The Photography Society of India announced the result of the 64th All Indian Exhibition of Photography 2014. The contest received 2375 prints in six section – Monochromes, Color, Nature, Creative Digital, Journalism and Travel. The judges selected 390 photographs of which 220 selected photographs were displayed at the Jehangir Art Gallery from 29th January to 4th February 2014.
The Photography Society of India (PSI) is one of the oldest institution in India promoting Photography. The competition itself attracts thousands of photographers and winning here is quite prestigious as the benchmark are high and judged by renowned senior photographers appointed from all over India.
The Winners are:
1. Best Monochrome – Prakash Revdekar “Race”
2. Best Pictoral Color – Suwarna Gawde “Jari Mari”
3. Best Nature Print – Anand Nirgude “Lion Attack
4. Best Creative Digital Print – Goutam Chatterjee “A Hopeful Light”
5. Travel Print (Gold Medal) – Astro Mohan “Mamooth Kitchen”
My friend “Astro Mohan” has won 3 awards in the National Photography Salon 2014. Apart from the Gold Medal in Travel section, his print “Elephant day out” and “Three Chariots” won the Silver Medal in Photo Journalism and Certificate of Merit in Photo Travel section respectively. I’ve mentioned about “Astro Mohan” in my blog [here and here] earlier.
Congrats to all winner. Check the entire list of winners [here]
Browse through the winning photographs by Astro Mohan
ShutterXpose is pleased to announce “Photography 101” a foundation and intermediate course for Novice, Beginners and Amateurs. This course should help you to understand the basics of camera operation, related camera jargon’s in simple and easy to understand language, learn exposure and how to balance exposure setting for capturing amazing and stunning images.
This course will be a 2 hrs session held on Friday’s at Better Books, Salmiya.
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The third Wataniya GulfRun 24 hour Karting Endurance race which I had posted earlier concluded successful much to the delights of the team.The Gulf Cables Team were the first to cross the checkered line after an exhausting 26 hours followed by Team Scuderia in the second place and Team Agsher in the third place.
The race which saw 18 teams consisting of 188 drivers took part in practice sessions and a highly competitive 24 hour endurance race. The 18 teams comprise of 4 to 12 drivers per team who drive a maximum stint time of roughly 2 hours, after which they switch drivers, and keep going for 24 hours of non- stop racing.
The GulfRun Karting Endurance Race 3 will be held this weekend. The event will be special this year as it will be a fully fledged endurance race that follows International regulations from start to finish, taking place at the recently opened SIRBB Circuit, Shuwaikh – Kuwait.
The track is converted into an exciting carnival before the race, the karts have been imported and the marshals fly in from the UK specially to regulate the race.
This event is open for a maximum of 18 teams which will be racing non-stop for 24 hours. In order to have a fair competition between participants, registration is only open for residents of Kuwait (Kuwaiti/Expats).
This would be a great event to photograph sports action.
Event Schedule:
December 5, 2013: Assigning Karts and Race Practice
December 6, 2013: Start of 24 hour GulfRun Karting Endurance Race (Time: 4:00 PM)
December 7, 2013: Finish of 24 hour GulfRun Karting Endurance Race (Time: 4:00 PM)
For complete detail of the event, click [Here]
Tamron announced a new SP 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens to its arsenal. This super telephoto lens with a stylish external finish will bring a broad 4x zoom range to both sports and wildlife photographers, and is most likely to replace the current 200-500 mm f/5-6.3 Di LD (IF) at some stage.
This new lens is equipped with Vibration Compensation (VC) and speedy Ultrasonic Silent Drive (USD) which were both missing in the 200-500 mm model as well being shorter at the focal length. It also features the latest eBAND and BBAR (Broad-Band Anti-Reflection) coating to help suppress flare and ghosting to achieve high class image quality.
The early marketing images captured by a blogger and available on the Tamron website are quite sharp and impressive. It however is quite early to conclude how the lens will perform in extreme conditions and low light. Though the lens is designed for Full Frame, it can be used with APS-C format DSLR cameras.
The lens was recently showcased at the French photo show, le Salon de la photo. No official date for worldwide shipping is announced as yet, the lens will be available for Nikon, Canon and Sony mounts.
Lens Specification:
