One of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway’s steam engine under goes its daily servicing after its trip at Coonur Railway Yard. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is one of the oldest mountain railways in India. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a UNESCO - World Heritage Site as of 2005. This railway links Coonoor to the town of Mettupalayam at the foot hills of Nilgiri Mountain. Coonoor was the original termination point of this railway, before the line was extended to Ooty. Shot at Coonoor Station, Tamil Nadu, India. (more info)

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Kambala or Kambla is a famous rural sport, prominent in districts of Udupi and Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in India. Kambala is also known to be held in few northern parts of Kerala like Kasargod.  Kambala is a traditional buffalo race in muddy waters, held from December till March on weekends (sat/sun) every year.

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Kambala is a race between pairs of bullocks, which are rode by a human. The bullocks are tied together with a wooden shaft over their neck. These bullocks are typically dedicated bullocks of the family for the Kambala and are pride of the family.

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Shot on ‘Sankaranthi’ day at ‘Sri Naga Kanyaka Durga Parameshwari’ Temple, Arasumakanu, Shadimane, Udupi District, Karnataka, India.

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With few friends I recently (Dec 2007) went to Cubbon Park, in Bangalore, to shoot Tabebuia flowers that had painted the city and park in pink.

The park was beautiful with its pink(Tabebuia impetiginosa) Tabebuia everywhere and the green grass on the ground and blue sky to complement. We enjoyed shooting the morning joggers and flowers.

We were then greeted by a friendly golden colored dog – ‘Princess’ with her master; after few friendly talk with its master.. we tried a lot to convince the Princes to pose for us or at least stay still.. but looks like she was very shy and every time the camera was in her face.. she would turn away. Luckily I was finally able to get one decent shot of this beautiful lady before she finally turned away and went with her master.

The Tabebuia picture was shot with the help of fellow photographer Sowmya; whom we made pose for us under the beautiful Tabebuia tree.

The ‘lonely park’ picture was shot in early morning and then converted to black and white. I then added a cooling filter in ps to give it a moon light effect and add some lonely feeling. Being one of the Strobist followers; it helps to identify and appreciate play of light and shadow. This skill helped me here to compose this shot in mind before I pressed the shutter release.

All pictures here are shot with Sigma 17-70 lens on Canon 350D SLR.

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I recently had a chance to visit Bedaguli, its close to Chamrajanagar.. it was one of the most memorable trip for me and my family .. do check my trip report..

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