architechture photogaphy – Page 3

Scale

January 11, 2009Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechture photogaphy, black n white photography, Cotton exchange, Cotton Green, harbour line, human element, Kalbadevi, scale4 Comments

Happy New Year to all visitors. I know I am being a bit too early about it:D Just realized along with the new year, I have also completed one year on this blog. It wasn’t planned to be this way. I just knew last year that I had to come up with a dedicated photo blog to keep my photography in perspective. Make mistakes. Learn.

The picture above was taked in Mumbai. Yeah, this building is in Mumbai. It’s called Cotton Green. And located around the Cotton green station on the Harbour Line. A ramshackle place, its like a time capsule, transferring you to a completely different era. I was out there along with a friend to shoot for her photo-story. Here I captured the building along with a human element to get an idea of the scale of the building.

Would like to keep that as one of the themes for this year. Capturing offbeat places from Mumbai, which are not so popular, yet have an innate charm that can attract definite attention. An interesting aspect of this place for instance was that in the heydays when Cotton trading was the in thing in Mumbai, this place was among the happening places after the Cotton Exchange building in Kalbadevi. Fascinating history. Will look up some more history in the coming year

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The Podium!

August 9, 2008Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechtural marvel, architechture photogaphy, black n white photography, churchgate, Gothic, mumbai university, Olympics, oval maidan, rajabai clock tower9 Comments

With the Olympics round the corner I thought of trying to get that essence into my photography. The Rajabai Clock Tower and the fencing around the Oval Maidan came to my rescue. Rajabai Clock Tower, for the uninitiated, is quite a famous landmark here. Located in the Mumbai University Campus. Its 260ft tall. The Gothic architechture is lovely. The clocks on all four sides are properly synchronised. One special feature of the tower is that it chimes a tune every 15minutes.

Yea so i tried to incorporate the idea of the Olympics Medals podium onto this photograph. Where the Gold medalist is on a comparitively higher podium as compared to the other 2 medals. In the photograph, the clock tower is defintely a Gold Medallist. A metal that India hasnt got as yet in the Games.

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PS : Abhinav Bindra won a GOLD medal in the Air Rifle shooting competition at the Beijing Olympics 2008! Yess! Finally India won a Gold at The Games. Lucky timing:D I had discussed about how India had yet to win a Gold a coupla days back and Abhinav helped achieve that for our country. Its indeed a proud moment for every Indian!

Towering!

August 2, 2008Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechtural marvel, architechture photogaphy, black n white photography, British architechture, cst, Fountain, Gothic, LIC building, mumbai, Siddharth College, Standard Chartered Bank, vendors2 Comments

I am a sucker for the British Gothic Architechture across the CST – Fountain strech. I have been there on countless occasions with my camera, trying to capture the beauty of the buildings all around. Needless to say, the appetite for that is insatiable.

This is the LIC building located just after the alley separating it from Siddharth College. The spot from which i took the photograph has many Vada Pav, Chai vendors, as its a major junction for college students as well as Office going janata. The Standard Chartered Bank is just behind this LIC building.

I had captured this building before as well ‘Old World Charm’. But at that time i had just concentrated on one aspect of the building. This time though i wanted to showcase the structure through a different perspective. I wanted to highlight the architechture, as seen from a person standing below the building. I love trying out various angles.

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Leaning Elphinstone?!

June 25, 2008Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechtural marvel, architechture photogaphy, art district, Elphinstone college, Kala Ghoda, reflections6 Comments

Kala Ghoda Art District is an art lovers paradise. I particularly love the whole arty feel to the place. With so many Art Galleries around and the street art gallery with artists in their element, is a sight to behold. With so much art happening around, one really gets the nitro boost as far as creativity is concerned. It was probably this boost of creativity that prompted me to see the Royal Elphinstone college, the architechtural marvel, from a different perspective.

Clicking the facade of the structure head on would be very cliche, i thought. Plus clicking so ordinary a shot would not really do justice to the creative, artistic vibes in the air. So while walking under the arch of the college thinking of ideas to capture a unique photograph, i came across the reflection of the massive structure on the rear glass of this parked car. The entire structure was visible, but not in high detail. Still i thought, this is a unique moment, and no one would capture another similiar kinda photograph as there is a slim chance of the car being parked in the similiar place with similiar light conditions and as clear a sky.

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L – Shaped!

June 3, 2008Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechture photogaphy, canon S5 IS, cst, flora fountain, light and shadow4 Comments

The stretch from CST upto Flora Fountain is great if one is fond of Architechture Photography. As most of the buildings face east, one gets enough light falling on each buildings to go about shooting in the mornings. After i got my S5 IS, i took it out for a test ride one fine weekday. One comes across many such arched pathways, with artistic pillars supporting them. In the above photograph my main idea was to capture the light and shadows of those pillars. It formed a right angle, well almost.

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