Sunsets !!!

Sunset is a daily routine of a nature and its beautiful to see it. Its fantastic when you are at beach or at any hill station. Whenever I go to places from where I can see horizon at a long distance in West, I wait till it gets complete dark. Sunset makes some beautiful colourful patterns in the sky and I find it very relaxing as it gives some refreshing moments.

Here I am posting some of the sunset clicks which I have clicked from different locations.

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View from Aditi Garden, Magarpatta, Pune !!!
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Clicked from Hall - 4 Gate, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Clicked from train, somewhere near Ajmer, Rajasthan !!!
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Clicked from train, somewhere near Ajmer, Rajasthan !!!

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Clicked from train, somewhere near Ajmer, Rajasthan !!!
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Clicked from train, somewhere near Ajmer, Rajasthan !!!
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Clicked from Terrace of Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Clicked from Terrace of Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Through my fingers. Clicked from Terrace of Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Clicked from Terrace of hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Clicked from Terrace of Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Clicked from Terrace of Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!
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Khadak-Vasla, Pune !!!
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Few Ordinary Things !!!

I do not know the difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary. I think the things which are not ordinary are called extra-ordinary. But then it depends on individuals, and their perceptions. The things which we see every day all time in our lives, we call them ordinary though those are the things which we use most of the time. These things have high importance, but for us they are ordinary, may be because they are with us or they are available whenever we want them or need them.

But camera is dumb (???). Camera does not understand the meaning of “extra”. I am telling you that the things which look ordinary in normal life do not remain ordinary once seen through the viewfinder of camera.

Here are such few ordinary things which I saw through my camera and after that they were no more ordinary !!!

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An evening view of streeat at Pune !!!

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Keyboard of my laptop !!!

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My hostel gate, Hall - 4, IIT Kanpur !!!

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Gulmohar !!!

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A Diya !!!

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A candle and my hostel in background. Clicked during Diwali at Hall-4, IIT Kanpur !!!

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A Rope !!!

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A dead mosquito, a pen and a paper !!!

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A Plywood !!!

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A screen of my instrument. Clicked at my laboratory, IIT Kanpur !!!

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A nut !!!

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A spiral binding !!!

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A screw !!!

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A brush !!!

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A power supply !!!

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A switch !!!

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A texture on leaf !!!

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A fence !!!

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Sand at beach !!!

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You are the camera in your life. Your eyes are viewfinder. Do you really have ordinary people in your life?

Do People Really See The World ?

Most of the people like to visit many famous places across the world. Few people really see and visit those places by the wealth they earn. But what about those who can't see them because of some or the other reason?

This forces me to write that the really (aesthetically) beautiful places look equally beautiful in the photographs or in fact more beautiful than reality sometimes.

World is really beautiful if seen through the right angle. It is famously said "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder". I completely agreed with it once I started looking world through "macro" lens. It changed my thinking and I started making things look beautiful.

You should not regret for the things which you could not see, but you should feel lucky that you have seen something extraordinary in the ordinary things which others cannot even think about.

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Keep visiting villages and farms !!!
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Small things really do matter !!!
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Go out of your place after rain !!!
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This is just a part of it. Imagine how beautiful our national bird is !!!
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At work !!!
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A close observation of world helped me discover this intriguing subject !!!
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Elements of nature that have rhythmical and graceful lines often create lyrics !!!
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Don't just see them from front side !!!
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Get into the depth !!!
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Don't you watch cricket while your teammates are on the pitch ???
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Macro photography brings out an exceptional level of detail, thus letting the viewer feel texture !!!
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Don't just see the sea at beach !!!
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A great joy of capturing these glimpses is in showing others what you have seen !!!

Dust Storm !!!

Belonging to the state of Gujarat in the western part of India, I have experienced some major floods (Surat- 07/08/2006), riots and earthquakes (Gujarat - 26/01/2001), but no experience of storm in 21 years of my life which I spent in Gujarat till 2007.

Then I went to Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India and got chance to know about the places, people and weather. Northern India experiences extreme weather conditions. But it also frequently experiences dust storms during the summer month of April and May.

Once it was a typical hot day on 14/05/2008 at Kanpur. Time was around 02:30 pm, when I was in the academic area of IIT Kanpur. I went to one office and when I came back from the office after couple of minutes, I could not believe what I was looking.

Sound of heavy wind was too scary. Sunlight was disappeared. It was a darkest day I have ever seen. There was sand all round in the atmosphere.

Immediately I realized the presence of camera in my bag. I felt extremely lucky that I got chance to shoot something which satisfied me a lot.

That was a thrilling experience. Have a look.

Glass of the windows were falling while clicking these !!!



































Departing storm as sun came out again !!!



Damage was not minor !!!





Even big tree could not resist the impact !!!



See where storm took them !!!







My room was locked, all the windows were closed, But when I arrived, this is what I saw.


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