Vision
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I did not compose this shot by looking at the viewfinder . Set the lens at the wide-angle end, left the aperture wide open, held the camera in both my hands, bent down while still standing and just clicked.
Dusk
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Shot just before the sun went down. Compare it to this this shot, taken from almost the same spot under different conditions.
Who's there?
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I am not a big fan of selective coloring. But in this case, the colors of the objects around the old paati were distracting, so I dediced to try it out.
Masala Chai
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Taken at a cafe in Esplanade Mall while waiting for a recital to start.
Grand Sweets, Adyar, Chennai
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From an article in The Hindu, which pretty much captures what I saw
It’s 12 noon, and the mid-day rush at Grand Sweets and Snacks has begun. Kids tagging along with their thatas and paatis, office-goers talking into their cell phones while they wait for pakodam to carry back to work, women shopping for podis and thokku for their households, NRIs in shorts and baseball caps, and a couple of vadhiyaars— a microcosm of Chennai humanity streams into the covered compound.
They begin to crowd the counters manned (or rather ‘woman-ed’; almost all the sales people are women) by 35 to 40 uniform-clad people. The founder of the store, G. Natrajan, chose to employ mostly women back in 1982, and that still remains the case. “He believed that women are more responsible, and devoted,” explains Mahesh, the current proprietor.
"Cool" Drinks, K R Market
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In India, people still consume soft drinks in glass bottles which are then sent for refilling to the bottling plant. In the photo, apart from the usual suspects, you can see Kinley, Maaza and Limca which are Indian brands.
This photo was taken in K.R. Market (commonly known as “the” Market) in Bangalore.
Charcoal Colored Sky
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One morning I woke up to find the sky was this weird charcoal color which I rarely see.
This also happens to be the first photo I processed using Lightroom. For this I just used a simple Strong Contrast filter
Depth of Field
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This shot was taken at Esplanade Mall in Singapore.Apart from the usual DoF tricks, I liked the composition of the photo. Initially, I was thinking of taking this from the front, but something told me to try out a side angle. The result is in front of you.
Blue Door
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Walking on the streets of Georgetown in Penang is a very interesting experience. You come across all kinds of old architecture like colonial buildings, old shophouses, traditional Chinese houses etc.
Chilli Chocolates
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This shot was taken with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 || prime lens.
Shops
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View On Black
I was walking around Georgetown when I saw this row of shops by the street.
Bubble
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This was taken at Esplanade Walk in Georgetown, Penang. In the evening this place was filled with all kinds of people – backpackers, couples, kids, people selling toys and bubble guns etc.
I was trying manual focus for the first time to capture the bubble in focus.