Morning Fire

So we just finished a short film for an upcoming inter-college competition.

I went out one morning to shoot a timelapse for the film. This is what I was greeted with. It was absolutely beautiful!

I can't share the film at this time because of the competition rules but once the competition is over I'll have the link up on my profile across various social media platforms.

God's creation really is wonderful so the theme "Hidden Scenic Beauty of North Bengal" was just perfect.

Overlooking The Valley

Last week my cousin's husband and I decided to go for an early morning walk to the top of a nearby hill.

We had initially decided to go the week before that but the late nights made it really difficult for my to get up in the morning. We wanted to get there in time to watch the sunrise.

The day we finally made it up wasn't that great because of the fog and lack of clouds in the sky. If there were clouds in the sky I'm sure it would have been a spectacular sunrise.

The sun rose from behind the fog and slowly lit up everything. It was really beautiful and we decided to stay on the hill for a few more minutes before making it back down.

The fog (or smog) had slowly begun to lift and reveal the city as we descended. We stopped for a minute to take in this view. It makes you wonder how long the hill that's next to this sprawling city will remain untouched and for how long the hill will be allowed to retain it's natural beauty.

Picture details for those interested - 1/200sec f/8 ISO 100
Processed in Photoshop CS6 from a single RAW file.

Across The Hill

Someone told me that I should go back to landscape and nature photographs. Diversification is great! Just saying.
Yes, I do love photographing nature over other things because it reminds me and shows how amazing God's creation is but I can't help photographing other things as well - including people. After all people are God's own creation...created in his own image so that's amazing!

Hills with fog make amazing photographs. The fog was really thick when we reached this place but it seemed to move away after a little while which is when I got this picture. Then it came back again and we couldn't see more than a few feet ahead of us.

To The Other Side

I keep going back and looking at pictures I took in June. That was a great vacation.

This place was definitely one of my favourites. It was an amazing experience. The clouds just made it so much better. You can just go to this Eco Park and spend the entire day there. You'll also have some really interesting monkeys for company.

His Way Is Perfect

This picture reminded me of the verse in the Bible which says "As for God His way is blameless; the Word of the Lord is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him." 2Samuel 22:31

I had a great vacation. Now I know you're probably tired of hearing that but it's true and I can't help but go back to these pictures.
Hope you had a great weekend! :)

Going to put the final touches for the music video to Demons by Imagine Dragons. That's a project for school.

Into Oblivion

This is another one from my holiday last month.
I really like colour in my photographs but I do dabble in black and white as well. Black and white has its own beauty and it just seemed to add so much more to this photograph.
This was taken just as the fog was rolling in. It was definitely a sight to behold!

Guiding Light

Although I love summer this makes me miss the foggy winter months.

This was taken sometime in January when we had really thick fog. I shared a similar photograph a while back and quite a few of you thought it was the sun - it isn't. It's a simple street lamp.

Ghastly Figure

So this past winter the fog was really thick one night and I decided to shoot a few self-portraits (if you can call it that). I tried a few with torches and other stuff and this is one of those.

It's surprising how many test shots end up turning out to the some of the best.

The Block

I miss the fog now that winter is slowly going away. Today morning was a little foggy but not as much as I would like for some pictures.

This picture is from the last thick fog that we had. It was just beautiful. The lights looked amazing!

Far Away

Honestly I'm so tried right now that my head hurts. It's been a long and tiring day but a good one.

We went for this film appreciate course which was pretty good.

Anyway one of the scenes in a film we were shown reminded me of this picture.

We went on a short trip to a nearby hill station and I was able to get this picture just before the fog completely blocked our view.

Figure In The Fog

We had a few really foggy days two weeks back and so I was able to do something I've been planning for a while now.

This is my first conceptual portrait and also my first self-portrait this year and I love it. It turned out better than what I've expected.

The fog was really thick and as I've said before. I just love the way the lights look in the fog so. I haven't really edited this much other than mirroring the background in Photoshop.

Through The Fog

This one is definitely one of my favourite shots from 2013. When we left home to just drive around and see what shots we could get it was perfect weather.

The sun was bright and the clouds looked great but all that changed within a few short minutes as the fog rolled in and covered up the hills. It was so thick that we couldn't even see two feet ahead of us. The fog lamps were useless.

At one point we had to stop because we just couldn't go any further as we couldn't see anything. We waited a while and the fog gradually began to lift off and this beautiful scene unfolded right in front of us and to think we would have nearly missed it if we hadn't stopped.

The Lights of Winter

I'm not much of a winter person. What I mean is I don't dislike the season per se. It's that it gets really cold and you have to wear so many layers that it kinda inhibits movement and doing stuff normally.

But there is one thing I just absolutely love about winter - the fog! Specifically how the lights look in the fog is just awesome.

Here is a quick picture I too today of the street outside my house. The different colours and then there is the light streak of a passing motorbike.

Bully

This is the picture I wanted to share yesterday. I like mixing things up a bit and of late I've been sharing quite a few landscape photographs - not that I don't like landscape photographs.

This is the Indian Bullfrog. It a big frog and my dog doesn't really like it but I think it's great.

If you remember I posted a picture a few months back of two eyes sticking out of a body of water. Well that was an Indian Bullfrog too. Not sure if it was the same as this but it was a bullfrog for sure.

Oh and recently I saw a Lesser Adjuant Stork in the field and it just poked its beak into the ground and pull out this massive frog, which I'm guessing was a bull frog. I did get a picture of it but it was too far off so is not really detailed.

No End In Sight

If you have been following my blog you'll know that I recently visited a nearby hill-station called Darjeeling. You'll also know that the weather wasn't really good so we didn't see much.

On the way we stopped at this view point that overlooks the tea covered hills. The fog was thick and we couldn't see much. It cleared for a couple of minutes which is when I grabbed this quick shot.

Again, I shot RAW as I had to other option. The noise was again terrible so I had to crank up the noise reduction a great deal which meant a great loss in details if you zoom in.

Anyway I was pretty pleased with this picture as I was able to get it really close to what we actually saw.

I just love the hills. They just stretch on for ever and ever. And are so very beautiful!

Like A Tree Planted By The Rivers Of Water

The day we decided to go out sight-seeing it was raining heavily. When the day began it was bright and sunny so we thought it would be perfect for sight seeing but we were wrong as the weather is so unpredictable.

It started getting cloudy when we left and the rain began pouring down shortly after.

Along the way I noticed this tiny little waterfall and this tree there right at the top. It reminded me of the verse Psalm 1:3 which says "he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that brings forth its fruit in its season,

whose leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

I plan to add this verse to the picture and print it out and put it up on my wall.

In The Dead Of Night

My trip to Gangtok was just amazing. If you are ever in this part of the country I would highly recommend that you visit this beautiful hill station.

Although I didn't really go around much as that wasn't the reason for my visit, God did provide some amazing picture opportunities that I don't think I would have got anywhere else.

The second night I was there, I just ventured up to the terrace sometime after/during midnight and I saw the fog rolling past. This was something I've never seen before so I was mesmerised by this scene. It was just beautiful...kinda eerie too.