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It has been more than two weeks that I haven’t added any new post in my blog coz I am feeling too lazy these days. In other word, I must say that I haven’t found any fruitful result in my recent work so I feel that I am just wasting my valuable time. I used to go for photography atleast once a week before but now I can’t manage even a single hour for my photography. I love nature and its beauty as everyone do. I think that nature photography is a best way to be close with nature around us so that I want to  continue my photography again. I have a lot of works to complete but I don’t know how to manage all these. I may need a break for some days so that I can return back to work with refreshed mind and intellection. Now I can’t do anything except viewing these previously taken photos. Well, I am eagerly waiting for that day.

Wildlife Conservation Nepal is an organization committed to conservation of our natural heritage. Its different programs are focused on doing so through different mediums and one of such is the Photography Program. This program has been organizing Nature and Wildlife Photography Competition for Amateurs at national level with the support of philanthropic organizations since last five years.

The exhibition “Nature through Lens 4″ is displaying more than 350 pictures of 140 photographers participating in the competition. I would like to invite you to this event which starts from 28 to 31 August 2008 at the Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal.  I am sure that this exhibition will prove immensely beneficial for you.

This event will not only promote amateur photographers but it also raises funds for conservation activities at local level in Kathmandu Valley and support young researchers to carry out study on Urban Wildlife.

The Program is being inaugurated by Her Excellency Ms. Nancy Powell, The Ambassador, and Embassy of United States of America to Kathmandu.

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The camera has 64MB internal memory and supports SD and SDHC cards. It is priced at $199.95.

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The growing awareness for nature and wildlife conservation has made zoo a popular place to visit. “Central Zoo”, only one zoo of Nepal, was established by late Prime Minister Juddha Shamsher Jung Bahadhur Rana on the occasion of Bhote Jatra in 1932 as his personal collection of wild animals, reptiles and birds. In 1951, the jurisdiction of the zoo came under the Government after the fall of the Rana regime. But the zoo was opened for the general public only on 1956. The management of the Central Zoo was given to the government under the power conferred by the Development Committee Act, 1956 until 2008. The zoo is located in the south-western part of Patan, just north of Jawalakhel. It includes a reasonably extensive collection of Nepali wildlife including rhinos, tigers, leopards, monkeys, birds, chimpanzees, etc. It has collection of more than 800 animals in small and big cages including open cages having about 121 species. The record shows that among these, there are 32 mammals, 9 reptiles, 21 fishes and 59 bird species. Zoos have a great potential to educate people and all modern zoos in the world are contributing to save this planet through conservation and environmental education.

For most people, their first visit to the zoo marks their first encounter with animals. Tigers, lions and those only seen in the wild become accessible to human. But for some animal welfare groups, the zoo is a cruel place for animals. Even in their own habitat, animals are threatened by human activities that disturb their existence. Last week we visited ‘Central Zoo’ especially for photography. Here are some collection of chosen photographs. Enjoy!

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Photography is an Art, a way of life, thinking creatively and seeing life, it is our passion, mental and emotional nourishment. All we can say is experiment, experiment, experiment… the exposure is irrelevant because for each flower, the light source is different, just like for people and everything else!

We love flowers, they are neither shy nor temperamental, just extremely ephemeral, and that is one of the things we like to capture and eternalize their beauty. All flowers are beautiful, some through their shape, some through their colour, some through both of them, just like with people. However, we noticed that some flowers are more photogenic than others… just like with people…

Flowers have been cultured and bred for their beauty and their perfume from earliest times and have accumulated a vast and intricate treasury of symbolic associations derived from legend and folklore. Individual flowers have been celebrated in heraldry (rose), in religion (lotus) and in politics (violet) and have become symbol for many countries. In modern time, we cultivate, buy and love to have flowers and blooming plants around us for the colour, it has become a part of our ‘interior design’. Flower lovers will know that there is a flower language.

Every sentiment is expressed in one form or another by delicate flower. Of course, even the experts disagree on the “true meaning” of many flowers and most have different meanings to different people.

Due to diversity in climate and topography, many different varieties of flowers are found in Nepal. They range from tropical flowers found in the Terai to flowers such as rhododendron that are found only above the snowline. We are experimenting on this issue, please give us feedback.

Source: RealNepal.com.np

Sacrificing Animal by Nepal Army during Dashain

Sacrificed Animal during Dashain - Photo by Ashis Koirala

Flower Sellers and Customer during Dashain (Photo by Kamero)

Shova Bhagawati Temple at Kathmandu

Devotees lighting lights during Dashain at Maitidevi Temple

Photography is my interest and it’s also my profession. I like almost every types of photography. I enjoy more while doing nature photography. Because it helps me to be close with nature and its beauty. In this section, I will try to include lots of thing about photography.  

According to the Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia, Photography is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects expose a sensitive chemical or electronic medium during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically.

Actually, the word Photography is derived from two Greek words phos and graphis. The meaning of phos is light and that of graphis is paintbrush or representation by means of lines. Thus, photography is to draw anything with light. The final product of photography is called photograph or simply photo.

The photography is a subject of interest to most people from the beginning of its invention. Modern photography is supposed to be started from 1820s with the development of chemical photography. The first permanent photograph was an image produced in 1826 by the French inventor Nicephore Niepce. Initially, photographic plates were used in place of film. Many advances in photographic glass plates and printing were made in through the nineteenth century. George Eastman developed the technology of film to replace photographic plates in 1884,  leading to the technology used by film cameras today.

We can find total three types of photography.

1. Black and White Photography
2. Color Photography
3. Digital Photography

All the photographs were black and white at the starting. And today also many uses black and white photography due to its low cost and classic look. Color photography started from mid 1800s. Early experiments in color could not fix the photograph and prevent the color from fading. The first permanent color photo was taken in 1861. Today, digital photography is used widely due to its lots of advantages over previous types. It uses electronic devices to capture and save images in digital format. The images taken through digital technology can be viewed, edited and modified immediately on personal computers. Also one can easily transfer digital images from one place to another by using different medias such as email, storage devices, etc.

We can find many digital camera manufacturing companies such as Sony, Nikon, Canon, Kodak, Casio, Olympus, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Sigma, Hasselblad, etc.

I will post more stuffs on photography later.