Samson's Photoblog

Coffee

2013-01-04T13:31:00.001+05:30

Nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a cold morning.

Merry Go Round

2013-01-03T13:27:00.000+05:30

Wall Hangings

2013-01-02T13:05:00.000+05:30

Sun shaped wall hangings displayed by a street vendor for sale. Bright colors, smiling face and those big, bold eyes will definitely add beauty to the buyers home.

Our World Tuesday

Cake Show 2012

2012-12-24T01:21:00.002+05:30

Bangalore's one of the most awaited event, annual cake show show started on December 14th. This year's main attraction is "Pentagon of communal harmony". This 22 ft by 22 ft by 16 ft delicious cake was created to spread the message that different religions can co-exist. It took 40 people, two months to finish the cakes exhibited this year. Some of the other attractions are "Simba the Lion", "Castle", "Alice in Wonder Land", "Spiderman", "Motor Bike" and "Shoe House"

Pentagon of Communal Harmony

Simba the Lion

Tower House

Joker

Shoe House

Motorbike

Alice in Wonderland

Pizza

Wedding Cakes

Bougainvillea Bloom

2012-12-13T03:03:00.001+05:30

Week 6 of 52

Batman

2012-12-03T00:46:00.002+05:30

Macro Monday,

Kids in the Park

2012-12-03T00:41:00.001+05:30

Week 5 of 52

Here are few candit shots of kids playing in the park.

Young Ronaldo Fan

Tackled

Back on his feet

Cricket Fanatic

This one does not want to take his eyes off the ball

Young Karate Champs

Hope you enjoyed this weeks photo's, have a great week ahead.

Sunday In My City, Our World,

Superman Toy

2012-11-27T13:51:00.003+05:30

Week 4 of 52

Got this superman toy for buying a burger at McDonald (McDonald's happy meal). I used a sheet of black paper for background and placed the toy near a window for lighting (had covered the window with white cloth to diffuse the light.

Our World, Macro Monday, ABC Wednesday,

Wordless @ Angry Julie, Project Alicia, bywordofmouth, Betterinbulk,

Foot Fashion

2012-11-25T17:59:00.000+05:30

Hand made designer slippers for women on display.

Macro Monday, Our World,

Fun with crackers

2012-11-21T01:38:00.002+05:30

Week 4 of 52

Here are few photos shot on Diwali. This is the first time i am photographing fireworks with a slow shutter and I love the outcome :)

S for Sparkles and Slow Shutter Shots for ABC Wednesday,

Wordless Wednesday, Tina's WW, Our World, Wordful Wednesday, WW @ Project Alicia,

Happy Diwali

2012-11-12T12:48:00.001+05:30

Week 3 of 52

I decided to talk a walk in the neighborhood and shoot some photos for week 3 of project 52 and here are some photos shot during the walk.

Diwali is around the corner, for Hindu's Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year. Its a festival of lights, triumph of light over darkness, triumph of good over evil. Streets are bursting with life and colors, everyone is shopping for the festival buying new cloths, lanterns and fireworks.

It's a tradition to light a lamp and hang colorful lanterns and you can find shops selling these colorful lanterns.

its flowers everywhere, its time for the flower vendors to cash in

Lights and decorations everywhere

Most of the shops have attractive offers and have their products on diplay

After a day full of shopping, its time to spend some time together as a family and have some fun.

its dinner time, nothing like hot parata's with some spicy curry ;)

Hope you all enjoyed the photos. See you all next week with new set of photos. Happy Diwali to you all.
Our World Tuesday, Outdoor Wednesday, Tina's WW, Wordless Wednesday,

Untitled

2012-11-06T02:57:00.000+05:30

Week 2 of 52 - This photo was shot in a gift shop. This coin like ornament was hanging from a wind chime.

I Heart Macro, Macro Monday,

Pentas Lanceolata

2012-10-29T11:45:00.000+05:30

My work and personal life is keeping me really busy; I hardly find time to go out with my camera to shoot some photos, so i decided to take up "Project 52" (a photo a week) to push my self and take atleast one photo per week. I am kicking off Project 52 with this photo of a beautiful tiny pink flower "Pentas Lanceolata"

Week 1 of 52

Macro Monday

Puppy

2012-10-07T12:00:00.001+05:30

Buddha Statue - The Golden Temple

2012-10-07T01:26:00.001+05:30

Feels good to be back in the blogging world after a long break. My personal life and work kept me really busy. Thanks to all my friends who missed me and were worried that I disappeared without any notice.

Buddha Shakyamuni - The founderof Buddhism
This beautiful 60 ft statue of Buddha is in the alter of "The Golden Temple" in Bylakuppe. Encryption near the statue reads "Buddha statue is made of copper, plated with gold. Inside the statue are scriptures relics of great beings, small clay mould stupas, and small statues, which symbolize the body, speech and mind of the Buddhas. Seeing these statues, venerating them, circumambulating and making offerings to them generates faith, peace, wisdom, loving kindness and compassion in our minds and cleanses unwholesome thoughts and actions."

Statues of "Guru Padmasambhava" and "Buddha "Amitayus" is found on either side of "Buddha Shakyamuni" and they are 58ft each.

Untitled Macro

2012-03-11T14:53:00.000+05:30

Tangled

2012-02-28T13:42:00.002+05:30

Creative Exchange, Macro Monday, tones on Tuesday, Tuesday Takes, Sweet Shot,

Wordless @ Angry Julie, Project Alicia, bywordofmouth, Betterinbulk, naptimemomtog, Taras View, Liveandloveoutloud, Jenni, Wild & Wonderful, Kent Weakley

Caption This

2012-02-20T21:59:00.004+05:30

Wordless @ Project Alicia, bywordofmouth, Betterinbulk, andthen-shesnapped, naptimemomtog,

Mimosa

2012-02-20T21:54:00.001+05:30

Wordless @ Project Alicia, bywordofmouth, Betterinbulk, andthen-shesnapped, naptimemomtog,

Garuda

2012-02-12T01:10:00.004+05:30

Ancient Carving of Hindu mythical character Garuda. Garuda appears both in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda has wings of an Eagle (Brahminy Kite in Indian version) and body of a man, he is also a carrier of god Vishnu.

Photo Location: Krishna temple courtyard, Hampi.

Creative Exchange, My World, tones on Tuesday, Tuesday Takes, Sweet Shot,

Band Tower, Hampi

2012-02-01T17:58:00.013+05:30

Band Tower is on of the tall structures found within a large compound of Danaik's Enclusure in Hampi. This structure dates back to 13th century and this is the only structure in Danaik's Enclusure which is still in good shape. Its a two-storied hexagonal building with narrow stairways leading to the top. There is no clear information as to why this is called Band Tower, one of the localite told me that if we clap standing in the center of the ground floor of this building, sound is amplified and sounds like its from a band {it sure does because I tried it :)} but looks like this structure was a watch tower more than a band tower.

Another prominent structure in this enclosure is the Mosque (stone structure seen next to the band tower in the picture). It is said that this Mosque was originally a temple, later converted to a mosque when muslims invaded Vijayanagara Empire.

(Converted the image to B&W and added texture just to get a feel of the bygone era.)

Abstract Macro

2012-01-30T20:36:00.010+05:30

Have your ever thought that medicine can look this beautiful ?

Here's how i came up with these photo's.... Added few drops of Wokadine germicide gargle solution to glass of water and took couple of macro shots ;) here's how the setup looked like (photo below)

Lotus Macro

2012-01-28T06:08:00.004+05:30

Young Indian's

2012-01-26T16:57:00.008+05:30

I visited a nearby school to take few photos of Republic Day celebration. It was amazing to watch little kids perform various drills, do march fast, hoist the National Flag and dance to patriotic songs. It brought back good memories of my school days. Here are few candid shots for you enjoy.

Following are photos of nursery school kids dancing to a patriotic song. These kids are too young to know or understand what Republic Day means but their performance and the expression on their face is priceless.

Few more photos from the event.

Scavenger

2012-01-24T20:03:00.004+05:30

Picture of Black Kite shot in Lalbagh, Bangalore

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