My experiments with Canon

The day we were to leave to Hampi, I woke up at 6 in the morning, rushed to Jayanagar to pick up my brother's camera. Equipped with a simple digital camera I for the first time tried some serious photography. Serious because the subjects were captured unawares, luckily for them not in any compromising acts.

An old man by the river, seemingly after a puja, was enjoying the warm breeze and holding out a thin white cloth in the breeze. The bronze puja utensils behind him were gleaming in the sun. The old man was in a world of his own enjoying the gentle breeze. I was up on a small hillock with my little camera, zoomed the lens(10x) and clicked my first great picture. My photographer friend thinks I could have done better, there are apparently some rules in photography about the amount of space behind and in front of the subject and how much of the sky should be visible etc.. But till I understand all the fundas, this will be my favorite snap :)



There was a serious brahmin puja going on in a temple by the river and everybody was in bright colorful silks, even the men. A kid was sitting all by himself wearing a bright violet silk kacche and staring into the river. My camera zoomed again and captured the moment. This I think could have been better, but I know not how.



A dark lady against a white-washed wall for the sheer contrast in the picture. The bright violet did add to the effect.



A tree with the trunk like a tightly wound rope and the Vittala temple in the background and the clear blue skies made for a good snap.



The little hill where the Hemakuta temples are is the one of the few places from where one can get a complete view of the Virupaksha temple. And so there was this firangi wearing a bright orange kurta with a tripod clicking away to glory as was I clicking him from behind. The orange against the grey rocks and the Virupaksha temple and the tripod made for a clickable scene I thought.

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A lone bull on top of the Hemakuta made it to my pictures.

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A bunch of kids who wanted to be photographed, as close as a close-up can get.



A little bit of green in the otherwise dry, rocky terrain and a beautiful ruin(a lil like the scottish castles)



Remains of the Mahanavami Dibba and a lone ghost from the Vijayanagara empire on it..



A few pictures in sepia, just for the fun of it.