Dood’s Photo of the Day

Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 21st Aug’08

Sometimes beauty lies in utter simplicity. I realized the same with this photograph. The combination of bright contrasting colors and the absence of too many elements in the frame somehow make this photo attractive to the eye.

Technicalities apart, I took this photo while walking down a local street. I just walked past it and my eyes got stuck to the scene. Sometimes i feel that every single thing my eyes see is a potential photograph in its own, all I need to do is to put it into a suitable frame

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 20th Aug’08

I don’t know for what this lady was waiting, holding the umbrella in her hand and sitting on a rock with a straight face, but I certainly knew that she was going to give me a nice portrait. Since she was sitting at a deserted place, it was tough to click her without letting her know. So, I started pointed my camera here and there & took some shots in between. Though I tired to be smart, I think she came to know what I was up to.

BTW, the dress she is wearing is the traditional dress from that part of Puebla. Almost all the ladies in the town seemed to wear the same dress; young and old alike.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 19th Aug’08

This is something I really want to do & a place where I really want to spend a whole day; being with my friends, out in the jungle, perched on high rocks and diving into a running stream of water. I always wanted to go to such a place and enjoy in the lap of mother nature.

When I saw these kids living my dream, I realized that maybe I am too old to do all this stuff now, or am I ?

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 18th Aug’08

It was just by chance that I had a glance on this side-street while walking through the market. I saw it and the photo was already clicked inside my mind. All I had to do was take out the camera and put it in the digital memory.

What I really liked about this photo was the way it guides your eyes up the staircase. You start looking at it and automatically your eyes follow the staircase and reach the top of the photograph. Also, I loved the way different colors have given their collective effect on the texture of the picture. This one is certainly of the type I love to click.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 17th Aug’08

I spotted this butterfly while walking out of the archeological zone in Cuetzalan. It was hopping from one flower to another and I had to follow it for around 5 minutes to get some decent shots. After a couple of shots it seemed as if she was posing for me She gave me some 10 different poses and all can be classified as perfect “butterfly macros”

When I finished clicking the photos and returned to my friend to show her how they came, she told me that the local people who were standing nearby and were observing me chasing the butterfly, were laughing out loud while I was busy in my photo-endeavor They must be thinking that this tourist from the city has never seen a butterfly sitting on flowers But as I always say – “Who cares as long as you get a nice photo”

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 16th Aug’08

The moment I saw this stream, I remembered a poster which used to hang in my friend’s house in Delhi. I felt as if I have been to this place many times before. It had a sense of unusual familiarity. Big rocks covered with moss & a white stream of water making its way through them; a perfect setting for your drawing room’s wallpaper.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 15th Aug’08

I met Pedro at a small restaurant in Cuetzalan, Mexico. It was morning and we got into this small restaurant to have breakfast. We were having a look at the menu when he came to our table and asked us if we are interested in visiting his town which is near to Cuetzalan and is a nice place to see. That way he would earn some money too. Since we had only a couple of hours to be at the place, we told him its not possible for us to go. Then he asked us if we can give him some money for breakfast. Instead of giving money, we invited him to have breakfast with us, for which he agreed with a sparkling smile on his face.

We sat with him for almost an hour, engaging ouraelves deep into some sweet child-talk. He asked a lot of qustions to me; about myself, about India, about my family and many other things. He was not at all uncomfortable in talking to us & had a sweet smile on his face all the time.

That was really a memorable breakfast with a sweet little soul.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 14th Aug’08

I remember my time as a kid when I used to be really fascinated by these soap bubbles floating in the air. I precisely remember one instance when I had to cry for more than an hour to convince my mom for buying one for me. Later me and my friends started experimenting to make the thing at our home itself. We dissolved some soap powder in water & took the body of a sketch pen as the thing to blow in. It was such a joyous moment when we did it ourselves for the first time, because now we didnt have to run after anyone to buy the “bubble toy” for us

I relived those moments through a child who was running through these bubbles, trying to burst any many as she could. Now I think that a photo of her running through the bubbles would have been better than the one I am posting today

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 13th Aug’08

I love taking closeup shots of flowers, specially the ones which do not have much complexity in their texture and design. The one you can see in the picture falls under my favorite category of “clickable” flowers. I really like going right up & close to them and shooting them in entirety, with the flower occupying the whole frame. I have posted a couple more of such shots previously on this blog. I hope the regular visitors remember that

If you see the full image, you can actually see the fine grains on the those black things at the center, which I suppose is the pollen of the flower. I enjoy observing such minute details in pictures.

BTW, anyone knows which flower it is? Lilly?

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 12th Aug’08

Mexico has a rich ancient cultural heritage in the form of the Aztecs. Aztecs were the indigenous people & the original inhabitants of the country before it was influenced and transformed by Spanish colonization.

Almost everywhere in the country you can see this cultural heritage on display. It can be seen in the form of pyramids, gastronomy or even minute expressions like tribal dances. You go out for a trip on a weekend and you can see groups of people dressed in huge tribal attires, dancing to loud thumping music of drums. A typical dance troupe has them all; men, women and children. The atmosphere has a sort of enchanting effect and you just can’t help yourself from standing there and enjoying the dance for hours.

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