Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Monsoon in the Western Ghats and Ladakh - Spiti in the North!

It was lush green everywhere. I was at a place where I could see green mountains till my eyes stretch. They all were having clouds at their peaks and few patches of clouds beneath my feat as well. I was standing at the top of a mountain and it was drizzling slightly.


I got up from this dream only when our bus took a steep turn on the road to Kollur at 4:30 in the morning. I was heading to my friend Adithya Biloor place to capture some of the monsoon moods around Kodachadri hills.


The place around Kodachadri transforms beautifully into a magical and colorful landscape during the monsoon. The ‘Karighati’ region which is on the road from Nagara to Kollur is a treat to the eyes and the misty feel in the ambiance is a feeling that has to be felt rather than explain in words.


I had a nice time photographing some of the wonderful streams that gets formed during the monsoon and which disappear silently when the monsoon ends.

To see few more images from this trip on Landscape Wizards CLICK HERE .

Currently I am handicapped by not having my Mac for processing my images from the trip. I shall share more images once I get back the machine.

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On the other side Team Landscape Wizards has planned for the Ladakh and Spiti Landscape Photography Tour. That region is a pilgrimage for Landscape photography and this trip is focused mainly towards landscape photography aspect.


To get more details CLICK HERE.

As of now I am off for another trip to Sahyadris.

Cheers,
Ash

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Compositions in Landscape Photography

Monsoon is on and we are seeing green all around. The streams in the mountains are flowing in full flow and the wild flowers are blooming in their intense colors.



This is the time to head towards some of those regions which are at their best in these times. No easy task though but worth all the efforts.

Now, when you are heading towards some of those places to make some wonderful landscape images you probably will need some pointers to make your compositions effective.

To help you with this we, at Landscape Wizards have come up with a guideline on compositions in Landscape Photography. Thanks to Shivakumar L who has prepared this wonderful illustration booklet which will help you in understanding the compositional aspects better.It has only images and they speak for themselves.

To download this booklet CLICK HERE and don't worry, its for FREE. :)

Cheers,
Ash