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Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Bird

April 18, 2015April 26, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged dawn, early morning, hills, kausani, Kumaon, mountains, Nainital, sunrise33 Comments

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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

It was the morning we were to set out for Kausani from Nainital. So I woke up early at 5:30 that morning and went outside to observe the beauty and absorb the silence of dawn at Nainital. It has been my earliest morning capture so far. 🙂

The following shot was taken at Kausani at around 6:45 in the morning. I stood on the terrace for an hour waiting for the sun god to show up. But he was determined to hide behind the clouds that morning. The mountains and the Queen’s Meadow yonder were covered with a thick blanket of mist and the entire valley looked bluish in the pale morning light.

Published in response to this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge – Early Bird.

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat

April 12, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged Photo challenge, travel photography15 Comments

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached.
Then it is not difficult. ~ Prem Rawat

When I saw the theme of this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge – Afloat the first thing came to my mind is ‘water’. I always wanted to learn swimming but somehow never got a chance. So, I envied anyone and anything that I saw floating effortlessly on water. 🙂 I wish I could do that someday. And now when I finally enrolled to a newly opened swimming club in our locality I know how amazing it feels to float on the water and let loose yourself and let the water take you along the flow.

These two pictures are from the album of my Nainital Tour. It was a nice pastime for me to watch the geese swim in their own pace and…

the boats afloat the turquoise water of Naini Lake with bewildered tourists aboard.

Happy Weekend! 🙂

Weekly Photo Challenge: Blur out the Background

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged blur, bokeh, Photo challenge11 Comments

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. ~ Arnold J. Toynbee

Last January we went on a weekend trip to Shantiniketan and visited the wildlife sanctuary there.

While walking under the canopy of trees I felt like experimenting with my camera and this is what I got.

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Blur.”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Ephemeral Moon

March 29, 2015March 29, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged blood moon, moon, Nature, nature photography26 Comments

moon, blood moon, ephemeral moon, moon's phase

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. ~ Arthur Smith

I once asked my parents why they kept my name ‘Moon’. They said they liked this name when one of my aunts suggested it for me. When I was young I had so many embarrassing moments with my name which was uncommon in our community. Anyway, I don’t know when I started liking my name. Probably when I realized I like the source of my name that is, the moon very much. 🙂 Ever since I felt a connection with the moon and am always charmed by its magnetic existence.

The moon is an enigma to me. Its appearance – ephemeral but its presence – eternal.

That night when I looked through my window I was amazed to see the half-moon with a reddish glow which was transient. I didn’t waste time in capturing it with my ‘third eye’ – my camera. 😉 🙂

She came. She saw. She conquered.

March 25, 2015March 27, 2015Posted in PhotographyTagged khoai mela, shanibarer haat, Shantiniketan, sonajhuri14 Comments

baul, shantiniketan, santiniketan, sonajhuri, shanibarer haat

Shanibarer Haat (Saturday Market) by the Sonajhuri Forest is an event not to be missed at Shantiniketan. The market is a colorful, vibrant place to feel the heartbeat of life in Bolpur-Shantiniketan. Last January we made a short weekend trip to Shantiniketan. As I was wandering around in this makeshift market I spotted this ‘little aficionado’ approaching towards the baul sitting underneath a tree. She was curious about the ‘ektara’ (an indigenous single-stringed musical instrument used by local folk singers). I don’t know what she spoke to him, as I couldn’t hear anything from a distance. A moment later they became friends and she started assisting him in his music with a ‘jhunjhuni’.

It’s true that friendship doesn’t know boundary… 🙂

P.S: You can also check out my complete guide on Shantiniketan tour – A refreshing Weekend Trip to Shantiniketan.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh

March 22, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged dew, dew drops, fresh, freshness, Nature, nature photography, Photo challenge20 Comments

hibiscus , china rose, flower, red, fresh

And my heart springs up anew, bright and confident and true. And the old love comes to meet me, in the dawning and the dew. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

What is more fresh than the flowers we offer in worship?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall – If you ran into one don’t give up

March 14, 2015September 21, 2015Posted in Photo challengeTagged Photo challenge, photography, wall art, wall painting, walls27 Comments

Shantiniketan EZCC wall painting, tribal life

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~ Michael Jordan

And that’s what I tried to do with my camera. 🙂 I think I can share these wall photos in response to this week’s photo challenge – wall.

Painting of Lord Shiva on a wall at Dasaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi.

A wall in Varanasi depicting the story of the ancient epic Ramayana.

Walls where time has left its mark. Ruined walls inside Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan.

A wall that is meticulously carved to intricate details. The wall of a Haveli (palace) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

The wall that exudes grandeur and opulence of the medieval kingdom of Rajputana. The interior walls of Amer Fort Palace, Jaipur.

On the contrary, this wall speaks of tribal life in Bengal, something very simple and down to earth. Wall paintings at Srijani Shilpagram, Shantiniketan.