Amar Raavi's photostream  

It's the city i can never forget. It's the city where i spent my whole childhood and college life. It's the city which gave me lot of opportunities. Every setback i had in this very own city made me much stronger and better. The name says it all, Vijayawada - The city of Victory, the city i belong to.

Photographed is the Prakasam Barrage, stretching 1.25 km across river Krishna. Completed in the year 1855, it is one of the major irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Almost after 18 months, i tried the time-lapse again from my apartment balcony, thanks to one of my friend, Lokesh who bought bunch of filters and timer remote (after having troubles with old remote) for me. Amazing sky and clouds made me to get out of my lazy mood and get started. Used newly bought GND filter and in fact it is the actual reason to go with time lapse. The GND result was good however there is problem with the edge drifting in to the frame (Cokin P-Series holder on a Canon 17-55 mm f/2.8) It is not bad and i am happy with the decision to go with P-Series holder. May be i will buy better filters and holder once i get a hang of it.

This is the best i could do without a tripod and remote. I think this is the best fireworks i have ever saw in India. It would have been easy with a tripod because the fireworks were all over the place and missed couple of good ones. Overall not bad.

I have heard how vibrant, lively and fast-paced Bombay was, but never got a chance to visit the busiest city of India. Finally, i made up my mind to visit a friend of mine, Arun and stayed in the city for couple of days. It was mere luck that it didn't rain the day we planned to drive around Bombay and visit couple of places. One among them was Gateway of India. Constructed in the year 1924, Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay in December 1911.

Oh man! Gateway of India is definitely one of the busiest monuments i ever saw. After going through the security checks (much needed these days), tried to take few photographs but the place was so busy that, i couldn't get a decent picture with out people moving right in front of the camera. I was trying all crazy shots standing, sitting and sleeping on the floor. Don't even think about setting up a tripod there. Either people will run over it or Police will run over you :-)

Thanks to the rain gods, this puddle saved my day. At least i could get one photograph worth posting here.

I think Lamb's Rock is one of the best view points in and around Ooty. 8 km drive from Coonoor through winding roads and lush green tea plantations takes you to this amazing place. It is named after Captain Lamb who made earnest attempts to open a path to the place. That guy definitely need credits.

It was around 4 PM by the time we reached there, but couldn't spend time till sunset, even though the view was getting better as the light started diminishing. Had to hurry back to Bangalore, as one of the roads passing through Madhumalai/Bandipur National Park is going to be closed for the night.