Diwali Night – 2017

This Diwali, I was at Mumbai. Had just a day of holiday, so it was out of the question to go home then. Instead, I came to office that night, went to the terrace, which is on the 42nd floor for a view. Looked quite nice, I must say, the photos didn’t come out to be that amazing though.

But, I wanted good photos, so, I went to the Marine Drive to watch the fireworks. With the rounded curve of the road, it is always amazing to watch the light trails. The glow from the lights add to the beauty, and the occasional police van on a patrol, makes it an interesting picture.

Fire works on Diwali Night at Marine Drive Mumbai
Fire works on Diwali Night at Marine Drive Mumbai

This, here is a composite image of 5 to 6 photos, each of 30 seconds exposure, and then stacked on photoshop. While I am not very deft at photo manipulation, it does help to know bit of retouching.

A bit of advise dear readers, always use a tripod and remote while shooting long exposures for stacking. No matter how stable the surface is, each time you press the button, the position shifts just a tiny bit, and that shows up blurred in the final stacked image.

Cheers!!

Glimpses of Mumbai – The Queen’s Necklace

There are iconic locations and spots in a city which make it instantly recognizable to the world. Here, I show one such icons of Mumbai.

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The shots were pre visualized ones. Hence, when I actually shot them, and got the result that I wanted, that made me absolutely jubilant.

I went to the Bandra Fort for a few shots of the Bandra- Worli Sealink, photos, coming up next.

Cheers!!

Monochrome II

Hi there…monochrome fever is still on…and during this epic time fever…rolled in two of my old friends with their mean machines…and what followed was…little talk and lots of photos. These were the ones which stood out immediately!

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Cheers!

My Toys’ Story – II

Hi all….another iteration of my toys story! But this time, its the ones that went chugging and am sure, in some point of time we were all fascinated with the train engine, and to have a look within the engine, it was a huge thing of joy, for me, it still is, even today!

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The first one I remember!

 

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An old memory…really old one!

For the ones who had a look on my page, Showing Off, the star effect in the first photo has been achieved by the use of the same star filter that has been shown in the DIY. So you see, they do work pretty fine.

Go out there and relive the happy moments that you miss, and dont forget to experiment a bit too!
Until next time…
Cheers!

My Toys’ Story – I

Remembering the toys that made impressions on my childhood….and which survived! On going assignment, I ll post them in parts, all clubbed under the same category for easier viewing! Enjoy!

 

Super Fast!!
Super Fast!!
Extreme Fury!
Extreme Fury!
The super fast and extremely furious!
The super fast and extremely furious!

More to come! Follow my post!

Cheers!