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Soochippara Falls in Kerala – Needle Rock

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Soochippara Falls is in a beautiful location, in the middle of a dense green forest at Vellarimala in Wayanad. The drive from Kalpetta is scenic. We passed beautiful tea gardens with manicured bushes which stand on the slopes of small hills. The hills seemed to stretch endlessly. If you are travelling in the mornings, you may come across female workers plucking tea leaves from tea bushes. Travellers may know that Kerala is one among 50 Places of a Lifetime as rated by National Geographic.

Road to Kalpetta; Wayanad; Kerala; travel blog; uasatish; — Road to Kalpetta

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Kerala Elephants sons of the Sahyadri

India, Kerala / Satish

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Kerala elephants were alluded to as sons of the Sahyadri by poet Vyloppalli Sreedhara Menon. People in Kerala are in love with elephants. A crowd quickly gathers around an elephant whenever he makes a public appearance. Temple festivals are usually showcase magnificent tuskers carrying the deity in ceremonial processions. They remain gentle and docile in the middle of large crowds or when fireworks are going on. Elephant is the state animal of Kerala and features on the emblem of Government of Kerala.

elephant; tusker; Kochi; Ernakulam; India; outdoor; uasatish; https://uasatish.com; — Tusker in Ernakulam

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Queen of the Night

1 Comment / Travel / Satish

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uasatish, India, Vasai, Queen of the Night, flower, — Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night blooms at night. By next day morning, the flower would have withered. Furthermore, the flowers bloom only once a year. The short life means that the flowers cannot be photographed if one is not ready at the right time.

When a Queen of the Night started to open in my garden, I kept a watch. At around 10 at night, the petals had opened up. But the light was low and I could hardly make out the flower in the darkness.

A flash did not produce the desired result. I then used an LED light. It was directed upwards at the flower. Exposure was f/4.5 at 1/50 sec. ISO rating was 400. Subject distance was 380 mm. I made several shots and then photomerged them together in Photoshop.

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Impression

Landscape / Satish

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uasatish, India, nature, Vasai, landscape, uasatish.com, — Impression

I was riding my Honda Activa a few days back in Vasai. It was late evening and darkness was falling. Although the monsoon season was coming to a close, there were some clouds low in the sky. The sky had taken on an orange shade.

It was a good photo opportunity which could not be passed by. The aperture was at f/6.3 at a focal length of 18 mm. To get sharpness all over the image was a challenge. I decided to focus on different areas in the scene and later merge them together in Photoshop. I merged eight different shots and here is the end product.

To merge photos, open all the images in Photoshop. Then select File>Automate>Photomerge (more on this in a separate post).

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Travelling by Road in Mumbai

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uasatish, India, Mumbai, autos, travel, — Three Wheeler Taxis

I was travelling from Andheri railway station to my office in MIDC, Andheri. Although it is only about 4 km, the trip takes 30 minutes or more due to heavy traffic. Roads have been dug up for the metro and usually there is traffic congestion.

I had stopped at the traffic signal to turn to MIDC Central Avenue. I took out my camera to shoot the traffic at the road junction. You can see a red BEST bus and a couple of autos. The rear view mirror of a bike which had stopped next to me can also be seen. There are about 150,000 autos in the northern suburbs of Mumbai.

This image had made it to Flickr Explore. It was later omitted from Explore. Explore is Flickr’s way of showcasing the most interesting photos. You can see the photo on my flickr page.

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