my home.
Maybe, I will start this in September
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