Monday, February 12, 2007

Birds of Yelahanka - Bangalore Air Show 2007

It was the bi-annual air show at Bangalore from 7-11 th FEB. I took from simmering heat and the added heat of the action in the air, on 10th and 11th. It cost a meagre 1250/-, meagre because of the thrill it gave!

The birds which nested at the Yelahanka airbase, about 20 kms from Bangalore were so impressive that I kept on clicking.. Though most of the snaps turned out out-of-focus, considering the speed at which these flew that was a good effort. :D

Swedish SAAB GRIPEN!


Mikoyan Gurevich-MiG 29


IAF Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (HAL Kiran Mak-3)


To see all of these in action, here's my COMPLETE ALBUM

Friday, February 09, 2007

Serendipity and some accidental art!

This is not really a travel description or photographs from one. This is instead about a few snaps I took while me and my cousin, Saju, drove to Bangalore from home.

THE OLYMPIAN

Since Saju was at the wheels and since I was getting a little bored I took out my camera and started clicking at anything. After it was dark, I took a picture, with my camera in automatic mode and the flash turned off. The prolonged exposure gave a picture in which the light from a vehicle in front looked as if it was dancing!

EQUESTRIAN KNIGHTS

I found this interesting and started experimenting with it. Moving the camera immediately after you have opened the shutters, in circles, waves and strokes gave some great displays of light.

THE HOWRAH BRIDGE

Some of these pictures turned out to resemble, vaguely, my expectations about them. I wanted a cross when I took the snap below.

THE BELIEVER

Once downloaded, I have cropped them and rotated them to resemble figures which can be identified in them - often abstract. Figures which would evoke a feeling or the other.

THE HORSEMEN


THE COMPLETE ALBUM

This is the complete album.. The captions would tell you what I felt about each of them.