I am back with Jaipur

It’s been more than 4yrs that I didn't write a post. Within these 4yrs I have moved on from an analog Nikon SLR to a DLSR (Nikon5100). Again it’s an amazing experience. Thanks to my cousin who motivated me to buy this.


Moving forward, there was a Bibi Ka Maqbara (Part 2) that was due but that didn't happen for past 4 years. Guess it’s time to move on to a new journey. Thanks to my Brother's in laws that we were able to see Jaipur properly in December 2012. Jaipur, the pink city in Rajasthan is a beautiful place to go to. For some weird reason I feel at home whenever I am there in the city. The nice, warm and honest people around in colorful attire makes Jaipur a beautiful place to live in, Rangeelo Rajasthan in true sense.

We started our journey with the famous Amber fort which is 11kms from the city. The fort is very well known for its artistic style, it’s a nice blend of both Hindu and Rajput elements. The fort is beautiful and I am sure one can spend 3-4hours to cover the fort nicely. But the scariest part is driving the car to the fort parking on your own; therefore I would strongly recommend you to hire a cab. Else you need to have a good coordination between the clutch and brakes.

Amer Fort from across the road

Maota Lake and Garden below the Amber Fort

There is no way that you can cover Amber Fort, Jaipur in just two stills; I have good 70-80 with me. But the chosen ones are there on Flickr album. I want to upload more pics but for some strange reason I am not able to embed the Flickr URL in my blog. It is showing some error. Anyhow, do visit Flickr link to view more images of Amber.



Will share more in my next post, till then enjoy clicking...

Bibi Ka Maqbara (Part I)

This year end I had gone to Mumbai to celebrate the new year eve. The plan was to see Ajanta and Ellora. Ajanta is about 100kms drive Aurangabad. So Aurangabad was our base camp. Aurangabad is about 7 to 8hours drive from Mumbai. Amazing road.

"Bibi Ka Maqbara"(Tomb of the Lady') is one of the attractions out there in Auragabad. The monument was built by the moghuls with the look alike of Taj mahal . It was built by Prince Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, in the late 17th century. I have been to Taj, so there were certain shots that I already had in mind. You can do the comparision between the two.








































































































So how do you find this? I have tried to click it from various other angles. Will upload the rest very soon.

Lotus Temple (Baha'i temple)

One of the famous tourist spots, Lotus Temple. This beautiful piece of art is right next to Nehru Place (South Delhi) and opposite to the Kalka Mandir. It looks beautiful in the night, out of this world I must say. Unfortunately I don't have a good speed light, else I would have posted some of the night shots. Whatever here are couple of images that I feel were worth sharing.














































To know more about the temple you can go on to their official website : http://www.bahaindia.org/temple/index.html

Neemrana Fort (Part 2)

Here are the remaining pics of the fort. Lets start with the cafeteria. Food out here is reasonable. If I am not wrong the lunch time is till 3pm and if you are not able to make it then you can have some nice sandwiches.














Come lets see the other parts of the fort.





























































Lets see some of the antiques which are at display out there.







































more later....

Neemrana Fort (Part 1)

My trip to Neemrana fort was memorable. I have been there twice but I still want to go to that place but next time with a better lens and better flash. I wanted to capture Neemrana in night with the lights on but unfortunately I couldnt capture that in either of my visits. The thought of spending a night there is quite scary but I guess I would take the pictures and drive back home.

But here is what I could capture in my first visit.














The entry fee for this fort is Rs 200/- per person. But when you enter this fort and roam around then I am sure you wont feel bad, coz its worth that much. In the above image I have tried to capture the whole fort. I wish if I would have adjusted the angle of the Cannon.














One thing that I liked about this fort is this that have placed chairs every where in the fort, so at any point of time you feel tired, you can sit on chair and relax and then move on. Quite clean and tidy.














That is the view of the area around the fort. The fort is about 15 to 20 mins drive from the Jaipur Highway. There is a small village around the fort. The market around the fort is not that much developed, I couldn't find camera roll for my Nikon F80 in my second visit. So you need to carry all camera roll and batteries along with you coz once you are inside the Fort then you cant find all this. But as far as food is concern, there is a nice cafeteria within the fort.

































Have some more pics, will be uploading the rest very soon.

Hail Storm

If you will visit my other blogs or other links then you will find that I am repeating some of my images. I am sorry for that, but I can’t help it. As I find that some of my images can come in more than one blog. Now say for example, these images could also have been used in my other blog called "http://100percentnature.blogspot.com/".

Banana leaves were glowing after having taken bath in heavy rain. Because of the hail storm the water was freezing cold, couldn’t stand for long. This is our small kitchen garden; I had to mop the water so that the water doesn't get inside kitchen. In-spite of wearing sports shoes my feet got numb. That was one hell of a rainy day.

View of Shimla

All my photographer friends would agree that mountains are just the right place to click good pictures. It is mainly because of the scenic beauty but also because of the light. Shimla in evening...












Shimla in broad day light...