Posted on October 22, 2008 by Venkat
I read a recent article on tips for night photography and on how to get a nice shot. So I thought I will put to use what I learnt.
So here the idea was to capture the true colours of the dusk (not overexpose) and also to get the city lights clearly (need to expose enough!). [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2008 by Venkat
The indian media’s obsession with mindless sensationalism continues. I personally think that Ganguly’s retirement from active cricket is unnecessarily getting blown out of proportion.
On the day he announced his retirement, they kept reporting the “BREAKING NEWS”! Ya right, there’s so much happening around the world and they have no better news to report on, ALL [...]
Filed under: Random Musings | Tagged: Cricket, Indian Cricket, Media, Obsession, Retirement, Sensationalism, Sourav Ganguly | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 10, 2008 by Venkat
You can check out the first part of the post here which gives general info I gathered on our trip to Hampi.
We had planned for a 3-day trip to Hampi. Our idea was for a chilled and relaxed trip, so three days made sense; however in general (if time is a constraint), 2 days might [...]
Filed under: Travel | Tagged: Achutaraya, Anjanadri Hills, Hampi, Hampi KTDC tour, Hampi Sunset, Hanuman's Birthplace, Lakshmi Narasimha Monolith, Lotus Mahal, Mango Tree, Matanga Hill, Sanghameshwars, Stone Chariot, Stone Musical Pillars, Tungabhadra, Vijayanagara Empire, Vithala Temple | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2008 by Venkat
Land of the magical musical stone pillars. Land of the historical Kishkindha empire and the epic fight between Sugriva and Vali. Land of India’s biggest, grandest and most flourishing empire (not kingdom , mind you) – the Vijayanagara empire. And last but not the least, home to some of the most amazing examples of architectural [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Venkat
Its a completely spontaneous photo…that’s what I love about it. I really think it is tough to get shots like this of another person, without them knowing and still managing to get that perfect shot. e.g., had the eyes been visible in the photo, it would not have looked so great. The fact that the [...]
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