Dood’s Photo of the Day

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

When the beach is empty and not many people are around, which is usually during the day or early morning, you can see hundreds of small crabs playing hide and seek in the moist sand just bordering the sea-waves. They dig up small holes and are very quick to hide in them once they sense anything or anyone approaching them.

Luckily, I managed to get a shot of one of those “little crabs” when it was just going to enter its burrow.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 11th Feb’08

I went for a loooong drive on ECR (East coast road) when I crossed the boating club on the way to Mahabalipuram. The bridge running over the shallow lake was giving a spectacular view of the small but a beautiful place where people flock in the evening to enjoy boating.

Though the bridge was narrow (2 laned) I managed to park my bike and take some shots. This is the best one I got.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 10th Feb’08

I went to the “Elliot’s beach” today just to click some photos for the day when I saw this man enjoying the loneliness of the place and the vast stretch of water spread in front of his eyes. The weather was not very hot and the cool breeze hitting your face was making it quite comfortable to sit and enjoy the scenery. This man seemed to enjoy all of it.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 9th Feb’08

In a city with several thousand people struggling to manage a meal twice a day, such a political extravaganza demonstrates the indifference in the ruling minds towards the tax money paid by the ruled. Streets lit up with endless strings of small glowing lights, huge lit-up effigies of local political big-shots, entire area decorated like a wedding celebration, big projectors set up for people to see what useless crap the leaders are shouting and hundred other completely unnecessary arrangements; just for the sake of this political mess.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 8th Feb’08

I took this photograph with a black and white focus effect. It was a long green sheet of leaves covering the boundary wall of a house. I took the photograph laterally to fill the entire frame with the leaves and nothing else. The B/W focus effect did wonders to the entire look of the picture.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 7th Feb’08

I was walking along to a nearby mall when i crossed this street. In a bust city like Chennai, it was surprising to find such a quiet and lonely stretch of road. Amongst all the heat & humidity the place gave quite a soothing feel.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 6th Feb’08

The beautiful image which you can see above is not of a river or of some sundry water body which adds to the topographical beauty of the city. Rather, it is a stinking drain running right through the heart of the city. Totally uncovered on almost its entire stretch, it eventually drops all the filth in the bay of Bengal.

I can’t explain how tough it was for me to stand there and take this photograph

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 5th Feb’08

This photo is of a newly built memorial situated on the long stretch of Marina beach. During the day it looks like just another building painted in white, but the real beauty comes out after dark once all the lights go up.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 4th Feb’08

The metropolitan city of Chennai is fast catching up with the “Mall fever” now spreading in almost every corner of the country. One of the latest addition to the posh hangouts in the city is the “Chennai city center”. Revamped to be given a complete makeover last year, the place hosts a multi-screen theater Inox & boasts for the outlets of all major brands. Though the overall ambiance of the place is quite amazing, the narrow roads in the front, traffic jams and inadequate parking arrangements are some black spots which need to be taken care of.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 3rd Feb’08

During one of my late night drives on the long stretch of road bordering Marina beach in Chennai, I came across this splendid scenery; a lighted up waterline, probably of some local fair. The reflection of green, yellow & red lights on the adjacent water body was something to just stand and admire.

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