Showing posts with label raindrop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raindrop. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Drop 'n' Pop

Oh Please!!! Don't expect a story every time. I just clicked them thinking only about the exposure. Well, if you insist, I took them from our 1st floor balcony. The bricks are of the newly made wall of the construction site just beside our home.

The Raindrops...They just dropped and Popped.

Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Shutter speed: 1/125sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

Monday, June 20, 2011

Monsoon Mileage



I've been away from the viewfinder for quite a bit of time. But a few days ago I was talking to someone about why I stayed back in Kolkata instead of returning back to Delhi to my old job. Believe it or not, the real cause was snapshots of Kolkata in a Bengali movie named 'Madly Bangali'. I remember myself shouting loudly at the exit staircase of Nandan movie hall right after seeing the movie: "I'm not going back to Delhi".

As promised in the intro of this 'Kamara syndrome', I'm introducing another of my friends, Sanghamitra. She called me up last Saturday after midnight and literally ordered me to plan a small outing the next day. Well, we made no plans and that's what made the trip good. This image is the first one I took that day. A I bet, anyone can say which city is this although the characteristics of the city are out of focus. With the Yellows, Blues and Yellow-Maroon combinations, it is a real easy guess. Indeed, Monsoon was the mileage behind this photograph.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Raindrops

Until it was the warmth of the globe, we didn't mind. But now, it is global warming that's causing even floods in the desert. Not being so harsh on Mother Nature, I'd rather think about smaller examples in climate change that provides almost freezing temperatures in Kolkata and high levels of humidity in Delhi. And now, its almost melting hot in Kolkata, while, a week ago it was cold enough. Shouldn't I be asking for some rain? Oh, I love rain and so I click rain. Well, I can think publicly now on this blog so I present 'Raindrops'. Gimme a break. I'm not such a thinker. The idea was given by Shreya, my little friend who also happens to be my occasional image editing teacher.



It was the rains that disrupted our trip in December 2010. We had to leave Kausani earlier than planned. However, the same rain gave me some beautiful pictures. The above one is not much beautiful but again looking at picture for long time, I always start traveling into picturesque landscapes. I get the feel of 'something calls from beyond'.



Invincible is the word for this gentleman in the above picture. I'm sorry. Actually, this curry plant is a part of our family. We have evicted him from roots several times. Yet he doesn't seem to be willing to leave. This tall, dark and handsome guy looks awesome when it gets drenched and water drips from its hairs.



Take a guess who they are. Well these kids will be called Tej Patta or Bay leaf when they die. My father says that kids are always beautiful and a photographer's thinking says that they are even more beautiful when they take a bath in the rain.



This was probably among the first raindrop photos I've taken. Its a coconut tree just in front of my house in the courtyard of our neighbors. Unfortunately, it wont be standing there to get drenched till this spring. They are building an apartment there and it will be cut off soon.



My favorite. What can it be? Well, just after I clicked the coconut tree, the rain started pouring in heavily. I left the balcony. while closing the door, I suddenly noticed this molten metallic fluid on the marble floor. after seeing for almost half as minute, I realised that it was nothing but the raindrops assimilated in this formation by my own footsteps and a bit of reflection.



See this pulley shaped guy? I think he is the the hero if this picture happened to be a movie. He is the one who saves the modesty of rain. Otherwise, the rain could have unwillingly caused a short circuit. Unlike Terminator, he is the Insulator.



Bathing in the rain at night can be the most amazing experience. This picture was taken in last spring. I was almost bed ridden. I couldn't sleep. It was around quarter to three in the night. The North window of the room facing the balcony, was open. Pulled my body up and saw this image on the balcony floor. Raindrops, reflections and shadows together made this mystic picture. Fortunately, my camera stays with me even when I retire everyday.