tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62430002024-03-08T05:51:44.207+05:30ReminiscencePiyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-15829797015618368542011-02-04T18:35:00.001+05:302011-02-04T18:35:47.502+05:30Flower<p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5415179011/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5415179011_2e5c666504.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5415179011/">Flower</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p>I wanted to buy a DSLR but did not want to carry around that huge body. Found and purchased this camera called Sony Nex5, to offer DSLR functionality at much reduced form factor (few features are absent though).<br /><br />Will post initial trial pictures here on this blog.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-62363027752136371612010-12-16T10:32:00.001+05:302010-12-16T10:32:53.399+05:30Chameleon<p>The master of disguise. It was quite hard to spot this chameleon on this tree, I was able to spot him only when he lifted his head from the tree trunk.<br /> </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5257663811/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5257663811_39fc2966fc.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5257663811/">Chameleon</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-23858756398207973422010-12-13T22:28:00.001+05:302010-12-13T22:28:24.260+05:30Pigeon<p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5257663875/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5257663875_736d2bd05b.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5257663875/">Pigeon</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-14144949138181969212010-12-06T16:07:00.001+05:302010-12-06T16:07:17.064+05:30Fresh Beginnings<p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476043069/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4476043069_714148f5aa.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476043069/">Fresh Beginnings</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-44615707997892119072010-11-18T23:21:00.001+05:302010-11-18T23:21:35.558+05:30Rain is in the air !<p>Sky is grey, and rain in the air. Chilly temperatures, and slightly windy conditions.<br />Its a lovely weather to go on long drive.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5187677196/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1298/5187677196_432ef159eb.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5187677196/">Rain is in the air !</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-18123313335163074952010-11-17T22:43:00.001+05:302010-11-17T22:43:42.582+05:30this is Sad.<p>When we travel to places, we want ultimate luxury. We want to relax; in fact we sing, we play, we watch, we sleep, we chat, we argue, we fight, we call… the list is endless. We could do all these because we could place complete trust in the person responsible for manoeuvring the vehicle you are in.</p> <p>A small mistake by the driver/pilot/captain, or whatever we want to call him, can lead to disastrous results; even fatal. The completed air-investigation in recently conducted Mangalore Air-Crash reveals the scary story “that 158 people onboard had to pay their lives because the pilot was sleepy and snoring for almost 90 minutes”.</p> <p><a title="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pilot-error-behind-mangalore-air-crash-report/135177-3.html" href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pilot-error-behind-mangalore-air-crash-report/135177-3.html">http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pilot-error-behind-mangalore-air-crash-report/135177-3.html</a></p> <p><a title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giZ6Gc6YobCfWtbaSwJdHwyuKmgw?docId=CNG.a4b7d13a383c27ada09ff8d773de7255.511&ref=nf" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giZ6Gc6YobCfWtbaSwJdHwyuKmgw?docId=CNG.a4b7d13a383c27ada09ff8d773de7255.511&ref=nf">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giZ6Gc6YobCfWtbaSwJdHwyuKmgw?docId=CNG.a4b7d13a383c27ada09ff8d773de7255.511&ref=nf</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-90706012572533531082010-11-16T09:02:00.001+05:302010-11-16T09:02:49.146+05:30Dipawali<p>Advantage of staying in highrise; You get to see everybody's firecrackers at the eye level right from your living room.<br /><br />This photo was taken on the day of diwali 2010 with 15 seconds exposure.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5180235997/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/5180235997_40b2f6d0ca.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5180235997/">Dipawali</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-80910108607869173192010-11-12T21:49:00.001+05:302010-11-12T21:49:15.928+05:30My Painting<p>Its been a long time I had some free time to splash paints. While cleaning the house during diwali I found my paints drying. Last time I had used them was during Jan 2009, for Rang Dakshini.<br /><br />This is painted using acrylic paints on 3 separate canvas.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5169744062/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/5169744062_2cabedb287.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5169744062/">My Painting</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-922635834420833702010-10-04T22:38:00.001+05:302010-10-04T22:38:41.305+05:30Wonderful Ride<p>This photo was clicked somewhere on NH4-A in during our recent journey to the wonderful place called GOA just few hours before that fateful incident.<br />It was all so calm and serene greenery. The pristine beauty of ghats in Goa, intermittent rains and deserted beaches, Chapora and Aguada Forts, Dudhsagar and Jog falls that make you wish you had more time and time again. <br />I had had a wonderful journey stretching more than 20500 Kms; and enjoying each and every moment of it; Have too many pleasant memories of all the rides we have had.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5051064807/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5051064807_49fe700554.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5051064807/">Wonderful Ride</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-46743451411337652862010-09-24T22:27:00.001+05:302010-09-24T22:32:22.803+05:30Coming Back.<p>A chapter finishes, new begins. Life is a series of chapters or episodes; each interconnected with other. Whether good or bad, life moves ahead; without giving you a chance to revisit past. All we get is one sole last chance to be attentive and decide how we grab this current episode. <br /> <br />After that unfortunate incident on 27/7 (27th July) near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byadgi" target="_blank">Byadgi</a> village on NH4 and long recovery process, I am now in a reasonable shape and back to Bangalore and also office. <br /> <br />My left knee (and leg in general) still has some weakness and sore back, I am now able to be walk back to life. It's amazing how fast our body heals itself, and it seems our attitude towards life affects this pace of its healing. A positive attitude quickens the pace or rather more than doubles. <br /> <br />One door closes, another opens. How true!!</p> <p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5020895600/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5020895600_bfc9a8c1f2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/5020895600/">Coming Back.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span> <p></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">P.S.: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byadgi" target="_blank">Byadgi</a> village is also famous for its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byadgi_chilli" target="_blank">chilli</a>, which is known for deep red colour and less spiciness.</div> <p>© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-28831813445275963522010-08-22T22:00:00.001+05:302010-08-22T22:06:53.345+05:30Accident<p>There are few things in this world which you wish should never happen in your life; yet it happens. And then there are few you wish should keep happening all the time; but they don’t. </p> <p>After all, life is not so easy and same with everyone.</p> <p> </p> <p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4916751742/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4916751742_2589be3c00.jpg" width="640" /></a></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4916751742/">Accident-1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span> <p></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <p>There are few things that leave you wondering, what if I had done like this? What if I had behaved like this? What if I had taken this at all? What if this had not at all happened? Or why me?</p> <p>Few times you are guilty, but nothing happens to you; yet sometimes somebody else is guilty but you have to pay the price.</p> <p>But life moves on. You have to face each and every day afresh, without knowing what that day holds for you; what surprises it brings; yet there is always something to learn.</p> <p>As they say, the circumstances were right, the day was set to end the journey of this life but it was not the destined time. The guardian angel was there watching over your shoulders and life moves on as if nothing happened; you just awoke from a bad dream.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">This happened within 3-4 seconds or perhaps 5 seconds when a reckless Mining Tipper driver decided to climb over 4-5 feet in order to get onto normally barricaded 4-lane express-way and in process blocking both lanes at complete right angles just 40-50 meters before the oncoming car. The car hit the tipper on fuel tank and chassis located on its sides, sacrificed itself, but made sure that all of us travelling in it survived without any internal, critical or brain injury but fractures that can heal completely over period of time. </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Few more here: <a title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/sets/72157624657108849/with/4916751742/" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/sets/72157624657108849/with/4916751742/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/sets/72157624657108849/with/4916751742/</a> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-2794427008531795792010-07-02T22:58:00.001+05:302010-07-02T22:58:17.298+05:30GopalSwami Betta<p>GopalSwami betta, is a highest peak in the famous Bandipur National Park, Karnataka, India.<br /><br />There is a temple of Lord Krishna (hence name gopal swami) on top of this hill. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himavad_Gopalaswamy_Betta" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> says it is built in 1315AD; it is very well maintained.<br /><br />This place is just amazing.</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4754832707/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4754832707_ac6d36d55b.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4754832707/">GopalSwami Betta</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-32219941110447373022010-06-15T22:49:00.001+05:302010-06-15T22:49:11.768+05:30Sunset<p>A setting sun, in backdrop of scattered clouds, lightens up the evening with bright sky by its amazing colour combinations; the complete sky turns into a huge canvas with sun as the master painter, the results are spectacular every day. <br />A view from the terrace of our house in BTM Layout, Bangalore; spent amazing evenings relaxing on terrace and enjoying different moods of sun.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4703848716/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4703848716_67a99216df.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4703848716/">Sunset</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-53190701692416177082010-05-11T00:05:00.001+05:302010-05-11T09:49:59.758+05:30Flowers of Coriander.<p>Flowers of Coriander; an old parsley-like herb with aromatic leaves; used in garnishing almost every gravy cooked in Indian style.</p> <p> <br /></p> <p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4595686825/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/4595686825_8573692fea.jpg" width="640" /></a></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4595686825/">Flowers of Coriander.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span> <p></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">More information on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander" target="_blank">coriander</a>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander</a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-68752489075252116742010-05-05T11:19:00.001+05:302010-05-05T11:21:40.562+05:30Kumar Parvatha<p></p> <p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4096734289/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4096734289_5b482f3973.jpg" width="640" /></a></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4096734289/">KumarParvatha 112</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span> <p> <br />A view from top of <a href="http://piyushsarode.blogspot.com/2009/11/trek-to-kumar-parvata.html" target="_blank">Kumar Parvata</a>, in the western ghats of India.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-9140729849488556412010-05-02T22:40:00.001+05:302010-05-02T22:40:10.456+05:30World Laughter Day<p>They say "Laughter is the best medicine". There is research now to show that.<br />Today is <a href="http://www.worldlaughterday.org/" rel="nofollow">World Laughter Day</a>; so spare some time, read jokes and laugh for once; it's <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124200913.htm" rel="nofollow">good for health</a>.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4571544134/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/4571544134_7e2a529c64.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4571544134/">World Laughter Day</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-50039709386420771852010-05-02T21:30:00.001+05:302010-05-02T21:35:39.255+05:30Cake<p> </p> <p><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4571544002/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/4571544002_7f5cf9b424.jpg" width="640" /></a></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4571544002/">Cake</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span> <p> <br />Yesterday, the 1st May, for the 29th time in my life, this day had come when I get the opportunity to cut the cake for celebrations.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-65207674368169083672010-04-27T22:18:00.001+05:302010-04-27T22:23:54.903+05:30Discarded Bolts<p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476820688/" title="photo sharing" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4476820688_f50afb9a24.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476820688/">Discarded Bolts</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span></br><p>While trekking along railway tracks at "The Green Route" in the Sakleshpur, one could see lot of old broken material that was removed as part of maintenance and gauge conversion activity.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. <br />All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-30044051323522161532010-04-27T20:51:00.001+05:302010-04-28T09:43:37.506+05:30Peacock<div style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4558046244/"><img style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; border-left: #000000 2px solid; border-top: #000000 2px solid; border-right: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/4558046244_df417e8b33.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></a> <br /><span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.8em"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4558046244/">Peacock</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/piyushs/">Piyush Sarode</a>.</span></div> <p>A lonely peacock wandering in the lost city of Rameshwaram. This fearless peacock even allowed us to come closer for taking picture.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode. All rights reserved.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-81957411828801635432010-04-27T17:15:00.001+05:302010-04-27T17:15:21.868+05:30While waiting on the way to Pangong Lake.<p>On the way to the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangong_Lake">Pangong Tso Lake, (also called Pangong Lake)</a>, one has to cross <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_La">Chang La pass</a> in the Himalayas at an altitude of 17,799 Feet's (5,425 Meters). The weather was not good and it was snowing continuously on the day we had planned to visit the lake. Entry to the pass was not allowed until snowing stops and sun starts shining again. Few visitors returned from the entry checkpoint of the ChangLa Pass while we decided to wait for some more time hoping for weather to clear. With nothing more to do, except wait, we were back to photographing surroundings and playing in snow. Looked as if, this bird was also waiting for snowing to stop and sun to shine and lift surrounding temperatures to more comfortable levels.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476042067/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4476042067_211c04597d_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
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All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-80596458640187110892010-04-15T17:15:00.001+05:302010-04-15T17:15:15.304+05:30Unexpected Rains.<p>This is a summer season in India. Mercury is rising day by day and it seems that we already have had <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/City-sizzles-Highest-temperature-in-25-yrs/articleshow/5785960.cms">record highest temperature in past 25 years</a> at Bangalore; with met department predicting further increase.</p> <p>Yesterday, by evening thunderclouds covered the sun, brought rains and heavy winds with them; and the city was lashed with downpour that halted the soaring temperatures.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4520609027/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4520609027_9f7617cba2_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
All rights reserved.</div>Piyush Sarodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449507998550375355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243000.post-56213743359408878162010-04-12T00:12:00.001+05:302010-04-12T00:19:01.181+05:30Reflection.<p>Shot this one while traveling in Goa. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/piyushs/4476044241/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4476044241_f3ae989100_o.jpg" width="640" height="853" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Also visit: <a href="http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/covered-bridge-reflection-weekend.html" target="_blank">Weekend-Reflection</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">© Piyush Sarode.
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