I hate reading your substack now because after I finish a post, I ask myself - why is he stating the obvious? I don’t think there is any other view besides yours on the subjects you write Sarthak. I have had it till here (am raising my hands above my 2 feet frame) with GPT blah blah, so i thought this post would be similar. How wrong I was!
Thank you for giving words to my thoughts Sarthak. I didn’t know of this test either. So a lot of thank yous your way.
Love how you've weaved so many different topics in this essay.. Beautifully written, as always! Love how you deconstructed the photograph 🙌🏽 Looking forward to reading many more brilliant posts from you in the new year 💜
A very interesting read. Thank you for your kind words. Except for the word 'veteran'. I don't like that. To be honest, at the time of that photograph I was behind a camera at ground level. Early in the morning I had attached a second camera to a rail near the television cameras. I have a transmitter attached to my ground level camera and every time I 'click' the camera upstairs should also take a photograph. So even if I was shaking and excited to upstairs camera with a 180mm lens attached should record moments without any shaking. I was fairly involved in the match that afternoon. It's probably the greatest Test I've ever photographed out of 275.
Really enjoyed the article, thanks for sharing it through Twitter. All the best.
Thank you so much, Philip! I will edit out veteran :)
And thank you for sharing your process! Had no idea about the transmitter and second camera. The pictures are incredible either way, and I guess they wouldn't be without an expert eye to frame them. :)
What a test match, and what pictures. Captured all the drama beautifully. Hoping that this Karachi test goes the distance too, hah!
For this post, I will echo words that you once kindly pelted my way: This is an education for me. I have been keeping my fingers firmly in my ears and eyes tight shut when it came to all the dall-e/gpt drama on social media recently. But you made me actually setup an account on dall-e and try out a crazy prompt or two for my next Womaning post. As always, you are my go-to writer for all things I don't care about - because you make me actually care. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Mahima! I am so glad that the pieces resonate. One of the things I chase most with LoTG is to make the essays as consumable for a neutral as for those clued into the topic. Like you have done so wonderfully with Womaning. It means so much that you feel the pieces connect with you at some level. :)
I hate reading your substack now because after I finish a post, I ask myself - why is he stating the obvious? I don’t think there is any other view besides yours on the subjects you write Sarthak. I have had it till here (am raising my hands above my 2 feet frame) with GPT blah blah, so i thought this post would be similar. How wrong I was!
Thank you for giving words to my thoughts Sarthak. I didn’t know of this test either. So a lot of thank yous your way.
Ahah thank you!
Love how you've weaved so many different topics in this essay.. Beautifully written, as always! Love how you deconstructed the photograph 🙌🏽 Looking forward to reading many more brilliant posts from you in the new year 💜
Thank you so much, Ila! ❤️
Can't wait for more Aina stories too!
Lovely piece, Sarthak, as always! The connection to sports and the photograph was just fantastic.
Thank you, Karthik!
A very interesting read. Thank you for your kind words. Except for the word 'veteran'. I don't like that. To be honest, at the time of that photograph I was behind a camera at ground level. Early in the morning I had attached a second camera to a rail near the television cameras. I have a transmitter attached to my ground level camera and every time I 'click' the camera upstairs should also take a photograph. So even if I was shaking and excited to upstairs camera with a 180mm lens attached should record moments without any shaking. I was fairly involved in the match that afternoon. It's probably the greatest Test I've ever photographed out of 275.
Really enjoyed the article, thanks for sharing it through Twitter. All the best.
Philip (not a veteran)
Thank you so much, Philip! I will edit out veteran :)
And thank you for sharing your process! Had no idea about the transmitter and second camera. The pictures are incredible either way, and I guess they wouldn't be without an expert eye to frame them. :)
What a test match, and what pictures. Captured all the drama beautifully. Hoping that this Karachi test goes the distance too, hah!
For this post, I will echo words that you once kindly pelted my way: This is an education for me. I have been keeping my fingers firmly in my ears and eyes tight shut when it came to all the dall-e/gpt drama on social media recently. But you made me actually setup an account on dall-e and try out a crazy prompt or two for my next Womaning post. As always, you are my go-to writer for all things I don't care about - because you make me actually care. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Mahima! I am so glad that the pieces resonate. One of the things I chase most with LoTG is to make the essays as consumable for a neutral as for those clued into the topic. Like you have done so wonderfully with Womaning. It means so much that you feel the pieces connect with you at some level. :)
Also, Dall-E is wild, no? :D
It's nuts. Almost made me consider making the switch away from GIFs for a moment :)
But that moment thankfully passed and my insanity shall prevail.
Here for it.