Dancing Fountain near Burj Khalifa Dubai

The blogger visited Dubai once again. He was on his way to California, when he missed the connection flight from Dubai. Emirates arranged the stay for the blogger in New Millennium hotel till next day where he had to board the next flight. The blogger’s intimate friend (Jaison) picked him from the hotel and roamed around Dubai. Jaison and blogger shared their golden memories in Dubai and the blogger enjoyed the new face of Dubai. They were working together in Emirates IT, when there were no Metro train, Burj Khalifa was under construction, palm Islands were not ready… The bloggers colleague Rudresh was also part of this fun trip in Dubai, who was also flying from Bangalore to California. The blogger found very difficult to shoot this video with his canon still camera. When he came out of the chilled air in shopping mall to the hot summer climate outside, his camera lens got fogged too much because of the high humid air. The tiny water sprinkled from the dancing fountain added to the foggy look of this video. More information about this wonderful fountain can be seen in the Wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dubai_Fountain

Street Musician at Santa Monica Pier

Street musicians; we saw many on the beach. They keep on playing sweet music along with that, they sell the CDs. Here in the above video, you can see the musicians’ dog on top of the loudspeaker next to him. The dog was guarding his things, and it was an interesting scene.

Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse that happened on 15th Jan 2010 was an annular eclipse. Scientists calculated that this is the longest annular eclipse of the millennium. The eclipse could be seen in its completeness from Dhanushkodi, the nearest place to Srilanka in India. It was a working day for me, and I went out to see if I can photograph the event. Since, the eclipse was partial in Bangalore; the sun was still brighter so that my camera could not get the actual shape of the eclipsed sun. It only gave the impression of a very bright ball in the picture. I tried with the minimum aperture and maximum shutter speed in my camera (Canon Powershot S2 IS). Still I could not get the actual view. Lot of people assembled there to watch the event. One guy came with an x ray film and helped me to photograph the event. Yes, it worked. I placed the X-Ray film on top of the lens, and adjusted the aperture and shutter speed. After two or three trials, I could compute the required values for aperture and shutter speed, and got these images. Dhanushkodi is an interesting place to visit, a big tragedy happened there long before. You can read about this place in Wikipedia in the link (Dahnushkodi)

More info about this solar eclipse can be found in Wikipedia in the following link. Solar Eclipse - 15th Jan 2010

Wildlife

Wildlife is a soothing scene for our mind. But are we becoming a threat to them, which is again a threat to ourself? Protect them, at least for our own good. This picture is from Wayanad.

Crepuscular rays

Crepuscular rays!!! We always see them, but may not notice the wonder of the nature. It makes us believe that sun is much much close than it is. We may even feel that the sun is just above the clouds by imagining the intersection point of these rays. The picture is from Nandi hills, a beautiful picnic place 70 kilometers away from Bangalore.

Sunset

Sunset is one of the celestial event that is ever captured the most number of times in photos by humans. These pictures are taken from Electronic city in Bangalore.

Rainbow

Rainbows!!! I use to see it a lot when I was in Wayanad. Yes, I had time to look out and watch the sky in the morning and evening, but now in Bangalore, when I come out of my office, it will be already dark. When am I going back to be there again forever?

The first picture of rainbow is taken from Wayanad, while the second one is from Bangalore.

Wayanad

This is where I belong to, but for the last 6 years I am living in cities. I feel like I am a prisoner when I in cities. People of Kerala speak about Wayanad with humiliation on account of the development. But it is a secret that they dream of buying land and living in Wayanad.

Ente Keralam

This beautiful location will make you a photographer (Peruvannamuzhi Dam and surroundings).

Green Nature

Nature is green, but how much? So much!!! How many different green colors can you find there? Countless!!! 24bit or 32bit or any higher bitmap is not going to capture it, but only human eye, another wonderful creation of the creator. When we create anything we are partners with him, and those who destroy or kill never can be in his company.

Twilight

A scene from the one of the many Wayanad drives that I made in the past 6 years. The “Land of Humps” is making these beautiful drives to be “only a dream” by blocking all the roads from Karnataka to Kerala one by one. This picture is taken early in the morning before sunrise.

Roll Clouds???

Can I call these clouds as roll clouds??? While driving back from Wayanad towards Mysore in the evening through Gundlupetta just after crossing the forest, towards the right side, I got this view. This location is a very beautiful one and is good for film making. The Malayalam film – “Chandranudikkunna Dikkil” was done from somewhere nearby.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every cloud has a silver lining. I got this picture while driving towards Nandi Hills from Bangalore.

GOD is painting

God’s Canvas: Where the pictures are always wonderful.

Blue Sky

A blue sky view is very becoming rare and rare. Only those people living far away from cities can enjoy the true color of sky every day. The congested areas or so called developed areas will show only a grey sky in the day time and an orange or sodium vapor colored sky in the night.