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<strong>INSIDE</strong><br />
E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 • I S S U E 1 2<br />
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<strong>PHOTOGRAPHY</strong><br />
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WORLD<br />
<strong>PHOTOGRAPHY</strong><br />
DAY<br />
M a m r i n g<br />
A P h o t o g r a p h e r s<br />
T r e a t<br />
B E H I N D<br />
B y<br />
T H E<br />
S h i l a d i t y a<br />
C h o w d h u r y<br />
L E N S
EDITOR'S<br />
LETTER<br />
W h y p e o p l e d o n ’ t g e t c o n c e p t u a l a r t p h o t o g r a p h y<br />
In this practical world, a huge number of people do not appreciate the conceptual art<br />
photography. But the photographers, who are creative in their own thinking, always<br />
respect other's creativity of any form. Instead of this, a majority of photographers tend to<br />
dismiss the work when it reaches a conceptual level. If anyone does not understand the<br />
art that doesn't mean it is bad. Everyone wants to create something different and when a<br />
photographer is engaged in creating something new through inspiration most of the<br />
people deny that work. Now we need to understand what is conceptual or modern art<br />
photography? Before the era of photography, the painting was the only visual form of art<br />
to express a story. Then a machine named camera came to existence and the medium of<br />
expression got changed. Everyone thought that the age of painting had come to an end,<br />
but the actual "Art" remained on paintings and after 1950 the concept of photography<br />
changed. Besides the traditional photography, the art form came to the world of film and<br />
a new era began. Every photographer started to create images which resembled paintings.<br />
The pattern based photography like abstract, minimalism etc came to existence and the<br />
era of conceptual photography started with the help of art form of paintings.<br />
Nowadays the modern art or conceptual photography is so important that it is pushing<br />
itself beyond limits. People say these days that nothing much is left to do something new<br />
in the field of photography. But with conceptual photography, the probability of creating<br />
something new has increased and more iconic images are yet to come. The concept of<br />
modern art photography is quite controversial for traditional photographers since they<br />
believe it is quite easy to execute. As said by Craig Damraurer, " Modern art = I could do<br />
that + Yeah, but you didn't " is not easy at all. One has to go beyond the capacity of the<br />
brain and create something different. Many a Times you may fail to create, but at the<br />
same time, you will realize the reason of your failure. A new age of photography has<br />
begun; need to go deep into it.<br />
The 12th issue of <strong>INSIDE</strong> <strong>PHOTOGRAPHY</strong> is here with its new looks and format. Some<br />
sections are becoming quite popular amongst the amateur photographers and that is<br />
encouraging for the Inside Photography team. The festive season is about to come and all<br />
photographers of West Bengal is eagerly waiting for this. In this issue, you will enjoy a<br />
good travel story followed by some good technical articles. Everyone is expected to be<br />
busy in this festive month but I insist our readers to take a break with a cup of coffee and<br />
enjoy this issue of <strong>INSIDE</strong> <strong>PHOTOGRAPHY</strong>.<br />
Bhaskar Paul<br />
Editor<br />
I N S I D E P H O T O G R A P H Y | S E P T E M B E R<br />
<strong>2017</strong>
W h a t s a p p u s a t 9 5 4 7 7 4 3 8 9 2<br />
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Reader's Board<br />
I started to read this magazine a few<br />
months ago and it is good to see that<br />
every time it comes to us on the first<br />
day of each month. It is indeed an<br />
academically sound magazine, though I<br />
have found sometimes it comprises of<br />
some mistakes. I would like to request<br />
the editor to take care of this. Thank you<br />
Siliguri Photographic Society for this<br />
wonderful magazine.<br />
Susmita Basak<br />
Inside Photography is developing day<br />
by day and it appears good to me. But<br />
I think there should be more images,<br />
especially the images which are taking<br />
part in the competitions and that would<br />
be awesome.<br />
Aniket Saha<br />
Editor's reply :Thank you Mr.Aniket for<br />
your kind suggestion.We are working on<br />
it to increase the number of photographs<br />
in our magazine. But we can't use the<br />
images which are taking part in the<br />
competitions without the author's<br />
permission as there will be copyright<br />
issue.<br />
T h i s i s a s e g m e n t w h e r e<br />
y o u c a n s e n d<br />
y o u r s u g g e s t i o n s , q u e s t i o n s , a l l y o u ' r e<br />
q u e r i e s . t o s e n d q u e r i e s y o u c a n<br />
a l s o , m a i l u s a t<br />
S i l i g u r i<br />
p h o t o g r a p h i c s o c i e t y @ y a h o o . c o m
F E A T U R E D P H O T O G R A P H E R O F T H E M O N T H<br />
MY SHOT : ARRIVAL<br />
S e p t e m b e r t h e m o n t h i n t h e B e n g a l<br />
m a r k s t h e a r r i v a l o f D u r g a p u j a .<br />
T h e m o s t l o v e d f e s t i v a l o f B e n g a l ,<br />
t h e w e a t h e r i t s e l f d e s c r i b e s t h e<br />
m o o d o f f e s t i v i t y . F o r<br />
p h o t o g r a p h e r s , i t ' s f e s t i v e c h a n c e<br />
t o o f o r c a p t u r i n g s t u n n i n g i m a g e s ,<br />
b e a u t i f u l e m o t i o n s a n d t h e v i b e o f<br />
p u j a . I t i s a g e n r e i t s e l f b u t w i t h<br />
t h e r i s e o f D i g i t a l S L R c a m e r a s , i t<br />
h a s b e c o m e a k i n d o f t e m p l a t e<br />
b a s e d . L e t ' s s a y K a s h f u l - t h e<br />
f l o w e r t h a t s y m b o l i z e s t h e A r r i v a l<br />
o f D u r g a P u j a . B u t m o s t o f t h e<br />
p i c t u r e s y o u h a v e s e e n h a v e t h e<br />
s a m e t e m p l a t e o f h a v i n g a b l u e s k y<br />
i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d a n d K a s h f u l i n<br />
t h e f o r e g r o u n d . T h e r e i n v e n t i o n o f<br />
t h a t s t y l e i s v e r y r a r e . N o t<br />
f o l l o w i n g w h a t t h e l e g e n d s h a v e<br />
f o l l o w e d c a n b e a s i n . I r e s p e c t t h e<br />
t r e n d a s b e c a u s e w h e n e v e r y o u<br />
t h i n k o f D u r g a p u j a t h a t ' s w h a t<br />
c o m e s t o e v e r y o n e ' s m i n d . A s<br />
o b v i o u s i n p o p u l a r o p i n i o n t h a t<br />
i m a g e w i l l b e m o r e a p p e l i n g t o t h e<br />
a u d i e n c e . B u t t h e n w h a t a r e ' Y o u '<br />
b r i n g i n g t o t h e t a b l e ? S o t h i s t i m e<br />
w i t h m y i m a g e " A r r i v a l " I h a v e<br />
t r i e d t o p o t r a y t h e s a m e t h i n g w i t h<br />
a s l i g h t d i f f e r e n c e i n p e r s p e c t i v e .<br />
H o p e y o u a l l w i l l g i v e i t a s e c o n d<br />
t h o u g h t .<br />
A N U B H A V C H O U D H U R Y
"Though the economic<br />
condition is not suitable for<br />
the people who belong to<br />
below poverty line, but need<br />
to be ready for every day's<br />
struggle. I have a small shop<br />
and I wish it will be grown up<br />
one day"- an unknown man<br />
of Siliguri market.<br />
Image by Bhaskar Paul
N E W S<br />
It has been in the news that Lee Filter's ProGlass IRND<br />
filters made for the film industry, are now available for<br />
discerning still photographers.they are available in a<br />
range of strengths 0.6ND(2EV), 0.9ND (3EV),<br />
1.2ND(4EV), and 1.8ND (6EV). Extreme Strengths are<br />
available on offer; For Ultra Long exposures go for the<br />
3.0 (10EV) and 4.5ND (15EV).<br />
Images from www.profifoto.de<br />
As per sources says these filters are 2mm made from<br />
optically flat glass to highly accurate filter values and all<br />
strengths are designed to be free of color casts so filter<br />
to filter consistency is guaranteed to assist a fast<br />
workflow.<br />
they are also coated to block infrared and ultra violates<br />
radiation to ensure clean blacks, mid tones and whites<br />
free of color casts.<br />
L e e<br />
o f f e r s<br />
N e w N D s<br />
As with the stopper range, the Pro Glass IRND filters<br />
have foam gaskets to prevent light leaks during very<br />
long exposures.<br />
The Pro Glass IRND filters are available for the Seven5<br />
systems, 100mm systems Sw150 systems; Priced Rs<br />
11208.50, Rs 13631.96, Rs 31429.25 respectively.<br />
Again from sources, a solar eclipse filter has also been<br />
Introduced By Lee.It reduces incoming light by around<br />
20EV and is designed for use during the partial phase of<br />
an eclipse - it is removed for shooting totality. This filter<br />
is not designed for extreme long exposure shooting as<br />
the results will be blue in color.Any blueness in solar<br />
eclipse images can be corrected in processing.
BOARD<br />
Tech Talk<br />
Image from www.landscapepro.pics<br />
Landscape PRO 2 is an<br />
intelligent software aimed at<br />
the outdoor photographer<br />
who wants to make their<br />
shots and neither doesn't<br />
have the editing skills or the<br />
time to sit in front of the<br />
computer. V2 retains key<br />
features of V1 so you have<br />
sky replacement and photo<br />
adaptive controls but now<br />
there are improved selection<br />
brushes 2d and 3d lighting<br />
brushes and an expended sky<br />
library.<br />
Ease of use is key to this<br />
software. It features one click<br />
presets for instant<br />
improvements and slidders<br />
offer more control.<br />
As per source from market<br />
three version are available.<br />
The standard LandsapePRO<br />
costs Rs2268.51/- while the<br />
studio version is Rs3783.38/-<br />
and studio max edition is<br />
around Rs 7570.54/-.
ZEISS has added a<br />
tenth lens to its<br />
Milvus range<br />
Image from www.pinterest.com<br />
3 Legged<br />
Thing QR11-<br />
LG L Bracket<br />
Images from www.3leggedthing.com<br />
The 35mm f/1.4 is a full<br />
frame lens available in<br />
Canon and Nikon fit at Rs<br />
128687.90/-. It features a<br />
new optical design i.e<br />
claim to be free of<br />
chromatic aberration and<br />
also deliver a high-class<br />
performance even at<br />
maximum aperture as per<br />
reliable sources.<br />
The QR11 L-grip is available<br />
in copper or gray priced at<br />
Rs 3786.41/-. It's arca-swiss<br />
compatibility makes<br />
switching from upright to<br />
horizontal shooting in a<br />
second easy. It can also be<br />
disassembled quickly and<br />
stored flat for easy transport<br />
as per research.
SIGMA RANGE GROWS BY TWO<br />
Sigmas art lens collection has added two new family members<br />
aimed at full frame users. The 24-70 mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM is a<br />
top end with standard zoom as per market analysis.<br />
The fourth generation of this focal length range offers much<br />
more than a leading optical performance from current high<br />
megapixel DSLRs.<br />
Its optical construction features three SLD(super low<br />
dispersion) glass elements and four aspherical elements to<br />
minimize lens flaws including coma and chromatic aberration<br />
and gives excellent across-the - frame sharpness. The lens<br />
features Sigma's renowned optical stabilizer technology and<br />
HSM for first silent auto focusing with the option of full-time<br />
manual overwrite.<br />
The lens construction includes seals to prevent dust and<br />
moisture intrusion, and the front lens element features water<br />
and dust repellent coating. Both help to give the reliable<br />
performance in challenging conditions.This standard zoom is<br />
priced at Rs106039.89/- will be available this August in Canon,<br />
Nikon and Sigma fittings as per various sources.<br />
Again it presumes that the second lens sets new standards in<br />
the ultra-wide angle category and is the seventh prime lens in<br />
the art line. The Sigma 14 mm f/1.8 DG SHM is priced at<br />
Rs127248.02/- with Canon and Sigma mount available now and<br />
the Nikon version towards the end of August.<br />
An ultra-wide lens of this speed makes it ideal for many<br />
subjects including landscape but also more specialist like Astro<br />
photography where such a fast aperture<br />
allows a relatively low ISO.<br />
Outstanding across -the- frame image quality is delivered.<br />
Thanks to the three FLD and four SLD elements while the<br />
inclusion of a large 80 mm moulded glass aspherical<br />
lens element helps to provide the lens with a wide aperture.<br />
This element also helps us to deliver a minimum distortion and<br />
great centered-to-age sharpness.<br />
Image from www.whatdigitalcamera.com
o y a l t o c o m e b a c k .<br />
r<br />
So, the King is back again. Kodak is bringing back its iconic Reversal or slide<br />
film Ektachrome soon. Jettisoning millions of photo enthusiasts round the<br />
globe to astronomically high level of joy, Kodak has made this official<br />
announcement bringing it to public that the new era is all set to begin by end<br />
<strong>2017</strong> when the company is likely to bring back the film again to life in Super<br />
8 Cine as well as 35mm Still formats.<br />
Superb for its colour reproduction and extra fine grain, the film, first<br />
introduced in 1940, shaped the world of photography while being a must to<br />
be used by top class shooters including those in Nat Geo until end of the first<br />
decade of 21st century.<br />
Shoot and final. No print. The film is positive. Being projected through the<br />
analog projector, it used to produce life size super vibrant and brilliantly<br />
contrast razor sharp images on the screen.<br />
In contrast to 1080 X 1920 image units of the present day gorgeous<br />
standard of digital on screen projection image, the handshaking of<br />
Ektachrome and Analog projector gives an image equivalent to 24mega<br />
Pixel or 4000 X 6000 image units on a projection screen. Eventually, any<br />
kind of ‘Pixelation’ is just ‘what the heck’ in it.<br />
The following decline in the film usage and trailing to the fate of many other<br />
film brands, this super strong Ektachrome also had to have its last breath in<br />
2012 with discontinuation of its production.<br />
Image from www.donaldscarincipictures.com<br />
E K T A C H R O M E :<br />
T h e K i n g i s a l l s e t f o r a
www.familyoralhistory.us<br />
But, from behind the instant imaging convenience of digital<br />
technology, the purist spirit of that ' hole in one’ liking hard core<br />
shooters reemerged once again increasing global demand for films<br />
making it noticeable by 2016.<br />
Kodak responded to the new trend with the bold announcement- “It<br />
is such a privilege to reintroduce KODAK EKTACHROME Film,” on<br />
5th of January <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Eventually, the shutter bugs are going back to pull out those<br />
immortal pieces of machines- Nikon FE II, Nikon F 90X, Canon AE 1,<br />
Canon EOS, Pentax K 1000 and many more landmark models. Days<br />
are not too far for them to once again feel the thrill of real<br />
photography that comes after meticulous learning from seniors and<br />
real books. Where every shutter click comes after a full round of<br />
planning, observation or assessment. Where shooting shows no<br />
mercy to mistake. Where there is no post process, no Cntrl Z and<br />
with a camera without a Delete button. Most importantly, shooting,<br />
in which a photograph comes in lap after a long, painful gestation<br />
period that only a mother, knows how sweet. Must be much sweeter<br />
than wine.
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Image by Santosh Biswas
<strong>SEPTEMBER</strong>,<strong>2017</strong>
MAMRING<br />
A P h o t o g r a p h e r s<br />
T r e a t<br />
B y S h i l l a d i t y a C h o u d h u r y<br />
About The Author<br />
S h i l l a d i t y a C h o u d h u r y i s<br />
a n a m a t e u r p h o t o g r a p h e r<br />
f r o m S i l i g u r i<br />
P h o t o g r a p h i c<br />
S o c i e t y . M o s t l y h e<br />
d e v o t e d h i s p a s s i o n o f<br />
t o M a c r o p h o t o g r a p h y .<br />
B u t h e a l s o t a k e s<br />
i n t e r e s t i n P e o p l e<br />
P h o t o g r a p h y &<br />
L a n d s c a p e s .
E v e r y p h o t o - t o u r f o r m e i s a<br />
b i g l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e a n d<br />
e a c h t i m e i t m a k e s m e a b e t t e r<br />
p h o t o g r a p h e r . B u t M a m r i n g<br />
w a s n o o r d i n a r y p h o t o - t o u r ,<br />
s i n c e I w a s h o n o u r e d e n o u g h<br />
t o b e a p a r t o f a e x p e r t<br />
o u t r e a c h t e a m w h o w e r e<br />
t r a v e l l i n g t o a l l t h e a d v e n t u r e<br />
c a m p s i n N o r t h B e n g a l a n d<br />
w e r e s p e n d i n g n i g h t s<br />
e n r i c h i n g k i d s w i t h s t a r g a z i n g<br />
a n d a s t r o n o m i c a l<br />
d i s c u s s i o n s . S k y W a t c h e r s<br />
A s s o c i a t i o n o f N o r t h B e n g a l i s<br />
a r e n o w n e d n a m e i n a m a t e u r<br />
a s t r o n o m y c l u b s w i t h i n t h e<br />
c o u n t r y . I w a s l u c k y t o b e a<br />
p a r t o f t h e r e o u t r e a c h j o u r n e y<br />
f o r o n e n i g h t i n M a m r i n g .<br />
S o I h a d a n i g h t a n d a<br />
d a y a n d i t w a s a t i g h t<br />
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x p l o r e a n d c l i c k , b u t<br />
e<br />
s m y p r e v i o u s<br />
a<br />
x p e r i e n c e s t a u g h t<br />
e<br />
e " P l a n f o r t h e b e s t ,<br />
m<br />
r e p a r e f o r t h e w o r s t "<br />
P<br />
d e c i d e d t o p l a n a s<br />
I<br />
u c h a s p o s s i b l e .<br />
m<br />
s i t u a t i o n f o r m e t o
( www.photomuse.com) was of great help.<br />
I also wrote down the process I followed and<br />
would like to share with you all.<br />
Before embarking on my journey<br />
I took a little<br />
time to share my photographic skills, I even<br />
went through the works of other photographers<br />
for a beginner's look at Master's of<br />
photography(www.masters -of -<br />
photography.com). Similarly another website<br />
I did my research as much as possible but I was<br />
with a team who already had visited the place<br />
previously so things became easy for me,<br />
otherwise I must say it takes an extensive<br />
amount of research to start.<br />
I checked the weather forecast, mostly I use<br />
Accuweather to do so and since it was in the<br />
month of December so a cold weather was<br />
expected.
When we reached Marming it was already evening so there was very<br />
little light to shoot, I wandered a little bit for a quick survey of the place<br />
and found it to be a very beautiful village in the midst of the Himalayan<br />
foothills.The night was completely enjoyed, star gazing with kids of the<br />
Adventure camp. It was a freezing night and temperature dropped to<br />
one degree Celsius. I had some plans of doing a star trail but the idea<br />
was quite a fantasy at that point of time. Dinner was delicious with<br />
thick Rotis and Tarka and after relishing it I went off to bed as early as<br />
possible since I had to wake up early as we planned to leave early<br />
morning after a small session with kids.<br />
Morning Session On The Camp
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The next morning I woke up at 5.30 and got<br />
dressed up as it was freezing outside the<br />
tent. Within 5.45 am I went out of the camp<br />
site to explore the beautiful area. It was a<br />
feeling like heaven being away from the<br />
city, it was calm and I was mesmerized with<br />
the serenity of the place. A beautiful<br />
morning by my side I went down the road<br />
of the hill to visit the place where most<br />
people lived, which was not very far from<br />
the camp site.<br />
Meanwhile I got a company of a four<br />
legged friend who was also wandering with<br />
me and you all can see him in the first<br />
picture<br />
What I found really amazing was the people<br />
of the place seemed to me as the happiest<br />
people on the planet though leading life in<br />
those rough terrain is much difficult..
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The biggest thing what I learnt<br />
from them is to deal challenges<br />
of life with a smile. I had some<br />
conversations with some kids of<br />
that area and it was like a super<br />
fun kind of thing, which even<br />
helped me take there few snaps.<br />
I wanted to take few portraits<br />
that can reflect the spirit of the<br />
hardworking people of<br />
Mamring. I asked an old lady if I<br />
can take a picture of her and<br />
she was delighted. It was a treat<br />
for me to show her the photos<br />
as she was really excited to see<br />
what I clicked.<br />
Gradually the morning session<br />
was over and it was time for me<br />
to say good bye to everyone at<br />
camp. I started my journey<br />
towards Siliguri with some great<br />
memories. Marming trip for me<br />
was really refreshing and it was<br />
one of the memorable<br />
experience I had in my recent<br />
times.
The<br />
IMAGE SQUARE<br />
Image square, this<br />
section was opened<br />
for all at our social<br />
media (facebook)<br />
page one month ago.<br />
It is a platform to<br />
show the<br />
photographs of the<br />
amateurs.<br />
SEND YOUR ENTRIES FOR IMAGE SQUARE ON SPS<br />
GROUP WITH #IMAGESQUARE<br />
FACEBOOK<br />
Send Now!<br />
Few more honourable mentions for<br />
the photos of Image Square are<br />
Upamanyu O Chakraborty,Sangali<br />
Pranai, Partha Chakraborty, Rishi<br />
Raj Singh, Arpita Singha Roy,<br />
Subham Ghosh, Dino Bhattacharya &<br />
Pritam Dey.Lastly we are very<br />
thankful to those who sent their<br />
images and we expect a lot more<br />
from you all in future.<br />
Congratulations to<br />
all of them whose<br />
photographs were<br />
selected .The other<br />
photographers who<br />
posted their images<br />
were also excellent.<br />
But need to work<br />
hard and share more<br />
images with us with<br />
the proper tag.
Image by Pranab Das<br />
Image by Pronay Banik<br />
Image by Debabrata Saha<br />
Chowdhury
IMAGE SQUARE
Image by Tamal Chowdhury
The<br />
Color<br />
Theory<br />
Colour memory: The human mind<br />
Brightness and adaptation: The<br />
iris of our eyes is just like the<br />
can be lazy at times; rather than<br />
making an effort in analyzing<br />
aperture of a lens which governs<br />
the amount of light through in. In<br />
what we see it gathers<br />
information because it is easier to<br />
dark conditions, once the iris is<br />
fully opened, the eye increases its<br />
do so. If we see an object that<br />
we"know " should be of a<br />
sensitivity to still allow us to see.<br />
This extra sensitivity is controlled<br />
particular colour, then the brain<br />
actually interprets of what exactly<br />
by the rod - shaped cells within<br />
the eye, as a result of which we<br />
we are seeing. For example, when<br />
you<br />
see a picture of a blue sky,<br />
get less and less information from<br />
the colour - sensitive cone-<br />
your brain doesn't necessarily see<br />
the actual colour, because you<br />
shaped cells. As the level of light<br />
drops, our sensitivity to colour<br />
already know what exactly a blue<br />
shifts more towards blue - green<br />
sky should be looking. On the<br />
other hand we notice<br />
the colour<br />
end of the spectrum, until there is<br />
no colour information at all.<br />
of other objects like food or skin<br />
more precisely since these are<br />
areas that, historically, we need to<br />
see specifically.
Our perception of an individual<br />
Colour<br />
colour can be affected by other<br />
colours surrounding it. This is<br />
partly a psychological reaction, but<br />
Fatigue<br />
it is also due to the receptors in the<br />
eye becoming fatigued and<br />
influencing the process of what<br />
you see. For example, if you place<br />
two identically coloured objects<br />
against two differently coloured<br />
backgrounds, the colour of the<br />
object will often appear to be<br />
different.<br />
Despite of all these limitations, our<br />
vision is still remarkably good in<br />
assessing the world around us and<br />
how it can be captured<br />
photographically. The more you<br />
learn to see the world around you,<br />
the more likely you are able to<br />
interpret colour correctly and<br />
transfer that into your<br />
photographs.
B e h i<br />
I came across star trail for the first time at Navoneel 2012 organized by Sky Watchers Association of<br />
North Bengal. I was fascinated by the fact that every star told swan through star trail. I was amazed<br />
that a star which itself is just a light dot for us can even speak! I really found that a photographer if<br />
wants, can make a star speak and from that very moment the idea of clicking star trail inculcated in<br />
my mind. Finally I got the chance of clicking star trail this year.<br />
Now the question is why do we see star trails?
1) clear sky<br />
2) remote control shutter release / intervalometer<br />
3) tripod<br />
4) camera<br />
5) wild angle lens<br />
d T h e L e n s<br />
n<br />
y R u d r a S h e k h a r D a s<br />
B<br />
We know that earth rotates on its own axis from west to east in every 24 hours. That means it rotates<br />
360 degrees in 24 hours, which makes 15 degree rotation in one hour and in every 4 minutes<br />
rotates one degree. I was able to get an exposure of 67 minutes and 30 seconds because after that<br />
the sky was overcasted with clouds.<br />
Now as per the previous calculation of the exposure I got the<br />
trail of 16 degree, 52 minutes and 30 seconds. In this context I must mention to minimize noise<br />
reduction I took a dark frame by attaching a lens cap.<br />
Requirements to click a star trail:<br />
Predetermination<br />
Infinite focus : To get an infinite focus one has to fix the camera on the tripod and set the lens on<br />
manual focus keeping the live view on. Then zoom in and when the stars appear as a dot you get an<br />
infinite focus.<br />
Exposure determination: While determining the exposure we have to keep in mind that the black<br />
portion of the sky doesn't appears grey or else the faint appearing stars won't be visible.<br />
Set up: I didn't had any tripod. I just took the camera and kept the lens towards the sky giving an<br />
exposure of 30 seconds. I went on clicking photos one after the other and at last I took a dark frame,<br />
since I knew that if the camera is on<br />
for a long time it gets heated up and the level of noise<br />
increases gradually. To reduce this noise<br />
I took the dark frame.<br />
Processing:<br />
The processing of the photos was done by using a software named star track. I commanded the<br />
software to add only the brightest points. Next the output was copied thrice, since for gap filling<br />
minimum three photos are required. An object named threshold is present in gap filling which<br />
enables the pixel size to either become small or big. As two photos have been merged it had a little<br />
gap, which was filled in by increasing<br />
the pixel size.
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Image by Santosh Biswas
Death Becomes Him<br />
Jayanta Sarkar<br />
...continued<br />
He was initially afraid, but then he<br />
smiled to himself thinking that now all he<br />
has to do is to keep away from crocodiles.<br />
He will then get immortalized. He left his<br />
home town and went and got settled in a<br />
desert kingdom.<br />
In this kingdom water was a precious<br />
commodity and no such water bodies<br />
existed to sustain any big water<br />
creatures. Though getting obsessed with<br />
defeating death yet he was a learned man<br />
and quickly earned a position at the<br />
king's court.<br />
Now this king was childless for a long<br />
time, but within a year, a prince was born<br />
which called for the whole kingdom to<br />
rejoice and celebrate.He was considered<br />
auspicious by the people and the king<br />
from that day.<br />
But when he saw the little prince, he<br />
felt both a sense of recognition and<br />
unease at the same time but could not<br />
understand why. The king announced<br />
him as the prince's teacher. As days<br />
went by the prince grew up and became<br />
very fond of him. But the sense of<br />
recognition and unease was growing<br />
within him too. He still could not find<br />
any reason.<br />
Ten years have gone by, and the<br />
prince was now a ten years old<br />
child.One day the prince went to the<br />
king and requested that he wanted to<br />
go for a bath at the river Ganga. The
The king willingly agreed and also insisted<br />
that his teacher should accompany him.<br />
Now he started feeling afraid, as after<br />
12 years since that fateful day when he<br />
met Death, he was now asked to go to a<br />
place where crocodile attack was<br />
possible. He refused to go at first but the<br />
king stood polite and adamant to his<br />
decision. .After many refusals finally the<br />
king asked him sternly what was the<br />
reason behind the refusal of taking a bath<br />
in Ganga.<br />
He eventually sighed and told the<br />
whole story to the king. The king was<br />
quite for some time. Then the king<br />
assured that he will arrange for the<br />
the highest level of security. He will<br />
cordon off that particular part of the<br />
river with iron nets and other various<br />
safety measures, the kings soldiers will<br />
be on boats and ships to give them<br />
cover. It will be impossible for even a<br />
small fish to come near them, then leave<br />
about crocodiles. At last he agreed<br />
reluctantly to the king's decision.<br />
When they went to the river, he was<br />
impressed by the security measures<br />
taken. It was indeed foolproof. It was<br />
impossible to even for a small fish to<br />
enter the cordoned area. It was<br />
cordoned by an iron net with very fine<br />
mesh and the soldiers were just outside
the area with their weapon drawn and<br />
on full alert.<br />
He went into the river with the prince<br />
in an assumed mood. Both of them took<br />
a dip after the dip he looked at the<br />
prince, who was smiling. The sense of<br />
recognition was growing within him. He<br />
knew that smile. Suddenly he identified<br />
who the prince was.<br />
The prince said, “ I have to be born in<br />
a human form and had been locked in<br />
this form for 10 long years to fulfill your<br />
destiny and my duty” , and then the<br />
prince turned into a crocodile. He was<br />
alone with his fate inside that<br />
impenetrable cordon, which even the<br />
soldiers outside cannot breach.<br />
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SWAN & SPS join hands in helping the North<br />
Bengal flood victims<br />
Data collected by Kaushal Agarwal<br />
The medical camp conducted at Burijot Prathamic Vidyalay, Manikgunj, Haldibari on<br />
27th August, began at 11:30am and was successfully packed up at 6:30pm with a patient<br />
head count of 577 treated by 3 doctors.4 paramedics took care of dressings and<br />
distributed medicines worth around Rs 90 thousand. Water purifying compound to<br />
clean 250 Litre of drinking water was given to 400 families. All the doctors and<br />
paramedics are SWAN(Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal) & SPS(Siliguri<br />
Photographic Society) members. Without any Govt. Funding and Sponsorships, we could<br />
make it possible only because of support from friends.<br />
THE TEAM:<br />
Doctors: Dr. Vivek, Dr. Mandal and Dr.<br />
Karmakar from NBMCH.<br />
Pharma: Mr. Darpan Chakraborty(DC),<br />
Master Rudrashekhar Das, Master Anubhav<br />
Choudhary, Mr.Utpal, Mr. Ashok<br />
Checkup (BP): Mr. Shubhomoy Dewanjee, Mr.<br />
Debabrata Saha Chowdhury<br />
Office: Mrs. Arpita Dewanjee, Mr. Arijit<br />
Chakraborty(AC), Master Arnab, Master<br />
Kaushal Agarwal.<br />
Photography: Mr. Sabyasachi, Mr. Shiladitya<br />
Choudhury<br />
Managing Head1: Mr. Debashish Sarker, Mr.<br />
Sisirnath, Mr. Proloy Choudhary, Mr. Arko<br />
Mandal, Mr. Bhaskar Paul, Mr. Abhisek<br />
Bhaduri, Mr. Sushanta.<br />
Logistic Support: SSB, Jalpaiguri., United Club<br />
(Manikganj), Social Development<br />
Organisation Society (Manikganj), People of<br />
Manikganj.<br />
The experience was altogether unique and it was one of the biggest outreach program by<br />
SWAN. People came with hope of getting served well and all the members gave their 100<br />
percent. The villager's returning back with a big smile on their faces was the biggest<br />
achievement and energy sip for every SWAN & SPS member.
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The people were really very cooperative, good listeners and very understanding who slowly<br />
got adjusted with the on going, time taking processes. It was really very difficult to control<br />
600, totally unknown people, but it was their cooperation which leads to the success of the<br />
planned outreach. The people of Manikganj, the Social Organizations, the Clubs and their<br />
members- all were excellent. And, of course, it would not have been a successful camp unless<br />
the SSB stood beside us as a supportive backbone! A salute to them.<br />
At last, we thank all our members, all our donators, and our well wishers for their selfless and<br />
whole hearted help for the smooth run of this outreach. Thank You!
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<strong>SEPTEMBER</strong>,<strong>2017</strong><br />
Image by Debabrata Saha Chowdhury
SILIGURI PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
celebrates<br />
WORLD <strong>PHOTOGRAPHY</strong> DAY,<strong>2017</strong><br />
World Photography Day Celebration by SPS<br />
19th August is a big day for all photographers around<br />
the world. A day where all of them say loudly, "Yes, it's<br />
our day. The day is meant for us". Though the history<br />
of World Photography Day is quite different nowadays<br />
especially the amateur photographers are celebrating it<br />
like a festival. Besides all the year activities we the<br />
Siliguri Photographic Society organized a photowalk<br />
with the amateur photographers to explore street<br />
photography, supported by Tamron. This year some<br />
senior photographers joined us which was a great<br />
learning experience for the juniors. SPS always has<br />
been a great platform for the newcomers and has<br />
welcomed them warmly. Here are some of the<br />
experiences from the photographers who celebrated<br />
the day with SPS.
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Dr. Vivek Kumar: " Excellent experience of street photography. In fact first time for me.<br />
Thanks for nicely organizing it. Looking forward to having more and more such outdoor<br />
exposure ".<br />
Arup Biswas: " Wonderful walk. I would remember it longer way in my life...thanks SPS<br />
for giving me this opportunity!"<br />
Anubhav Choudhury :" It was a nice session for me. After a long gap, I went to the<br />
street and tried to make some photos and that day I met some senior photographers<br />
which really meant a lot to me".<br />
Bipul Barman: I have been a part of SPS for last two years and have always tried to be a<br />
part of any event organized by SPS. This time I made my schedule and joined the walk<br />
and it was an amazing experience for me. All seniors helped me and guided me a lot to<br />
make some good photographs.<br />
Rudra Sekhar Das:" Photography became my passion and I really love it. All credits go<br />
to SPS. The photo walk was a memorable moment for me. I learnt in a better way how<br />
to do street photography. Thank you everyone."<br />
Image by Arup Biswas<br />
Image by Dr Vivek Kumar
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Debabrata Saha Chowdhury: " The walk gave me an opportunity to meet some other<br />
good photographers from Siliguri & to exchange ideas. It was a good learning<br />
experience ".<br />
Arnab Chakraborty: " 19th August, on account of World Photography Day our Siliguri<br />
Photographic Society ( SPS) members observed it by triggering the shutter of their<br />
cameras. We gathered at 6 a.m. and explored the outskirts of Siliguri with our cameras.<br />
In spite of soft drizzled, we enjoyed our photoshoot. We had a fantabulous experience;<br />
we learnt, we shared and improved our photographic knowledge with each other.<br />
Between all these, we had our breakfast. We fired our cameras till 11 am and after<br />
completing the day's work our heart was filled with joy.<br />
Sanjib Mukherjee: "I was very excited to meet everyone at this walk and finally after an<br />
irritating heavy shower I reached the spot and apologized for being late. I simply<br />
enjoyed the walk."<br />
Santosh Biswas: “I was out of station due to work load and didn't click photos for a long<br />
time, so I was excited about the walk and was determined to join them that day. Finally,<br />
I made some photos and shared our views through photographs with some snacks and<br />
had a great time together.<br />
Image by Bipul Barman<br />
Image by Arnab Chakraborty<br />
Image by Subham Bhawal
Sudakshina Majumdar : " Every time I meet<br />
my team members, about whom I believe<br />
that photography is not just a passion for<br />
them it's a kind of meditation...I find things<br />
are getting percolated and I feel the<br />
difference in my mind, it brings me peace<br />
and this time it wasn't an exception ".<br />
Subham Bhawal: Since last year I joined<br />
SPS, I tried to be the part of every event. I<br />
have tried to upgrade myself in<br />
photography from the suggestions of my<br />
seniors. In this photowalk I made some<br />
photos which were appreciated by other<br />
photographers and that motivated me the<br />
most".<br />
Bhaskar Paul: “Every time prior to<br />
organizing an event of SPS I become<br />
nervous and excited. That day I got up<br />
early and looked out my window just to see<br />
a heavy shower. For a moment I was<br />
confused about what to do now! But I took<br />
a decision, whatever happens, I will go and<br />
wait for others as someone once told me<br />
that, rainy day could also be good for<br />
photography. I reached the pre planned<br />
place and was really surprised to see that<br />
few friends were already there. When other<br />
group members joined we started the walk.<br />
It was a great time when seniors like Arup<br />
Biswas, Dr. Vivek Kumar joined us and<br />
shared their thoughts on photography. I am<br />
really thankful to them. Finally, we had<br />
some snacks and tea at the heritage<br />
cafeteria of Siliguri , Netaji Cabin and the<br />
walk came to an end. Besides all daily<br />
activities, I always enjoy anything related to<br />
photography".<br />
Image by Sudakshina Majumdar<br />
Image by Anubhav Choudhury<br />
Image by Bhaskar Paul<br />
Image by Rudra Sekhar Das
Image by Debabrata Saha Chowdhury<br />
Image by Bipul Barman<br />
Image by Richa Moitra<br />
Image by Sabyasachi Ghosh<br />
Image by Ankit Dey
Editor - Bhaskar Paul<br />
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A n u b h a v C h o u d h u r y<br />
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P h o t o m o d e r a t o r<br />
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