Dood’s viewpoint from a different point of view
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 30th May’08Hanging like small colorful bells, I found these flowers in a nearby park. Their shiny pink color and a very peculiar shape gave them an utterly attractive look. Not much to write about them as the picture says it all 
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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 29th May’08I saw this bench and I liked the “wooden” look it was giving. Also the way this series of benches was laid out, felt quite attractive to me. I took my camera and thought of clicking it, but I wanted to give the whole scene a different perspective. I tried taking the photo from many different angles, this one being my favorite.
This particular view is giving an unusual depth to the whole image. The prominent foreground somehow pushes you to observe the little things in the background which normally you would have ignored. Tilting your head a bit does make things interesting sometimes.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 28th May’08We sometime get so lost in our own little circle of comfort that we start taking things for granted. We don’t even realize that some things which come so naturally for us are luxury for many people. The reality strikes (that too occasionally) when we see people surviving in much worse conditions. All they have is a temporary shed on their heads, small hungry mouths to feed and a really tough life to live.
If you see the photo carefully, you will realize many realities of life.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 27th May’08We were having a boat ride on the lake in the midst of Africam Safari at Puebla when I saw this tree from a distance. The tree, with it’s perfect shape, eye catching greenery & a beautiful shadow falling on the flowing water of the lake was giving a picturesque view. Though the boatman advised me not to stand without having one hand as a grip on the boat, the result was worth taking the risk
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 26th May’08One more from the sky diving trip. It was around 15 minutes after the plane took off carrying the divers when small parachutes started appearing high up in the air. You could see numerous colorful spots scattered all around against the deep blue canvas of the clear sky. Hardly after another 2 minutes you could actually identify those small spots as people hanging on to inflated parachutes. It was really exciting and “adrenaline-pumping” experience to see people descending from such an enormous height. they were floating down towards the earth like small colorful flakes of snow.
I took this photo just 10 seconds before this lady touched the ground.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 25th May’08I took this photograph almost a month back when we went to a neighboring state for skydiving. These small planes (12-15 seater, with seats made as two opposite, parallel benches), take the skydivers high up in the air to an altitude of 15k feet from where the free fall starts. These planes are capable of taking off and landing on a runway which is not even cemented, rather made up of gravel and loose soil.
This plane was probably disposed off after it reached it’s retirement. It was lying in the ruins a couple hundred meters from the actual diving area.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 24th May’08Like most other metropolitans in the US & Europe, most of the cities in Mexico too have their worn open deck buses which take you around for a tour of the city. In Mexico city, this “Turibus” can bee seen jam packed with tourists on the weekends and on public holidays. The fare for a trip around the city is 100 pesos more on these days, thus milking the large number of people who throng to these bus at that time.
It takes you around almost all the important landmarks of the city with a guide commentary constantly being played in 7 different languages.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 23rd May’08This is shot from the window of my previous apartment, Lombardo Suites. Remember the post “Birds of a nest” ? This is a close up of the same bird. I have spent a lot of time observing the activities of these birds during the weekends, as their nest was just in front of my room’s window and I could easily just lie down and watch them as long as I could.
In this particular shot, the bird seems to be staring right into my camera
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 22nd May’08“Heart of the rose” is a meditation technique illustrated in the famous book “The monk who sold his Ferrari” by Robin Sharma. The author illustrates how you can descend into a different world just by staring at the heart of the rose. I never tried to follow it seriously but it definitely seemed to work when I tried to do it for 5 minutes one find day
As for the picture, I took it in a local park. This fully blossomed rose was standing out in the herd of many others standing around it.
Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 21st May’08This is a lamp hung on the inner wall of our apartment. The place is blocked with a iron mesh and the view is not clear from outside. I was thinking of taking this picture for a long time but never found that gate open. Today morning I got the chance & hence got this considerable decent shot from my mobile.
This picture looks very ordinary and simple. The sheer simplicity in color and appearance somehow makes this picture very attractive for me. I like the texture and the overall completeness of the image.
