Shining Star on top of Pong Dam Lake near Nagrota in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, India || A Fish Eye Photograph

Here is a photograph shot with a Fish Eye which gives wider view to a place as compared to standard lenses. Although distortion of this photograph have been fixed and we needed to crop the original photograph which has obviously reduced some view from all four directions. Fish eye lens clicks a photograph which looks spherical. Anyways, This is Pong Dam which is one of the popular destination of Migratory Birds in Himachal Pradesh. For more Photographs of Pong Dam with more details, check out - HERE

Sunset hues on white walls of houses in Chadigarh, Punjab, INDIA

Sunset hues on white wall @ Mohali, 3B-2

On Independence Day (15th August, 2011), I was in Chandigarh with my friends and planned to go to Sector-17 during the evening. Although it was too late to go, but we just wanted to have some snacks outside with regular chit-chat.

Sunset hues on white walls @ Chandigarh, Punjab, INDIA

Few days back I was in Chandigarh for holidays of Independence Day (15th August, 2011) ... During late evening, we though of going out of house and visit Sec-17. As we came out of our room, we realized that it's already sunset time. But never mind, we went for a ride to lake and Sector-17.. had some snacks and came back home !!! This photograph was clicked when I we came out of our room ...

Monsoons are almost gone now...

It was a lovely day in office... Usually come out of office to have a walk after lunch and this photigraph was clicked on back side of the office with my HTC Desire HD Mobile Camera... It was dark all around with cool breeze... No one was in a mood to go back to workstations and spend time with their computers or laptops... Suddenly rain started and we had no option... For last few days sky is brilliantly blue, which is hard to see in Noida or Delhi.... during summers it's very dull due to all the dust and pollution... and in winters fog makes the things worse !!!

MTB Rider crossing iron bridge to reach 4th day destination @ Kullu Sarahan !!!!

MTB Rider crossing iron bridge to reach 4th day destination @ Kullu Sarahan !!! Everyone was very excited about the 4th day stay in Kullu Sarahan as everyone had heard a lot about the place and it seemed most beautiful place to stay during MTB Himachal 2010 !!!

Lens Flare !!

This Photograph has been processed in adobe Photoshop elements and all the depth added is due to various filters available in Editor application of Adobe Photoshop Elements !!! Then sun light in form of flare is also artificially added through another filter available there.. For lens Flare, we have various options ... As we know that flare shapes and forms vary from one lens to another.. Similarly, In Adobe Photoshop Elements, flares are added for four popular lenses and sizes can be changed as well !!!

Incredible Himachal Pradesh ....

Incredible Himachal Pradesh ....

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MTB Himachal 2010 Rider @ National Highway 22, near Rampur

Recently I participated in MTB Himachal 2010 as Photographer... If you are aware of MTB, its Mountain Terrain Biking event organized with HASTPA where lot of bike riders come from  various countries of the world.... Its an event which gives an opportunity to explore Himalayan terrains during 8 days to cover 500 kilometers... This Photograph shows a rider on clean road which was rare during the whole trip of 8 days... It was just 15 minutes when these riders were on National Highway 22.. Most of the times MTB Riders had to explore the unexplored regions of Shimla and Kullu Districts of Himachal Pradesh...

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited board... on National Highway 22

When we go towards Kinnaur from Shimla, Satluj river comes on the way and here is a photographs of a board on road-side... It has some details about power project ... There were some beautiful bridges on the satluj river.. Most of the times we see such bridges in bllywood movies.... By looking at one of such bridge, we stopped our car and spent around 40 minutes to click some photographs of surroundings & few portraits...

A Photograph of waterfall across Satluj River : Shot @ 200mm Zoom

I was confused weather I should post this photograph on my blog or not.... because of its bad quality, but in my opinion subject is more important, so thought of posting it here and you are welcome leave a "Dislike" comment :)

I just wanted to share that if we move on national highway 22, while crossing Satluj river, there are lot of waterfall across the river...

Water Flooded roads near Nirmand Village in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh

Since MTB Kafila was exploring all the new roads, most of the times we saw such places with lot of water on  the roads... Sometimes riders had time to have a workaround for that and sometimes they had to cross all this without much worry about their cloths or bike....

MTB PHOTOQUEST member looking at a beautiful bridge over Satluj River on National Highway 22

During MTB Himachal 2010, we crossed National Highway 22 to move towards Nirmand... On the way, there were some beautiful iron bridges and here is the first one we encountered after hitting national highway... Jimsee is looking for the right place to shoot this bridge...

Refreshing Waterfall in Himalayan ranges of Himachal Pradesh

Dev-Bhumi Himachal Pradesh is a lovely place to enjoy nature and natural resources... Here is a Photograph of waterfall near Sarahan Village of Himachal Pradesh... Sarahan Village is situated at 3000 meters and surrounded by snow covered hills of Shrikhand Mountain Range... village has a huge ground full of greenery and water streams...

Colors of Himalayas in winters 2010

Thanks to MTB Himachal 2010 for providing this wonderful opportunity to explore many of the lovely places in Himachal Pradesh.. Here is one of the photograph clicked during our 8 days exploration in Shimla and Kullu Districts of Himachal Pradesh... I love the blue skies in hills... Clean and Refreshing...

Beautiful waterfall near Sarahan Village in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh...

During my last stay in Sarahan village, we went for a small trek to the nearest mountain with snowfall and seen lot many waterfalls on the way.. Were is a photograph of one of the waterfall we saw... Colorful, refreshing and what not... 

CHALAI : A Famous crop in cold places near Himalayan ranges in Himachal Pradesh

Here is photograph of a crop called Chalai, which is very popular in crop of himalayan ranges in Himachal Pradesh.. This crop is very colorful and have seen it in Yellows, reds and pinks... This is considered as a must of people living in high altitude areas.. It's considered as a source of warmth to the body, and thats why its popular in areas which get snowfall very frequently...

Beautiful Sarahan Village in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh (@ 3200 Height)

There was huge ground in the middle of snow covered hills ... These were Shrikhand mountains which gets most of the snowfall in this region... Shrikhand is also a famous pilgrimage which opens during July till September... This place was wonderful and I enjoyed only day stay with very passionate bike riders of MTB Himachal !!!

Crops of Charas @ Sarahan Village of Kullu District in Himachal Pradesh

During my recent visit to Himachal I got a chance to witness the beauty of Sarahan Village which is at 3200 meters height, but a beautyful valley surrounded by snow capped hills... During the visit I realized that lot of land is being used for Bhag crops.. Bhag is the local word used for raw charas, I guess...

Snow Covered Hills @ Kullu Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Full Moon sitting on the top of snow covered Hills around Kullu Sarahan