SenK – Page 12 – TRAVELOGUES AND TREASURES

Hi Life Exhibition – The Westin, Pune

I received a notification that some of my friends would be going to this exhibition, Hi Life, at The Westin at Koregaon Park, Pune. I was curious. Procured myself an invite, and off I went to have a look at what it was all about.

The minute you reach the exhibition floor, you realize that as far as are art and exquisite designs are concerned, this is the right place to be if you love them.

All around there were merchandises of various genres and origins, dresses from everyday wear to full bridal dresses.

Since these were pieces of art out there, some were reluctant to let me shoot, while some were extremely happy too. So, here are what I found the most fascinating.

Ishir Flameless Candles:
Amazing concept of having candles made of wax, while the flame being uniquely crafted. Have a look for yourself, trust me, this one was good 🙂

If you are interested, contact them here.

BRB Art Fusion:
They specialize in pots, brass idols, Buddhas. Quite an exquisite collection for home decor.

Either visit them at the exhibition, or reach out to Bina @ 9822033670 or check out their website.

All Things Sundar:
This was, in my opinion, the most colourful shop out there. Amazing collection of bags and awesome designs. If you go to the exhibition, make it a point to visit this shop, you ll definitely like what they have to offer.

For further correspondence of repeat orders, feel free to reach out to Miral @ 9987119394

D’oro Fashions Inc.
In the fashion world, its all about carving a niche for yourself, and they have made it, in making interesting non leather goods and fashion accessories.

You can find them readily available right here.

Glow n Glitter:
The exhibits here, were true to the name, glowing and glittering and pulling the crowd. Do have a look here.

Reach out to Aparajita Ray on her website.

While walking around, I overheard some wise soul say “Business runs on ladies’ attention” and he was right, also this place manages to grab all attention that one can spare.

To the guys out there, please take your better half to this place, she ll be happy for sure. To the girls out there, please go visit the exhibition, you ll love it, for sure.

As a parting note, the exhibition is open till 13th of September, 2016.
Happy Shopping!!

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 by SenK Categories: PhotographyTags: Bags, Brass, Fashion Accessories, Flameless Candles, Hi Life Exhibition, Home Decor, Idols, The Westin 2 Comments

Ganpati Bappa….Morya!!

If you were in Maharashtra, am sure you would have heard this chant in the praise of the Lord Ganesha loud and clear quite often. Add heavy bass drums and cymbals in rhythms. Colourful processions, music and dance.
This is what Ganesh Chhaturthi or Ganesh Utsav looks like in Pune

Until the next festival….

Ganpati Bappa….morya; Mangal Murti….morya!!

Cheers!!

September 9, 2016 by SenK Categories: PhotographyTags: Celebration, Colourful, Cymbals, Drums, Ganesh Chhaturthi, Ganesh Utsav, Ganpati Bappa Morya, Maharasthra, Pune Leave a comment

TTL: Tamhini Ghat

It had been planned by the group that we must go on a trip. So, a group of about 40 photographers, varying from novices to professionals, we made our way towards Tamhini Ghat. About 60 kms out of Pune, this place is known for the lush greenery and the numerous waterfalls.

It is here, thanks to one of the members, that I got to use the Tamron 90mm macro lens for the first time, and I simply loved it. The lens is not a speedster at acquiring focus, true, but once you manage to focus it right, you are in for a treat. The following images ought to convince anyone who would be doubting whether or not to get a macro lens towards the lens.

Now, this lens can also be used for shooting the perfect frame too. Its all about how you choose to use it.

A huge thanks to the Pune Photography Lovers group for the trip. Special thanks to Medha for lending me the macro lens and to Rutuja for being my model 🙂

Till the next trip, cheers!

August 29, 2016 by SenK Categories: Photography, TravellingTags: 18-55mm, Close Up, Colourfull, Eyelashes, Frame, Nikon D3100, Pune Photography Lovers, Scenery, Slow Shutter, Tamhini Ghat, Tamron 90mm macro, Travelling, Tyre Treads, Umbrella, Waterfall, weekly challenge 5 Comments

Rare Elements of the Fauna

Albinism, is considered to be a rare phenomena, be it in human beings, or animals. Here we have, one albino tiger, and a white cat. Rare, because you don’t see a lot of them naturally occurring 🙂

Cheers!!

August 20, 2016 by SenK Categories: PhotographyTags: Albino, Banerghatta National Park, Bangalore, Cat, Pune, Rare, Shaniwarwada, Tiger, weekly challenge, White 2 Comments

A Dash of Blue

What is your idea of fun on a Sunday? Lazying around, relaxing?? I went to a trek/outing to a nearby hill, Vetal Tekdi, and look what I found there 🙂

The hill gives a nice view of the Pune city but thats not the main attraction of the location. This is….

The place is filled with peacocks. One ought to have a minimum of 400mm reach on the lens to be able to capture these beauties. I had a 55-200 on me. I must admit, the shots were difficult. Not enough light, some camera shake, and yes, a lot of cropping.
We shifted locations, and we got some more shots.

To part, I ll share a photo that mesmerizes me for the camouflage. Hope you find the peacock in there.

Incidentally, the Peacock is considered as the national bird of the country, my country, India, and today, its the 70th Independence Day too.

Cheers!!

August 15, 2016 by SenK Categories: PhotographyTags: 55-200mm, Blue, Camouflage, Forest, Fun, Green, Independence Day, India, National Bird, Nikon D3100, Peacock, Pune, Sunday, Vetal Tekdi, weekly challenge 10 Comments

TTL: Tikona Fort

They say, the forts around Pune, look amazing during the rains. Heard this so many times, and have been enticed by so many photos, that finally, we gave in. We loaded us on a couple of bikes, and went on our day trip to the Tikona Fort, morning, 7 o’ clock on a Saturday. This is the account of our trip. There may not be photos of the fort in here, rather, there are ones of what you can see from the fort.

Keeping true to Murphy’s Laws and the weather reports, we lost our ways a couple of times, splashed into huge puddles of water and finally made it to the hill and found it engulfed in fog.

We caught our breath for a minute and took in the amazing view, though limited view from the base of the fort.

Post maneuvering through some muddy and rocky paths, we reached a spot, from where the path ahead was this…

For the sake of railings, there was a co-axial cable cut and bolted into the hill face, and we had to climb on the rocks, which were at least a foot high and slippery. The gradient felt close to 60 degrees. Well, it was just the beginning though. Some time into the climb, things became more slippery, and agreeably, scary too.

It was the views that kept us going and pushing to reach the top.

We got the view of the greenery that had been so much referred to, and also realized that after all, monsoon may not be the best time to come to this place. Not because of the rain, but because the clouds obstruct the visibility.

This is a nice place to be for a day outing. As we climbed down, we saw tiny kids and even toddlers climbing up the trail, so it is not very technical climb or a difficult one as such. One must always exercise a certain amount of caution though.

The location ought to be an amazing one for night time photography and star gazing. The peak of the climb experiences quite strong winds so the ones venturing up should take the necessary precautions.

While climbing down, some caution had to be maintained as the place had become very slippery and narrow approaches forced us to move in a single file.

On the whole, the trip was a nice way to unwind and to get some of the much needed fresh air.

Cheers!!

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 by SenK Categories: Photography, TravellingTags: Bike Ride, Clouds, Day Trip, Hill, Maratha, Monsoon, Mornings, Narrow, Pavna Dam, Pune, Shivaji, Slippery, Tikona Fort, Travelling, Trip 10 Comments

Look Up Beautiful!

We were having our freshers’ party and this lady here was being dolled up by a friend of hers.

I went up close, and asked her to look up. She did, and the shot came into being!

Prerna, you are beautiful 🙂

July 29, 2016 by SenK Categories: PhotographyTags: 50mm f1.8, Beautiful eyes, Eye Liner, Look Up, Make up, Nikon D3100, weekly challenge Leave a comment

Big; Glass

Big, can be anything huge. Be it a big house, a big society, or even a big city. I ll share a view, of a big Indian city, from the top of tall tower of a big residential project.

Glass, this time I would like to share one, that is tempered and shattered.

These are the entries for Blogging University : Developing your eye I and II, Big and Glass.
Cheers!!

July 20, 2016 by SenK Categories: Blogging University, PhotographyTags: Big, Blogging University, Developingyoureye, Glass, Mumbai, Tempered glass Leave a comment

Awestruck!

Sometimes we come across natural beauties, so amazing, that we need some time, a little more than a moment to take it all in and enjoy the view. How one chooses to enjoy the moment varies, some would love to share it with friends, some would like a little solitude.

Two worlds, wrapped into one, here goes!

And, I just noticed a thing, all three photos are on the east coast of India, Chennai, Pondicherry and Shanakrpur, in order.

This is for Blogging University: Developing Your Eye I and II, Solitude and Landscape.
Cheers!!

July 19, 2016 by SenK Categories: Blogging University, PhotographyTags: Awestruck, bay of bengal, Blogging University, chennai, Developingyoureye, Landscape, Pondicherry, Sea, shankarpur, Solitude 3 Comments

Glimpses of Mumbai: Dhobi Ghaat

For the ones who have followed my Glimpses of Mumbai set, and thought that it was over and done with, well, not quite. I have been bogged down with post internship formalities and college classes, hence these never made it out of Lightroom, until now. Here is, a glimpse of the world’s largest open air laundry.

Located right off the Mahalaxmi station on the central line is this location. Interestingly, if one would want to have a look at the various strata of the society, the serving and the served, that is also visible right from the flyover.

On the way from Dadar to Mahalaxmi, one can find this certain location too, seems perfect for a eerie shoot!

And to end, some local fauna!

This too shall not be last post of the series, there should be at least one more to it. Do keep an eye out.

Cheers!!

July 18, 2016 by SenK Categories: Photography, TravellingTags: Black and white, Burnt, Cat, Clothes, Colourful, Dhobi Ghat, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, Mumbai Diaries, Social strata, Train coaches, Travelling, Washing Pens 12 Comments

Connect ; Moment!

Connections, have always been varied in their ways and existence. Some say, to connect, one must be in touch, while some connections are psychic. Here, I ll show a digital one 🙂

A filament of a bulb, when exposed to uncontrolled atmosphere, and powered up, lights up for about 2 seconds and burns out.My camera does 3 fps, I needed only one perfect frame to call it a success! Thats a moment, right here!

These are the entries for Connect and Moment from the Blogging University: Developing your eye I & II. Some more to follow soon.
Cheers!!

July 18, 2016 by SenK Categories: Blogging University, PhotographyTags: Bluetooth, bulb, Burn, Connect, Developingyoureye, Digital, Filament, Moment, Sharing Leave a comment

Bliss

What is bliss, if not the absolute happiness that you feel when you gaze at the rising sun and spread out your arms in the wind to welcome the warmth? Or gaze at the sea shore and see the clouds part, just a tiny bit to let the sun’s rays shine?

These are my takes on Natural World and Bliss for the Blogging University: Developing Your Eye I and II.

Cheers!!

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 by SenK Categories: Blogging University, PhotographyTags: bay of bengal, Bliss, Blogging University, Clouds, Developingyoureye, Natural World, Sea Shore, shankarpur, Sinhagarh, Sunrise 3 Comments

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