A recent trip to Kodai

Recently, we had the chance to visit Kodai...It was sooooo cold and windy there and to add to that it rained, OMG...but we all had great fun in the cold.

The flowers and the orchids were so lovely. I think I made some good shots of the flowers...hope u like them...
















A captive Emu:


And most favourite flower:


hope u enjoyed them as much I loved making the set...

A Puri morning...

Sometime back, I had the chance to spend a beautiful morning at the Puri Beach. This beach is a beauty...

Some shots from that morning here:
Shot on the Puri beach. tried to get a painting effect with a little more exposure.



These are the boats on which the fishermen go into the high seas for fishing. They start around 0200 hours and return by 0500 hours to beat the heat. The fishermen form teams of 4 and lift these boats on their shoulders and take them to the sea...

I was of the assumption that these fishermen would be Oriyas (In Oriya, the local language, the fisherment are called Nolia). But, as in any job or business, the fishermen are from many different states of India like Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Bihar, West Bengal and some even from Maharashtra and Kerala.











More details in Puri here- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puri


Hope u liked the set...as much I loved making it...

Why isn't my breakfast consistent ...

While I was going thru one of the blogs of a dear friend...I discovered a small part of myself...which I had never consistently realised...

I love the varied tastes of mangoes when they are in season…even my daily breakfast has a different taste everyday…And this change is refreshing…

let me think aloud:

I eat bread omelets on 95% of my days for breakfast.

1. Every day the eggs are different because they are from different chickens and are at various levels of decomposition…

2. The heat and the quantity of oil and other ingredients during preparation are different each day.

3. Even the breads are different depending on the availability in the bakery…

I ignore all these and still love the bread omelets…Probably it has got something to do with the Focal point of observation. if one focuses on the details, the big picture is blurry and if one focuses on the big picture, the details are blurry- so in, photographic parlance, one needs to get the right depth of field for the matters so that both the Big picture and the details are in the right mix and balance each other. here one does some compromises…

Link to my friend's blog here...
http://rsdheeraj.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/practice-makes-a-man-perfect-a-quick-slice-of-life-%e2%80%93-part-3/#comment-97