All Things Considered

Kerala - It was meant to be, this weekend. Was sitting aroud until 9:00PM on Friday evening , with a very good idea of how the how the longish Chritsmas break was going to be and then out of freaking-nowhere materializes a trip that takes us through Western Ghats, to the seaside at Kerala and […]

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If you’ve been on an amazing trip, but yet lazy enough to write a trip report, what do you do ? You merely post a picture and tell yourself that you’ll come back and edit the post later with the trip account :D

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Like the age-defying stone carvings in the temples at Belur and Halebid, the Keshava temple at Somnathpur too stands testimony  to the exquisite stone work that flourished during the Hoysala times.
The Somnathpur temple (Side view)

What holds the temple up

 Intricate carvings

So there - The difference between specialization and super-specialization !

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[Shot on the train to Mysore - A trip made for visit the temple at Somnathpur ]
ISO 1600, very little light - Hence, as you can tell, too much noise in the image. But then, don’t children and noise always go together ? :-p (Pictures shot in a train)

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My favorite spot in the Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai is the Pottramarai Kulam (Pottramarai : Golden Lotus; Kulam: Pond) and the long corridors that surround it. The walls and ceiling of these corridors have painted murals and historical info about the temple on them. 
With the temple authorities maintaining the pond water (and temple in general) clean lately, it […]

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We charmed the guard at Malpe port Sunday evening into let us through the already-closing gates of the port and hurried to the jetty to see the evening sun before those ominous clouds engulfed it. Saw the evening sun in all it’s glory amidst all the activity at the port. After about half an hour , just after the […]

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It is the festive season and it is idol-making all over the town.. Ganeshas idols of all shapes and sizes have invaded the streets - South Indian Ganesha, Mumbai Ganesha, Bengali Ganesha, modern Ganesha (The one posing with Dravid :) ) .
Had been to check out (and shoot) idol-making at the Bengali association. Much to […]

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I ,  with a few shutterbugs, had been to cover the Ganesha idol making at Bengali association and Pottery town. This is a little girl that Danny & I saw in one of Pottery town galis. Quite a heart stealer she was ! Beauty in the most unpredictable and unassuming of places..

Ganesha idol pictures in […]

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Insipired by your comments , messages and mails , I found inspiration to post more from the shoot :D Here are a few more pictures for your comments, criticisms, brickbats, whatever !
What is that ???

Old man and the tea :P  (@ Comm street)

Once upon a time.. (@ Comm street)

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Saturday started at 7am with a stroll through the bylanes around commercial street . The idea was to catch Bangalore before it wakes up to the world. But what I found there was quite the contrary! The place was bustling with activity - milkmen taking the milk cans on their cycle, vegetable sellers hawking, flowers that might eventually […]

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I tried my hand at minimalism. Here is the result - 

Shot at Pondicherry. (But, it could have been almost anywhere :-) )
Comments & criticisms most eagerly awaited ! :)

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Picture this: A trip down the ECR, walks on the seaside promenade, few hours of shooting, some good wine, a few intimidating professional quality photographers who call themselves amateurs :)  A trip to Pondicherry happened last weekend.
Did’nt shoot as much as I’d like to have, but a relaxed feeling descends on you as soon you get […]

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Thatz how weekend was ! It crept up on me Saturday afternoon and took to a premature closure at 4PM Sunday.  Sat morning and Sunday evening were spent in a train getting myself away from and back to Bangalore. Was visiting Chennai this weekend.. The weather there was both rain and shine. ‘Shine’ by Chennai standards. […]

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[This is a long post. Grab a coffee, answer your urgent IM messages,  do the loo]

 The Event:
For those of you who attended the last BRTFF, I’ve to tell you that this BRTFF was a lot different from the last. A lot more independent films, bigger audience. And a very different flavor.  To those of you […]

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Was trying a friend’s camera on the bus on the way back from work today. This was at the Marathahalli signal.  Not a perfect photo technically,but I liked the story that the scene tells. Talk about contrast in Indian society! :(

 ’Duh ouch’ all over from the gym! :-(

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