Entropy (film)

A carpenter's work area inside a renovating shop. Location: Bangalore Film: Ilford Delta 3200 shot at 2000. Developer: TMax (1+9) Temp: 16º C Time: 24 min (Minimal Agitation) Camera: Nikon F80 Lens: 85mm 1.8G

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Away from Home (Film)

Location: Sankey Tank, Bangalore Film: Ilford Delta 3200 shot at 2000. Developer: TMax (1+9) Temp: 16º C Time: 24 min (Minimal Agitation) Camera: Nikon F80 Lens: 85mm 1.8G

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Man of Commons

Portrait of a man standing across a street. Shot at my hometown, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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That's where he shines!

Portrait of a hawker sitting across his shop. Shot at my hometown, Ajmer, Rajasthan. If you have ever been to vegetable market (subzi-mandi) near St. Anselm's school, you must have seen him as he owns a considerable area with almost all seasonal vegetables for sale.

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A filled vessel - Mind

Portrait of a street hawker shot at my home town, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple, Nandi Hills, Bangalore

Tokina 1228 - HDR

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Nandi Hills, Bangalore

40mm Nikkor + CPL

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Faces of Art: Karnataka Chitra Santhe 2016

A set of seven portraits taken at "Karnataka Chitra Santhe 2016" organised by Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore on 3rd of Jan, 2016. Shot with Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 40mm/2.8. RAW processed images. Copyright protected Images. Don't copy/use/embed without permissions.

"Experienced"


"Percipience"


"Lenient"


"Divine"


"Mystic"


"Oriented"



"Shine"

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known

A little girl I saw in Lal Bagh, Bangalore. Her parents were probably busy in browsing the shops around while she was standing like this since long.  I felt the joy behind her elevated thoughts while taking this picture. For a moment, it occurred to me as if the world was deeply interfused into her sublime mind and she was well aware of the fact that, somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known!

PS: It is also an example of backlight subject photography using a medium telephoto lens, where light is coming from behind or sideways of the subject. I was sitting very far and my presence was unknown to her. This is one advantage of using a medium telephoto lens (85mm in this case), one can sit in a corner and just gaze around the world and its people, while still remain incognito!

Christmas Greetings!!

Photograph taken inside nave of St. Mary's Basilica located in Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore.

It is the oldest church in Bangalore and is the only church in the state that has been elevated to the status of a minor basilica.

Never Stop!

Never Stop. Its a short description of a person's photograph I've never met, I've never known, yet I've seen him so many times in my photo gallery to recognise his individuality.

Around a month back, while walking across busy streets of Malleshwaram, at around 7 evening I was standing among the crowd, perceiving the movement of people thinking about something. Within a flash of interval, I saw an old man walking briskly in the crowd, as if he is on some mission, I quickly took the picture. It didn't come well, shot at high ISO, lot of noise and lacked in sharpness. But his charisma got stuck into my eyes. Every-time I see this pic, I get several parallel thoughts fighting with each other -  the old age, the noise in photo, yet the sharpness.

After a month or more, recently on the same streets I saw him again, for a fraction of seconds only. Same old face, but with a haircut, clean shaved a probably a different spectacles, walking and holding hands with a young lady - probably his daughter. I quickly recognised him, the same person. But the briskness was missing in the slow walking.

I came back and today I opened my photo gallery and finally decided to share the photo that confuses me every-time I see it. And I never stop thinking about it! 

[Photo] "Your daily life is your temple"

"Your daily life is your temple", a photo by Nitesh Bhatia (navapalavalabhatia) on Flickr.

A Pujari (priest) sitting on doorstep of a temple, calling his family. In the back you can see the dark temple room with small glowing light.

[Photo] "Invocation"

...As I see her performing morning rituals in Temple.
(Location: Maramma Temple, Malleshwaram, Bangalore)

Random Thoughts about Life

Fire is the most tolerable third party. (~Henry David Thoreau)

Shot taken from Nikon D5100, my new cam.