Mangalore trip

Today I opened my Blog page after so many years ! :) Found this un-published post in my Draft. These pics were taken way back in 2010. I am posting this nearly after 3 years. Very bad ! 

Light House at Kaup Beach, Karnataka.

Aperture : f/8

Exposure time: 1/250 sec

ISO speed : ISO-200

Aerial view of Kaup Beach

Camera : Nikon D40

Aperture : f/8

Exposure time: 1/250 sec

ISO speed : ISO-200

Staircase to the top of Light house

Camera : Nikon D40

Aperture : f/3.85

Exposure time: 1/25 sec

ISO speed : ISO-800

Editing: Sepia + saturation

Blessed with a Princess

I am blessed with a Baby girl on 11-Jul. 

Today, suddenly it did strike me that I should pen down my thoughts that has been going through my mind about the maternal experiences I had. 

I was with my wife through the complete labor process and trust me this whole process of child birth is nature's own course of action I would say. 

Frankly speaking, nature has decided that we are the weaker sex and denied us this responsibility ! I may be provoking you with my comment but these words are straight from bottom of my heart. If India makes the husband's presence mandatory during labor I am sure we can proudly become 100 % women harassment free nation. 

After going through all pain, here arrives my Princess. 















I am now actively in hunt for a good Tamil name... 

Restored beauty - Thirumalai Nayak Palace

Thirumalai Nayak Palace is a 17th century palace built by King Thirumalai Nayak, one of the Madurai Nayak rulers in 1636 AD in the city of Madurai, India. This Palace was built with the help of an Italian Architect and is a classic fusion of Dravidian, Islamic and European styles.

A classic example of the Indo-saracenic style, the piece de resistance of this mahal is its carved dome outsoars without the support of girders or rafters. This mahal has 248 pillars of each 58 feet tall and 5 feet in diameter!!!

The irony about this palace is that it was demolished by his grandson, Chockanatha Nayak, who ruled Madurai from 1662 to 1682 and the valuables like jewels, woodcarvings etc were shifted in order to build his own palace at Trichy (but his dream was never realised).

The building, which can be seen today, was the main Palace where the king lived. The original Palace Complex was four times bigger than the present structure.

Can you recognize the movie scenes shot at this place??

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/5
Exposure time: 1/100 sec
ISO speed : ISO-400

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/4.5
Exposure time: 1/80 sec
ISO speed : ISO-400

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/5
Exposure time: 1/30 sec
ISO speed : ISO-400

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure time: 1/200 sec
ISO speed : ISO-200

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/5
Exposure time: 1/50 sec
ISO speed : ISO-400

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure time: 1/25 sec
ISO speed : ISO-400

Camera : Nikon D40
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure time: 1/40 sec
ISO speed : ISO-200

A new comer in my backyard

Exposure time : 1/40 sec

Aperture : f/5.6

Puppies' Day out

It was a Puppies' day out.. The shoot went for around 2 hours and these puppies had their first sight of grass ground to play.

The clicks will tell you the rest...

Portrait Special

One of the viewers of my blog asked me a question, “Why don’t you try some portrait pictures and capture candid emotions?” This was one of the most constructive criticisms that I ever got for my blog. It knocked me hard and made me re-think on the kind of photos I have been taking.

I re-visited all my previous posts and felt that I haven’t contributed much on Portrait Photography. So I decided to publish a post that is completely on portraits.

This is the time to dust out my collections and I tried to sort out some of the portrait snaps taken.

A serious question arrived on how to crop a portrait image while preparing this post. Then I decided to leave it my own style of cropping. I followed a simple rule - Crop out a small portion of the head and give more emphasis on the face as emotions shown in the face is the central theme of any portrait.

A nice hoarding

I found this hoarding in Bandra-Worli junction, Mumbai. It is written as " We are Proud to have contributed to India's First Nuclear Submarine".

As soon as I saw this hoarding, I tried to recall some of the L&T ads that I had seen before. There seems to be a uniformity in their approach. They never use the persuasive approach, rather their approach would be informative on the project they have delivered in the past. This kind of brand building exercise exudes confidence in the prospect customers.

Mean while I was also reminded of two of my friends who were proud to have contributed to this project. Thats really an achievement!