Cochin Trip
Some of the visuals from the Cochin trip we did over last weekend for the wedding of a dear friend!
A Room with a view:
A Room with a view:
Out of the living room window of the apartment hotel called 'Riviera Suites' that we were staying at. This is a very nice place with a coffee shop serving best of Kerala food (that we feasted on!!). Rates affordable and service good. However, negotiating on other petty expenses and charges is a very good idea!! ;)By the backwaters:
This is a doctored pict of the lovely Chinese Fishing nets. I could not bring myself to post the original because of the extreme amount of dirt and float in the water aroud the nets!
The pict taken from the base of the main mast of the fishing net. The flying crow I think gives it a nice creepy effect! There were zillions of crows here and hardly other birds!
Found the contrast of the two boats striking!!People:
Saw many intriguing people sitting by the backwaters or working if they were fishermen. I tried to capture a few.
Fishermen untangling the net
He seemed to have aaaalll the time in the world!! 
Looking at each other!! What must they be thinking?!! !
A man and drift wood.....
Togetherness... :)
Complication and ContemplationThere was a group of four kids having a blast at the beach(!) They did some posing for my lens!
Fun timess!!
I aaaammmm the poooweeeeeerrrrr!!!
For lunch in Fort Kochi we went to this swell place called as Malabar House (- a botique hotel - amazing to say the least!) that has a restaurant called Malabar Junction. It was difficult to decide what was better - the ambience or the food!
Jew Town - A spice and antiques' market:
This sure is a must do at Cochin! There also is a beautiful synagouge here which is closed on friday and saturday and hence we had to miss it. (Same goes for the Dutch Palace. Its wise to avoid these two days as both these places are supposed to be extremely beautiful.)
Taken at an antiques' shop. There were dozens of spectacles in this shop. It all looked like a curious mixture jigsaw pieces of South Indian Architectural styles. Frankly I would not have minded carrying a couple of large vessels or a few antique columns home...but.....!!! ;) Some time in moi life, I shall!!!!!!!! We also saw in this market the world's largest 'Varpu' aka a cooking vessel 12 feet in diameter! It looked like a bathing vessel to me but the work on it was pretty good!Well, all-n-all we had a wonderful trip! Signing off with yet another one of the nets!!!
5 comments:
Those are some amazing photographs.Well said that somebody..A picture is worth a thousand words.
please tya saglya prakarchya fish che photo pan upload kar naaaaaaa... baghun tari pot bharto majhe ..A picture is worth a ......
a man and a drift wood is the most balanced frame!
may be you weren't thinking of perfect frames while clicking these snaps but i don't see any other way to appreciate any photograph apart from its aesthetic value.
and this goes even if i know the person very well and emotion behind taking the snap. for me its a frame from the past! A memory Snap!
and i felt a man and the drift wood is the best frame- there is foreground and then there is man and the drift wood in the middle. there is space between them too. and there is Sea in the background to balance the steps in the foreground. and the aspect ratio is also perfect. the vertical frame suits the content.
other photos are ok! names given by you are more interesting at times.
togetherness snap, if you will develop is horizontally then it will look more beautiful because the span of see will balance the posture of sitting couple and their togetherness will be more predominant in the frame!
great work!
happy new year...take care...tata...kedar
EU: Thanks a ton!!
Mandar: Buzz offfff
Kedar: You are right! When I looked at all those snaps again after reading your comment I realised what you were saying. And realised that 'man with the drift wood' is indeed the better of the lot. Thanks for pointing it all out!
Well what I was thinking while capturing them all was I think...hmm...just capturing it all I guess! Its just a bunch of pitures that remind me of the time spent.....run a video of the day in front of moi eyes! Most of those people were so interesting. I just wanted to feeze them in my camera before they move or realise what I am doing!! I had personally loved the 'conteplation and complication' one because of the intensity on the man's face and the tension in his muscles...the way he was looking out to the water and the formation of the tree behind him! But yes it could have been composed better!! From next time, point taken!! And thanks!!
Not an expert on photography, but those pics make for great viewing. And I can imagine what your trip would've been like...
Best wishes for the new year!
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