Playing Clouds

Fathima Church, Gandhipuram.

Remember the Kamalhasan's movie " Oru Kaidhiyin Diary", where he comes out of the jail and dramatically pushes open the huge gates of a Church? If you do, Its Fathima church! My play ground, a meeting spot and my time-pass location. I would lay on the grass, look into the sky to see the painting of the day, the formation of clouds! An elephant's trunk, a horse's head, a bald man, back of a woman, a running rabbit, tail of a whale... clouds threw enough shapes for me to speculate. This made me create my own surreal world to enhance my creativity. As a Piscean I always love the abstract more than the concrete. Clouds... like water, fire, smoke and rain, this beauty has something new always. Like a finger print this is very unique every single time.

Maya. The smoke...

I have an inexplicable inclination towards this continuously volatile smoke. As a matter of fact, I love it.The sadhu's of Kasi with their chillum, smoking to glory. a coal engine train with its dust of smoke, a wanting heart waiting for an answer to her problems at the ram temple with the incense smoke adding comfort, a crying son on seeing his dad's funeral pyre smoke, bright eyes of a model brightened up with a smokey make up around the lashes.... Smoke has something for me every time I had a tryst with it. Confusion, indecisiveness, mayhem, change, rest, relaxation, new beginning, serene, and attractive - all inclusive in this captivating yet untouchable smoke.

Smoke is not just smoke, it has life in it. I like it.

Here is my rendition of exposing it! Let me know if you liked it!

The moon, my cleanser!

In my childhood days, whenever I was afraid of any of my mistakes or hurt my brother and or anything that I feel guilty of doing it, I would try to isolate myself from the deafening crowd, find a lonely place and hide myself. As days passed by, I would find some place that is dark, sit for sometime, contemplate, reprimand myself. This activity took a different angle , one day I when I was sitting in dark, the Moon emerged out of the dark blanket of clouds, I watched it in amazement. I felt it symbolizes that I am cleansed of my mistakes, my fear and now I am a new man. Today, I took my camera to my terrace and watched the moon, it didn't cleanse me. I silently watched it, "You are beyond redemption and salvation", heard a voice from somewhere... Is that you moon?!

Tried & Tested

A few tests proved to be okay. This taught a lot, would try some more with the lessons learnt as the platform.

7 - 8 pm Power cuts

Today's power cut was utilized to click my neighbor Deepti's pictures, just the candle light as source of light.

Yahoo building, Bagmane Tech Park

YAHOOOOO!!!

The more I click, the more I feel clicking this building in various weather & lighting conditions. While on the way back home, stopped at this building and shot it with a Tripod. Clicked a couple of other pics of BHEL gate while the traffic was too heavy and everyone was in a rush to go home. I was immensely surprised by the madness surrounded by a traffic policeman. He was unperturbed facing the dirt, blaring horns, impatient motorists, and the speeding buses. He gestured left and right to manage the madness with the precision of an opera organizer. Hats off!!!

These pics are not edited or tried on HDR.

My Jewel Fish just laid more than 100 eggs and I captured it this time!

My notorious jewel fish pair appeared to be very normal, very rare. Calm, yet an unknown discomfort could be seen through out their swim. Just then Raina got out against the kings eleven Punjab, I saw something very unusual on the stones that were placed inside the tank. OoowwaaW.... on the palm size stone, there were eggs glittering, just like their mother, more than a hundred and she was still laying. My joy knew no bounds. Clicked, checked and clicked again for more closer shots. Here they are... for you to njoi!!!!