Curious Case Of A Photographer...

"Is NBH made up of crazy photographers?", if you pose this question to the entire NBH Group all of us will raise our hands in unison. And if the group is questioned, "Is Tomas the most obsessive photographer?". I am sure all of you will raise both the hands in unison again. NBH is totally Photo Frenzy group. With tons of Canons and a few Nikons and others (a rarity), everybody in NBH is geared up to photograph one another in addition to the splendid nature. Moreover, in any NBH Hike, Tomas acts like a Photo Warrior, climbing up and down from head to the tail of the group, ensuring that he has all the group members, important spots, all events covered to perfection for the slide show at the end of every hike. On the way, he will offer amateurs like me a lot tips too. Keep this ISO. This focal length should be ideal in this condition. This shutter speed would create a better effect with this light. He is unstoppable. So far so good, but what he did at the end of sumptuous Lunch at Daniele's summer house in Italy left all of us spellbound with his passion for photography.

Pic. 1. Daniele's parents

Pic. 2. Leonellis with the NBH

Pic 3. "The Robin" with his leisure pose

Pic 4. The Curious Case Of a Photographer. Tomas and his model

Pic. 5. Berserk NBH Group (Daniele, Koen, Kaya and Mika)

It was a very special afternoon when most of the Leonelli family (pic 1 and 2) had arrived for the gala lunch. After the sumptuous Lunch as Deniele's uncle Palmo wanted Doggy "The Robin" to be photographed and Thomas with his Canon kneeled down to photograph "The Robin" but Robin was very much adamant and did not want to give up his leisure pose (pic. 3) at any cost and that left Tomas unsatisfied. With a few tricks failing to get The Robin stand, Thomas offered another tip, "You know guys, Animals are best shot with the lens at their eye level." and he went posthumous (pic. 4) photographing The Robin as everybody burst into a huge laughter. Simply Incredible!!! The shot he took was mesmerizing as well. It's a part of the Italy Slideshow. Do have a look. As a side effect, all of us went berserk to shot the photographer and the model. Now on, we'll always remember "Animals are best shot with the lens at their eye level."