Impressions...

Stone Carving

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:21:00 +0000

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Place Taken: Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India.

Description: Stone carvings found in Shravanabelagola. The slight rainfall just before the photo was taken made the carvings look better in the picture.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/8
Aperture	f/6.3

Depth

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:20:00 +0000

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Place Taken: Belur, Karnataka, India.

Description: Though the picture seems to be a well of good depth, it actually is just about a feet or so. Taken at Belur, I guess it was used as a Agni Kund [A structure used to light fire when pooja is performed to Hindu deities]

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/40
Aperture	f/8.0

Priest

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:00 +0000

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Place Taken: Hale Beedu, Karnataka, India.

Description: A Hindu Priest.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/10
Aperture	f/4.0

Pooja Plate

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:17:00 +0000

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Place Taken:Shravana Belagola, Karnataka, India

Description:Plate used for pooja at the temple.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	7.9mm
Exposure Time	1/40
Aperture	f/3.5

Sculpture - Hale Beedu

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:57:00 +0000

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Place Taken: Hale Beedu, Karnataka, India.

Description: This ancient sculpture depicts a scene from the Indian Epic "Ramayana". According to the epic, Sukhriva - brother of Vaali - asks Rama to prove his prowess in using bow and arrow. Rama proves his might by using a single arrow cut across seven trees. This incident is depicted beautifully in the above picture.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/125
Aperture	f/5.0

Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:58:00 +0000

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Place Taken: Kemanna Gundi, Karnataka, India.

Description: A close-up shot of moss on rock. Taken at early morning, the dew on the rocks along with the moss gives the rocks a beautiful shade.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/15
Aperture	f/8.0

Woods

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:13:00 +0000

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Place Taken:Kemanna Gundi, Karnataka, India.

Description:A path in the woods.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/50
Aperture	f/8.0

Moon

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:09:00 +0000

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Place Taken:Kemanna Gundi, Karnataka, India.

Description:A morning shot of the moon.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	9.8mm
Exposure Time	1/400
Aperture	f/8.0

Gear

noreply@blogger.com (akp) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:00 +0000

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Place Taken:Kemanna Gundi, Karnataka, India.

Description:A close-up view of the hand gear of a tempo traveller.

Camera Settings

Camera	Canon PowerShot A540
Flash	Not Used
Focal Length	5.8mm
Exposure Time	1/60
Aperture	f/2.6