Comments for Jon McCormack Photography http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The wrestlers of Varanasi by Sailesh R http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572&cpage=1#comment-453 Sailesh R Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:31:32 +0000 http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572#comment-453 I didn't even know such wrestlers existed. Great find. Great shots. All the pics looked high-key. I kept wondering how they would've looked low-key with a bit of grain - would've looked more dramatic? Or may be I missed the affect you are going for. I didn’t even know such wrestlers existed. Great find. Great shots.

All the pics looked high-key. I kept wondering how they would’ve looked low-key with a bit of grain – would’ve looked more dramatic? Or may be I missed the affect you are going for.

]]> Comment on Varanasi – India’s sacred city by Sailesh R http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=541&cpage=1#comment-452 Sailesh R Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:26:50 +0000 http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=541#comment-452 Absolutely amazing shots! The first one is beautiful with warmly saturated colors. I always wanted to get that deep blue morning/evening sky like that. Since I couldn't get a real one, I had to fake it in post-processing: http://picasaweb.google.com/saileshr/IndiaTrip2006?authkey=Gv1sRgCKyP3Y6sl-HTIg#5014481209071156242 The lighting on the third one is fantastic - Not sure how you came up with the winning combination of 2000 ISO, 1/400s, f/2.8. Great camera. Almost no grain even at 3200 ISO! Absolutely amazing shots!

The first one is beautiful with warmly saturated colors. I always wanted to get that deep blue morning/evening sky like that. Since I couldn’t get a real one, I had to fake it in post-processing:
http://picasaweb.google.com/saileshr/IndiaTrip2006?authkey=Gv1sRgCKyP3Y6sl-HTIg#5014481209071156242

The lighting on the third one is fantastic – Not sure how you came up with the winning combination of 2000 ISO, 1/400s, f/2.8.

Great camera. Almost no grain even at 3200 ISO!

]]> Comment on Varanasi – India’s sacred city by Michelle http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=541&cpage=1#comment-449 Michelle Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:59:09 +0000 http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=541#comment-449 Jon, you are such a talented photographer! The pictures capture nicely beauty that is easily missed in the brief encounters. Jon, you are such a talented photographer! The pictures capture nicely beauty that is easily missed in the brief encounters.

]]> Comment on The wrestlers of Varanasi by Ed http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572&cpage=1#comment-448 Ed Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:55:40 +0000 http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572#comment-448 These are some really beautiful images. You have really shown the power and grace of the sport. The physiques of a lot of them would seem to contradict the Western perception of the Indian man as a skinny brainiac. A lot of people seem to like to photograph Kushti wrestling, it does seem a photogenic subject, but these are among the best images i have seen of it. So glad I clicked on the link in Craig Ferguson's tweet. These are some really beautiful images. You have really shown the power and grace of the sport. The physiques of a lot of them would seem to contradict the Western perception of the Indian man as a skinny brainiac. A lot of people seem to like to photograph Kushti wrestling, it does seem a photogenic subject, but these are among the best images i have seen of it. So glad I clicked on the link in Craig Ferguson’s tweet.

]]> Comment on The wrestlers of Varanasi by Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572&cpage=1#comment-447 Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:56:10 +0000 http://www.jonmccormack.com/blog/?p=572#comment-447 Fantastic images. Some of those wrestlers look like they're carved out of stone. Fantastic images. Some of those wrestlers look like they’re carved out of stone.

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