Focus in photography

 Focusing on a specific object while taking a picture is one of the utmost necessary skills in photography. This can reveal some awesome features of a picture. Ofcourse a SLR camera will bring a more elaborate perspective to this. But, even a simple mobile camera can at times do some magic.
Just for an example, here is a toy car left on a bed and then clicked with it being at the core of the focus. It makes the surrounding things seem blur and give depth to the object of interest.
What made it more interesting for me to share this picture is the person behind the camera. May be a bit difficult to believe, but that is a kid of 3 years old. Recently, the kid is fascinated by cars, and there all different types of cars in our home.

Few days back, we bought a toy car Tata nano. Since it was Dusshera, I decided to have fun. So, I tried to capture it  from close range and shared it on Whatsapp saying new buy on the occassion o Dusshera. So, the process of capturing the car from different  angles to make it seem realistic was witnessed by the kid and that triggered this interest in him. Soon, during Diwali, he got another car in the gift. This time he tried his hands  and I must admit, his attempts seem to be way better than mine.
Here is another attempt  made by him to capture the car.

Diwali Rangoli - Kids special

What would you do, if you have to make a rangoli on the occasion of Diwali infront of your gate? Well, it comes with one condition, that there is a voluntary participation of a three year old kid in the process. If given full access to rangoli, one would be pretty sure of only a mess and no pretty rangoli. Moreover, the rangoli design also need to be suited to the understanding of the kid, as he is the one who is going to give the final approval.
The solution is make a rangoli with alphabets he knows very well and beautify it with the basic structure he has learnt in the school. Then, just for your sake, to put some color into it, you make a couple of flowers and leaves near by. That is the best Diwali rangoli you can make.
Hope you had a great Diwali.

Happy Diwali

It may be a little early. But I am leaving for vacations. So, without any delay, here are all my best wishes  to all of you for a very happy and wonderful Diwali festival. Diwali is a special festival for most of us in India. Most of the fond memories revolve around this festival. Because this is a festival, which bring all your friends, relatives close together. And create memories.
So, go on, create new memories.
Its the most wonderful time of the year.

HAPPY DIWALI

A city under fog

Pick up any day around this time and climb up to a nearby hill close to Pune. The view is always amazing. What mostly catch your attention is the greenery around, thanks to the monsoon showers, which bring life to quiet places. But once in a while, you experience some thing even more phenomenal. A similar experience posted here. A small colony all covered under the fog. On weekends, it seems more awesome, as the colony is generally quiet and sleepy in the morning hours. Just like a kid all covered in a blanket.

Morning walks @ Juhu Beach

Juhu beach is a different place at different times of the day. Evenings, it act as the only free space to roam around for people who share a very small place of living with others. If  a person, who has lot of space to share in the day to day life, will find it difficult to accommodate here. Because, number of such people is very less compared to those who have no option then to share the space.
For such people, probably, the mornings of Juhu beach may provide their little solitude to experience the nature in Mumbai. The crowds on the beach differ a lot in these two schedules. It is all for the morning walks, that the beach is occupied, in them mornings. A small but panoramic glimpse of one such moment. The colored version of the same, is here.

Cleansing time !

It was a long weekend. Celebrated Dussehra at home. Following Sunday, took off to places around. One of the place visited was Mahad, near Khopoli. It is one of the holy places, known for the temple of Lord Shri Ganesh. It is one of the ashtavinayak places in Maharashtra. As is the environment at such places, it was quite calm and serene. Just near the temple of Ganesh, there is a small but deep lake, which is a place  to find ducks and other water based habitants. So, this quartet just had their early morning holy dip in  the nearby lake, and then decided to cleanse themselves thoroughly, all at the same time.

Saraswati Poojan @ Dussehra

This Dussehra was pretty significant as it was a first one after a long time where we did paati pujan  at home. Dussehra is always considered auspicious for the beginning of learning process as per tradition. We recently brought this Paati at home and with this auspicious day, we have started new learning processes at home. While the paati is meant for the youngest one at home, but we all at home take this opportunity to begin learning something or the other at home. We say that we are always a student. Then, why not begin learning something new today!