Picking The Pics

Change

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This blog has moved.

I've taken hosting space, and it has moved to :

http://vishnoi.lukkhas.com/photoblog

The border

2007-07-03T14:45:00.001+05:30

The Indian Flag at Wagah -Attari Border. I managed to catch Pakistani signal on my mobile, while the Indian network was bad. Also, I got the chance to hear to Pakistani radio! :)

The Brothers

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from Ganganagar, Rajasthan. They were visiting Amritsar - their 1st holiday outside Rajasthan in life. They came with their family ~15 people per brother - wife, kids, grand kids. I had a chat, and they were extra comfortable on having chaat with me, and also getting shot :)

push

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A worker pushes his rickshaw, as he gets help from his helper.

Glare

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A rajasthani villager-tourist at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Another photo here. Which one's the better?

Tri-Cycle and Bricks

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Construction work was on near the Golden Temple, Amritsar

The eyes

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I wonder what they speak

I rest

2007-06-27T13:29:00.000+05:30

This, and the many to come now photos are from my trip to North India. I'll be mostly posting portraits, landscapes, and some road shots. I think I've got many, let's see how many they are :)

This one's in Amritsar, Jallianwalah Bagh.

Old Man

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and what he owns... his time.

Summer heat

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and lonely he treads.

Energy

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being sucked in by the car... something that I loved in the pic.

Tents

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on the flyover. Jungpura flyover once again.

Yes, DLF.

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On the road, finally took out my new Canon 350D to try it out. This is over the Jangpura flyover, while I was in an auto to Cannaught Place.

Entry

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to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Old, and an amazing place to shoot, if cameras were allowed inside.

Off We go

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The place what we call Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Something that's a piece of art in itself.

Award Winning Pic

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That's what I claim this one to be :)
taken in the same local as the previous one, this was real on the spot photography!

Sumit

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In the train :)

Sai

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in his room. I like the light i got on the other end of the pic.

Postcard Photo

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Hotel Taj, Mumbai.
I am jealous of all those who stay/have stayed here.

I stare

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and u shoot :)
at Gateway of India

Cafe Mondegar

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A good place for a beer when u need one :)

Which one

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do u read?

Women in Rags

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Interesting that I see a dustbin behind. I have always cribbed at the non-existent dustbins in south bombay.

Shoe and NewsP

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on the street. with 2 men.

REGAL

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and the Taj hotel in the background.

Twist

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what next?

Entry

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to the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai

Head Hunting

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from Mesopotamia. Displayed at the prince of wales museum, Mumbai.

Protestor at work

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against the heat of the sun :)
(Model: Sarmistha Pal)

Color

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On the Kalaghoda Pavement Art Gallery

Big Ben

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and old shack. As seen from Jehangir Gallery. Here's the black and white shot.

Laze

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at Kalaghoda :)

Lion Gate

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The Heart of the Indian Navy - one of the two naval dockyards that houses the submarines.

Church

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of st. andrew (1815) - Colaba

Village?

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Right in the Heart of South Bombay - Opposite Bombay Stock Exchange.

2 ways

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and a building in between. Here's the black and white edition.

Yellow

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The naval dockyards, as they look. English make, and still going strong. :)

Balcony

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Bang in front of the naval dockyards, in one of the most posh locations in the city. I wonder what a flat here would cost.

Tea Break

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Right after lunch. Something I have always done at all my internships :)

BSE

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Known for the Sensex and the Mumbai bomb blasts.

Chaat

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No corner is spared of a chat stall. Where ever it is. This is near the RBI building, Colaba

I sweep

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Sweeper at dalal street

ICICI Fixed De

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Fruit Seller on the Dalal Street

MCMXXIV

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The State Bank of India, Headquaters, Mumbai

The Wall

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The pic says it all!

Rush

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All happening near Flora Fountain

You Love me...

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...you love me not! The flowers that started it all!

On the road

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Sarmistha, in the auto, all covered up, for the hot day ahead :)

I wonder?

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Caught at KFC, Hiranandani. I have had an D-SLR courtesy Jassi for this weekend, and I shall hopefully have atleast a 100 pics worth posting after the 3/4 day weekend that I spend in south Bombay! So, a long series to come :)

Look at Me

2007-02-01T21:07:00.000+05:30

Something's wrong with Blogger. All the pics that I put up pixel-ate at a resolution of just 600px width. Not what I have been used to. So, now here on, I post small pics, with good quality images linked to it, incase you do want to see the finer details.

Yes Bank

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What next?

The End

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or a new start?

Lunching?

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Or do we call it road-side chat?

Plan of Action

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What the Accounts Incharge of Hostel 4 PAF this year shall decide :)
Meet Sumit, the Kutta of Titanz :P

Will You?

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Or won't you? After troubling Gawande for long, did I take this snap :P

A slice of life

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This one is also for the category Still Life.

2 hours in a room is not too good. It gets boring. One doesn't really like what all he has to do to get a good shot :)

I came, I saw, I conquered :D

2006-10-29T04:45:00.000+05:30

This one is also for the category Rhapsodic.

This was an attempt by me at multiple exposures.

Took atleast 20 photos, and only 2 or 3 made it look the work worth while :)

Model: Once again, Shiksha Mantri:)

Ecstasy personified

2006-10-28T10:12:00.000+05:30

This one is for the category Rhapsodic.

Somehow, this pic just makes me feel like its been taken for a desktop wallpaper :)

Model: Shiksha Mantri, a junior, who was ready to pose even at 3 AM :)

Eating on the Move

2006-10-27T02:08:00.000+05:30

This one is for the category Rush Hour. Though very off place for such a theme, I put this on the behest of the Literary Arts Secy of my hostel :)

What's in a name?

2006-10-26T02:01:00.000+05:30

The next few pics are what I have submitted for the Interhostel Photography Competition.

This one is for the category Still Life

Back Alley VI

2006-08-16T21:29:00.000+05:30

A long time no post, I finish off what remains of the Back Alley series. I still don't have a camera, and I dont have time at hand to take too many pictures. But I do have archives which I shall run through to check what is worthy a post now :)

Back Alley V

2006-07-21T03:19:00.000+05:30

That's Onkar on the left, taking the edge of the pic. And this is my 200th post!! :)

Also, now I go to Paris, and will be back in India on the 25th of this month. Next post from there, if the Indian govt. has removed the ban on blogspot sites. :|

Back Alley IV

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Back Alley III

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Back Alley II

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Back Alley

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A very old shot from the archives. This one is from Vienna. I realised I have quite a few of back alley shots :) So will make a mini series of them :)

Paparazzi...

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...at work. They shall be heavily working on this weekend, with the only 2 matches remaining being the 3rd place and the finals. Best of luck to all the teams I say. No itnerest left in this worldcup, as I was supporting Germany and Portugal. Both face off tomorrow for the 3rd place match.
I shall be in Berlin over the weekend, with lots of friends coming over here, its going to be a ball of a time, I hope :)

Generations...

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come together for football. Something unparalled for any other sport. No, not cricket as yet. Here's a son and dad, wondering whether Germany shall save its pride winning Saturday's match, and coming 3rd in the worldcup. With not the best squad for Germany, who could've thought that they'd be in this far.

Now what does this say?

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Sumedh tries his hand at Russian, at Check Point Charlie, Berlin.

Eyes

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Covered by sunglasses. Caught this chap near the Berlin Hbf.

Reflections

2006-07-04T22:48:00.000+05:30

Another shot from Berlin. A time when I had a tripod, and could shoot at leisure. Sigh!! This one is of river Elbe. It also happens to pass behind my house, but by then it's dirty enough to be called the Black River by locals.

Where is it?

2006-07-03T18:28:00.000+05:30

This is a pic from Berlin.

Was in Swiss over the weekend. While coming back, my bag got stolen at the Frankfurt Station. Lost my camera, tripod, iPod, clothes and expensive keys with that.

I guess I'll be posting some of my archives, and then this blog shall be closed till I get a new camera, which shall be an Digi-SLR mostly. Till then, I shall feel cheated, with no apparatus to shoot from :(

What's the rate?

2006-07-01T01:19:00.000+05:30

With Germany just knocking out Argentina to go into Semis, the betting shall increase all the more for the matches. This one was taken after the match was over.

I shall be in Swiss over the weekend. May not blog on Sunday. Back on Monday :)

Where

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is the match on? I guess she wonders. Taken in Berlin, not more than 20 minutes before the match began.

Steward

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That's what the FIFA World Cup Organising team calls people with orange jackets on. Strong, bouncer kind of men, to hold the hooligans off. Nice version of the english stewards I must say! This one Had a nice shave, and he obliged to be shot :)

A tribute...

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... to life in 3-D, that we all live in.Wonder how it would've been, without one of these.

Idea: Sumedh

Elephants and Pram

2006-06-27T17:04:00.000+05:30

Took this shot outside the Zoo-garten, Berlin, at 9.00 AM. With the place not opening for another hour, the kids came here quite quickly, I must say. We decided to skip this place for the next time we go there, that's 2 weeks from now.

Why?

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Why don't we go and eat? That's what kannad kept saying while we roamed the streets of Brussels. Photos from tomorrow: Berlin trip.

Taken

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The field is set, the wall is made, the ref is in position, and the free kick is taken. Is it going to be a goal?

Kick Off

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The Match has begun.

I go to Berlin tomorrow, and shall watch the Germany-Sweden match on the large screens :) Should be fun, with the German crowds :)

Best of Luck

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is what I guess they tell each other :P The customary handshake before the start of the match.

Lineup...

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... of the Saudi Arabia and Ukraine teams at the match we saw at Hamburg! This week shall see photos from the match :D

Manneken Pis

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A tribute to the famous statue at Brussels, the Manneken Pis. Souvenirs to pick from, I took one for a friend :D

Off

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I take this week off. No posts this week.

News: I Get to see a world cup match :) Its on the coming Monday, 19/06/06. Ukraine vs Saudi Arabia.

Now before anyone gives me lessons on what teams to watch, I got this ticket after being on the wait list for more than 2 months. Whatever it is, I shall be happy :)

Reflection of a Kind

2006-06-12T19:36:00.000+05:30

Don't really remember when I took this. Was iu a bus for sure. Was a nice mirror collection :)

I was in Munich over the weekend. An impromptu trip. So, photos from tomorrow, shall be from the Munich trip :)

The team of Bond Acidic Charmers

2006-06-09T13:19:00.000+05:30

006 007 008

Once again, at the Swarovski Factory. Was taken in the white room, just where my present profile pic was taken :P
Oh! I forgot to mention the team. 006: Sarmistha, 007: Onkar, 008: Pursha. The other person hanging around in the group pic: Sumedh. :D

Infektia suggested a very good name for this team. Hence, the change in title!

The €5 Photo

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At the Swarovski Factory, we saw loads of photos, that were being sold for a sum of €5. These pics were taken at random locations in and around the place, of random people. I thought I'll take one too, but of a friend :)

Let's race!

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This one was also taken in Innsbruck. Saw this set of dad-son ready to race on their scooter with the kid on the bike. They were waiting for the signal :)

Long Thought

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Took this one in Innsbruck, near the Golden Dachl.

Went to berlin on Saturday, watched Da Vinci Code. Came back at 7 in the morning. Slept on Sunday, and on Monday. Didn't carry my camera to berlin, so shall be posting some archives from my across-europe trips.

Man with 2 rods :P

2006-06-02T20:51:00.001+05:30

After a cold night in the open in Cannes, we were at the beach early in the morning. We found a man fishing with his friend. Not the best place to catch something I guess. But still, here he was :)

This weekend, strapped off cash, I go to Berlin, a place near by :) Don't know if I'll post for the next 3 days :)

Circle of Death?

2006-06-01T17:41:00.000+05:30

This was taken in Geneve (Geneva for the world), inside the cathedral in the old city. Here's another shot.

geneve and south france/dscf6336.jpg

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Well this is off the present set of pics of what I have been doing over the weekend. I took some laserjet printouts of pics that I have taken, and while I downloaded pics of Geneve, Cannes and Monaco Grand Prix, I saw this setup on my table. thought it worth posting :)

Filmi I-shtyle!

2006-05-30T21:27:00.000+05:30

Took this one in Vienna.

"Model" : Sarmistha, a 4thie, interning in Germany.
Idea: A couple who were doing the same. :)
Inspiration: B/W Hindi movies with heroines running around trees and buildings singing songs :P

Pursha didn't Jump!

2006-05-25T15:42:00.000+05:30

Need I say more?
Took this photo at the Imperial Palace, Vienna (correct me coz I know I am wrong) I was hoping for all the three to jump, but as the title says it, Pursha Didn't Jump! :(

I leave for Nice (France) today, via Basel->Geneva->Lyon Part Dieu. Reason ain't the beaches, but the F1 that happens at Monaco-Monte Carlo. And then I shall be back with Milan and Munich on the way. Next post on Monday 29th May.

The 3 monkeys

2006-05-24T17:34:00.000+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi gave the concept of the 3 bad monkeys: Dont hear bad things, dont see bad things, dont speak bad things.
The first three are that. Now, the last is the punishment, incase u make the mistake... and that is "Haath upar, aur GMD" (hands up, and you are screwed! :P).
This is courtsey Onkar, the one with the hands over his ears. The others are Pursha, Sarmistha, and Sumedh, my group for the trip to Austria :)

WC

2006-05-23T17:19:00.000+05:30

The sign for WC at the Swarovski Crystal Factory. We were wondering what symbol meant girl and which one was for boy. I guess that ain't very clear. :|

I wanna be a MISHI MAN!!!

2006-05-19T17:26:00.000+05:30

That's Onkar! And he's remembering his dear friend HG, who has a mouchtache :P
(In marathi, mishi = mouchtache)

Off to Austria (Innsbruck and Vienna) for the weekend. Next post: Monday, 22nd May, '06

Where to next?

2006-05-17T20:39:00.000+05:30

We ran into a wedding while going to see Old Peter's Church in Munich. When the couple walked to the lunch, we covered the marriage :) The videos are listed on my blog.

2 kg 8.95€

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A shop right in the middle of the city, selling nothing more than vegeis :)

Go Bayern Go!!!

2006-05-15T22:14:00.000+05:30

All I did in Munich was party with the victorious FC Bayern München Fans! Here's one completely dressed for the game vs. Dortmund. Bayern Munchen also won the Bundesliga, the German Football league! The complete story about our weekend at Munich is on my blog.