Category: Photo Challenge

Cee want E and Fs this week. Hmm this one is a toughie. Lets see what I can come up with 😉

At Frederiksborg castle, Denmark

A budding Engineer and Enfant terrible! Don’t be fooled by his studious demeanor 😉

Okay let me ferry you across from Lucerne to

The fencing at the Darjeeling Zoo

But these entrancing, enchanting, elegant elephants are at the Kolkata Zoo. Aren’t they cute? 🙂

IPK fans and readers of SS,  A Chip Off the Old Block -II is up. Click here for Part I

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This week Cee wants us to present views from the side for the Fun Foto Challenge. Won’t you join me?

Oops what have we here? One of the most picturesque traffic jams I have seen. My appreciation was probably enhanced by the fact that I was a tourist and on foot 😉

I thought we’d take the train but this one just whooshed us by. So…

How about a ride on a steam locomotive from yesteryears? Come on, just hop on!

Okay time to stretch our legs through a quaint wooden bridge

Check out some cool sculptures on the walls of a grand castle.

Catch a glimpse of a hiding koala – or is it something else?

A camera shy Himalayan bear to wrap up this fun tour 🙂 Which one did you like best?

For IPK fans and readers of SS here's Part I of A Chip off the Old Block

Thanks for visiting – hope you have a good day 🙂

This week’s theme for A Photo a Week Challenge hosted by Nancy is something that has begun to interest me. The challenge is to share a series of the same photograph with different treatments. Amazing how a simple change in color can change the mood instantly. Have a look.

But do wait for the photos to download before scrolling down, slowly.

Humor me – please!

Yikes!!!

Scary, interesting but not terrifying right?

Add a dash of color and she’s quite clownish don’t you think?

And just in case you have been wondering and were curious – that’s my original photo 😉 😀

Like Nancy says – It all depends on what you want.

Thanks for visiting – do share your reactions and preferences.

Have a great week.

Hello peepols howz life? Ready for some more black and white stuff? Cee’s challenge this week is C and D. Had a bit of a struggle this week, already took the airplane, the bus and the boat and walked it as well.

Hmm, now what?

Eco friendly stuff! What are you waiting for? Grab yours and off we go…

A cloudy day but dont worry I wont let you get wet 😉

First a visit to a designer garden

A double hump backed camel

A carrot in each hand 😀

Ready to ditch the cycle and explore a castle? No? Yeah well me neither 😉

Wonder how chandeliers look when lit up?

Well what do you think?

Chairs in this stunning chapel look inviting don’t they?

Heeheehehawwhaaw

😉 😀

Thanks for joining in  – have a great weekend.

PS Do you think I put in too many photos?

Here’s a selection of uplifting images for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge on Looking Up at Things.

A late night visit to the Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad. And a boat ride to have a closer look at the world’s tallest monolith statue of Gautam Buddha.

An early morning visit to the beach to witness the sunrise. The fishing boat was an added bonus.

On a visit to the temple, I found a mango tree in full blossom promising to make the heat worth it. But is it summer already?

I looked up to catch a glimpse of the blue skies, the swirling clouds…

…and the magnificent Gopuram an ornate monumental tower at the entrance of a temple.  Gopurams are particularly common in Southern India. A temple often has more than one gopuram and these gateways are a prominent feature of a temple and usually overshadows the inner sanctuary which is obscured from view by the gopuram’s colossal size. Gopurams are exquisitely decorated with sculpture and carvings. These have a  variety of themes that are mostly based on Hindu mythology, centering around the presiding deity of that temple.

We are at the temple complex of Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva also known as the Lord of Dance. Chidambaram is the birthplace of the sculpture and bronze image representation of Lord Shiva as the cosmic dancer, a Tamilian concept and has since become a symbol of Hinduism.

The shrine is the only Shiva temple to have its main deity represented in this human form, as the Supreme Being who performs all cosmic activities. The consort deity here is Sivakami Amman (Mother Goddess and female energy). Two other forms of Lord Shiva are represented as a crystallized lingam (the most common representation of Lord Shiva in temples), and as the ether space classical element, represented with empty space and a garland of fifty one hanging golden bilva leaves.

A replica bronze statue of Lord Shiva as Nataraja performing the Ananda Tandava (“Dance of Delight”). Lord Shiva is dancing on the demon Apasmara who represents ignorance and mental/neurological disorders.

The sculptures on the walls of the Chidambaram temple inspired the postures of Bharatanatyam, a major genre of Indian classical dance.

As Lord Shiva is the presiding deity in this temple, figures of Nandi the Bull are everywhere. Nandi is Lord Shiva’s ardent devotee and vehicle. He glares down at us for daring to disturb his Master’s peace.

Perhaps it is time for me to take your leave – thank you for your company. Please do let me know you were here 🙂

The theme for this week’s photo challenge hosted by Nancy is View From My Front Porch. Now I don’t have a front porch but I do have a window from which I have clicked many an interesting view. Some I have shared before (like here and here) but I still have some in my kitty. So here goes:

A budding Virat Kohli or is it Sehwag or perhaps who knows Sachin?

My favorite pickup tractor 🙂 Not a repeat telecast but a fresh angle.

And as  treat I sneaked downstairs to grab a full view -cool isnt it? Or have I lost my marbles – again?

This one I have to admit but I couldn’t resist – poor grandpa was quite putty (just like I am) in the little one’s dramatics 😀

I can see a splash of red blooms from my kitchen window. I especially sneaked down for a full view – just for you 😉

Hope you liked – have a cool and fun weekend.

And oh don’t forget to exercise your fingers on the keyboard 😀

 

Hello there, how’s the week been treating you so far? Oh well almost done and time to crash or live it up. Anyhow, I am here to have some fun with Cee’s latest B and W challenge – Letters A and B.

So without much ado – off we go

Let’s start at the Airport

Or would you prefer to take the Bus?

How about a Boat ride? Hmm tired with all that rushing around? Time to go back to our roots.

Rather, Branches 😉

What do you think of these Branches, Bending over Backwards? A new hairstyle perhaps waiting to take the tree world by storm…

Baaa wahahaaaaa 😀

Okay, okay fine fine, be that way…

A picturesque historical Building.

Thanks for joining me – you can have the Beer, I’ll have the water.

Go on, make my day, say something…

Cheers!