Monday, October 31, 2011

Tani Jubber Lake near Thanedar in Shimla region of Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Here is a photograph of Tani Jubber Lake which is near Thanedar and Narkanda.... It's not a very popular tourist destination but a wonderful place to spend some time while roaming around Shimla or going towards Kinnaur... Since it's not popular, it's very well maintained and clean :) ...

Here is a photograph of Tani Jubber Lake which is near Thanedar and Narkanda.... It's not a very popular tourist destination but a wonderful place to spend some time while roaming around Shimla or going towards Kinnaur... Since it's not popular, it's very well maintained and clean :) ... Will be posting a complete PHOTO JOURNEY on this lake soon...

Saturday, October 29, 2011

A Metal artwork @ INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011 - It was continuously rotating under wonderful lighting


India Art Summit 2011 - A good place to find out world's best Art pieces at one place - A three days event @ Pragati Maidan, Delhi, INDIA : Posted by VJ SHARMA on www.travellingcamera.com : Recently INDIA ART SUMMIT happened in Delhi at Pragati Maidaan - 21st to 23rd Jan 2011 !!! It was first time I planned to visit it with some of my friends... Here are few photograph from INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011 !!! Check Out these photographs of various art forms without any details about artists who created them. Sorry to all artists because I tend to forget names...Here is the first artwork we saw just in front of entry gate... It was cycle-Rikshaw loaded with lot of metal pots on it... No one was around who had camera and we were not very comfortable while clicked few shots of this art... These pots had amazing reflection of the whole area in surroundings but we couldn't give much to time to capture it better...A close-up but not very clean... @ INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011This one was my favorite ART there... Guess what it is? If you guess it correctly that means my photograph is bad ! There were approximately 10 people standing around this table and wondering why these old newpapers are showcased here? Everyone was at the distance of 2-3 feets from this table and none was allowed to touch any of the art works... Then one of the lady asked the artist to give some information about this particular art and everyone was like WOW, how it can be a artwork of marble stone... But yes it was made up of marble stone with some printing with specific powder.... Lovely Work !!!Check out if you can notice something in this capsule pack... If not, it may be because of my blurry photograph :) Here is a wooden art @ INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011Another form o artwork which was created with threads and no machine was used in this... Apart from thread some metallic strings were also used.... This Photograph shows a very basic and small portion of a huge artwork hanging there...Mirror Art - A Mirror created of various particles in triangular shape... This mirror was created very neatly and had wonderful effects from various angles.. Most of the visitors were spending lot of time in front of these mirrors at INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011Another artwork which was rotating continuously and yes many of th artists were using some mechanical or electrical supports to add more value to their arts... and most of the support material was also designed by these artists in their own way ... Deepak experimenting of various colors of INDIA ART SUMMIT.. I think he was trying to play with depth of field to get some special effect out of the special artwork of colorful buttons and pins !!! There was gallery of arts which were created from pins and buttons of different colors.. Some of these arts had abstract shapes and few of them had some shapes which we could recognize...Gang having fun @ ART SUMMIT 2011.... Deepak looks unhappy with the results but Anchita wants to see what he clicked... Some amazing art work by Religare Art Gallery, CP, Delhi !!!Some famous personalities were roaming around to find out the best art for their houses....There were lot of foreigner Artists @ INDIA ART SUMMIT 2011He is about to stand up and have a walk at ART SUMMIT hall....Lot of Colors, Shapes and concepts @ INDIA ART SUMMIT, 2011

Shilaroo Hockey Stadium in Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Shilaroo has got a Hockey stadium as Sports Authority of India's high-altitude training centre. This stadium was inaugurated by Sports Minister MS Gill last year in month of May. This stadium is located  about 55 km from state capital of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.The Sports Authority of India Centre, located at an altitude of 8100 feet and surrounded by wonderful places like Narkanda and Hatu peaks with excellent indoor facilities for  badminton, basketball,handball, volleyball, table tennisand wrestling apart from gymnasium and hostel facilities...

This stadium is very close to Vidya Stoke's place...

Shilaroo has got a Hockey stadium as Sports Authority of India's high-altitude training centre. This stadium was inaugurated by Sports Minister MS Gill last year in month of May. This stadium is located  about 55 km from state capital of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.

The Sports Authority of India Centre, located at an altitude of 8100 feet and surrounded by wonderful places like Narkanda and Hatu peaks with excellent indoor facilities for  badminton, basketball,handball, volleyball, table tennisand wrestling apart from gymnasium and hostel facilities...

This stadium is very close to Vidya Stoke's place...

Friday, October 28, 2011

Resident Spider in Black & White !!!

A casual click while I was in Palampur for a marriage and searching for a shop for Kangra-Tea. This spider was in one of the corners of a momo shop at Chaupati !!!

A casual click while I was in Palampur for a marriage and searching for a shop for Kangra-Tea. This spider was in one of the corners of a momo shop at Chaupati !!!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mobilegiri at Delhi Photo Festival which ended this Sunday (23rd Oct 2011)

Although 23rd was not the last day of Delhi Photo Festival but activities like portfolio reviews, Talks and Adda's will not happen during this week. Some Print Exhibitions are still going on in IHC and it's worth a visit to India Habitat Center in Lodhi Estate...

Although 23rd was not the last day of Delhi Photo Festival but activities like portfolio reviews, Talks and Adda's will not happen during this week. Some Print Exhibitions are still going on in IHC and it's worth a visit to India Habitat Center in Lodhi Estate...

Monday, October 24, 2011

Recent addtion to my friend list !!!

I met these kids during my recent visit to Dharmshala... First I met Aarya, who offered Kurkure during our initial conversations :) ... It was really difficult to catch them in my cameras as they had extremely high energy...On last day I requested them to pose for me and I clicked this one :) ... Aarya's friend is still wondering about the fact that why this fellow is clicking our photograph :)

I met these kids during my recent visit to Dharmshala... First I met Aarya, who offered Kurkure during our initial conversations :) ... It was really difficult to catch them in my cameras as they had extremely high energy...

On last day I requested them to pose for me and I clicked this one :) ... Aarya's friend is still wondering about the fact that why this fellow is clicking our photograph :)

Friday, October 21, 2011

Himachali Marriage - Nitin and Naina

Here is a photograph of sweet Himachali  Couple. Typically Himachali Marriages happen in three days. On first day (Maaine), relatives and friends start coming at home. Some celebrations happen during the evening. Next day is more about formal gatherings, pooja and Barat. Second day Night is typical the time when actual marriage takes place. Third day is celebrated in different ways at various parts of Himachal. In Kangra it's called as 'Chhod' and 'Dham' is also commonly used in Hamirpur and Mandi...Most of the times marriages take place at home, but trend is slowly changing where main ceremony takes place in marriage halls which are better approachable to everyone...

Here is a photograph of a sweet Himachali  Couple. Typically Himachali Marriages happen in three days with lots of ceremonies at Bride's as well as Groom's place. On first day (Maaine), relatives and friends start arriving. Some celebrations happen during the evening of the first day and this night is considered as very special for youngsters (probably a simpler version of bachelor's party :) ). Next day is more about formal gatherings, pooja and Barat. The Second Night is typically the time when actual marriage takes place. The Third day is celebrated in different ways in various parts of Himachal. In Kangra, it's called as 'Chhod' and 'Dham' is also commonly used in Hamirpur & Mandi...

Most of the times marriages take place at home, but the trend is slowly changing where the main ceremony takes place in marriage halls, that are more approachable to everyone...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Rough Laziness


PHOTO JOURNEY inside zoo of Banerghatta National Park Banglore : Posted VJ SHARMA on www.travellingcamera.com : I am sure you will be surprised to hear Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary at one place... Yes, Banerghatta National Park has a Zoo as well... When I planned for Baneghatta National Park, I was not aware of the fact that it has Zoo as well... After Reaching the ticket counter, I saw a board saying discounted ticket for Wildlife Safari inside the sanctuary and Zoo visit... Banglore Zoo has lot of snakes and most of the crowd is seen around those to figure out where they(snakes) are sitting... Here are few Photographs I was able to click during a quick visit to Banerghatta Zoo... Check out !!!Don't know the name of this bird.. so please do let know in case you know... They were very shy as you can see from the expression in this photograph and there were lot many other birds with various combinations of colors... I had few more photographs of this bird but all were shaky because of lot of movement there... These birds were most active inside the zoo.... Others like snakes, crocodiles, leopards, ducks were really lazy and we couldn't figure out the cause... Even Monkeys were not very active which is a very unusual thing..There were lot many crocodiles inside Banerghatta Zoo and that I saw the height of their laziness... There were few cats inside their court and jumping on their backs.. No Reaction... They used to go near a particular crocodile, check about its activeness by touching the tail and then start all those activities when confirmed that it's not going to hurt them... Many of the folks were standing their for more than 30 minutes to wait for one of the crocodile to take some action, but nothing positive was happening their... and those cats were having fun there :)Sankes - Most popular species inside Banerghatta Zoo.... There was a separate section of various types of snakes and it was naked as snake park inside Banerghatta Zoo... I had never seen these many snakes at one place and there were lot many varieties new for me... It was hard to locate them because many of them were hidden between the branches of the tree or under some rocks etc.. Some of the snakes were 7-10 feet longs and have been playing on bamboo sticks hanging on the trees inside their courts... It seems people don't miss this part of the Zoo during their visit...There was a huge area provided for birds and it was somewhat similar to the Delhi Zoo... Although we were not able to see many birds out there... Also we were very tired after wildlife safari in Banerghatta National Park and didn't want to spend much time to find out more birds there...Many families come to Banerghatta Zoo to enjoy the weekend... I was surprised to see this family with all the stuff like carpet, bat and other stuff... It seems they have come for some picnic but Zoo is not a right place I guess... Ideally eatables and such things should not be allowed inside... I don't have any strong reason for that , but I have seen people making these places dirty... People should think twice before spreading their waste stuff at other's living area... Can they do the same thing inside their house?Oh Yes, I didn't want to miss this particular thing about Banerghatta Zoo... There is a trend of adopting some of the animals of the zoo and many folks have done this... Like this particular Horn bill is adopted by Shri T R Rithvik... This effectively means that Mr. Rrithvik is feeding this Horn bill for some particular duration and probably other costs as well... A nice concept and good idea to support all these rare species  on earth...There was a man outside the zooo who was selling some liquid which creates colorful bubbles... I wanted to capture those bubbles but all I was able to capture was bokeh of all those.... Never mind, I like it :)Rohin Duggal, My friend who made my Banglore trip memorable... Thanks to Rohin !!! btw his girlfriend was out of station and I can tease him by saying that :) On the very first day in Baglore we visited lot many places... Banerghatta national Park, zoo, Butterfly house, MG Road, Bragade Road and UB City ...These folks were wondering why I am clicking a photograph of Rohin... and Rohin asked to click one of their photograph to make them happy... Monkeys inside banerghatta Zoo...Afte completing one round inside Banerghatta Zoo, we had some coconut water in the market outside the zoo... It was amazing, but honestly I didn't like the 'malai' inside it...There are few museums inside the Zoo campus.. Here is one with photographs of various types of birds with some details.... There were lot of school children inside this museum to know about various species of birds and next agenda was to locate them outside....There is a small museum in the zoo which showcases zoological exhibits... Banerghatta Zoo has a reptile park and a small theater as well... Banerghatta Zoo is closed on Tuesdays which is a weekly holiday...


Side view of Viceregal Lodge, Shimla (Indian Institute of Advanced Studies)

Posted by Ripple (VJ) : Shimla Night View : Side view of Viceregal Lodge, Shimla (Indian Institute of Advanced Studies)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Sunset time in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Somehow capturing sunset is very exciting for every photographer and everyone tries to do something different during this time and it provide various opportunities to click magical portraits, Silhouettes, colorful layers etc !!! It's ben more than four years that I am doing photography and passion for sunset photographs has not come down. One fine day, one of the photographer was giving his thoughts about progression in photography and he mentioned that sunset is ideal time for a beginner to shot, and can be more exciting for professionals who may not want to shoot sunsets anymore !!!

Somehow capturing sunset is very exciting for every photographer and everyone tries to do something different during this time and it provide various opportunities to click magical portraits, Silhouettes, colorful layers etc !!! It's ben more than four years that I am doing photography and passion for sunset photographs has not come down. One fine day, one of the photographer was giving his thoughts about progression in photography and he mentioned that sunset is ideal time for a beginner to shot, and can be more exciting for professionals who may not want to shoot sunsets anymore !!!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Elephants on side walls of Indian President's House @ Delhi, INDIA


A quick visit to Indian President's House in Delhi : PHOTO JOURNEY from last weekend : Posted by VJ SHARMA on www.travellingcamera.com : It was little foggy in Delhi when we planned to go to President's house in second half of the sunday(6th Feb, 2011) ... Me and one of the office friend took metro from Noida and changed it at Rajiv Chowk for Central Secretariat... This is the nearest metro station near President's House and India Gate.... Here are few photographs from President's House in Delhi !! Check out ...  Here is a photograph of water fountains in south block of President's House.. This is a huge campus with North and south blocks on main entrance... There is  a beautiful area called Mughal Gardens situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan which incorporates both Mughal and English landscaping styles... It displays numerous types of flowers and is open to public in February every year !!!Its a marvelous piece of Lutyens Architecture... Whole building is unique with various artworks on the walls and pillars...Since its very important area of Indian capital, high security is must and one can clearly see it around President;s house in Delhi !!! A Crow sitting on one of the poles installed around President's house @ Delhi, INDIAIts a very clean area in Delhi and folks avoid to spread their waste around this place, birds can do anything they want :) .. The dome in the middle of South and North block involved a mixture of Indian and British styles... The dome is exactly in the middle of the diagonals between the four corners of the building...Looks like some British design created by Indian artists... Is a part of a pillar in South Block of Rashtrapati Bhavan @ Delhi, INDIADelhi Traffic Police ensuring that no one stop the car around this place and keep moving.. So one of the taxi taking U turn inside President's House campus to make sure that his clients spend enough time there to feel the place... This U-turn is not allowed here !South Block of Indian President's House with lush green lawns in front of it !!!A very old canon in front of President's House in Delhi, INDIA...Elephants on the outer wall of Indian President's House (Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi, INDIA)A royal colored car in front of South block of President's House in Dehi, INDIA !!!Security people looking around to make sure that folks roaming around are not crossing the limits ...Another sample of an interesting pillar installed around North block of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi !!!A closer look to the dome on North block of President's House in Delhi !!!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Ajay Pandit Chetri - Winner of MTB Himachal 2011

This is second time that Ajay Pandit Chetri won Mountain Terrain Biking Himachal 2011... Apart from being winner of this year, he also got awards for Best UPHILL and Best DOWNHILL !!!To know more about Mountain Terrain Biking, check out http://bit.ly/qPlOxi

This is second time that Ajay Pandit Chetri won Mountain Terrain Biking Himachal 2011... Apart from being winner of this year, he also got awards for Best UPHILL and Best DOWNHILL !!!

To know more about Mountain Terrain Biking, check out http://bit.ly/qPlOxi

Sunday, October 9, 2011

A lady in Red Saari carrying some water for Maintainance work @ Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (During a Foggy day of Feb'2011)



Saturday, October 8, 2011

Colorful stall of Bhel-puri @ India Gate, Delhi



Hawker Selling popcorns and chips at India Gate, Delhi



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