Dynamic Equilibrium

1. Set your camera to shoot in burst mode Setting your camera to "burst" mode means that several shots will be taken with a single click of the shutter. This is especially helpful when you’re trying to take an action shot, like a whale breaching the water’s surface. Also, burst mode is a good idea when handing your camera to a stranger to take your photo. You will get several to choose from, instead of just one where you’re blinking and someone is photo-bombing in the background. I always have my camera set in burst mode so we can choose our favourite photo from a series. 2. Unfocused/Blurry Another easy method and very beautiful at night when you have colourful lights around you. On a DSLR you just have to set your lens to manual and unfocus. On your point and shoot camera, you can focus on a subject near you and then, while still holding your finger on the release button, move to the scene you want and take the picture. 3. Switch up your perspective. Looking up — or down —

Here are some of the best road trips in UAE: 1. Abu Dhabi to Bateen Liwa. How far?  The journey is only 230km, but after two-and-a-half hours of driving you’ll go from the opulence of Abu Dhabi to feeling like you’re on a different planet. No wonder this area was used as a setting for  Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The highlights  Once you get near Liwa you’re entering Rub Al Khali, known as the Empty Quarter: a huge expanse of desert that’s twice the size of Norway. If you fancy some adventure, head to the Moreeb Dune and climb to its 300m summit. But before you hit the road in UAE, make sure to get a DRIVING LICENSE. Step by Step Guide for getting your UAE DRIVING LICENSE as an EXPAT Save time and money with GOLDEN CHANCE DRIVING LICENSE in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 2. Al Ain to Ras al Khaimah. How far?  At 230km, you can do this drive in a day but be sure to make lots of stops. Just head north to Dubai and then keep going – if you get to Oman you’ve gone too far. The highlights  With th

There is nothing quite like a great road trip . Loading up the vehicle with gear, food and drinks, and good friends, and setting out on an adventure remains one of the best ways to explore the world. Sometimes you know exactly where you’re going and you just want to enjoy the journey, and at other times you just know where you want to eventually end up and how you get there is secondary. Either way, a road trip remains one of the most enjoyable ways to travel, particularly if you’re not in any kind of hurry. It seems our friend over at National Geographic feel the same. They’ve just put out a list of ten of the best road trips in the world, taking travelers to some unique and exotic locations, while sending them on an amazing adventure at the same time. Some of the routes that earned a spot on the Nat Geo countdown include a road through the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina, a classic drive through the Shenandoah Mountains of the Eastern U.S., and a ride along the notorious “De

Fireworks           Fireworks are probably one of those few things that people enjoy irrespective of their age and interests! Staying in Japan, a country that literally “celebrates” fireworks, I learnt a lot of tips-and-tricks about the art of photographing Fireworks. Most of my learning has been through this one mantra – “ SHOOT – REVIEW – ADJUST –REPEAT ” !!  Epilogue:       In India, we have an entire festival dedicated to illumination and fireworks, DIWALI -- the festival of lights.. But while I was in India, neither did I own a DSLR, nor was I much interested in clicking fireworks, as, like most other kids, I was more inclined towards bursting crackers rather than capturing them.       Although Japan doesn't have a festival dedicated to fireworks, nor is the-common-man is allowed to burst fire-crackers. But, on the contrary, around the end of summer, there are big firework shows ( 花火大会 ) in almost every important city of this country. During my 4 year sta

Splash!! It's a word that definitely excites many...so is the case with me... My interest in photographing splashes developed around a year ago while going through a photography magazine. I found it pretty interesting ! U nfortunately, in the magazine, only a couple of pics were given, not much info. :( Curiosity increased, and obviously, I googled about it...  Here is a link that I found pretty helpful . And then, during my stay at home this summer, I made an attempt to make my own splash photography album. A nd its was then that I learnt the most important thing about splash photography requirements --- Permission from mom!!  So, after a lot of 'patao'fication, she agreed to let me do my experiments in the varandah, that too only with water! Once everything set and done, came the next important question --- what should I drop in the water to create the splash ??? The engineer in me woke up, and the answer was: nuts, bolts and washer!!   ISO: 320, Shutter-

Hello friends.. This blog might not turn ou t to be a very informative one, as its primarily a collection of some snaps that I shot in my short stay in Tokyo...as you read below, you will find snaps of many beautiful places in Tokyo...thus, I call it to be a kaleidoscope of Tokyo, shot from the lens of an amateur photo enthusiast... Its been exactly a month that I have been staying in Tokyo, yet i am already enveloped by its aura. This place has a charm of its own. Clean and broad streets, beautiful blue sky, colorful people, sparkling neon lights at night and some amazingly picturesque viewpoints.....! Guys who are new in Tokyo, and are travel freaks like my friends and me, they can find this article handy to get started with roaming in and around this city. We were blessed with our seniors who guided us with the whereabouts of this metropolitan. The Tokyo Tower...!    The reason I chose to start off with the Tokyo Tower is because one can see the entire city from thi

Hello!    Recently, I have found myself developing a love for mono-chromes, to be precise, black-and-white...I find my desktop has a black and white pic of Megan Fox , my gtalk picture i changed to a black-and-white leaf and a few more...one among them being -- I have even started plotting graphs only in one color (black) where as earlier i used to make color-full graphs...!!    Some people may suggest that I am "losing colors" from my life and that my life is becoming boring...but its nothing of that sort...contrary to it, I find my life more exciting than before...    Anyways, coming back to the point and justifying the title (of this post), although my love for mono-chromes is pretty recent, the seed to this was sown long back. and the person responsible for this is none other than one of my closest friend - Kaustav. it was some fours-five years back,that one fine Saturday we went for an outing at and around the Victoria Memorial along with a few friends.