Apparently, a picture says a thousand words. If so, then this blog post contains more than seventeen thousand words - quite a staggering number, isn't it? Read on if this has piqued your curiosity......
My interest in digital photography grew exponentially around the time I was in the 7th grade. Maybe it was because of my father, who has always been somewhat of a camera buff himself. Maybe it was because of my uncle, who had just bought a brand-new, awesome camera back then. I don't really know. What I do know is that I have loved photography ever since, and given the chance, I am more than willing to spend hours with my camera.
I love being able to capture the memorable moments of my life and the lives of those around me - some of them sad moments, some happy, some just plain hilarious, and some which induce introspect. Every time that I go back to a photograph that I have clicked, I see it in a new light; I see another aspect, another dimension to it. To me, photography is a way of immortalising a beautiful vista, or an inexpressible emotion.
Nature photography is something that I thoroughly enjoy and is very close to my heart (wildlife and environmental conservation is something that I care deeply about). Nothing matches the glory and beauty of a photograph of a massive, ancient Banyan tree, or a snap of a hawk soaring high. For me, part of the fun lies in the actual process of obtaining the picture - chasing a frisky woodpecker through a forest, or waiting in dead silence to photograph a timid Chital deer.
As the title suggests, this post is a photo journal of some of my favourite snaps out of all the photos I have ever clicked. Each one is special to me for a reason - because of the colours and clarity of the picture, the significance of the moment, or simply the overall effect of the photograph. I have divided the pictures into two main groups: Group 1 contains pictures I took on my 15 day road trip with my family in the Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti regions of the Himalayas (in Himachal Pradesh, India) during the summer of 2010, a journey that is one of the most memorable ones I have been on. Group 2 is a collection of my best (according to me) wildlife photos. I took all of these photographs with a Canon SX 10 Ultrazoom camera.
I guess I'll just get started with the photos now:
Group 1 - Himalayan Odyssey:
1) A beautiful snowdrift on a distant peak that I managed to capture while camping in Sangla village, Kinnaur:
2) Three adorable kids in a small hamlet in Hamchal Pradesh. You can't but help marvel at their expressions!
3) During the last 8 days of the trip, we were surrounded by dry ravines, barren, snowcapped mountains, and azure skies, with hardly any vegetation in sight, as we journeyed in the Spiti valley. Albeit a non-conventional kind of beauty, but beauty nonetheless!
4) This is a panoramic photograph of a mountain near Tabo village in the Spiti Valley. For some reason, it reminded me of chocolate ice-cream.
5) I just love the colour contrast between the sky and the mountainside in this one:
Group 2 - Wildlife:
1) Vulture in Spiti Valley, Hamichal Pradesh:
2) A Hanuman Langur silhouetted against the evening sky. Taken in Dandeli Forest Reserve, Karnataka, India.
3) Great Pied Hornbill, taken in Dandeli Forest Reserve, Karnataka, India.
I shall be ending this post here. But the photojournal is not yet done. It will be continued in my next blog post.
Good bye for now.
Pratik.
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