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I know it's been a long time, almost a year since i have blogged here and posted my photographs. You must have been wondering if i have quit photography and this blog has been abandoned. Thankfully the answer is no.I have not quit photography and this blog is not abandoned, but I had taken a break from Photography since the beginning of this year. The break wasn't intentional, but there were

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One of my favourites from the Monolake trip. The delicate morning light playing on the Tufas, stirring the soul.

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Silent, peaceful and calm is what you feel when you take a deep look at the picture.Monolake in the morning. This picture was displayed at "Frames of Mind 2007", Bangalore Photography Club's Annual Photography Exhibition.

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The Second picture in the Monolake series.First Light Sun rising from behind the Tufas.

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In Summer of 2004, i was introduced to the Fredmiranda Landscape Photographer Forum, one of best forums around, for Landscape Photography and in turn to Monolake, in the Eastern Sierra region of California.Since then, Monolake had been on my photography travel wish list and every post of Monolake and the surrounding sierra region on FM, only increased my urge to visit Monolake. Three years later

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Frames of Mind(FOM) 2007 was a grand success for everyone of us at Bangalore Photography Club(BPC). The response was awesome and overwhelming.I would like to thank everyone who had come by to check out our photography work. It was a big encouragement for all of us.Images of the exhibition can be viewed here.Personally for me, it had been a great moment as i made my first ever sale of my

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Bangalore Photography Club's annual photography exhibition "Frames of Mind" is back for the 2007 edition.Frames of Mind 2007 will display the photographic work of about 35 photographers from bangalore.The exhibition will be held on June 8th-10th at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Bangalore.I would like to invite you to the exhibition. If you are in town during the June 9th weekend, do check it out. The

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View of Upper Shivalaya and the Mantap at the lower level,seen from the Cave temples at Badami.

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in the movie "Guru".Agastya Theertha temple, Badami.

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Another view of the Upper Shivalaya, Badami

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Another impromptu trip, last minute ticket deals, wait listed return journey, zero information about the place, interesting auto rickshaw drives, unclean town, highly touristy, the long walks through the small streets of the town, buying every snack the street vendors sold, beautiful cave temples, pre-ocuupied minds, soothing solitude at the not so easily accessible Upper Shivalaya, the beautiful

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Wish you all a belated Happy New year.I had wanted to begin my 2007 posts on this blog with my New Year greeting photo,a light paintings shot with crackers, but the Enthu kinda died down and i have finally given up on the idea.On the Photography front, 2007 began with a bang for me and Nara, as we did an impromptu trip to Hampi, on the first weekend of 2007.It had been close to 2 years since i

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Shot it from the top of the boulders en route to Nandi Hills,Bangalore.

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I am no Bird/Wildlife photographer and very rarely I come across birds that are in shootable distance for the lenses I use. This is one of those very rare times.I don't know what bird this is. We found it on my friend's farm in Mysore, when we had camped there for the Mysore Dasara. After a lot of hide and seek with this cute little bird, it finally posed for a few pictures. Hope you like it.

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A very nicely dressed dancer,shot during the Mysore Dasara procession.

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The Entire city of Mysore showed up at the Palace,on the last day of Dasara.The traffic jams were much worse than Bangalore(yes,that's right) and with thousands of vistors crossing the roads all the time,it was just not the ideal scene for smooth traffic trails.This shot shows the slow moving traffic on one side and the stationary traffic on the other side.

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One more shot from Bombe Mane(the Dasara Doll exhibition).

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I shot her at the Bombe Manae(the Dasara Doll exhibition)...look at it again, she is'nt a doll.

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This group of kids were one of the pagents in the Dasara procession. The dance was beautiful with perfect rhythm and grace and it was great pleasure to watch. The music was just awesome and was played by the kids of the same age group,and the dance perfectly complemented the music. I enjoyed the dance and the music and i hope you enjoy it in the picture.

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Women pray to the Goddess Chamundeshwari.Shot at Mysore Dasara 2006 during the Dasara procession.

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This is my second shot of the Mysore Palace, shot on the eve of the Dasara procession.The crowd at the palace was huge and the place was bustling with activity. The Entire palace campus was lit; live concerts were on, street vendors doing very brisk business, kids playing in the lawns, the atmosphere was just great. I have tried to portray the majesty of the palace, the bustling activity at the

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The Royal SplendorDasara at Mysore is a Royal Festival Celebrating victory of Truth over Evil.Legend has it that the Goddess Chamundeeswari or Durga slew the demon Mahishasuran on Vijayadashami day. Dasara is a 10-day festival in the region culminating on Vijayadashami or tenth day.The Entire city of Mysore comes alive and people from all over the world come to Mysore to watch the Dasara

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One more from Shivanasamudra

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Myself and couple of my friends had been to Shivanasamudra for a photo shoot, a couple of weeks ago.We left just 3 hrs late than planned :-) and ended up driving on Kanakapura road,which was worse than hell.We did shoot for an hour from the public view point which was too crowded.However it was a good shoot and we enjoyed it.I will be posting 4 to 5 pictures from this trip starting today.You can

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A Misleading hoarding at the CMH Road junction

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A kid at the park nearby.

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Frames of Mind 2006 was Bangalore Photography Club's(BPC) first Photo exhibition conducted during the end of April 2006. The exhibition had around 80 photographs from 20 different photographers.Three of my photographs being displayed at the exhibition.The photograps displayed at the exhibition is on the BPC website.You can checkout the photographs displayed here.The Images taken during the

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 Mr Bhaskar Rao was the chief guest for Bangalore Photography club's first photo exhibition "Frames of Mind 2006". The Exhibition was held from Apr 28-30 2006.More about the exhibtion and pictures taken during the exhibiton,in the next post.Here,Bhaskar Rao in a discussion with the photographers. 

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 I got a Tamron 70-300 mm just to shoot candids.I tried shooting birds and this is one of the first few pics.The background is actually the sky.I screwed up the exposure and it turned white. 

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 Shot sometime last year while trying out a close up filter. 

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 One more from the sunset at Om beach,Gokarna 

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I got a chance to make a quick one day trip to Gokarna last saturday.The trip was supposed to be for three days and ended up being a 1 day trip because of Annavru death and the bandh that day at Bangalore and the unavailability of return tickets during the weekends.Gokarna is the coastal tip of Karantaka and is approx 120kms from Goa.The place is a small town and is full of pristine beaches.I got

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Shot during last year's Fall season

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Sometimes we become so busy running behind material pursuits,that we dont spend a moment to appreciate the simple beautiful things around us all the time,like the patterns in clouds,the chirping of birds or the children playing around or even the beautiful patterns in the plants that are around us all the time. This one is a Coconut leaf seen from my window.

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One of the many sculptures you find at Hampi.This one is at the door of the Krishna temple.

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Wish you a very happy 2006.I know it's very late to wish a happy new year,but better late than never.It has been one year since i started blogging and it has also been one year since i started doing photography.2005 has been a wonderful year with a few firsts on various fronts.Photography is one of them. When i started out in Jan 2005, my interest in photography has been only landscapes.Nature

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A Few weeks ago while photographing at the Golden Gate,happened to turn around and saw this dramatic and fiery sunset.Excited and overwhelmed by the colours,managed to shoot a few shots.I screwed up with the exposure(as usual) and this is what i got.The result is different from what i had thought,but i still liked it.

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The Flow of GoldTraffic trails on the Golden Gate bridge shot during Twilight. Tech Details. F/22, 1 min,Cable release.

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One for my FriendI am out of hibernation, after being away from this place for full 4 months.Hapennings on the personal front,busy work schedule combined with travel, kept me away from my camera for a while.Last sunday i was able to get one day out of the long weekend(Heck!!) to get out and spend sometime with my camera.It just felt so good to hold her in my hands,train her eyes,let her capture

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An Unsuccessful attempt to catch up with sleep on a Saturday afternoon,made me pick up my gear and head towards Varthur Lake.Varthur is one of the agricultural villages around Bangalore that are on it way to destruction,because of the real estate boom in the city.The Weather was dull and the light was gone even before i left home,but still just wanted to get there and do a few clicks even if they

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Out of Shape. 

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Twilight on Hemakuta Hill,Hampi 

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Star Trails on Hemakuta Hill,Hampi.

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Twilight on the Virupaksha Temple,Hampi

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Dawn on the Vithala Ruins,Hampi

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Living long. - Mandapa on Hemakuta Hill,Hampi

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Star trails on Matanga Hill,Hampi

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Sunset on Hemakuta Hill,Hampi

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The Beginning of the dark

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The Ruins Glow

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The Mirrored Floor

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Window to the wonderful

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It's warm here

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Breakfast

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Reflections

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Stand out 

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Floral Flames 

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Jump into the Sunflower 

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Cute Sunny 

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Florid 

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