I love photography! I snap anything that captures my attention. It doesn't matter if it's a beautiful scenery, weird people behavior or something ironic.
For some images, you need to tilt and position the camera in a specific way to get a good shot. Sometimes I have to snap lots of pictures to get that one 'perfect shot'. During this process, I would be experimenting my camera by changing modes and anything else of the like. There has been many times where people gave me weird looks whenever I snap something. To make things worst, I only have a compact camera, not a DSLR (I wish I had one). So the 'professional photographer' first impression is not there (I got so used to this, that somehow this built my self confidence). I guess its all in a days work for an above-average-level photographer.
My friends were kind enough to borrow me their DSLR for a day or two, so I had the opportunity to experiment with a few cameras. My personal favorite is still Canon. I prefer Canon's camera interface, compared to Nikon. I'm sure Nikon fans would think otherwise :-P
I wish I had one for myself, so that I can learn how to create effects via camera in my own time. Not that a compact can't do the effects, but it has limited AF intelligence, compared to a DSLR. Besides, I don't really fancy those new compact camera functions, like it snaps when you smile, touch screen or it snaps whenever there's movement.
Anyways, in this post, I want to share some funny (or rater ironic) things that I spotted around. All of these images was snapped using my cell phone (cell phones are perfect substitute for camera when it comes to spontaneous photography), so excuse the pixelation.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Framed
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Narasimha Caturdasi
Its Narasimha Caturdasi tomorrow, so I thought of sharing something about Lord Narasimha. The lila of Lord Narasimha is well known, so I'll not go into that now. For those who want to know the brief lila, here's the link. I want to share the size of Lord Narasimha by comparison (just for you to get the idea).
In the Ramayana, Ravana went to Bali Maharaj to look for help. Bali Maharaj, knowing the position of Lord Ram, declined to help, and tried to convince Ravana to give up. Ravana of course, didn't listen to Bali Maharaj's advice. In order to show Ravana that he doesn't have a chance, Bali Maharaj invited him to a huge mountain. This mountain was made of boulders of diamonds. Bali Maharaj then said to Ravana that he will give the mountain to Ravana only if he can lift it first. Ravana tried to lift the boulder, but to no avail. Bali Maharaj then revealed to Ravana that the mountain is the earing of Hiranyakasipu, decorated with diamonds.
Lord Narasimha appeared in that particular form, just so that it doesn't contradict with Lord Brahma's boon to Hiranyakasipu. More about this boon can be read from the link stated above.
Fun Facts:
Ravana was Hiranyakasipu in his past birth (This is based on Jaya and Vijaya curse).
Bali Maharaj is Hiranyakasipu great grandson (Prahlad Maharaj's grandson).
Bali Maharaj is the king of Sutala Loka