Going Home

After almost a month my little nephew will be going back to his home tomorrow.  It’s amazing how fast kids grow.  Only a month back he was hardly able to utter a sound and now he makes attempts to talk back.

Another amazing thing is he’s recognizing faces now.  Does give me a smile when sees me.  Priceless.

I’ve created some decent photos during his stay and hope to create some more and better photos when we meet again. 

I took these photos of him this week.  All natural light coming from the left of the photo. 

Take care!

Stars

I’m watching an IPL game as I type this post and also wondering if Manchester United will win today’s game to win the title.  Them winning the EPL title is so consistent that I’m secretly hoping the other team wins this one.  I’d rather like them to win the Champions League title than win EPL and get out of CL.  They probably need a loss to get that spark back to be the best in Europe.

This shot above happened this evening when I was searching for something new.   The angle looked interesting and those little white/pink buds seemed like little stars reaching out to me or trying to get out of the chaos around them.  Whichever way you want to see it. 

Thanks for visiting.  Catch you next week!

Beautiful Forever

It’s been a while since I found anything to shoot.  Or rather I should be honest in saying I made no efforts to find anything to shoot. 

At this time of our lives (late 20s) things seem to be moving a lot faster than you want them to.  You want to enjoy a certain phase and then you got your hands full with something else.  Before you know it and still trying to figure out that phase, it’s gone!  Now is the time when we realize how important time really is.   Or may be that’s just me…

My mom bought this rose couple of weeks ago and gave me some opportunity for photos.  Birds have a special liking for these kinds of plants it seems.  They come, tear some leaves and tulips of the flower mostly for fun and leave.

Still in its earliest forms this Rose had great shapes and fresh look for a photo.  Click click bang bang and here’s the outcome.

Hope you’ll like them or if not don’t hesitate to be a good critique.  I’m all ears for that helps me improve.  Be back next week!

Memorable Trip

This was my 5th time at Rishikesh for a river rafting trip.  And I thought none of these visits could match the first time I visited this place.   I was in awe of nature when I sat foot on the sandy beaches of the might Ganges for the first time.

But man was I wrong.  This trip has left me with life long memories.  Funny how I said ‘life-long’ memories when my own life seemed to be coming to an end on this trip. 

First day of the trip was of ups and downs for me.  Mainly because I was in the middle of a group that mainly consisted of couples and family members.  But the real adventure was waiting for me next day.  The day we hit the waters for rafting.

During the very first rapid the waves caught us by surprise and the raft flipped.  Before anyone could react we found ourselves in the water being thrown away by the waves gasping for breath.  Because we were not prepared for this sudden event we breathed in some water that made it even more difficult to breathe.   But slowly we managed to follow what our instructor told us and one by one after crossing another rapid without raft, thankfully, most of us was taken out of water.  I still had one rapid to cross without raft.  Unwillingly I was being swept away in the water.  One of the most terrifying moments came when I could see the waves in the rapid and knowing the fact that I’m going straight into it. 

When I was inside that rapid I remember thinking how it’s impossible for anyone to help me in such situation and asking myself is this the end before going in the water again.  The fact that I can’t swim made it a little difficult.

But fortunately I was taken out by another raft with the help of some nice people who helped me calm down and gather myself.

This was just the beginning of an awesome rafting adventure.  First rapid we flipped, struggled to survive and survived the heavy rapids.  We were back on the raft and completed rest of 24 kms of the tour. 

Funny how when we were all back on the raft, safe and sound, we were talking about our losses.  Some lost their shades.  Some lost their sandals.  May be we were aware we were on the edge of losing something even bigger but we just wanted to take our mind off what had just happened.

Even though I had come prepared for thousands of photos I only managed to take a few.  Partly because I was with a big group and didn’t want to be left out of the fun.  The camp had everything I needed for some nice photos and I did manage to get some really nice shots.  Both portraits and landscapes.

I’ll leave you with some of the best portrait shots I managed on this tour.  Enjoy and feel free to share this post on your facebook walls or other social network sites.

Catch you next week!

PS: I’ll leave you with one last shot of me that truly captures how good it felt to be alive again.

I’m a Survivor!

Wow…what a trip this one was.  Lots to tell and share.  Great weather, fun with friends, awesome white water adventure and to top it all facing the death.  I’ve been to river rafting few times before but this one’s going to remain in my memory forever. 

Will be back soon with more photos and the story.

Mumma’s Boy

You must have heard the term a Mumma’s Boy.  And Babu, my little nephew is one of them for sure.   As you can see from the photo above he’s not amused or distracted by anything.  He kept looking or rather staring at what he wanted.  Observing God knows what.  We kept trying to get his attention but nah not interested. 

 

We don’t stop.  We keep talking like he’s going to talk back any time soon.  But again no result.  Then entered his mom into the scene.  Suddenly the face looked familiar to him.  And as you can see in the photo above he’s recognizing his mom.

And as soon as he knew it’s his mom he burst into this smile that made us all laugh.  The little baby knows his mom.  Truly a mumma’s boy.

The Look

My little nephew Babu, as we now affectionately call him, has been at our home for almost a month now but he has hardly known me.  No matter how much I tried he kept looking in all directions except me.  May be didn’t like my face.  But yesterday finally I was a recognizable face for him.  And he kept looking at me.   Something magical about kids that softens your heart when they look at you.  You know they’re looking at you and just the look makes you special.

So as usual I ran to grab my camera.  Fired away some shots and he kept staring at me while I took the photos.  Above with my elder brother.

Today I woke up to my mom and dad talking to the little champ.  I saw a photo opportunity there and fired away some more.   This one below stood out for me.  I thought it beautifully captures the human emotion and tells a story -  Grandparents talking to their grandchild.  And looking at Babu you could tell he’s making all efforts to talk back.

And then again after some efforts he looked into the camera for me while talking with his grandmom.

Hope you’re enjoying the photos I share.  Feel free to reblog this post or share on facebook with your friends.  Be back next time with more.

Shoes

I remember as a kid I liked trying to get into a shoe that was almost as big as me.  As kids we don’t fear trying something new.  We see a potential in doing something we give it a shot.  And keep doing it until we get it.  Like cousin’s little boy above.   He can hardly stand properly yet but didn’t mind giving it a shot when saw this big slipper.  And finally did get his feet in properly. 

That’s another thing as we grow our brain starts growing too and so does our thinking ability.  And probably that thinking ability limits are risk taking nature. 

On the other hand.  They say girls love shoes.  My cousin’s little girl probably took it seriously and wore them in her hands.  She loves them too much to get them dirty I guess

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Be back soon with more. Take care

Newborn Nephew Photos

My little nephew who’s just one month young came home this week.  And as soon as he was here I started taking pictures.  The best so far for me is the one above.  It shows how small this kid really is and so soft that I was scared to even touch him. 

He makes all kinds of faces.  All these expressions.  Looks like he is testing all the kinds of faces he can make.  Wondering, surprised, cry, yawn, smile, bored, etc.  Some times even looks like he’s smiling but I wonder if a kid this small even could?  They can cry for sure.  He may look tiny and weak but when kids decide it’s time to cry, they give it all.  Something we adults could learn from them.  Giving it full effort when we decide to do something. 

He’s going to be staying with us for a while and I hope to take more pictures.  The festival of colors Holi is coming up this week.  Happy Holi! Play safe.  Take care!

Kids : New Photos

So it’s been a while I took any photo.  Not very encouraged lately.  And have been distracted with other things.  Finally this week I managed some photos of this really cute kid Maanas. 

Lovely kid.  But like most kids camera shy.  He kept hiding behind his mom every time I pointed my camera towards him.  But I did manage to capture some keepers. 

Catch you  next week!