Took this picture on 9th April 2012 , the Dark Cloud surrounded us and upcoming was the raging thunder , I quickly grabbed my Camera and Tripod and up on the terrace I went , It was on of my First experience trying to capture lightening which off course needs lots of luck which I lacked all this while , I wasn’t able to capture much of Lightening but when I captured a few , It was magical to see those strikes of bolt across the sky , after a few moments I thought of a Better Foreground and went to the nearest Ghat adjacent to Ganges and Set my camera up and after that series of lightening were recorded , around 183 Shots were taken out of which 52 Captured the Lightening bolt out of which few conflicting ones were removed so finally 31 shots were stacked upon base and the output is below as you can see.

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Honorable Mentions : The Image was featured in Flickr Explore Page and also became the “Photo of the Day” by Times Photo Journel [ Link ]

I am back from my Cousin’s wedding , and all I am left is are just pure happy memories and starting with this post I will share them with you.

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A Bit of Story : I was waiting for a Friend of mine to go to Nizam With (For the Biryani Again) and While waiting I saw something which I used to overlook earlier , that Magnificent piece of Heritage that was standing infront of my eyes , the “Futnani Chambers” , Without much time to waste , I grabbed my Camera with my UWA on it and Clicked three subsequent shots which resulted into this HDR , this was a Three Shot HDR with -1 , 0 , +1 Exposures , then Processed in Lightroom and then Blended for HDR in HDR Efex Pro (By Nik) in Photoshop.

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Shot this Portrait back at Amita Di’s Home , to hear the full story , click here

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Rangoli is a traditional decorative folk art from India. These are decorative designs made on floors of living rooms and courtyards during Hindu festivals and are meant as sacred welcoming areas for the Hindu deities. The ancient symbols have been passed on through the ages, from each generation to the next, thus keeping both the art form and the tradition alive. The patterns are typically created with materials, including colored rice, dry flour, sand or even flower petals. Rangoli and similar practices are often followed in different Indian states; in Tamil Nadu, one has Kolam, Madanaein Rajasthan, Chowkpurna in Northern India, Alpana (Alpona) in Bengal, Aripana in Bihar, etc.

- Wikipedia 

Apart from the History part I will tell you the rest of the Story here , This Picture was taken around Belur Math , Howrah Area at my Sister’s home ( Amita Kar Dhavle ) who is also a fellow Photographer btw , so on 11th October she Invited a few friends from our Photowalk Club and I got to visit her house for the first time

Had the chance to click her in action while drawing this Beautiful Alpana and also caught her cooking some of the delicious meals for us . And at the end of the day this was the shot I liked the most

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Among our generation there are rare cases in which a person isn’t fascinated or wooed by the Cars from Vintage Era or the Classic Age , We who were born around 70s to 80s were lucky to see the development and still adore the Vintage these days.So if you get Invited to be a part of the Awesome Experience of Vintage Car Rally in your city , then would be an unlucky if you reject the offer (well in most cases).

Last year we covered the Statesmen Vintage Car Rally ’11 in Post as well as in Pictures , this year the weather was a bit unwelcoming , it was a gloomy day and it was raining for too long but I kept my hopes high and attended the event and I was not much shocked to see the turnout of people this time , it was less crowdy and better managed this time since Statesmen made it mandatory to have a “Pass” for the same , also we were lucky that during most of the time it didn’t rain but it was still cloudy , but that didn’t stop us from capturing the beauties around , so here are they my Photo Set of the 2012 Statesmen Vintage Car Rally along with some portraits of Retro Style Dressed People

First of all is a Vintage Pontiac Which Dates back to 1926.

After that we have a Sunbeam Talbot 90 MK II Cabriolet CA ( 1953 )

Then we have here the Vintage Nash Series 980 Victoria Convertible ( 1932 )

The same car from another perspective.

What we see below is the Beautiful Dashboard from the TC MG Classic Car from Morris Garage – 1945

And who can forget the Old Chevy Logo

We have a Well Preserved Austin Seven below which dates back to 1922

After that here is a Picture of the Windscreen and the Attached accessory the Oil Lamp Headlight and a Air horn from the Old Ford which Belongs to the Organizer : Statesmen (Also know as The Statesmen Car)

Also at Vintage Car Rally participants are given prize for the Best Retro / Vintage Costume , so here is a few favorites of mine.

The Smiling Bride

The Wait

The Joy and the Smile

The Look

The Lady In Black

And Finally that’s me (Yeah in the Mirror)

And we arrive at the end of this year’s visit to the Vintage Car Rally , you can also visit the Set at Flickr.Also you can join me on Facebook , Do leave a comment or two if you liked my work , Thanks