Pangong Lake: A Photographer’s Journey Through One of the Most Extraordinary Lakes of India

Introduction: When a Lake Looks Like It Has Been Painted There are places where photography becomes almost unnecessary because the landscape itself feels like a finished work of art. Pangong Lake is one of them. Among the Lakes of India, few create such an immediate visual shock. After hours of driving through the stark, brown mountains of eastern Ladakh, the first glimpse of Pangong Tso can feel almost unreal: an immense ribbon of blue appearing between barren mountains, its colour changing with the angle of sunlight, clouds and wind.

Introduction: When a Lake Looks Like It Has Been Painted

There are places where photography becomes almost unnecessary because the landscape itself feels like a finished work of art. Pangong Lake is one of them.

Among the Lakes of India, few create such an immediate visual shock. After hours of driving through the stark, brown mountains of eastern Ladakh, the first glimpse of Pangong Tso can feel almost unreal: an immense ribbon of blue appearing between barren mountains, its colour changing with the angle of sunlight, clouds and wind.

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Tulips Kissing Blue Sky: Photographing the Quiet Beauty of Tulip Flowers

Tulips kissing blue sky create a timeless floral scene. Discover tulip history, photography tips, seasonal beauty, and ideas for pink tulips wall art.

Introduction: When Tulips Kiss the Blue Sky

There are photographs that document a flower, and then there are photographs that make you pause.

A field of tulips beneath a clear morning sky belongs to the second category. When the stems rise above the surrounding leaves and the petals open toward the light, it feels almost as though the tulips kissing blue sky is a quiet conversation between earth and heaven.

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Golden Gate Bridge Photograph for Wall Art: Photographing San Francisco’s Most Iconic View

Discover how to photograph the Golden Gate Bridge for wall art, from foggy mornings to sunset viewpoints, with California photography tips for artists.

When a Bridge Becomes a Landscape

A Golden Gate Bridge Photograph for wall art is rarely just a photograph of a bridge.

That is perhaps the first thing a photographer realizes when standing with a camera overlooking San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge is so familiar that the challenge is not finding it. The challenge is seeing it differently.

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Multi-Religious walk around Mcleodganj Streets

Somehow I like this photograph and was not sure what title should be used for this one. I liked the way this Hindu sadhu is interacting these Monks who are going towards Budha Temple at Mcledoganj. This photograph was shot on the road which connects Mcleoganj Town with Bhagsu Waterfalls. Interactive combination of Red and Orange religions made me click this photographs, without spending any time in changing Camera Settings...

Somehow I like this photograph and was not sure what title should be used for this one. I liked the way this Hindu sadhu is interacting these Monks who are going towards Budha Temple at Mcledoganj. This photograph was shot on the road which connects Mcleoganj Town with Bhagsu Waterfalls. Interactive combination of Red and Orange religions made me click this photographs, without spending any time in changing Camera Settings...

Food Photography Workshop by Dinesh Khanna and Aditya Arya at APEX, Delhi, INDIA

This photograph is shot during Food Photography workshop last week-end, which was conducted by Academy of Photography Excellence. India's popular Food Photographers Dinesh Khanna and Aditya Arya took with one day workshop. Anjali was part of this crew as Food Stylist. She is brilliant at it and loved the way she did all food styling for the shoots we did during this workshop. Above photograph shows Laptop screen with a photograph shot during workshop and one of the participants in background. Laptop screen has photograph of Matar-Paneer dish with some ingredients spread on the table.

This photograph is shot during Food Photography workshop last week-end, which was conducted by Academy of Photography Excellence. India's popular Food Photographers Dinesh Khanna and Aditya Arya took with one day workshop. Anjali was part of this crew as Food Stylist. She is brilliant at it and loved the way she did all food styling for the shoots we did during this workshop. Above photograph shows Laptop screen with a photograph shot during workshop and one of the participants in background. Laptop screen has photograph of Matar-Paneer dish with some ingredients spread on the table.More photographs from this workshop can be seen at - http://phototravelings.blogspot.com/2012/05/food-photography-workshop-by-dinesh.html

Delhi Jazz festival 2012 ended last Sunday at Nehru Park, New Delhi, India

Delhi Jazz Festival 2012 was celebrated at Nehru Park in New Delhi for 3 days, which started on last Friday and ended on Sunday. (16th March- 18th March, 2012). I also thought of visiting it for some time on second day which was off for me from office. I reached the place at 6:30 pm which was time for beginning of the evening on second day of Delhi Jazz Festival 2012. At first a local band from Delhi University performed and then next one was from Georgia. Overall environment around the place was awesome and I am still a non-Jazz fellow :) ... Will surely plan to visit Delhi Jazz Festival 2013 to really understand this form of music !

Delhi Jazz Festival 2012 was celebrated at Nehru Park in New Delhi for 3 days, which started on last Friday and ended on Sunday. (16th March- 18th March, 2012). I also thought of visiting it for some time on second day which was off for me from office. I reached the place at 6:30 pm which was time for beginning of the evening on second day of Delhi Jazz Festival 2012. At first a local band from Delhi University performed and then next one was from Georgia. Overall environment around the place was awesome and I am still a non-Jazz fellow :) ... Will surely plan to visit Delhi Jazz Festival 2013 to really understand this form of music !

Motorboats waiting for Passengers at Govind Sagar Lake in Una Region of Himachal Pradesh, India

FROZEN MOMENT - Here is a Photograph from my recent visit to Himachal during Holi vacations. While going to Hamirpur from Delhi, this lake comes on the way near Una and known as Govind Sagar Lake which is a part of Satluj River. This lake was created during initiation of Bhakhra Hydro Project. Although this lake has snatched land of many folks around the place, but at the same time they have got new opportunities to earn their livings. More photographs of Govind Sagar Lake can be checked - HERE

Here is a Photograph from my recent visit to Himachal during Holi vacations. While going to Hamirpur from Delhi, this lake comes on the way near Una and known as Govind Sagar Lake which is a part of Satluj River. This lake was created during initiation of Bhakhra Hydro Project. Although this lake has snatched land of many folks around the place, but at the same time they have got new opportunities to earn their livings. More photographs of Govind Sagar Lake can be checked - HERE

Above photograph shows a very small portion of this lake. Govind Sagar is a huge lake spread in two districts of Himachal Pradesh covering hundreds of kilometers.

Another Photograph published in Times of India (Himachal Edition - 10th March, 2012)

Lift Areas of UB-City @ Banglore, Karnataka, INDIA

PHOTO JOURNEY of Unimaginable Luxury of UB City in Banglore, INDIA : Posted by VJ SHARMA on www.travellingcamera.com : During my recent visit to Banglore, I visited UB city which known as biggest mall in Banglore City. Here are few photographs of UB City with few details a bout it... Check out !!!Here is entry to the parking of UB city in Banglore ... On entering into the parking, we parked our Maruti Also in the middle of BMW and Bentley !!! I wanted to click a photograph but it was not allowed inside the parking... 1100 cars can be parked at a time...UB City is considered as biggest commercial property project in Bangalore, in Karnataka state of India. It is pioneered by the chairman of UB Group, Mr.Vijay Mallya. This whole complex is built on 13 acres of land On entering inside UB City, it looked like a 5 star hotel with Foreigners all around....UB City is located in the heart of Bangalore City. UB City is at corner of Vittal Mallya Road and Kasturba Road.... It's just 800 m. away from the famous M. G. Road in Baglore City...Children having fun near water fountains in the middle of UB City in Banglore..In UB city there are four towers named as - UB Tower, Comet, Canberra and Concorde... UB Tower has 19 Floors, Comet has 11 Floors and the name Comet is derived from an aircraft.. Same for the other two towers Canberra and Concorde, both of them are derived from an aircraft name. Canberra has 17 floors and Concorde has 19 floors...There are lot of resturants around an open area in the middle of this campus... Here is a photograph of The Tasty Tangles inside UB City... Its near to the open Amphitheater...I was told by someone that UB City has Group offices under one roof of UB Towers. Concorde and Canberra have retail space on the lower floors and office space in the higher levels...But Comet has luxury serviced apartments...A photograph of a showroom of interiors ... Most of the brands there were very expensive and I heard of those first time. We came across a showroom of watches and mobiles.. though of looking at their products... First two mobiles we saw their were having price tag of 5.66 Lacs and 3.45 Lacs... I forgot the name of that brand.Comet tower has some commercial offices, banks, high-end retail stores, a five star hotel, luxury service apartments, restaurants, food courts, pubs, health clubs and cafes....I have also heard of a helipad on the roof top of UB City !!There are some water fountains in the middle of UB City surrounded by colorful lights... Children love these fountains and parents have to set a time limit on them to go & have some food...Rohin also wanted to have a photograph inside the water area in UB City, Banglore..Here is another photograph of colorful fountains inside UB City...Lot of people around these colorful water fountains in UB City @ Banglore, Karnataka, INDIAHere is the entrance for various showrooms... We spent some time there, but didn't buy anything there...Another photograph of same place @ UB City in Banglore...Check out more details about the place @ http://www.thecollection-ubcity.com/A Lamp shade hanging on walls of a Restaurant inside UB city....There were lot of cute babies around these water fountains and they were really enjoying the play with these water sprinklers .... Everyone had different style of teasing these fountains... I clicked lot of babies and would love to share other photographs soon... Some of the parents asked me to send their photographs by Email and I am already done with that :)Lavishly decorated Lift area of UB City at Banglore... Its a beautifully constructed building which is a great example of a great lifestyle in side the city...Stairs for the ground floor of the complex where all the showrooms we have.. There are some nice bars and restaurants on first floor of this complex....Here is a photograph of Parking slip @ UB City Banglore. If I remember correctly, they take it back and doesn't allow visitors to take them back.. We requested him but he denied politely..There are some fully serviced Residences inside UB City by the name of Oakwood...

Piyush Tewari at TEDx Connaught Place to talk about SaveLIFE Foundation and how it operates in some part of India !!!

Recently attended TEDx show at Delhi and Mr. Piyush Tewari was first speaker of the TEDx evening. He works on improving situations of Road Accidents and helping people after an accident. Currently people avoid to help in case of road accidents to avoid unnecessary tension of police and court. Tewari's organization work with local police to make people aware about helping road accidents. He works with frequent road travelers and try to track down accident location through some of the wonderful technologies. I recommend watching this video online. For more photographs and details about this event, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

Recently attended TEDx show at Delhi and Mr. Piyush Tewari was first speaker of the TEDx evening. He works on improving situations of Road Accidents and helping people after an accident. Currently people avoid to help in case of road accidents to avoid unnecessary tension of police and court. Tewari's organization work with local police to make people aware about helping road accidents. He works with frequent road travelers and try to track down accident location through some of the wonderful technologies. I recommend watching this video online. For more photographs and details about this event, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

TEDx Connaught Place with a theme around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore'

Recently a TEDx event happened in Connuaght Place of Delhi, India. This episode of TEDx was around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore' and 8 speakers from different walks of life presented their ideas and how they are executing them in different sectors of India. Most of them talked about some social issues in India and working on them. To know more about this show and more photographs, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

Recently a TEDx event happened in Connuaght Place of Delhi, India. This episode of TEDx was around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore' and 8 speakers from different walks of life presented their ideas and how they are executing them in different sectors of India. Most of them talked about some social issues in India and working on them. To know more about this show and more photographs, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

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

Here is a hotograph 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

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

Talking to God on first day of New Year (2012) @ Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Here is a boy in conversation with God to discuss the plans to make this year memorable for good things in life. Here is taking holy bath in Sarovar around Golden Temple of Amritsar.Golden Temple at Amritsar was over-crowded on 1st Jan 2012, as many folks from Punjab has come to this place for good beginning of the year and pray God for making 2012 a memorable year for good things in life. Amritsar being a very old city of India looks very scary during such special days, when whole Punjab is on street and there is hardly any space around. This was my third visit to Amritsar and now probably I will think twice to visit this city again. It's not tourist friendly and extremely inconvenient. But reaching at Golden Temple make you forget everything you see outside it.A Very Happy New Year to all of you again !!!

Here is a boy in conversation with God to discuss the plans to make this year memorable for good things in life. Here is taking holy bath in Sarovar around Golden Temple of Amritsar. 

Golden Temple at Amritsar was over-crowded on 1st Jan 2012, as many folks from Punjab has come to this place for good beginning of the year and pray God for making 2012 a memorable year for good things in life. Amritsar being a very old city of India looks very scary during such special days, when whole Punjab is on street and there is hardly any space around. This was my third visit to  Amritsar and now probably I will  think twice to visit this city again. It's not tourist friendly and extremely inconvenient. But reaching at Golden Temple make you forget everything you see outside it. 

A Very Happy New Year to all of you again !!!

A Music Enthusiast playing Sitar during one of the evening at 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012

This photograph was shot during one of the evenings of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, when Byomtesh play was being shown. There is a character in this play who plays sitar at home, although it was a scene when background music was running...Bharat Rang Mahotsav is one of the popular international Theater festival organized by National School of Drama, Delhi. Ministry of Culture is also one of the active organization which takes care of funding for such theater festivals. This time focus was mainly on plays around Rabindarnath Tagore. This year Ministry of Culture is celebrating as 150th birthday of Rabindarnath Tagore

This photograph was shot during one of the evenings of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, when Byomtesh play was being shown. There is a character in this play who plays sitar at home, although it was a scene when background music was running...

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is one of the popular international Theater festival organized by National School of  Drama, Delhi. Ministry of Culture is also one of the active organization which takes care of funding for such theater festivals. This time focus was mainly on plays around Rabindarnath Tagore. This year Ministry of Culture is celebrating as 150th birthday of Rabindarnath Tagore.

Sunset @ Shimla (Sunset view from Mall Road, Shimla)

Posted by Ripple (VJ) : Shimla Night View : Sunset @ Shimla (Sunset view from Mall Road, Shimla)

One of the prop from the set of 'Grotowski - An Attmpt to Retreat' during Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is going on in Captial City of Delhi and various plays from different parts of the world are being shown at NSD, Kamani, SRC and LTG etc. This photograph was clicked during one of the plays 'Grotowski - An Attmpt to Retreat', which are presented by a group from Poland.

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is going on in Captial City of Delhi and various plays from different parts of the world are being shown at NSD, Kamani, SRC and LTG etc. This photograph was clicked during one of the plays 'Grotowski - An Attmpt to Retreat', which are presented by a group from Poland.

Click on the photograph above in case you want to know more about this play or see more photographs...

A lovely Architecture form just outside President's House in 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 !!!

Theatre Actor during 'Grotowski - An Attempt to Retreat', Directed by Tomasz Rodowicz, CHOREA Theatre Association, Lodz, Poland

This Photograph is clicked at Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012. This play was presented yesterday at Kamani Auditorium. This is done by CHOERA Theatre Association, Lodz, Poland. To know more about the play, check out http://www.chorea.com.pl/en/productions/grotowski-an-attempt-to-retreat/More photographs from this play will be shared on PHOTO JOURNEY soon..

This Photograph is clicked at Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012. This play was presented yesterday at Kamani Auditorium. This is done by CHOERA Theatre Association, Lodz, Poland. 


More photographs from this play will be shared  on PHOTO JOURNEY soon...

Anuradha Kapur Welcoming Sharmila Tagore on Inaugural ceremony of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav || 8th Jan, 2012

On 8th January'2012, Sharmila Tagore was there in Kamani Auditorium as Guest of Honor for inaugural ceremony of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav. Bharangam is one of the popular theatre festival of India and considered as biggest festival in Asia. National School of Drama organize this festival with support fro Ministry of Culture. Kumari Selja was also present during the ceremony, which is MInister of Culture, India. Theatre groups from various parts of world are invited to present their work and experiments done in the field of Theatre. Various plays will be shown during Bharat Rang Mahotsav - 8th Jan to 22nd Jan 2012 !!!

On 8th January'2012, Sharmila Tagore was there in Kamani Auditorium as Guest of Honor for inaugural ceremony of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav. Bharangam is one of the popular theatre festival of India and considered as biggest festival in Asia. National School of Drama organize this festival with support fro Ministry of Culture. Kumari Selja was also present during the ceremony, which is MInister of Culture, India. 

Theatre groups from various parts of world are invited to present their work and experiments done in the field of Theatre. Various plays will be shown during Bharat Rang Mahotsav - 8th Jan to 22nd Jan 2012 !!!

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.

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.
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