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Mumbai Skyline

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:28:38 +0000

Premonsoon clouds float over the Mumbai Skyline.

A streetcar named Darling!

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:06:40 +0000

A Street car named Darling!

One of the most famous Cabarets in Prague – The Darling Cabaret. Located in the heart of the city at Vaclavaske Namesti; its patrons are mainly British and Indian tourists who are on weekend stag tours. The tall vertical colourful neon signboard is like a lighthouse reaching out far and wide. As if the glow of neon wasn’t enough they have a special promotion package-a limousine to fetch you right at your doorstep, if you are too lazy to venture out because of the minus 10 degree cold.

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:43:33 +0000

Enroute to Cape Point, i came across this picturesque sight. Phaldie stopped the vehicle and I got down to take a picture. There was a man

seated at the edge of the cliff, leaning on some kind of balustrade. Phaldie, explained he is a look out for the shark fins. If he sights any, he raises an alarm so that all surfers can scurry back to the beach. No shark attacks in the recent past though.

Nikon FM 2 – going the film way.

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:51:16 +0000

I managed to get hold of my old hard drive and dug out more pictures of Europe 2002. I took all the pictures then on negatives as digital SLRs weren’t around or I didn’t hear about them. Great for me! Because when I compare these pictures with the images of DSLR – there is a vast difference. Really! There is so much information buried in the negative that barring extremely high-end digital SLRs none of them come close to the Film. So, it has prompted me to go back to the film format Camera.

I went to Flora Fountain last week and enquired about Nikon FM 2. After couple of hours and 8-10 shops later I did find a Nikon FM2 in a good shape. The metal body has very little scratches and the functioning was superb. I also managed to find Nikkor 1.4 opening manual lens too. So, it works fine. Hope to get the first roll of black and white from process soon.

Monsoons and the sea.

storyinframes — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:54:08 +0000

These pictures were taken during monsoons in 2003. the cloud patterns often cast interesting lighting patterns over the sea. It is a pity that most negatives were spoiled after manual processing. these are the four which have survived.