Qutab Minar Photos!

Qutub Minar is the world's tallest brick minaret in Delhi, India. It was built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and the topmost storey of the minaret was completed in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq. The Qutab Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture.

Now, some pictures:

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This was a really cool picture i got of the lighting at the Qutub minar. There are at least 3 different types of lights in this picture. Unfortunately, they hadn't let me take in my tripod so I had to shoot with my 50mm prime wide open at f/1.8 Although this makes for a cool composition as an abstract, I couldnt get much of the actual structure.

This is probably the [second]best picture I got there. As I was standing almost right nest to the minar, I couldnt get the whole thing in a single shot. This is a composite of about 4-5 shots that capture the full extent of how tall it is! This was taken with my 18-55 set at 18mm, wide open.

Architectural Astrophotography!

This is a really cool picture because it shows 4 solar system objects!! The ground and Qutab minar are on the Earth. In the sky, from left to right are, the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Click on the photo to go to the flickr page where there are notes. Again I didnt have a tripod so this was kinda hard to take.

Although I was dissapointed that I couldnt take my tripod with me and that they empty the place during twilight so i missed the "golden hour", I did get some interesting pics!

Diwali Pictures.

First a little background info: Deepavali, or Diwali is a major Indian festival, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Lights," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being.


Now, some pics! :D



While walking around my local market, I found a bunch of diyas or lamps lying around in a really cool looking pile. The lighting basically comes from a single street light so its nice and contrasty!! [There's plenty of shadows and the texture shows up pretty well.] This was taken with the kit 18-55 mm lens wide open but my camera chose a pretty slow shutter speed [after the -2.0 EV] so I had to take about 9-10 and then chose the best one.

As you may have noticed, a lot of my pictures are taken at night or in low or available light. Somehow i just hate sunlight and the flash :D


Here's another picture of a lit Diya:



This is how a Diya looks when lit. You just add oil and a wick and light it!
Again, my D60's meter loves overexposing the shadows so i had to use a negative EV setting.

Here's a bunch of pictures taken later that night with a tripod. I had to take over 200 pictures to get these usefull ones!!






Again, have a happy diwali [next year!]

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