Beauty in Monochrome

Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

Fun with Photography

While taking a break from work, I decided to pick up my camera and go out to the garden to click some pictures.

After the rains, afternoons have once again become a pleasant time to step out and the crisp sun made it a joy for me to click some beautiful plants in my garden and enjoy the warmth at the same time.

Here are some pictures I clicked:

Electronic music and Sleep

My favourite moment: Me alone in my car driving to nowhere land with strangers passing by in their big and small cars eagerly waiting to get to their destination...

One of my favourite hobbies is to sample new music and/or genre... not necessarily newly released albums but music new for me.

Music is a part of my life 24x7... well, music is me. Its brings out so many emotions: makes you laugh, cry, miss people, fall in love, anger.....

With the world where I am sleeps, I'd like to stick to some relaxing music to suit the mood.

I feel I'm close to becoming a junkie coz after death defying sound and some head banging, I prefer to listen to the soft and sedative sound of electronic. well, just a thought..

So I check my trusty iTunes for some nice music and come across Télépopmusik. Their dreamy music.. it just soothes all the stress away. Gives me the feeling as if I stepped into an old Hollywood movie.

I see remixed / dance version of these songs and wonder why would one want to rob the originals of their beauty??

Some of the Telepopmusik's songs that should not be missed:

Breathe

Love can damage your health

Close

Yesterday was a lie

Smile

I enjoy the company of some good music while driving and mr. radio jockey at 95 fm makes my day sometimes by playing a song where I can sing along really loud. However, I need to keep a backup of some of my personal choices as well for one of those rainy days when my friendly neighbour RJ's music notes do not match mine.

My new found passion: Photography

Of late, I have built an interest in photography so I go out with friends to places in and around Delhi to capture the beauty around us that is left unnoticed many a times.

My first photo shoot started with with a trip to Humayun's tomb. Its a shame that I never knew this place existed till a few months back.

Moving on.. I could not have picked a better day to go shooting as the sun was just right and the sky was a lil cloudy which gave me some amazing shots! This shot of Isa Khan Niyazi's tomb with the clouds in the background just makes the picture perfect!!

Now, I still don't have one of those D-SLRs with me so I had to make do with my old but trusty Nikon 5600 which did not disappoint me.

I was able to get some decent shots and learnt a few tricks in the process. The picture in the left is one I always wanted to capture, with the shadows of the pillars and the passage. Wondering if this might be a time portal to take me into another time and era altogether...

Coming back to reality, as I moved forward towards the main tomb structure, I was glad to see some restoration work going on.

Another one I liked was an over-exposed picture of the sun behind the clouds... Gives a feeling of weightlessness somehow to me. Ethereal.....

After all these practice shoots, my absolute favourite of the trip had to be the shot of the tomb itself. The lighting was perfect and surprisingly after a

zillion clicks, my hand did not shake in this one, giving me a perfect shot (well, at least for a beginner!)