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Great Game of Bull Race

Bull race or suhaga race is one very common in India and Pakistan. But now this is a rare event in some village melas and cattle mandies festivals.  Farmers of Punjab after sowing their crops start festivity in the form of melas and village festivals. In these melas villagers enjoy the thrill of village sports like bull race and cart race.

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Camel Dance 

Camel Dance – Colors of Punjab Culture

Camel Dance or dancing camels is a rare scene in most part of the earth now. Subcontinent Pakistan and India is a land of diverse culture. Almost all regions have their unique traditions. Punjab province of both side i.e Eastern and West Punjab is rich in this regard. Many folk festivals celebrated there with lot of cultural activity. Camel Dance is one of these. This art needs lot of training to the animals. It is fading now as new generation do not have time and skill to train these beasts.

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Herders Back to Home

Life is beautiful around the rivers in Asian countries like Pakistan and India. Farmers and herders go to their fields early in the morning and come back home late evening. Some time young boys ride buffaloes and enjoy. Village landscape rivers is marvelous and enchanting. It looks a bit like desert but more green and versatile.

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Nomad Boy and His Pet Dog

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A farmer is going to farmland for daily work.

A Farmer in the April Morning

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WHAT IS DEPTH -OF -FIELD? 

                   “Depth Of Field  is the zone of sharpness in your image”. This is the simplest definition of DOF.  

HOW TO GET DESIRED DOF?           

 There are different situation in photography when you need different DOF. Some time you need pin sharp images from top to bottom and at others you want to single out the main subject from the background. All that can be achieved by just one adjustment on your DSL. As a rule i.e by changing aperture size,  DOF changes.

 As a rule when you tighten the aperture depth of field would increase and as you open it DOF will decrease. Another point is when you increase the f value for your lens it tightens the aperture and when you decrease the f value then aperture opens up. So at f32, aperture is in its tightest condition with maximum DOF and at f2 at most open with minimum DOF.    

DEPTH OF FIELD IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

Landscapes photography needs full depth of field especially in the sweeping landscapes which are having interesting elements both in top and bottom. For example you a landscape with flowers or stones in the foreground and a peak at distant needs a pin sharp image throughout. The technique to achieve that is to tighten the aperture up to f/16 or even f22. Use of tripod is must because a tight aperture will reduce the shutter speed and there is a chance of camera shake. Wide angle lenses have more depth of field than the tele- zooms, so use a wide angle lens for landscape photography like that.  

DEPTH OF FIELD IN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY  

Those portraits are considered excellent in which your subject is standout from the background. To throw the subject out of focus you need to do is a reverse than landscape. Open up the aperture to its maximum. Cheaper lenses have maximum aperture of f/ 2.8. Sometime f/4 also works nicely.  Costly lenses have wider aperture and give more shallow depth of field so more dramatic portraits. One thing must keep in mind that always try to focus eyes of the subject while shooting portraits.

DEPTH OF FIELD IN MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

Macro lenses by default have shallow depth of field as they can focus at very minute distances. In maximum situations you need a clean and less messy background to show your subject in full details. Some time you want show only the mouth parts of an insect. In these conditions use a wider aperture. In case you need to show the bristles on the body of an insect and you want whole butterfly should be sharp then use a tight aperture and try to keep the subject away from messy background. 

HOW TO KNOW THE DEPTH OF FIELD AT EACH APERTURE.

 Almost every DSLR have a” depth- of- field -preview “button. There are some charts and tables showing depth of field  DOF at each step for different focal length lenses with each aperture reading for different focal length lenses.  You can consult these charts or can use DOF button to get required area sharp.

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Horses In Action

World over people love to see horses in action. Horse is among the most beautiful and graceful animals. Galloping horses in rugby races , in polo matches and in tent pegging sports are a subject of immense importance for the photographers. In Asia raising horses is an elite hobby and most landlords keep horses for race, dance and tent pegging. Polo is another popular game being played on the back of horses. In some more remote areas of Asia like Baluchistan in Pakistan and in Afghanistan, a game name Buzkushi is also being played in which horsemen fight for a headless goat. Here are some incredible pictures of horses in action which mostly I shoot during my assignments on tent pegging from different village fairs in Pakistan.

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Autumn Beauty Of Hunza Heaven

One of the most beautiful place on earth is Hunza valley Pakistan. It is situated in Gilgit region of Pakisrtan and is at more than two hour drive from the Gilgit city on Karakoram Highway. This valley have an elevation of 2500 meters and is situated on north/west of Hunza river. Hunza is the most popular tourist destination in Pakistan. It spreads on 7900 squar kilometer with a number of famous peaks with more than 6000meter height. These Peaks include Ultar, Rakaposhi, Diran, and ladyfinger.  

People and Land Of Hunza

Valley of Hunza have severe winter and pleasant summer. Water is rich in minerals and fruit trees like apricot and cherry is common. so the people are generally very healthy and famous for their long lives. Scenery of the area is spectacular and have a bit feminist and romantic touch.

Autumn in Hunza valley

Autumn colors are more fascinating than the monotonous green in summer. Autumn of Hunza considered best in the world after William town in U.S.A. There are shades of every color from red to green and from yellow to red. But red and yellow are most dominating. Color of Hunza river water in winter is bluish green and produce amazing effect the the vibrant colors of autumn.

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Parked Boats

Spring evenings are amazing to photograph objects like parked boats in a river. Keeping in view the light of spring I manage a visit to river Ravi in Punjab Pakistan which is about one and a half hour drive from my home. It was worth a travel as I got few memorable shots of boats and life around the river.

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Culture of Pakistan in a Village Festival

Bangles are one of the most popular ornament in subcontinent India and Pakistan. Women like these bangles which are large rings of glass or plastic in multi-colors and women wear these in wrists and some time in upper arm too. Selling bangles by the women in the villages is not only a profession but a tradition too. Some time males too sell bangles in the villages and are known as “Banjaras” and women are known as “Banjarans”. They are very important part of centuries old village culture.

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