Photography by Spandan

Postcards From Far Away, Pt 2

2012-08-27T22:39:00.001+05:30

This is the final part of the two part mini-series. Here is part one.I refrained from publishing these photos before because I considered them to be my best work till date. Glad to have left that attitude behind. These photos also happen to be taken during the last month of my w580i. I'd like to know if you think these as being the best I've done.

That's all. Title credit to Coldplay.
And in case you're interested, hereare all the photos from the set Postcards From Far Away.
Also, show your support for Poets of the Fall. They are the most awesome indie rock band in existence.

Postcards From Far Away, Pt 1

2012-08-27T14:04:00.001+05:30

Some photos from a far away land where my hometown is. Haven't been there in a year, and it seems like a alternative fantasy world to me now. Here are pictures from last year's visit, of which I didn't publish a thing.

P.S. Title is from a song by Coldplay.

Splash!

2012-08-14T10:46:00.001+05:30

Deserved a post for itself, didn't it?? Btw, where are your comments?

More Of Cars And Buildings

2012-08-12T23:23:00.001+05:30

Accidentally deleted a folder of photos, recovered some with DiskDigger app for Android. Had uploaded these before the deletion, so that's why you can see them now.

city center parkway

1/3rd clouds

coloured welcome

Existing And Expanding

2012-08-09T14:12:00.001+05:30

The city, where the past exists and the future is in the expanding limits. After all, it has thrived on its unplanned nature.

crossingTrams continue to ply, much unnecessarily.

150 year old Tipu Sultan Ground Mosque Under Repair

the sunset cliché

one end of the present route of the metro, two more routes are in construction.

Around The City

2012-07-30T22:30:00.001+05:30

This is the first post after some efforts at rebranding this blog. This is no longer named A Just Another Uninteresting Blog - instead, I am opting for a more subtle name, which is consistent with the URL. On the right you can browse Featured Posts, that are basically my favourite posts in this blog. Would be adding links to other photography blogs soon.

Should I keep the comments section as it is now, or make them appear directly below the post? Other suggestions are welcome too. Hope you find this new look better than the previous one.

Now, the photos: The first two are directly related to the last post, while the other two are.. well, around the city.

Apparent Silence in a Vintage City

Different Day. A Cloudier View.

Keep Movin' On!

Seventh Floor Sightings

2012-07-26T21:10:00.001+05:30

These are from a building where I was for about two weeks. Apart from other things, in the short duration that I worked there, I also came to know that gaining access to buildings like those could be as simple as casually walking in.

Some constructive criticism would be needed around here. Thank you.

Better Photos

2012-07-17T12:38:00.001+05:30

Thanks for welcoming me back, KBF!
Here are some more, better photos..

Beauty in Static

Untitled

twins : caged but free

Two Sides

automated letterbox

discarded stories

Until next time!

I'm Back!

2012-07-16T00:19:00.001+05:30

Drums!
It was foolish to move away from where all of you are, to somewhere else!
So, I'm back!

And yeah, This is Dan. Just that I've done a rebranding of my internet personality -- now using my real first name - Spandan. You can, of course, still call me Dan.

Though, I'll make no promises regarding how often I'll be posting this time around.

And thank you for hanging on to blogger.

endless afternoons

unwillingness to admit its obsolescence

HOPE

squares

what is real

See ya!

The Beginning.

2012-02-04T15:19:00.001+05:30

long time!
how do you do now?
things have changed during the past few months.
i am not reviving this blog, just giving it a closure.

have started a new blog at letterspluspixels.wordpress.com.

also available at letterspluspixels.blogspot.com.

I owe you much.
the words Thank You are insanely insufficient, but those are the only i have right now.
wish you good.
let the end be the beginning,

a mundane may and an impending hiatus

2011-05-31T10:41:00.000+05:30

this has seriously been a very mundane month for me.. so now you know what's up with this marathon blogging.. another reason for these posts is that i'm not going to renew my data plans next month, thereby taking a complete hiatus from the online world (not just blogger) for two months.

here are some photos from may, which, imo, are not so mundane as the month..

Brighter than Black

Red Ain't Gonna Stop the Rain

viewpoints and vantagepoints

right weather, right place, wrong relationship status

optimistic cloudscape

the last photo is in complete contrast to the rest, and wasn't supposed to be here originally, but now it is.

anyways, it is not like i am ending this blog... expect me to be back somewhere in august. by then i'd hav given my university's first year exams that i am yet to be seriously preparing for, and also hopefully hav a small trip back home, only to be back in this city of rubbish to do something that i'm yet to find a clue about.. wait, i seem to remember why/what i'm here for.. To be Somebody!

too much ranting.. better end this now.

happy living. Love from this Nobody. :)

rain, and other delights..

2011-05-29T13:41:00.000+05:30

9 photos again... this time more of the momentary delight called rain...

perfect cloudscapes and day of traffic-less roads

ordinary car in more than ordinary juxtaposition

waiting and watching

puddles aft rain

darker than reality

wind, clouds and silhouettes

pouring rain

just a juxtaposition

#JustAnother cloudscape

the blogging marathon isn't done yet! :D

middle-of-the-road

2011-05-28T01:21:00.000+05:30

dictionary.reference.com/browse/middle-of-the-road

days come and go.... these were just april...

on the bridge
vidyasagar setu / Second Hooghly Bridge

Evening Lights

of roads, sun and mundane lights

paths we take

will it rain?

crossing the road

evenin cloudxcape

rare road to travel

Cautionary Note- Look Out For Traffic!

An Enormous Campus to Photograph

2011-05-24T11:54:00.000+05:30

april 8th, 2011 was the day when photography and fun were the only existent things.

this university named BESU was having a photography event as a part of their cultural fest, and me and two other photographers were the participants from our college.

accompanied by the college representatives, the motive was to capture the huge nature filled campus ....and do seemingly wierd things.

here are some glimpses of the gigantic --and mostly unused-- campus....

green science

beauty doesn't need symmetry

"if i just lay here.."

where did the greens go now? :P

Debris Room, Apocalypse Soon

Edited to Enhance

not the best vantage point

should have gone for monochrome

Abandoned, Now Disturbed

tilt

car door

being one and a half month late in blogging doesnt make one a very active blogger, but i never claimed myself to be one. ;)

Regular Irregularities

2011-05-21T02:08:00.000+05:30

It's been quite a while since the last post.. i'm regularly irregular, right?

And so here are a few photos from the recent but readily repressed past....
more coming up very soon (w/o the irregularities this time.)!

*insert buzz creating adjective here* Lane

#JustAnother city cloudscape. [no sarcasms here:]

Golden Glow Generated

Escapist Cloudscapes and High-Rises

Unusual Places and Odd Photos

Next Up- A Day To Take Photos

the city, or whatever..!

2011-04-18T16:06:00.001+05:30

here's the second part as promised in "whatever the weather"

intended to consist of photos which give the city a more "city" feel; let's see how less i would deviate from that.
anyways.......

of urban structures and leafless trees

waiting on subway : maidan

emptiness . . .

lamborghini gallardo !!!!! OMG!!

it says there is a "WAY OUT".
is that the reason for so many suicides?? :P

sequel to scene from a thriller

stop and stare......

on a highway overpass to .......

the pace of uploading/blogging is very difficult to keep up with life.

whatever the weather

2011-04-05T13:35:00.000+05:30

title lifted from the flickr group, "whatever the weather"

this post is intended to consist of some photos depicting the variations in the weather in the city, and the regular uninterestingness i always come up with..

had actually thought of writing down more on the thoughts about every photo.. but that just feels too cumbersome to be practiced!

good place to do some photoshoots :P

blackened and beauty

air conditioners

shining in the morning sun

wired to destruct

after the rain................

of traffic, buildings, and a show of sun

blurred by beauty

unintentional

the way it is...

unexpected cloudscapes in a surprising city

slice of greenery

next post should be a one that is a complete contrast to this, depicting the 'city' among whose midst these lie......

unnoticed and archived, but still here..

2011-03-12T20:45:00.001+05:30

unnoticed and archived, but still here.., originally uploaded by dan spix.

DSC07085

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Well this photo should have been published some 4-5 months ago, but it went unnoticed by me in the heap of other photos.

The location is my hometown and the time is when i had last given a visit.

Finally, this photo is seeing the light some 1600 photos later!

it's a big lonely world out here!

2011-02-10T22:17:00.001+05:30

"scene from a thriller"
title from by a blog post by flickr, http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/01/10/your-best-shot-2010-scenes-from-a-thriller/

suprises at every bend

walk the line

what's the story, morning glory? 01

what's the story, morning glory? 02

"just had to take a photo of any damn thing, didn't you?"

Yellow BMW Convertible
well convertibles are very rare here, and this
looks cool!

quiet little space around me

waiting for the end to come

Abstractness and Afterglow

2011-01-09T23:35:00.004+05:30

~~Happy New Year!~~

gang hangin out!

redefining abstractness
after almost a month since that abstract imagery created on an early rainy december morning, i was happy about another abstract photo.

Victoria Memorial, from the outside. again.
original post

up for some major changes in my daily schedule. it might just be that u wont see me for some 3 months.
if that is not the case, i should be blogging again towards the end of the month.

I wanted the title to have some word representing non-abstractness, but nothing appropriate came to mind. open for suggestions.

Btw, u may not have heard this awesome remix of Afterglow, by INXS with Sona

Very special mention of amfipolos, an amazing artist, photographer, writer and internet acquaintance, whose blog post Look Up Pt. I has have inspired me to look for photogenicity in this place which i dont call home.

Merry Christmas! [an unlikely gift]

2010-12-25T15:48:00.000+05:30

rather than a very generic post to wish you a Christmas most different, happier and merrier than before, i've something different for u..

the official* facebook page of the blog is now live at
www.facebook.com/pages/A-Just-Another-Uninteresting-Blog/141272505927038

[getting a vanity url requires 25 Likes]

i hope i won't have to beg for Likes after this!

Psst! you can directly Like by clicking on the button in the new facebook social plugin on the right sidebar.

*i know there isn't a freak out there to make an unofficial page, but still! :P

Merry Christmas once again!
just came to my mind that i have deliberately skipped all the emotional begging about how Like-ing the page would be the best gift i could get on Christmas!

pleasant memorable mornings with coffee and friends

2010-12-15T10:54:00.000+05:30

coffee and breakfasts from the sixth floor with these views and a pleasantly cold weather is bettered by the presence of friends.

the breakfasts were definitely better than the lunches and the dinners. except for one dinner which was more eventful.

untitled

there aren't words to describe some moments,
there aren't reasons why you act like the way you do,
there aren't enough ways to avoid change.

serendipity at my best. after a boring and mostly wasted night stay at college, and half a km walk in rainy drizzle, i had just the minimum enough of battery charge to capture the 'undescribable' moment.

btw, the quotation is original and a result of a few keystrokes.

home is where the nature is.

2010-12-01T00:05:00.000+05:30

all photos except the last two were taken around my hometown over my stay of 3 weeks at home.

adhoore / incomplete (1)

adhoore / incomplete (2)

"they'll never get through to me"

game of sunlight and shadows (1)

game of sunlight and shadows (2)

factory sunset

"and we'd watch sunsets together"

like i had said in an earlier post, i had never taken the full journey of the train route that has much enthralling beauty, i took an ride to the destination station, and found only these two photos as being publishable..

small beauty

i've to get off the train..
.. and take better photos instead.

the titles of many photos in this post are inspired by (copied from) lyrics of OST of bollywood flick Break Ke Baad.

another journey back home, part 2

2010-11-30T23:28:00.000+05:30

this post includes a few from a place for which i had dedicated an entire post during my blogging of the previous journey, and other photos which were during the journey. some photos of the similar earlier post can't be matched. ever.

perspective of height

Gulma Recaptured

previous post: Gorgeous Gulma

this time too the train had stopped, but i was at a compartment towards the end this time, and had to move through many compartments to get a shot of the water body which looked very beautiful in the earlier post. this time, the sun was just too bright.

That's all about Gulma, now continuing the journey..

enter the dragon
no, just one of two tunnels in the route :P

different day, different photo, same place
how many times will i post a photo of the same damn place?
probably i'll make a post compiling all the photos of this place!

contrasting halves

in normal exposure

in low exposure

no more publishable photos of the journey.

another journey back home, part 1

2010-11-30T22:48:00.000+05:30

so i went home during the indian holiday season for festival of diwali.

and having taking the same train as earlier, the photos are very similar to earlier posts.

but unlike the earlier post marvellous morning, the photos in this post aren't very different from each other.

what happened to the earlier me who used to carefully choose the best photos?

also, commenting is much easier now.. u don't need any profile.. so say what you're thinking!