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★ Murudeshwar, Karnataka, India
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★ Hannover
Last weekend I went to Hannover for a quick weekend get away. The trip was fantastic and memorable. I walked around and shot some photos, made new friends! Click on "Read More" to see some selected photos from the trip. Read more – ‘★ Hannover’.
★ Misty Morning
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★ Red Ride
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Bicycle trip from Scheveningen to Haarlem
Today I joined a meetup group on a bicycle trip from Scheveningen to Haarlem along with 10 others. I met up with them at Scheveningen and continued on the Noordzee route along the dunes via Katwijk, Noordwijk, Zandvoort and finally to reach Haarlem. It was pretty good day with lots of sunshine and the wind [...] Read more – ‘Bicycle trip from Scheveningen to Haarlem’.
★ Fireworks Festival 2011
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★ Fireworks
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★ Uttapam and Ridge Gourd Chutney
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→ Amazing macro photographs of food
Sun Dried Tomato at 250x Magnification: More here: Caren Alpert Fine Art. Read more – ‘→ Amazing macro photographs of food’.
Photos from Keukenhof
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Biking through bulb fields
Today I went on a nice bike ride from Scheveningen, The Hague to Haarlem through tulip bulb fields. It was a fantastic ride and weather was thoroughly enjoyable. It was around 50Km one way. And from Haarlem I took the train back to the Hague. Here are some photos from the trip. Read more – ‘Biking through bulb fields’.
Photos from Venice
We went on a short half-week trip to Venice on our marriage anniversary, to divert our mind from the mistake we made a couple of years ago. It was a very nice and pleasant trip, we went around Venice and peripheral islands to take a look at the Glass Blowing, Lace Making and of course [...] Read more – ‘Photos from Venice’.
→ Grandmas Superhero Therapy
A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldnt stop smiling. via Grandmas Superhero Therapy 18 [...] Read more – ‘→ Grandmas Superhero Therapy’.
Your beautiful eyes
Amazing macro photographs of eyes – beautiful and creepy at the same time. Your beautiful eyes on the Behance Network. Read more – ‘Your beautiful eyes’.
★ Risotto à la Vijay
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★ Copenhagen – Royal Gaurd
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★ Copenhagen – Angel
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★ Copenhagen – Flower
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★ Copenhagen – Mœrsk Building
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★ Copenhagen – 8 Degrees
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★ Copenhagen – Tivoli
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★ Copenhagen – Driverless Metro
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★ Copenhagen – Angels
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★ Reverse Lens Macro Photography
Some experiments with upside down lenses Read more – ‘★ Reverse Lens Macro Photography’.
★ Makizushi @ Home
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★ Turin – Ciok Art! – Chocolate Cabbage
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★ Turin – Totally Tally!
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★ Turin – Vittorio Emanuele II
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★ Turin – Mole Antonelliana
Mole Antonelliana (Also National Museum of Cinema) – The Quintessential Photograph of Torino Read more – ‘★ Turin – Mole Antonelliana’.
★ Turin – View from Palazzo Madama
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★ Turin – Training Capital of Europe
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★ Madrid – Carnival
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★ Madrid – Royal Palace
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★ Madrid – Puerta de Europa
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★ Madrid – Iron Sculptures
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★ Madrid Carnival – Laurel & Hardy
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★ Madrid – Fountain of Cibeles
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★ Madrid – Palacio De Cibeles
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★ Madrid Carnival – Marilyn Monroe
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★ Madrid -Ritz Hotel
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★ Madrid
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★ Madrid
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★ Snowmen – I made two :-)
More than an hour, 3 tools(cheese cutter etc) and a lot of snow resulted in two-face snowman  They are now stuck in a blizzard! Read more – ‘★ Snowmen – I made two :-)’.
★ Flowers
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★ Still life
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★ Santorini – Lunch
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★ Santorini – Cruise
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★ Santorini
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★ Breakfast at Santorini
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★ Fruit Punch
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"The Bride Was Beautiful"
Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased away cancer once, only to have it return – to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke [...] Read more – ‘"The Bride Was Beautiful"’.
Piquant Potatoes in Jackets
Tonight’s Menu Piquant Potatoes in Jackets: Potatoes stuffed with fresh indian spices and yogurt Read more – ‘Piquant Potatoes in Jackets’.
★ Varanasi
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★ Violinist
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★ Baby
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★ Portrait – Valérie
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★ Portrait – Valérie
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★ Portrait – Valérie
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★ Portrait – Chris
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Photos from Swiss : Sneak Peak
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★ Stained Glass window, Notre Dame
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★ Untitled
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★ Louvre – A weekend in Paris
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★ Louvre Park – A weekend in Paris
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★ Wheel of Excellence (Night) – A weekend in Paris
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★ Seine – A weekend in Paris
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★ Wheel of Excellence – A weekend in Paris
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★ Eiffel Tower – A weekend in Paris
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★ Sinterklaas Parade
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★ Sinterklaas
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★ Sunset in India
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★ Matka Biryani
I tried cooking the vegetable biryani in slow cooker I got yesterday. It took almost 3 hours to cook. But the taste was amazing, and reminded me of the DeeZ biryani in Gurgaon. Read more – ‘★ Matka Biryani’.
Brussels Trip
After wonderful time at Scheveningan with Fireworks, this weekend started as a fantastic one. And it ended with a whirlwind one-day-tour of Brussels. After slacking in the Netherlands for the past 6 months, finally I got my b*tt out and went to Brussels, Belgium. Brussels seemed to be completely different and nice. High-rise palaces and [...] Read more – ‘Brussels Trip’.
★ Fireworks
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★ Fireworks
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★ De Pier Scheveningen
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Fireworks Festival Day 2
Photos from Day 2 of Fireworks festival 2008. Today I got a new Tripod. The photos I took are much better looking than yesterday’s. Click on the image to see the complete set. Read more – ‘Fireworks Festival Day 2’.
Fireworks Festival: Day One
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My birthday gift
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★ Windmill at Kinderdijk
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★ sculpture at scheveningan beach
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★ Sunset at scheveningan
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The Hundred Gypsy Violins
Yesterday I’d a great evening. I went to the The hundred gypsy violins orchestra. This is thefirst time I ever saw some thing like that. I absolutely enjoyed the performace. The second half of it was much better. The “Budapest gypsy symphony orchestra”, in Hungarian “Szaztagú Cinanyzenekar” (100 – head Gypsy Orchestra) is the worlds [...] Read more – ‘The Hundred Gypsy Violins’.
Portraits
Yesterday night was the potrait practical at the images photo club. As I said, I’ve never tried portraits before, and never thought of tryingeither. But I had a wonderful time yesterday clicking photographs of four models in the “studio environment” with flash and backdrop etc. I’m glad that I’ve joined such a wonderful club with [...] Read more – ‘Portraits’.
★ Flowers from Keukenhof
New photos from Keukenhof, click the image to see them. Read more – ‘★ Flowers from Keukenhof’.
Portrait Practical
Tonight is the protrait practial at Images Photo Club, which I joined very recently. I’m very excited to and looking forward to meet and learn from the fellow members. I’m not that good at taking portraits and it was never been my cup of tea. But I hope to change it and this could be [...] Read more – ‘Portrait Practical’.
★ Orange Tulip
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★ Yellow Tulips
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Candle
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Selected Photos from Kailash Mansarovar Trip

I'm back from the trip. Was busy fixing up the things and catching up with pending work. This trip has been "The trip of my life". I'd some wonderful experiences.

Also, I've learnt a great deal about photography, and tried to put my SLR and three lenses for a good use. I'm trying to create a calendar out of some selected images, take a look at them by clicking on the image below. If you like the photos and want the calendar, drop me a line. I'll try to send one your way. Of course you need to pay for printing. .

If you are very interested, or rather just want to kill some time, you can check the entire gallery on my new studio.vijaykiran.com.


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Photos from Beluru Trip

I went for a one day bike trip with my friend to Halebidu and Beluru. We accidentally visited a couple of other places not in our list. Kondajji and Neerelli. Kondajji is a cute little village with a single road encircling it.

The place has a idol of Varadaraja Swamy of 11 feet height. Very nice quite place.

Later we went to Haelibidu and Beluru. Check out the full gallery by clicking on any image below.

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The Flickr badge
I’m loving Flickr a lot. Clean interface, excellent features. Now the latest feature is the flickr badge Look on the navbar … pretty cool, isn’t it? Read more – ‘The Flickr badge’.