348 - 28th - The curly creeper

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 28th Nov'08

This green creeper plant was curling its way up the front gate of my friend's house. I don't know if it was really an ornamental plant or just a wild thing but it was really looking good in bright sunlight with its broad leaves and tiny curls.

An almost close up of the plant gave a nice glowing effect with the sun brightening it up from the back.

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346 - 26th - Night lamps

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 26th Nov'08

I got all ready to walk out of room to have dinner with my friends when these lamps caught my attention. I took out my camera and clicked some photos. The orange glow effect which they gave in the dark room really gave a shining look to the image. The white wall at the background also seemed to be to painted in shades of orange due to the light thrown by the lamp.

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284 - 25th - Never say die

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 25th Sept'08

How many of us would be willing to even step out of our house if we experience something even close to what this man in the image above is experiencing? Not able to see the world through his eyes, he is sitting on the pavement playing the instrument continuously without any signs of tiredness.

I was amazed by his attitude and the vivid expressions on his face. Life is tough but people like him seem to be tougher. Each time I feel let down by my circumstances, I remember him & immediately the heaviness seems to fade away. I learnt a lesson from him - nothing is tough if you really want to do it.

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283 - 24th - Janitzio

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 24th Sept'08

Janitzio is a small island near to the capital city of Morelia in the statue of Michoacán. You have to take a boat and travel for around 20 minutes to reach the island. The main attraction of the place is the huge statue of Jose Maria Morelos standing tall, right on top of the island. It will certainly be the first thing you will observe when you visit the place. You can actually climb to the top of the head of the statue from inside and have a panoramic view of the surroundings.

I took this photo from the boat just before we actually hit the shores. The statue reminded me of the statue of Jesus in Rio de Jeneiro.

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281 - 22nd - Bring on the sunshine

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 22nd Sept'08

"Sol" or Sun in Spanish, is one of the most popular beer brands in Mexico along with Corona. Unlike India, beer can be sold in public stores all around the city in Mexico (A similar proposal came up in India too, but I am not sure whether it was approved). In all the supermarkets you can see cans and bottles of beer stuffed in buckets of ice. After all ""Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."

I clicked this one in a local supermarket while buying my less celebrated "Lipton Iced Tea" :P

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280 - 21st - On the ramp

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 21st Sept'08

The wooden ramp - leading right into the deep waters. You keep walking until you reach the edge & then you realize that its the end. All you can do is turn back and see from where you have come. Because one step more & splash !!!

As for the picture, another one from the Morelia trip. clicked it while waiting for the boat to come and pick me up.

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279 - 20th - Coming after you

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 20th Sept'08

These were the boats which helped us reach the island right in the middle of the huge lake at Janitzio. They drop you at the island and then go back for another trip. As I was sitting on the top of the mountain and staring at the scenery, I saw the first white boat starting to sail back. In a minute I saw another one following it.

The photo with only the white one was looking good, but the one with the second blue one at the bottom of the frame was looking better. As I always suggest, click on the photo to see the real thing.

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278 - 19th - The romantic translator

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th Sept'08

We were standing and staring at the beautiful scenery in front of us when this small kid came up and asked if we were interested in buying some gum. I said "no gracias", to which he replied, "If you buy this I can tell you how to say 'I Love You' to your wife in my native language". By "wife" he referred to my friend standing next to me.

Though I had no intentions of expressing any love to my "wife", I still bought a couple of peices from him just to hear what he says. He said something, part spanish and part some unknown language & I didnt understand a word.

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277 - 18th - Bell at the cemetery

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 18th Sept'08

I was walking by a cemetery when I saw this huge bell hung right above the gate. I didn't understand the logic of it as it was the first time that I saw such a huge bell hung anywhere else than a church, but it sure was looking good against the background of those green hills. So I took some shots and made sure than none of the graves creep inside the frame ;)

It doesnt look like a shot taken anywhere near a cemetery right?

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276 - 17th - The tiny fishermen

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 17th Sept'08

These are the fishermen I was talking about in the previous post. Their boats were big enough to have space for a single person and his fishing net. They were scattered randomly on the greenish brown canvas of the lake. I cursed the zoom of my camera for not being able to get a closer shot. But these tiny fishermen floating on the water against a "mountainy" background made a perfect little snapshot of the scenery.

Do click on the image to get the real effect.

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275 - 16th - Sailing together

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 16th Sept'08

I was sailing towards a small island in a motor boat with this family aboard. Right in the middle of the journey, I saw some cute little boats floating in the water & I got up to take a shot. As I was clicking the boats I saw this family sitting near the front edge of the boat. The view through the front frame of the boat was looking pretty good.

When I started clicking them, they turned around to see what I am doing. But I just kept on holding my camera to wait for the moment when all of them turn the other way. The other shots with their faces were not looking that good. I liked the "frame within a frame" feature of this photo & my experiment gave quite a good result :)

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274 - 15th - Cathedral of Morelia

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 15th Sept'08

As we entered the city of Morelia in the wee hours of Saturday morning the first thing which caught our eye was the magnificently glowing cathedral in the downtown. It stood tall and shiny against the dark black midnight sky. The lighting was perfect and the combination of the vivid colors was charming to the edge. I couldn't resist to just stand there and stare at it.

These two towers mark the skyline of the historic city. When seen from a mountain, the cathedral stands out in the panoramic view. A truly marvelous piece of architecture.

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