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I am not a ‘Photopro’. I loved my drawings during my school/college days, the habit eventually faded away, thanks to the pressure of work-related stress. I still love art, I don’t claim myself to be an artist though. 12 years later, I realize photography is what hits my soul spot the most and hence my medium of expression and ‘Nature’ my subject. A session of walking through woods and ‘clicking’ helps me take away all the daily stresses, eventually achieving the ultimate “flow”.
I had my blinders on for most part of my life but it is only recently that I started stopping and looking around mother nature. Yes, I am amazed as to what the nature has on offer. Birds are my most favorite targets. In our daily life we don’t quite get close to them to appreciate how graceful they are. It’s only when I started zooming in to capture them, I started to fall in love with them and their behavior.
After seeing some of the bird shots, friends of mine often don’t believe that they were shot at places they pass by all the time. It is only that we just don't take the time to look around and enjoy them. Or is it that a person behind the lens sees things differently than others ?
Firstly, a bit of what Chongqing is like.
I live in Chongqing, most part of the year. Chongqing is one of China's directly controlled four municipalities, the other three being Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. During Sino-Japanese war, Chongqing used to be the wartime Capital of China back in 1973-1945.
Geographycally, Chongqing isn’t plain but mountainous, spreading across a number of low hills. The surrounding mountains seem to trap the heat, hence quite humid and hot during summer. Winter on the other hand gets very cold, very close to 0 C . Due to this summer heat, Chongqing is known as one of China's "Three Furnaces", the other two being Wuhan and Nanjing.
It isn’t yet hot enough though, this year. But what I dislike is the fact that this city is covered with a thick layer of fog most of the days due to which it is also known as"Fog City" in addition to "the Furnace.
The main features of the downtown area are the hilly slopes. I happened to climb up onto one of those hills recently to capture this shot.
My photo walk will continue… !
I had my blinders on for most part of my life but it is only recently that I started stopping and looking around mother nature. Yes, I am amazed as to what the nature has on offer. Birds are my most favorite targets. In our daily life we don’t quite get close to them to appreciate how graceful they are. It’s only when I started zooming in to capture them, I started to fall in love with them and their behavior.
After seeing some of the bird shots, friends of mine often don’t believe that they were shot at places they pass by all the time. It is only that we just don't take the time to look around and enjoy them. Or is it that a person behind the lens sees things differently than others ?
Firstly, a bit of what Chongqing is like.
I live in Chongqing, most part of the year. Chongqing is one of China's directly controlled four municipalities, the other three being Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. During Sino-Japanese war, Chongqing used to be the wartime Capital of China back in 1973-1945.
Geographycally, Chongqing isn’t plain but mountainous, spreading across a number of low hills. The surrounding mountains seem to trap the heat, hence quite humid and hot during summer. Winter on the other hand gets very cold, very close to 0 C . Due to this summer heat, Chongqing is known as one of China's "Three Furnaces", the other two being Wuhan and Nanjing.
It isn’t yet hot enough though, this year. But what I dislike is the fact that this city is covered with a thick layer of fog most of the days due to which it is also known as"Fog City" in addition to "the Furnace.
The main features of the downtown area are the hilly slopes. I happened to climb up onto one of those hills recently to capture this shot.
My photo walk will continue… !