Last Day of the YEAR 2012

This is my favorite shot of this year. I took this photo in March. I was travelling when I captured this Himalayan beauty. I was on the way of making, probably one of the biggest decisions of my life, successful. Success is just another word, I believe. I mean yes I did stand up on my decision and it did work well for me. But journey is not over. It’s still going on, and hopefully will go on further…

Happy New YEAR everyone.

With lots of love and good wishes,

–Nandini.

Shabba-khair!

See you all in 2013

Instagram- Himalayas

 

I so much wanted to share this one. But, this photograph is not through my eyes and camera. And, probably that is the reason I wanted all of you to see this.

Standing seemingly tall
like a protective wall
The glorious snowy mountains
Clouds brushing their tops
While it may snow up there
It’s just rain down here

Location: Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Photography by: Mehak Dhiman (My little sister)

“Instagramed” by me.

That Evening, I Experienced Uncountable Sunsets

It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves.  The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.  ~Carl Jung

Out of those innumerable perspectives, here are eight of them:
(Click on any image for a larger preview)

Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that.  ~Erich Heller

Date of photography: 01.01.2012

Have a great time… Cheers!

My Mother’s Pixels

Last month, my Mom visited her parents’ home, which is located in a very beautiful place. It is almost plain, with little hills and plenty of tea gardens and is completely surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Since, I couldn’t accompany her (sadly), so she took the camera with her so that she could later show me what she saw. So sweet of her! And tea gardens used to be my favorite place to play and hide during my early childhood days. Aaah, the aroma!

She doesn’t have a blog, so I thought I would share those pictures for her. The photos were quite good, and for some of them I simply did some editing in Picasa.

Location: Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Now, this place is literally sitting on the lap of Himalayas - Dhauladhar Range, lit. the White Range)

“Oh the White!”

“Bamboo”

 ”Classic Red and Green“

“A Perfect Capture”

“My Mom’s Mom (i.e. my Nani ji (grandmom))”

“Geraniums are from my Mom’s garden (originally pink)”

Love you Mom, missing you!

The Breezy Blue Himalayan Dream

Beautiful beautiful morning!

The Blue and the White

Why are you so far away…?

It was “super-windy” and cold, my hands were shaking. This photo showing that:

. .. A Wide View .. .

. . . Wide View with a Pine Tree in it . . .

. . . Winds.. brushing everything on their way. . .

. . .One B&W because of the thorny bush . . .

Standing HIGH at top of the mountain. Well, they are everywhere!
“Intersecting Natural and Artificial lines”

Travelling is mostly about fun, isn’t it?
Date of photography: March 11th, 2012 

Hope you enjoyed these photos, I loved taking them!

An Evening With The Indian Ocean

It’s always amazing to experience the transition from the rough turns of the Himalayas to the never-ending waves of the vast Indian Ocean. A very beautiful experience, indeed. And the realization that, this whole world is so so big and yet what remains with us is the world which we all have created in our minds, is spell-bounding. Yet again, I come to realize of our Existential Aloneness.

 ”Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.”

~ Morihei Ueshiba

. . . Observing the Waves . . .

. . . Approaching the Waves . . .

. . . Touching the waves . . .

. . . Just After the Sunset . . .

. . . The Church Lights and The Twilight Sky . . .

“A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.”
~ Sivananda

 Have a happy weekend everyone!

P.S.
Date of photography – 01.09.2011
Location – Elliot’s Beach, Chennai, TN, India. (Around 2,710 kilometers from where I live right now.)

Faraway Mountains – AGAIN! :D

So by now, perhaps, most of you would have come to know about my love for these faraway mountains, as this is my third post on them. You can click here and here if you want to see those posts.

The very reason that my camera isn’t capable of clicking them, makes me more in LOVE with them and fascinates me to capture the drama which unfolds around them on different days. So even if the pictures are not that clear and GREAT, I am still going to share them here.

And I would again like to mention - Not Edited & Not Framed. (Execpt for the last one, I cropped it)

Way too dramatic the next day…!

Closer on the snowy part -

Without the “Zoom”. I loved the clouds, that’s why.

Thank God, the drama got over and I could see the blue sky!

(Click on the pictures to see them in a better way.)

Have a good day, everyone! May your camera gets fascinated by your photographic mind.

Calm and Chaotic

. . . Calm . . .

. . . Chaotic . . .

. . . Both together – Colorless . . .

Enjoy!

Not Edited & Not Framed

Same mountains (very very far away),

different day,

different light,

no editing & and no framing! (Edited & Framed)

Again, like the last time, let me know what you think. I would love to know!

. . . Landscape . . .

 I loved the clouds, so here is one more -

. . . Portrait . . .

Date of photography - February 18, 2012

“As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest,
or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door,
that does not look like a door, opens.“
-Stephen Graham

Edited & Framed

The mountains which I’m showing you through this photo are very very far from where I can shoot them. My camera can’t zoom enough and I can’t go any nearer (at least not presently). This is the shot where the snow looks great, but the picture quality is bad. So I edited the image and got something satisfactory. The second picture is the original one.

Let me know what you think about it.

Have a good day or night!