This one was taken with the other evening rain photo. I deliberatly wanted to get over the B&W addiction. B&W can hide your flaws and make your picture look classier.
When the sun goes behind the majestic western ghats, the whole campus is bathed in pale yellow. You forget time and you feel like you are part of a big painting, a painting that streches about 400 acres. I am standing in front of the college taking shelter from the rain. The sky looks vast with light blue blending into golden yellow near the towering mountains. Anamala hill stands proudly with its head high in the clouds. There is so much beauty and so much detail that suddenly you feel insignificant. The whole creation silently looks at you and you feel so insignificant. You are reduced to nothing but a helpless observer, a beat poet who has neither the rhymes nor the metaphors to describe the unveiling of nature in all its glory.
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Alo, alo, mike tasting!
Anamala, bleh. Himalayas is THE thing, I tell ya :D
Great to see you back... and nice to know that you are having fun.
BTW, your photos have a lord of the rings touch....
Why dont you buy a digital SLR ?
Canon EOS 350D = 57,000 INR approx.
Canon EOS 66, all film = free, thanks to da dude :D (Ok, current market price is Rs 7800, which is very tempting...)
Film r0x0rz, Shiv :)
The EOS 66 is a basic SLR, you wont get much of the macro shots and things like that. The only advantage is in having multiple exposure.
The other camera costs more for a reason. I think your Himalayan pics would look much better in a Digital Rebel or the new D70
Yo dude!
You can do macros and better Himalaya shots if you have the right set of lenses - camera body doesn't matter all that much. These you'd need with DSLR anyway (yes, EOS 350D has a neat 18-55mm lense...) You can have a cheapo basic set of macro attachments for 350 rupees.
My only issue is with film is the dependency on labs. As long as this is a hobby (and since the primary intention is learning this art) I'm fine with it. Also, I don't have a computer of my own and have little intention of getting one - the geek within is no more in his old form. There are better things you can do with your life than staring at a goddamn machine - isn't it so, Shiv? ;-)
Also, we'd been in jungles and mountains without electricity for a week - the DSLR will be useless probably after the first couple of days, I guess.
I'm eyeing Canon EOS 300X, advanced amateur film SLR. Maybe within a few months. The near 35000 rupees price difference doesn't justify DSLR aquisition at all even if you're shooting round the year!
I'm basically waiting for the DSLR prices to come down - of course, EOS 350D is a pretty baby I'm drooling at. I'm willing to wait, let's say, a ten years for the right prices :D Meanwhile, having an extra film SLR in your collection wouldn't hurt ;-)
Classy, Liked the way you wrote it. Felt the same most of the times. Especially at the foot of the mountain, near the first year engineering boys hostel in the evenings.... One can sit there for hours feeling the same - The feeling of being reduced to an insignificant dot, infront of the the greatness of Mother Nature....
Ajith
Never got a chance to observe from the first year hostel. Should try it out sometimes. :)
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