Category Archives: Cities

Grimy

Grimy

Oct 5, 2011 Filed under Cities, Random observation. No comments.

Here is something I learned in photography – something in color communicates very differently from something in black and white. While the color version of this picture was about a dull green walkway under the streets, the B&W image shows me a depressing grimy path … Read More →

St. Patrick's Basilica, New York

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Jun 30, 2011 Filed under Art, Cities, Favorites, Monuments, Places of interest. No comments.

After having visited the enrapturing Basilica of the Sacred Heart (University of Notre Dame, IN), I wanted to visit the often-talked-about St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan, New York. And I did, last December. I am increasingly falling in love with such wondrous monuments of … Read More →

Summer Rain

Summer rain

Apr 27, 2011 Filed under Cities, Nature, Random observation. 2 Comments.

A view from where I live, on an afternoon with heavy thundershowers. Flash photography in the day time can do wonders to a photo!

Speed

Speed

Apr 13, 2011 Filed under Animal life, Cities, Panning. No comments.

It was a gorgeous Labrador with a shiny black coat and boy was it agile! I had taken this photo late in the evening and it was already very dark. I wish there was more light; I could have tried some more experimenting with taking … Read More →

The beach, Vancouver Spanish banks

The beach

Apr 3, 2011 Filed under Cities, Landscapes, Nature, Places of interest. 3 Comments.

I love beaches. The sand, the water, the waves. I particularly love the dynamic patterns made by sea water on the sand closest to the water. This picture was taken on the Vancouver Spanish banks on a really cold day of December 2010. That’s how … Read More →

Biking in Central Park, New York

Fast paced

Mar 10, 2011 Filed under Cities, Panning, People Photography, Sports. 2 Comments.

One of the best things I like about biking is going at real fast speeds downhill. It is an amazing feeling. I truly saw biking as a serious sport/hobby only after coming to the US. And it was always inspiring to see people bike fast … Read More →

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Happiness lies within

Feb 8, 2011 Filed under Cities, India, People Photography, Random observation, The right moment. 10 Comments.

I saw this gentleman contently playing his violin in Battery Park, New York in November 2008. From afar I could hear bits and pieces of the piece he was playing and it sounded real familiar. As I was exiting the park I walked across him … Read More →

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Surreal is beautiful

Feb 3, 2011 Filed under Cities, Deviation from reality, Favorites, Landscapes, Nature, Places of interest. 2 Comments.

When the reality of life infringes upon the surreality of our dreams, why does reality win? When the surreality of dreams sneaks into the reality of our life, why does surreality lose? If only dreams weren’t dreams… Taken in August 2008 at Golden Gardens, Seattle, … Read More →

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Web

Aug 27, 2009 Filed under Cities, Places of interest. 8 Comments.

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

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Niagara Falls

Jun 28, 2009 Filed under Cities, Nature, Skylines. 3 Comments.

Niagara falls, late at night. Unfortunately it was raining hard, so I had to take the picture hastily. I wish I had more time – this place looks so different in the day and in the night!