tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143835302024-03-13T11:49:19.372+08:00Indian Imagery - Rahul KumarRahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-87532708813191953722011-12-04T15:55:00.001+08:002011-12-04T16:03:38.959+08:00Study in Stone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mornings rays shining on a ceramic pair of cherubs as the Musée national de Céramique at Sèvres in Paris. Such innocence and beauty captured by the sculptor!<br />
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Feb 2009, Paris<br />
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<br /></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-25744188854951196082011-11-13T13:14:00.003+08:002011-11-13T13:24:23.518+08:00Simple yet Elegant<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/08/join-dots.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOD914fRVe8/Tr9S1hiFHvI/AAAAAAAAAWg/uYhSqikdfFc/s1600/DSC00266.JPG" alt="prev: Join the dots" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674345134997970674" border="0" /></a>A steep climb up some 100 steps (reminds one of the Inca Pyramids.. almost).. and at the top, appears this elegant pavilion, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taramati_Baradari">Taramati Baradari</a>.. one of the lesser known monuments in Hyderabad. Legend has that a courtesan Taramati used to sing atop this pavilion and her voice was heard in the <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/back.html">Golconda Baradari </a>2 kms away..<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hyderabad, July 2011</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-53247776277828419322011-08-28T15:39:00.008+08:002011-08-28T16:00:15.324+08:00Join the dots<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/08/night-shift.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645809769966327394" border="0" alt="prev: Night Shift" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sSFzFhelspU/TlnyErBF1mI/AAAAAAAAAV8/2xAsTWi4tVo/s1600/DSC00375.JPG" /></a>Remember the coloring books where we used to join the dots and then fill them in with color.. this closer look at the palace illumination really resembles such a painting book.. </div><div> </div><div>Now scroll down.. </div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645811515551493250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iz0ySaEJvSU/TlnzqR1BrII/AAAAAAAAAWE/30Z6dYd9uN0/s1600/DSC00393.JPG" />...here you see the palace after the lights were switched off.. lack of lights did cause a bit of camera shake.. but notice the dotted outline now.. there are not bulbs but pigeons perched on the walls.. highlighing the palace design ... what a royal abode for them!!</div><div> </div><div><font size="2">Mysore Palace, Mysore, Aug 2011</font></div></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-40218443380701807612011-08-25T22:20:00.003+08:002011-08-25T22:28:49.219+08:00Night Shift<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/08/busy-bee.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644798758787842962" border="0" alt="prev: Busy Bee" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GjAFv9cBuiU/TlZakE4dg5I/AAAAAAAAAVs/PuIdxD6V_68/s1600/DSC00368.JPG" /></a>We were busy shooting the <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/08/jewel-in-sky.html">palace</a>... when we heard the tinkling of bells... we turned around, and lo and behold.. against the beautiful lit backdrop of the palace entrance and walls.. elephants with bells were being paraded... really made a beautiful setting.. like the Mysore typical woodwork wall-hangings featuring elephant herds..<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mysore Palace, Mysore, Aug 2011</span><br />Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-86603925054931831332011-08-23T21:28:00.003+08:002011-08-23T21:42:43.123+08:00Busy Bee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/08/jewel-in-sky.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644045003217018530" border="0" alt="prev: Jewel in the Sky" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GlCSN7_qIsA/TlOtBukRnqI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-NR4FOFo_Kw/s1600/DSC00338.JPG" /></a>The 'busy bee' went about it's chores unconcerned about the 'shutterbugs' clicking around :-)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Roadside field near Mysore, Aug 2011</span><br />Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-45431364607890036452011-08-21T10:39:00.004+08:002011-08-21T10:55:36.020+08:00Jewel in the Sky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/07/rape-of-sisters.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643134143529390962" border="0" alt="prev: Rape of the Sisters" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FQ-CaEZ7qcc/TlBwmtzyk3I/AAAAAAAAAVc/is7waIZ-pw4/s1600/DSC00364.JPG" /></a>It was simply magical... when the lights turned on, there was a loud 'aaawww' from all and sundry... I must admit, it was an experience of a lifetime.. being the most beautiful, tastefully done and aesthetic illuminations I have ever seen.. the palace seems to hang like a jewel in the sky...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mysore Palace, Mysore, Aug 2011, Shot with the Sony DSLR, 1/10s.</span><br />Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-40097502337392156572011-07-17T21:11:00.011+08:002011-07-17T21:40:17.993+08:00Rape of the Sisters<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/07/bouquet.html"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u14kNhOvVxk/TiLgAa1ptGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/oc4sG_ftYO8/s1600/DSC00192.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="prev: Bouquet" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630308781975516258" /><div style="text-align: center;"></a>Today</div><div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2006/09/twin-sisters.html"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cRDjAeDzrMM/TiLg16q2PDI/AAAAAAAAAVE/bAWV3ORbedw/s1600/new%2B077.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="Twin sisters" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630309701053201458" /><div style="text-align: center;"></a>5 yrs back, Aug 2006</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The title may be shocking... but I'm deeply saddened by this abominable violation of nature's beauty... I pass by this lovely lake every morning on the way to office... and had lovingly christened the hills as 'Twin Sisters'... <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html">I'd trekked up the hills, walked around the lovely lake and even found an old heritage structure</a>... I wonder if this would be possible now with man's intrusion everywhere... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Leave something, please!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Highway Lake, Hyderabad, July 2011</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-71465245400752180902011-07-11T21:28:00.006+08:002011-07-11T21:57:37.803+08:00Bouquet<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-cloud-nine.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628086942957051218" border="0" alt="prev: On Cloud Nine" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8SXeyeSzsOw/Thr7QXf4HVI/AAAAAAAAAT0/ybfvoV3la7U/s1600/IMG_1901.JPG" /></a>Celebrating the 6th anniversary of Indian Imagery with nature's bright red bouquet!<br /><br />With <font size="5">250</font> posts and <font size="5">25000+</font> visitors, maintaining this blog has been extremely rewarding.. Your comments and feedback continue to make viewing the photoblog even more interesting.<br /><br />Milestones on the way..<br />First post - 11 July 2005 - <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2005/07/temple-in-pond.html">Temple in Pond</a><br />Most visited post - <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2007/08/gods-canvas.html">God's canvas </a>(2000 page views)<br />Indian Imagery became <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2007/08/asian-imagery.html">'Asian Imagery' </a><br />Indian Imagery becomes 'Global Imagery' with <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/03/voila.html">Viola!</a><br /><br />Thanks...<br /><br />Shot at Keukenhof, Netherlands, Apr 2010<br /><br /></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-25834020173972052592011-07-09T20:28:00.006+08:002011-07-09T22:47:03.267+08:00On Cloud Nine<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/07/into-mist.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627330396437392754" border="0" alt="prev: Into the mist" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OWEz2JakWoY/ThhLLkForXI/AAAAAAAAATs/Efz_1GtSKF8/s1600/IMG_2888.JPG" /></a>Majestic ramparts of the Pratapgarh fort, high above the clouds... This is shot after a huge downpour.. that made us wait in our car for over 30 mins, before beginning the climp up... The view from the top definitely made us feel on cloud nine!<br /><br />Pratapgarh fort, Mahabaleshwar, July 2011</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-35900629071438761812011-07-05T20:35:00.003+08:002011-07-05T20:42:13.339+08:00Into the mist<a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/05/steel-n-glass.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ew8ehH2mt_U/ThMFyfCxHbI/AAAAAAAAATk/cTi9IQ0SLNo/s1600/IMG_2858.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Steel 'n' Glass" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625846724400586162" /></a>Enjoying the monsoon in the Western Ghats at Mahabaleshwar..<div><br /></div><div>Venna Lake, Mahabaleshwar, July 2011</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-52325869731553090942011-05-06T23:29:00.006+08:002011-05-06T23:48:51.654+08:00Steel 'n' Glass<a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/03/bugs-view.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psYZRy19PXA/TcQU1HPPIxI/AAAAAAAAATY/B-wmzLjYT6A/s1600/IMG_1541.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: A Bug's View" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603626739064316690" /></a>Steel and Glass need not only refer to the current crop of high-rises and office buildings... Just about a 100 years back steel and glass was used to create this masterpiece... the dome of a shopping mall... they don't make them like this anymore!<div><br /></div><div>Galeries Lafayette, Paris, July 2009</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-42442844623272659902011-03-26T11:32:00.003+08:002011-05-06T23:45:19.930+08:00A Bug's View<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/03/eye-for-detail.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1xKs4yvir4w/TY1evRJRJlI/AAAAAAAAASw/75UqNOsOTYA/s1600/IMG_2029.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: An Eye for Detail" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588226878785791570" /></a>Believe it or not, these 'giant' buds were just a few inches from the ground... An attempt to get the bug's view, I lay flat on the ground to click this... Shot at a nondescript flower bed by the roadside in Hague, Netherlands.<div><br /></div><div>Hague, Netherlands, Apr 2011. My entry for the VFXY weekly theme - '<a href="http://photos.vfxy.com/themes/">Bud</a>'</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-74856232669681182742011-03-08T22:01:00.005+08:002011-05-06T23:45:45.913+08:00An eye for detail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/03/voila.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--kh77aNErDQ/TXY3L4lziNI/AAAAAAAAASo/J41Xhe4N73w/s1600/IMG_1172.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Voila" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581709465481349330" /></a>Look at the beautiful village of Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera... <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>...we never went there ;-)<div><br /></div><div>OK... Look closely again... </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>... God bless whoever made this beautiful model... they definitely believed in the saying - 'God is in the detail'!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.franceminiature.fr/" target="_blank">France miniature</a>, Paris, June 2009</span></div></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-10929932490503970092011-03-05T14:00:00.004+08:002011-05-06T23:44:12.184+08:00Voila!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/03/future-imperfect.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JMmuYhaAjJg/TXHSzQScnlI/AAAAAAAAASg/DpfW1kSCHyM/s1600/IMG_1511.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Future Imperfect" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580473191276256850" /></a>Voila! Wow! there wasn't an iota of disappointment on seeing this stylish monument. It is as graceful, elegant and wonderful to look at as it seems in any photograph. <div><br /></div><div>Did you know that it was built for quite an unassuming purpose, i.e. to serve as just an entrance arch for the 1889 Universal Exposition at Paris and that it survived multiple attempts to dismantle/demolish it, thanks to it's height helping it act as a communications tower at least? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" target="blank">Read more...</a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the second time, I break tradition on Indian Imagery. With this first post from Europe, there aren't any boundaries and it has really become Global Imagery ;-)). (First break from tradition - <a href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2007/08/asian-imagery.html" target="blank">Asian Imagery</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div>Tour de Eiffel, Paris, July 2009</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-54804304702525092142011-03-03T21:52:00.005+08:002011-03-03T22:14:56.580+08:00Future Imperfect<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/stop.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VgPFIw1Dj2M/TW-eeyA1pLI/AAAAAAAAASY/x4FChwfpJb0/s1600/DSC00100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579852714993886386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">'Is' - Today, 03 March 2011</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/stop.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qMLUkH3HY9w/TW-du3HL2fI/AAAAAAAAASQ/KBw3YjIiuHQ/s1600/DSC03148.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Stop" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579851891728964082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">'Was' - 28 Sept 2006</div><br />A post that I have been planning for quite some time... When I took this shot 5 years back.. I'd never realized that the beautiful uninterrupted horizon view from our home would be obliterated with mushrooming building complexes... </div><div><br /></div><div>But that is the way the future always will be.. 'Imperfect'!!<br /><br />This also happens to be the first post with multiple photographs.</div><div><br /></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-45634346366906605832011-02-15T22:15:00.003+08:002011-02-15T22:30:52.841+08:00Stop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2011/02/back.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rX7VFSOFKDU/TVqLLAyOmzI/AAAAAAAAAR0/qir1MWZaGcQ/s1600/IMG_2499.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Back" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573920510129904434" /></a>Thanks for the comments on previous post... will be posting some from my archives. This was shot at the Coonoor railway station on the way down from Ooty... Love this photo for the perspective, depth and colors.<div><br /></div><div>Ooty, Sept2010</div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-30210316837830404562011-02-13T22:48:00.005+08:002011-02-13T23:05:34.534+08:00Back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/03/vibgyor.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9KlZPFUUYI/TVfxKKiUCzI/AAAAAAAAARs/OgLgdCY7IVM/s1600/DSC00078_1.jpg" border="0" alt="prev: VIBGYOR" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573188220823538482" /></a>Back after a gap of two years... backside of the Golconda Fort...<div><br /></div><div>First day of shooting with my new Sony DSLR A200! good experience </div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-35025314185676838412009-03-17T21:23:00.003+08:002009-03-17T21:41:45.940+08:00VIBGYOR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/03/sky-watch.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/Sb-kmemmjvI/AAAAAAAAANw/fruh25AeKSg/s1600/IMG_0713.JPG" border="0" alt="prev: Sky Watch" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314147066277433074" /></a>Rainbows always amaze me... Shot this from our home balcony.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miri, Malaysia, Mar 2009, F/3.5, 1/80s, ISO-200</span></div>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-56277256226463357482009-03-07T10:58:00.004+08:002009-03-07T11:07:16.015+08:00Sky Watch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/geometry.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SbHjIcoj-7I/AAAAAAAAANo/bOcQOyXvt-k/s1600/IMG_0513-2.JPG" alt="prev: Geometry" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310275169911307186" border="0" /></a>With nothing better to do in Miri, we joined the group of idlers watching the sun go down...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Marina Bay, Miri, Dec 2008, F/2.8, 1/160s, ISO-80. Cropped and Graduated tint effect in Picasa.</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-67172861111129802112009-02-25T09:23:00.004+08:002009-02-25T09:33:07.188+08:00Geometry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/deck-chairs.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SaSeMrZB7zI/AAAAAAAAANg/zoYK4ye6kYQ/s1600/IMG_0040.jpg" alt="prev: Deck Chairs" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306540201592614706" border="0" /></a>Fascinating modern architecture... the <a href="http://www.sabahtourism.com/sabah-malaysian-borneo/en/destination/3-menara-tun-mustapha-sabah-foundation-building/" target="_blank">Foundation building</a> at KK. Managed to capture it in one shot!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Feb 2008, F/8, 1/250sec, ISO-80</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-80798938188713857872009-02-19T19:27:00.003+08:002009-02-19T19:59:20.359+08:00Deck Chairs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/sunny-deck.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SZ1C8Gf6JbI/AAAAAAAAANM/P75MVjJMjoc/s1600/IMG_0032-1.jpg" alt="prev: Sunny Deck" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304469536416343474" border="0" /></a>More deck chairs.. inspired by the comments on the previous post, I have cropped this image. Hope it passes the test of your discerning eyes.. awaiting feedback on this.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu, Feb 2008, F/8, 1/200s, ISO-80</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-69142803728954377712009-02-15T11:42:00.004+08:002009-02-15T11:52:12.684+08:00Sunny Deck<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/shades-of-blue.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SZeQlnS-99I/AAAAAAAAANE/WJfzVds7v_E/s1600/IMG_0033.jpg" alt="prev: Shades of Blue" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302866062130214866" border="0" /></a>Love the geometry and perspective here...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu, Feb 2008, F/8, 1/200s, ISO-80</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-40354679898121808962009-02-06T18:51:00.003+08:002009-02-06T19:08:00.755+08:00Shades of Blue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/envious.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SYwXtfSyTsI/AAAAAAAAAM8/_slrZVwHLvk/s1600/IMG_0164-1.jpg" alt="prev: Envious?" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299636931770076866" border="0" /></a>Azurian blue, Cerulian blue, Cornflower blue, Sky blue, Blue... nature's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_blue" target="_blank">shade card</a>! Shot from a speedboat between the Sapi and Gaya islands.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Feb 2008, F/8, 1/200s, ISO-80.</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-77695696181069912512009-02-04T18:06:00.003+08:002009-02-04T18:12:23.788+08:00Envious?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/02/continued.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SYlo_7bV4XI/AAAAAAAAAM0/cnojFTVIw6M/s1600/IMG_0227.JPG" alt="...Continued" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298881884071518578" border="0" /></a>Same place, same time as the earlier two posts... just turned the camera around... the building seen is where we have been staying for the past year and a half... quite a stunning location, huh?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Miri, Malaysia, Apr 2008, F/2.8, 1/60s, ISO-250</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383530.post-59527449711083141082009-02-02T16:35:00.003+08:002009-02-02T16:42:55.195+08:00...Continued<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://indianimagery.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-in-nature.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mrimz7Vswoo/SYawmICjbPI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JHXSRZHYRUA/s1600/IMG_0225.JPG" alt="prev: Poetry in Nature" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298116180687678706" border="0" /></a>Well, pardon another cliche shot... but that's the view from the same spot a li'l to the left... the buildings seen are the Marriot resort and Spa at Miri.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Miri, Malaysia, Apr 2008, F/2.8/1/100s, !SO-80</span>Rahul Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925333505371826180noreply@blogger.com3