Interesting places in Pune:

Karvenagar		मुंढवा गाव
Khayi		Wanowrie
Shaniwar peth		डेक्कन (Deccan Area)
घोरपडी गांव		कोरेगांव पार्क (Koregaon Park
कॉंढवा Kondhwa		Jogger s Park - the newest addition in KP
Shivaji Nagar		Sadashiv Peth
Hotel Phoenix		Shantai Hotel
Hotel Royal Orchid Golden Suites		Park Ornate Hotel
Hotel Ibis Pune		Hotel Parc Estique
Hotel Park Central Comfort- E- Suites		RamBaug Colony
Kasba Peth कसबा पेठ		CTC MH Pune
Bibvewadi		Bavdhan
Shivajinagar Gaothan

Pune has a reputation for its several esteemed colleges and educational institutions -- the reason why it is called the 'Oxford of the East' (or 'Oxford of India'). It has a very strong presence in the automobile sector and is on its way to consolidate its position as the 'Detroit of India' too. It is also home to many software and IT companies. Pune is widely considered the cultural capital of Marathi-speaking Maharashtrians. Although Marathi is the main language of Pune, its cosmopolitan population speaks several other languages like English and Hindi .

• Raja Dinakar Kelkar Museum The museum is housed in a Rajasthani style building situated close to the hustle and bustle of the busy Bajirao Road. It holds a collection of the most fascinating Indian articrafts that you would have ever seen. ‘Mastani Mahal’ which was brought and erected as it was from its original form is a masterpiece amongst it’s other exhibits. It has 36 sections which include carved palace and temple doors, 2,000 year old pottery, traditional Indian lamps and 17th century paintings.
• Tribal Museum Located off Koregaon Road to the east of Pune City Stn, this unique museum houses interesting artifacts from the Sahyadri and Gondhwa regions of .
• Mahatma Phule Museum You can see various industrial products, agricultural and handicraft articles in this museum, which was estabished in 1890. It is situated on Ghole Road, in Shivaji Nagar.
• National War Museum The idea of the National War Memorial was first put forth in 1996. The citizens of Pune, under the sponsorship of the Express Citizens' Forum, set up the War Memorial fund. The comittee asked the citizens of the city to contribute to the fund. From the ordinary common citizen to the big corporates, everyone decided to contribute whole-heartedly for the museum. The Foundation was laid in November 1997 and inaugurated in October 1998. The memorial is a 25-foot stone pillar.
• Shaniwar Waada This imposing palace was built by the successors of Shivaji, the Peshwas in 1736. A massive fire destroyed the building in 1827. Most of the palace interiors also got destroyed and all that remains is the old fortified wall. But of course the impressive brass studded gates and lotus pools have also withstood the ravages of time. This palace is situated in the heart of the city next to Deccan Gymkhana, Shivajinagar, and Laxmi Road. It has become the symbol of Pune culture. There is an impressive 'Light & Sound Show' in three languages (Marathi, Hindi and English) every evening at the wada. It details the history of the Maratha empire and the significance of the Shaniwar wada in that history.
• Vishram Bagh Waada The remains of this majestic palace stand in the heart of the old city. It was built during the 18th century by a descendant of Shivaji the Peshwa. It is well known for its elaborate wooden facade.
• St. Mary's Church A beautiful church built by the British in 1825.
• Saras Garden A Ganesh Temple stands in the middle of the garden. It was built by Peshwa Bajirao II.
• Aga Khan Palace This palace boasts of Italianate arches, a gracious building having salons, suites and spacious lawns. The place is a historical landmark. During the 1942 Quit India Movement, the British interned Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi here. A memorial was later erected here, in the memory of Kasturba Gandhi who died in this palace.
• Parvati Hill temples Standing atop this hillock you get a vertical glimpse of Pune. A steep flight of 108 narrow steps lead to the hill top temple built by Balaji Baji Rao. ‘Nagarkjana’ drum house is the imposing temple of Parvati and Devdeveshwar. This was once the private shrine of the Peshwas. It is also the final resting place of Nana Saheb Peshwa. The Parvati museum houses portraits of Peshwas, old manuscripts, coins etc.
• Mulshi To the west of Pune lies Munshi, near the town of Lonavala. Mulshi and the surroundings are abundant with natural beauty that includes a dam, the hilly region of Sahyadri's deep forests and forts like Dhangad and Koraigadh. The water from the dam is used for generating electricity.
• Pune University The site of Poona University, stately mansions at Ganeshkhind built in Italian-Gothic style was the official residence of the Governor of Mumbai during the monsoon season. The 300m high tower beckons to all these who come here in the pursuit of higher education. It is one of the oldest universities of India.
• Fergusson College
• Katraj A famous Jain Temple and a Snake Park are located here.
• Chatushrungi Mata Temple on Senapati Bapat Road.
• NDA (National Defence Acadamy) This is a Defense Academy that imparts basic training to officers, cadets of all the three branches of the Defense Services for Commission in the Army, Navy and Air-Force. It is situated at Khadakvasla, 17 kms From Pune.
• Pashan Lake This lake is situated 12 kms off the road to N.D.A. It is an Ornithologists delight, as it is the favourite haunt of a number of migratory and residential birds. For bird watching, head towards this little lake.
• Pataleshwar Caves This 8th century rock cut temple is hidden in the heart of the city, in the midst of modern high rise structures and developments, at Shivajinagar. Reminiscent of Ellora, the temple has been carved out of a single boulder of awe inspiring size which includes massive pillars, a Shiva shrine and a Nandi bull. The temple is used by worshippers even today.
• Bund Garden This garden is also known as the Mahatma Gandhi Udhayan. It was built by Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, on the right bank of the Mula-Mutha to provide the poor with water during summer. Main attraction here is the evening boat rides, horse rides etc. The garden is famous for Bhel-Puri and Pani-Puri. It is situated on the Airport road and very close to the Camp area.
• Appu Ghar Indira Gandhi Udyan situated at Pradhikaran, Nigdi on Pune-Mumbai highway. It is a play park and a mini Disney Land full of wheels, merry-go-round and swings. Both adults and the children enjoy the rides and the fun alike. Reaching there is no problem, as there are direct bus service from the Pune station.
• Dehu Situated on the river Indrayani, this place is famous for the poet Sant Tukaram who was born and brought up here. A number of stories of the famed poet and the place are still popular. There are a number of interesting historical sights a short distance out of Pune that can be seen over a few days, if you plan your time right. The charm of this quaint city of Pune is around it in the forts, the caves and the other adventurous treks around the little mountains and hillocks! Some of these sights have great relevance in the history of the Marathas.

Visits to the Buddhist caves at Bhaja and at Karla make rather interesting side trips too. And Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar, located in the Sahyadris, are quaint, pretty places for a relaxing few days.

• Osho Ashram Pune has become an international tourist spot because of the Osho Commune International. Spread over 31 acres of flush green surroundings, it is the meditation resort to people from over 60-70 different countries. The Osho Commune offers over 100 different meditation techniques to all the participants. It has become a must-visit to all the tourists over the world who are on a spiritual journey.

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Immersion of Ganesha - The Flag Bearers and their Upward Moves !
Made by Anoop Negi
The flag on a heavy galvanised cast iron water pipe is generally pushed up higher and higher with the flag bearer trying to keep pace in its upward movement. The various members of the entire contingent give their effort one by one. There are some specialists of course who have their palms covered and taped for greater tricks. The Elephant headed God Ganesha of the Hindu pantheon of Gods is an immensely popular deity woshipped assidously in Maharashtra, Goa and some other states. Elaborate ceremonies are enacted for the installation of the deity and then its sanctification and prayers and finally the immersion of the idol in a local river or ghat. The popularity of the celebration in Maharashtra and elsewhere is a comparatively recent phenomenon and came about as a result of vigorous assertion from Lokmanya Tilak around 1895 AD to make it a memorable event full of pomp and pageantry to unite the vast multitudes of Hindus who could install and worship a deity in their own houses as the hitherto superior Gods like Shiva, Krishna and Vishnu were controlled by the Brahmins in their temples where the local people had no popular participation or involvement as a fanfare. It turned out to be a great success in cohering the Hindus of the two echelons and also as a base for showing protest against the British rule. Now it is a noisy / boisterous / loud celebration with the idol carried on the final day for immersion preceded by a fanfare that is chaotic and full of energy. A large contingent of drum beaters make a thunderous display of primal beats as they march down. Now there is a swagger and cultivated poise and stop that has been inculcated as well to make the presentation more dramatic and eye catching. Young kids and girls also do the drum beating which was not what used to happen earlier. Here is one of the young guns caught midair in his act. Dates Taken on September 22, 2010 at 2.51pm IST Posted to Flickr October 8, 2010 at 1.52AM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D70 Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250) Aperture f/6.3 Focal Length 12 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias -1/3 EV Flash No Flash DSC_3540 from nef not sharp last version non V.jpg


Navroze Mubarak
Made by Neville_S
Today or the 21st of March is the official NEW YEAR, or the Spring Solstice, Equal day and equal night..... Being part Irani we celebrate it with friends who come and eat at our table and wish in a mirror (this wish almost always comes true = )....at least for me) I wish you all a happy new year = ) Norouz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year and It is celebrated on March 21st. The term Norouz first appeared in Persian records in the second century AD, but it was also an important day during the Achaemenid times (c. 648-330 AD), where kings from different nations under Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor (Shahanshah) of Persia on Norouz. Haft Sîn (هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Norouz. The haft sin table includes seven items specific starting with the letter S or Sîn (س) in Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. Originally called Haft Chin (هفت چین), the Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sîn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Norouzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste. The Haft Sin items are: •sabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth •samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence •senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love •sîr - garlic - symbolizing medicine •sîb - apples, - symbolizing beauty and health •somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise •serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience


Give me some Prosperity and if Peace is there, that too..
Made by Anoop Negi
Some where in India someone is always singing paens of praise for their Gods. Either it is the loud speaker blaring messages to the devout Moslems and the calls of the muzzein or it is the same with some all night bhajan singing sessions blaring non stop in matching Hindu cacophony of amplified noise. This was inside a temple in Pune where they were singing praises of the female God Durga sitting astride the prancing lion/tiger who vanquishes all fears and enemies . I wish I had a enemy to trounce. None were visible to me except the demons within and maybe piety and devotion would vanquish that but not for me the garb of religious deliverance. I did the 2nd best thing, took photos of the devotees. Most were from upper middle class and prosperous backgrounds with firm belief in themselves and their devotion. It was a heartening sight for a non believer like me to see this community gathering in India which sans its religious overtones does not have any. You do have Facebook though. ;-) and in consonnance with such modern modes of community existence, one of the priests was very busy exchanging and expounding his facebook id to whomsoever was willing to listen. I professed total ignorance of the thing called internet. Dates Taken on October 15, 2010 at 7.08pm IST Posted to Flickr June 27, 2011 at 7.57PM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15) Aperture f/3.8 Focal Length 27 mm ISO Speed 800 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC3842 from nef crop le bnw If you want a musical Door of Faith to open for you, here is Krishan Das singing Hey Mata Durga. on grooveshark, Right click and open it in a new window


Portrait of the The Punjabi Drummer !
Made by Anoop Negi
This is the season in Pune for the Dhol and Tasha practicioners as they lay their percussion overlays and elemental rhythms on the streets for the Ganesha celebrations. Drum beating is community event in Pune and ardent drummers practice for months to make their synchronized beating a fanfare on the days when the God Ganesha is escorted for immersion. The bed of the Mutha, that was a river once and is now a vent for the overflow of the barrages upstream has a road running parrallel to it. Much practice takes place here in the preceding months as groups gather in the evening to beat out their rhythms. The murky sodium vapor lamps, the dirty water turned ambivalent in the night light and groups of 10-20 drummers beating out their hearts content is a sight and sound to witness and cherish. Right now the season is running and the drummers are much to be seen as they take out the lead in the fanfare for the idols when they are installed or immersed. WIll put up the colorful drummers in a while. On the Ganesha Chaturthi day, I was out with and her friend Shireen to shoot the sights of the pageantry in the Laxmi Road area of Pune. Witnessed one procession where the drummers were not the usual Marathi dhol players. There was a clutch of drummers from Punjab who beat out a totally different rhythm that is faster and less heavy. Here is one of them in all his synthetic leopard skin finery. Dates Taken on September 1, 2011 at 4.29pm IST Posted to Flickr September 5, 2011 at 11.35AM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/3.2 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 400 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC2854 nef sel le cu br sh tfm color


Yakshagana - Getting Ready - part 2
Made by Anoop Negi
Yakshagana is a dance form that is again not so very well known in India or elsewhere. It is confined mostly to the coastal part of Karnataka and is a highly stylised medium, and for its dance dramas enacts stories from the great Hindu epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata. The dancers are from Karnataka and the dressing up is a major ritual associated with Yakshagana as it is in Theyyam from Kerala. Elaborate paint work on the faces, fancy dresses and huge headgear are the norm for the ritual. Shri Idagunji Mahaganapati Yakshagana Mandali, Keremane is based in Honnavar in Karnataka and it was conducting a series of performances under the aegis of SPIC Macay in Pune last week. The performance that I was witness to had them doing a story out of the Mahabharata with the 5 Pandava brothers taking on the might of the brave Duryodhana of the Kauravas played by the leader of the group Shri Keremane Shivanand Hegde. Thanks V Saudamani from SPIC MAcay for the lead in. Dates Taken on January 30, 2011 at 4.29pm IST Posted to Flickr February 4, 2011 at 9.33PM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/4.5 Focal Length 12 mm ISO Speed 500 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC9072 from nef sel br le tfm color


Una sinfonia per il moustache - Yakshagana
Made by Anoop Negi
It is as if the man in green is conducting an orchestra titled Una sinfonia per il moustache Fine tuning a moustache. It was a man's favourite tool to show his manhood. Alas, these days, we are all clean shaven in this world ( mostly) Keremane Shivanand Hegde gets ready. Yakshagana from Karnataka. The dancers or the thespians who perform this elaborate dance and drama are from Honnavar, a coastal town and the dressing up is a major ritual associated with Yakshagana as it is in Theyyam from Kerala. Elaborate paint work on the faces, fancy dresses and huge headgear are the norm for the ritual. Thanks V Saudamani from SPIC MAcay for the lead in. Notes - The toughest part is in the white balance here. LIt by a large tungsten lamp, the color was a yellow wash. I have retained part of the soft white balance that a tungsten lamp provides but removed some of it and as a result the saturation tends to diminish a bit in the final product. Dates Taken on January 30, 2011 at 6.05pm IST Posted to Flickr April 9, 2011 at 10.17PM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 500 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC9338 from nef mu sel le blue down cu sh 25 pxl


Shaping the Yakshagna - Performer gets Ready
Made by Anoop Negi
It is a lesson to see the dressing up and the making up part of the performers who comprise the Yakshagana team. There is a flicker of a flame and incense smoke that sanctifies the place and lights up a small dedication to God and there is tonnes of sombre, serene and reverant atmosphere without chatter and noise as the 2-3 hours session unfolds. Each artist does his own make up with a small mirror in one had or placed on the floor in front. This is quite unlike Kathakali and Theyyam where the work is done mostly by others. The changing room is always cramped, and there are so many trinkets to be adorned, dresses to be laid out. Steel trunks , many in number, lie open. The lighting was provided by two large tungsten lamps on a circular raised stand and the artists formed a neat semi circle around it for the act of getting ready. Here is a closer full length take of one of the performers in the act of getting ready ! Dates Taken on January 30, 2011 at 4.35pm IST Posted to Flickr February 9, 2011 at 8.36AM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 400 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC9093 nef2exp sel cu sh


Yakshagana
Made by Anoop Negi
Bhima the Mighty must not only be grand and awe inspiring but must look so in person too. From the Indian epic Mahabharata, Bhima is one of the Pandava brothers, the one who wields a heavy mace and is supposed to be the hot headed and strongest of the five brothers in terms of physical prowess. Yakshagana is a dance drama form of performance that was very popular in a very small segment of Karnataka in India. Now there are not too many dedicated artists who can carry on with the demanding format of the performance and the popular medium of story telling has shifted to the cinema halls and the television and the internet. A few of the dedicated organisations have managed to continue to keep this disappearing act still going on as of now. You can read more about the Yakshagana group called Shri Idagunji Mahaganapati Yakshagana Mandali, Keremane at keremane.blogspot.com/ Dates Taken on January 30, 2011 at 6.38pm IST (edit) Posted to Flickr July 27, 2011 at 10.44AM IST (edit) Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15) Aperture f/2.0 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC9402 from nef sel le co cu br


The Pied Players of Narayan Peth - Fanfare for the Pageantry of Ganesha Immersion
Made by Anoop Negi
It is a regular sight this. The marching bands in India dressed in outlandish costumes of the British Raj is a common sight at all marriages where the bride or a groom is from India. ( The south India keeps itself assiduously away from such beautiful displays of connubial cornucopia). The band members in these marriage bands learn a few tunes from Come September Tequila to Hindi Bollywood songs and for most parts are from traditional communities engaged for generations in the art of entertainment in India. It continues to be a profession of the poor who play at the goings on of the rich and the middle class. At times, like the religious ceremonies requiring much music and display, the brass bands are again in play. This is in Pune where the Sangram Band leads a pageantry of the Ganesha idol being taken on a round in Narayen Peth. Dates Taken on September 1, 2011 at 4.27pm IST (edit) Posted to Flickr September 7, 2011 at 1.10PM IST (edit) Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320) Aperture f/3.2 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 400 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC2836 nef gr blur cu tfm slight sh nik bnw


Portrait of a Seller of Lotus Flowers and also a Mother at the Dagdu Seth Ganapati venue in Pune
Made by Anoop Negi
An impoverished but tough looking mother sat on the roadside with a plastic pail full of lotus flowers. A child sat in her laps eating kachauri. People were milling around in the Mandai area of Pune for the famed Dagdu Seth Ganapati idol where long queues build up and a logistical nightmare is always playing its tune. Lots of police, lots of other help,lots of sightseers, lots of shoppers and lots of devotion. I took a weary round of the place and found it too crowded and I wondered if God really exists in such places made of commercial piety. This is the season of Ganapati consecration and immersion, an immensely popular religious event in the calendar of the city and its Marathi inhabitants. The mother and child looked into the frame but briefly. The black and white is made for a gritty and antique and grungy look. Dates Taken on September 8, 2011 at 4.09pm IST (edit) Posted to Flickr September 9, 2011 at 12.18PM IST (edit) Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80) Aperture f/3.2 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC3108 nef silver antique part cu


Portrait of Keremane Shivanand Hegde Getting Ready for Yakshagana alt. How To Wear Your Moustache the Right Way
Made by Anoop Negi
Keremane Shivanand Hegde gets ready. Fine tuning a moustache. It was a man's favourite tool to show his manhood. Alas, these days, we are all clean shaven in this world ( mostly) Yakshagana from KarnatakaThe dancers are from Honnavar, a coastal town and the dressing up is a major ritual associated with Yakshagana as it is in Theyyam from Kerala. Elaborate paint work on the faces, fancy dresses and huge headgear are the norm for the ritual. Thanks V Saudamani from SPIC MAcay for the lead in. Notes - The toughest part is in the white balance here. LIt by a large tungsten lamp, the color was a yellow wash. I have retained part of the soft white balance that a tungsten lamp provides but removed some of it and as a result the saturation tends to diminish a bit in the final product. Dates Taken on January 30, 2011 at 6.05pm IST Posted to Flickr February 25, 2011 at 9.32AM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 360 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash _DSC9339 from nef mu sel le sat cu sh 50pxl


Strawberry - A bunch of them
Made by Anoop Negi
Testing an old battered macro lens that I have. It is the slowest lens I have used and it takes ages to focus. The widest it opens is to 5.6 and in today's world it is like a dead duck. You can shoot nothing with it. The lens comes into fore if there is more then adequate lighting , like in the case here. I really do not remember if this setup utilised a single flash or a dual one. The exposure was upped 2/3 EV and the camera mounted on a tripod. The color red has been toned down in processing. Maybe I need to do some food photography for a while. This is a time pass shot for checking out the lens Dates Taken on December 28, 2010 at 7.04pm IST Posted to Flickr July 25, 2011 at 12.42PM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250) Aperture f/14.0 Focal Length 185 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias +2/3 EV Flash On, Return detected _DSC8586 from jpeg sel cy br le red down


Monsoon
Made by soumitra911
Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by seasonal changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation. The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian monsoons. The inclusion of the North and South American monsoons with incomplete wind reversal may be debated. The term was first used in English in British India (now India, Bangladesh and Pakistan) and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area. In hydrology, monsoon rainfall is considered to be that which occurs in any region that receives the majority of its rain during a particular season. This allows other regions of the world to qualify as monsoon regions.


Beating the Drums - Tilak Road at Pune on Ganesha Immersion Day
Made by Anoop Negi
Young kids and girls also do the drum beating which was not what used to happen earlier. Yes times have changed. Girls would not be seen in a social street side display, they were there only to look at it from the corners of the windows and doorways while a procession went by. Now there are girls practicing and beating their drums to herald the new way of the gender social structure. So here is a take of an all girls drum beaters group weaving its way down the Tilak Road in Pune on the Ganesha Immersion Day in September 2010. This has been shot with a 12-24 wide angle lens at 14mm Dates Taken on September 22, 2010 at 1.10pm IST Posted to Flickr February 17, 2011 at 11.09AM IST Exif data Camera Nikon D70 Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160) Aperture f/11.0 Focal Length 14 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias 0 EV Flash No Flash DSC_3438 from nef sel cu sat le tfm sh ps


RETRO LAMBRETTA!
Made by DraconianRain
This one is a classic! Although, my grandfather prefers riding my M-80 (it being lighter) these days, This Lambretta he purchased in 1971 is still in good shape... Today morning, I took an opportunity to click pictures, and here is the collage. I have, since my childhood been a pillion on this super cool scooter occasionally, whenever I visited him. I love this machine! have tried to ride it myself... believe me... It's heavy... All Pictures taken through my BenQ DC1500. compiled in PS best viewed large And I stand corrected... the Lambretta is a 1971, and not 75, as mentioned.... Retro Lambretta on Vividvibes


Falling from the Heavens
Made by ~Urban Prowler~ (www.anshumm.com)
To my utter delight and surprise, quite a sizeable group turned up for the star trails shoot yesterday. Nice dinner at Wazwaan, Baner followed by the super exciting night-trek up baner hill in the pitch darkness. When we first reached the site, there was some disappointment cause our first few shots showed that the ambient light from the city was too bright to shoot star trails. Well apparently we were wrong, for later we decided to try anyway and this is what i got. This is the result of just 30 exposures of 30 seconds each. Focus manually set on infinity and all shots taken manually (no remote) Excitedly awaiting results from a few others who shot 80-100 frames each.


A Little Piece of Somewhere
Made by ~Urban Prowler~ (www.anshumm.com)
Collecting shot glasses from around the world is one of my passive hobbies. I have about 20 so far from various places in the US, UK, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, Dubai and more. I haven't been to many of these places and those shot glasses came to me from friends who've been there. But then its not about that at all ! It isn't about having been around the world..its about having little pieces of the world with you : ) Wanna see whats behind teh bokeh? Here's a deeper DoF shot... picasaweb.google.co.in/lh/photo/fw-qs1zYJafKQd1Q3w56PA?fe...


Sweet Spot
Made by Yogendra174
You know me... i try something and i try it again till i am comfortable.. today i knew the technique.. so just spent 15 mins with pure experiments... and another 10 mins on picasa... this is one of the 8 shots i really liked... Technique.. same as the one used for earlier shot.. reverse handheld 18-55mm kit lens on canon RebelXS (1000d).. not even the reversal ring.. just manually held... I guess i am going to get totally mad in a few days if i continue to work on macros... this ant was barely visible to the bare eye and look at the details in its eye.. the reference point is the sugar.. a REALLY small piece of normal household sugar..


Game Of Love !!!
Made by girish_suryawanshi
Love is a cruel game. It has a line so thin between winning and losing, it seems to almost laugh at you. Love is a game that can be elusive. No matter how hard some try to join in, love always finds a way to slither away. Love is a game without any rules. Anyone can be a victim to the game of love, though not always does this feel true. Love is a game that is surreal when winning. Everything seems to be perfect, life seems to be flawless. Love is a game that never ends peacefully. No matter what happens one side will still feel empty, in the game of love someone always has to lose.


Speeding To Oblivion
Made by ~Urban Prowler~ (www.anshumm.com)
Regardless of how this turned out, I had way too much fun making this picture. Had wanted to try this for a while now and finally got down to it yesterday. Mounted my Canon A620 (P&S) on a Gorillapod and attached it to the side-view mirror on my Swift. Then set it for a 3.2 second exposure and jammed the accelerator : ) Did this in the lanes of my housing area itself. This has potential to be way way better with a longer exposure and on the expressway. Gonna try that sometime soon. Anyone wanna beat me to it? Btw, this is SOOC except slight toning down of saturation in PS.