കൃഷി ആവശ്യത്തിന് വെള്ളം കൊണ്ടുപോകാനായി വര്ഷങ്ങള്ക്ക് മുന്പ് പണിത ആലുവയിലെ അക്വഡക്റ്റ്. അതിന്റെ മുകളിലൂടെ നടപ്പാതയുണ്ട്. ഇപ്പോള് കൃഷി ആവശ്യത്തിനായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നില്ലെങ്കിലും അതിന്റെ മുകളിലൂടെ നടന്നാല് മനോഹരമായ് കാഴ്ചകള് കാണാം.
An aqueduct in Aluva built years ago for irrigation purpose. There is a walkway on its top. Though it is not used for irrigation these days, you can enjoy beautiful scenes if you walk through it.
ശിവരാത്രിക്കായ് ഒരുങ്ങുന്ന ആലുവാ മണപ്പുറത്ത് പണിയുന്ന കടകളുടെ ചട്ടക്കൂട്.
The framework of the shops being built at Aluva manappuram in preparation for Sivarathri.
സ്വര്ണ്ണവും പ്ലാറ്റിനത്തിലുള്ള വജ്രവും പ്രിയതമയ്ക്കായി.....
Gold and diamond embedded platinum ring for the sweet heart....
A view from a village called Perungalam near Ashtamudi lake.
അഷ്ടമുടിക്കായലിനോട് ചേര്ന്ന് കിടക്കുന്ന പെരുങ്ങാലം എന്ന കൊച്ചു ഗ്രാമത്തില് നിന്നുള്ള ഒരു ദൃശ്യം.
A Boatman taking people from one side of the "Kalladayaar" river to the other.
കല്ലടയാറ്റിന്റെ ഒരു കരയില് നിന്ന് മറുകരയിലേക്ക് ആളുകളെ കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്ന തോണിക്കാരന്.
That's my wife gazing at the sea. This photo was taken at the Kavarathi island of Lakshadweep during our honeymoon trip.
കടലിലേക്ക് നോക്കിയിരിക്കുന്ന എന്റെ പ്രിയപത്നി. ഞങ്ങളുടെ മധുവിധുവിന് ലക്ഷദ്വീപിലെ കവരത്തി ദ്വീപില് വച്ച് എടുത്ത ചിത്രം.
I returned to India from US on Nov 22nd. I got engaged on Dec 15th and got married on Dec 30th. Since I was busy with trying to settle in Bangalore, engagement and wedding, I could not post regularly for the remaining weeks of 2007. But I am posting some photos which I took during this time.
Taken at the Pumpkin carving festival, Boston. Around 30,000 pumpkins were carved and lit on that day.
Taken at Mount Auburn cemetery. This cemetery is a 175 year old 175 acre cemetery, famous for its historical importance and beautiful landscapes. Usually the word cemetery reminds us of a scary place only for the dead. But mount Auburn cemetery redefines cemetery. Mount Auburn is a beautifully landscaped place, with around 5000 trees belonging to 630 species, thousands of shrubs and herbaceous plants, weaving through 175 acres of hills, dells, ponds, woodlands and clearings.
One of the founders believed that burying and commemorating the dead was best done in a tranquil and beautiful natural setting.
Around 80,000 people are buried here and cremates around 900 people annually.
This cemetery is one place you would die to rest forever.
Photo taken from the Cambridge Caribbean Carnival. A carnival of African Americans in Boston.
I wish I had an assistant. It was very difficult for me to take this photo by myself. I kept the glass, filled with water, inside my lightbox. The light was kept behind the glass, pointing the background. A towel was kept around the glass to absorb the water which spills out during the photo shoot. I had another cup with water and a spoon, to drop the water droplets into the glass. In the camera, I used manual focus and a shutter speed of 1/500s. Held the camera in my right hand and kept the camera at a distance such that the glass was in focus. On my left hand, took the spoon with a little water and kept it above the glass. Pressed the shutter button halfway, dropped the water from the spoon and finally pressed the shutter in full at the instance the water from the spoon hit the water in the glass.
I could have taken it much better if there was someone to help me.
Caps and Sunglasses kept for sale on a pushcart shop in Boston. Two separate photos were combined into a single image. A dark red background was used and a white border was given to each photo.
My roomate. (Can be seen in Week 23's photo also). I had another portrait session with him last weekend. Seems like he is really struggling to get a girl :-)
Camera settings:
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter speed: 1/25s
ISO: 200
Bought a wine glass last week to try some glass photography. The investment turned out to be worthy. I am going to buy more glasses.
It was very difficult to setup everything. If I had my tripod with me, I would have taken a much sharper photo.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra opened a series of concerts at the Esplanade Hatch Shell. They would be performing on all wednesdays till September. On the inaugural day they played the "Symphony No. 9 in D minor", which is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, it incorporates part of the Ode an die Freude ("Ode to Joy"), a poem by Friedrich Schiller, with text sung by soloists and a chorus in the last movement. This symphony is one of Beethoven's greatest masterpieces, composed while he was completely deaf.
A violinist performing on street at the Charles river festival. He was part of a group (probably Irish) who teach music and dance.
A collage, showing some of the events at the Charles river festival, Boston.
I went to California this weekend to see my friends. We went to Lake Tahoe, Reno, Yosemite and SFO. We had a really nice time.
I returned my Tamron 24-135 lens and bought a Sigma 17-70mm lens and 50mm f/1.8 lens. The sigma lens seems to be much lighter than Tamron. I liked its wide angle capabilities too.
Taken at George's island, Boston. My friend and his wife paid me a visit last weekend. We roamed around Boston. I took a lot of photos of them in my new SLR.
They got a lot of good photos of them and I was able to experiment my new camera and lens :-)
Finally I bought a DSLR camera, Canon Rebel XTi (400D). It was not difficult to decide the SLR, but I had a tough time selecting the lens. I wanted a good walk around lens, but did not want the kit lens (18-55mm). Some of the lenses I considered are Canon 28-135, Tamron 24-135mm, canon 17-85 mm and Sigma 18-125mm. Finally I selected Tamron 24-135mm because I liked its focal range, its reivews were okay and it had macro capability. However, the initial tests with this lens disappointed me. The lens was too soft at f/3.5. The lens had to be stopped down to f/5.6 to f/8.0 to get sharp pictures. (But no lens is sharpest at its lowest aperture). I will be losing a lot of light if I have to shoot at f/8.0 always. So I might return this lens and get Sigma 17-70mm. 
Other lenses I am planning to buy are Canon 50 f/1.8mm and Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro.
This photo was taken from the 50th floor of the tallest building in Boston, the Prudential building. The view from there was awesome.
Posed in this photo are my roommates and a roommate's friend. I am glad that I am improving my skills to make people pose for my photos.
Edit: Here is a panorama taken from the top of that building. Three photo were merged into a single one. Since the camera was hand held (not in a tripod), the merge is not perfect. I initially tried to merge the photos using photoshop and found it to be difficult. But the canon's photostich software did that job very nicely.
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