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

Post Sunset hues from Trilokinath (Lahual and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA)

This is a three years old Photograph, which was clicked at Trilokinath Temple in Lahaul & Spiti. Most of the co-travellers can't forget this adventurous trip to Lahual & Spiti. It was the time, when we stuck at a place due to land-slide and our hotel was just 14 kilometers away, but had no option but to go back. After a day long journey from Chandigarh, we were about to reach Udaipur and stuck at a place near Trilokinath.

Finally we came back and stayed in an open ground outside Trilokinath Temple. We got some forest-wood to have bonfire and spent whole night in chilling ground surrounded by snow covered peaks.

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 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 !!!

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 ...

Sunset time @ Dalhousie, covered with clouds from all the directions...

This a very old photograph of Dalhousie which I found few days back in my old hard drive... The dark orangish color on the left is a lake near Dalhousie... I was not able to capture it in better way but this was an amazing view...

Sun Reflecting off the waters of the Ranjit Singh Dam... : A View from Dalhousie...

Colors of Sunset @ Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

 

Sunset view from one of the balconies in my house...

 

Sunset view of Shogi, a small twon near Shimla (Himachal Pradesh, INDIA)

Many of the friend have visited Shogi in the past and most of them enjoyed their stay here... For me, it was a small station near Shimla, where tourists stay due to nice hotels on cheaper rates as compared to main Shimla Town... Because I belong to Himachal Pradesh, I don't see Shogi as a very different place... Its just like other small stations in Himachal with good Resorts and Hotels...

Sunkhna Lake @ Chandigarh, Punjab

Sunset capture @ Pathankot Railway Station, PUNJAB

Pathankot is a major railroad junction. Lines from Amritsar (2 hrs) and Delhi (8 hrs) merge here and all services to Jammu (2 hrs) pass through. In addition to Pathankot station itself, there is a second station called Chakki Bank just 4 km away and serves some express trains that do not stop in Pathankot station. Nowadays the majority of the Jammu trains stop only at Chakki Bank and not at Pathankot.

In addition, Pathankot is also served by the narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway built by the British, which crawls 128 km to Joginder Nagar via Palampur and Kangra (near Dharamsala). However, the luxury Kangra Queen services were terminated back in 2003, leaving about 6 departures daily of slow, often packed second class trains, taking over six hours. Bookings for these can only be done locally at Pathankot station. Some of these trains run to Baijnath Paprola and a few to Joginder Nagar.

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Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught , is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything... : A Photograph by one of my friend who recently visited Dalhousie...

CLICK on below mentioned links to see more photographs of Dalhousie region in Himachal Pradesh.... 

Click Here to see snowfall photographs in Dalhousie: "My first Rendevous with Snow"

Click Here to see colorful birds @ Dalhousie Church

Click here to feel Dalhousie "An inetersting and one of the best Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh"

Click here to see Photographs of "Mesmerizing Khajjiar" 

Click Here to see beautiful Ravi River near Dalhousie @ Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

 Click Here to see photographs of Colorful Chamba

Click here to see Snow-Covered Peaks of Peer-Panjal Range @ Himachal Pradesh

Click Here to see Sunset @ Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh

Sunset Colors @ Summer Capital of INDIA (SHIMLA)

Cloudy Hills @ Shrikhand Mahadev, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Check out more photographs of Shrikhand Trek by clicking below mentioned links:

CLICK HERE to see NATURAL BEAUTY @ SHRIKHAND MAHADEV...

  

CLICK HERE to see WATERFALLS on the way to SHRIKHAND MAHADEV...

  

CLICK HERE to see RIVER on SHRIKHAND TREK...

What all you see after reaching SHRIKHAND ...

Clouds @ Shrikhand Mahadev... 

CLICK HERE to see our WHOLE JOURNEY to SHRIKHAND MAHADEV....

More Shrikhand Pics

Good Morning Clouds @ Shrikhand Mahadev, Kullu Himachal Pradesh

I like this photograph but don't have any interesting caption to add...

This was shot during my first visit to Pushkar Camel Fair in 2008. 

The Pushkar Fair is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair held in a town known as Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is one of the world's largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction and its highlights have become competitions such as the "matka phod", "longest moustache", and "bridal competition" are the main draws for this fair which attracts thousands of tourists. In recent years the fair has also included an exhibition cricket match between the local Pushkar club and a team of random foreign tourists. Also there is a bridal competition for foreigners....

Camel Romance during Sunset @ Pushkar, Rajasthan, INDIA

Ritz view @ Shimla after Sunset..

Lotus Temple Silhouette @ Nehru Place, Delhi, INDIA

Sun behind Lotus Temple throwing nice colors in the sky... I love this combo of Orange and Blue.. Although its hard to find these colors in Delhi but I was fortunate enough to catch it in my Camera :-)

Lotus Temple is one of the most beautiful temples of India. Lotus Temple stands seventh in the international chain of Bahai House of Worship. Lotus Bahai Temple is considered as the Mother Temple of the Indian Continent. The splendid architecture of the temple has been accredited with several architectural awards.

Sunset View @ Lotus Temple, Nehru Place, Delhi

Yesterday I visisted Lotus Temple with my office friends and its a good place visit in Delhi...



The Baha'i House of Worship in Delhi which is popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flower like shape, is a Bahá'í House of Worship and also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent. It has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.