http://www.footwa.com Life through a lens, travel photography, abstract, portraits and a blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-colomb-beach/2625/ http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-colomb-beach/2625/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:03:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2625 “Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors (and then) retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.” Adriaan Kortlandt   Sunset images like these are very easy to capture and give stunning results. 1/3 rule works well for this, and I prefer [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-colomb-beach/2625/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/a-perfect-getaway/2607/ http://www.footwa.com/a-perfect-getaway/2607/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:23:27 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2607 “Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm – it comes from becoming still – in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and trouble. It’s becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/a-perfect-getaway/2607/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/holy-cross-chapel/2594/ http://www.footwa.com/holy-cross-chapel/2594/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:05:31 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2594 As one drives through the roads of Goa, you are bound to come across a chapel, church, temple etc. This one however in Saligaon seemed more beautiful with the arrangement of fields, the palm trees, the cloudy sky and the neatly placed chapel.   I just hope this view, these fields never go and get replaced by [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/holy-cross-chapel/2594/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/dont-deliver-us-from-evil/2578/ http://www.footwa.com/dont-deliver-us-from-evil/2578/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:06:00 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2578 Good vs. Evil, Light vs. Dark etc have had a long battle since the beginning of the intellectual era of mankind. Evil/Dark is always frowned upon. It has been revolted against so much that any talk, discussion on it is seen as blasphemy.   Evil/Dark however is important.   Take for instance the earliest concepts [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dont-deliver-us-from-evil/2578/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-horse-named-krish/2554/ http://www.footwa.com/the-horse-named-krish/2554/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:28:03 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2554 “See we can do horse riding”.. the girls screamed. I try to ignore them as I step out of our taxi at Khajjiar.. Fat men and horses don’t go too well was what was going on in my mind. As the girls went racing to negotiate with the horsemen, Tony and I were happy walking [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-horse-named-krish/2554/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/the-roof/2548/ http://www.footwa.com/the-roof/2548/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:38:08 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2548 Once in a while whenever we have that nice content meal at a restaurant.. which really fills you up.. the craving to just lie down for few Min’s to rest the awesome task your tummy just did, kicks in. Of course this is a luxury we don’t usually get… except at the upper deck of [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-roof/2548/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/make-a-wave/2497/ http://www.footwa.com/make-a-wave/2497/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:40:52 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2497 As long as you don’t make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that’s condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead. Jeanne Moreau   I am reading “The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History” by Michael H. Hart. The title suggests everything. These 100 people most influenced our civilization, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/make-a-wave/2497/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-thin-wet-line/2266/ http://www.footwa.com/the-thin-wet-line/2266/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:32:09 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2266 Its twilight, the sun is about to disappear, and the silver crescent can be seen high up in the sky. There is hardly anyone on the beach, I am laid down on the beach for the past 1 hour. I dont seem to be bothered about the “Capillary action” caused by the wet sand and my dry clothes, rather [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-thin-wet-line/2266/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/the-goan-ferry/2250/ http://www.footwa.com/the-goan-ferry/2250/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:07:34 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2250 One of the finer things about life is to take a moment out to enjoy it, and although Goa has its set of beaches, disco techs etc, the simpler things can add to your good moments, like.. a humble ferry ride.   Goa has been using ferries to transport people and vehicles across its rivers for [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-goan-ferry/2250/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/click-a-portrait/2225/ http://www.footwa.com/click-a-portrait/2225/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:00:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2225 A portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound. Charles Baudelaire   Equipment 1. A DSLR Camera (like Canon 550D camera) 2. 50 mm lens (1.8f 50 mm lens), Why this lens? cause this ensures you get a good depth of field. In simple terms this means that some parts [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/click-a-portrait/2225/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/ http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:46:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2198 The monk: Who came to India driven by a need to explore his spiritual self and met Neem Karoli Baba. He adopted Buddhism and even shaved his head and wore monk clothes even when he came back. Buddhist monk Kobun Chino Otogawa presided over his marriage in 1991.   The drug addict: His experiments with [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/feed/ 12 http://www.footwa.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/2187/ http://www.footwa.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/2187/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:09:22 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2187 Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, had, towards his later years, kept a book close to him. It was even there at his bedside table as he lay dying. The book was of Robert Frost, and on on one page featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”   Whose woods [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/2187/feed/ 6 http://www.footwa.com/tranquillity-of-man/2178/ http://www.footwa.com/tranquillity-of-man/2178/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:52:12 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2178 Many years ago I had gone to Mumbai along with a friend. We were there for a 2 day visit. On our path of exploration of the city was Haji Ali mosque. The day we decided to head forward was an auspicious Muslim day, I don’t remember the occasion though. As we started at one [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/tranquillity-of-man/2178/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/shells-and-beach/2155/ http://www.footwa.com/shells-and-beach/2155/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:40:03 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2155 This was when I spent the entire evening on the 1st floor of Curlies shack at Anjuna, Goa. Good food and drinks, and alternative arrangements of mattress and long table laid down on the floor so that you can sit cross legged or lie down. The view of the beach on the side as you sip your [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/shells-and-beach/2155/feed/ 10 http://www.footwa.com/tree-of-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/2139/ http://www.footwa.com/tree-of-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/2139/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:36:10 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2139 Adam and Eve are happy but they do have their moments… Eve: Adam darling, do you love me … Adam busy fishing, “eh? yeah..” Eve: Look at me. Adam trying to ignore Eve: You don’t love me anymore? Adam finally looking at her: yeah tell me Eve: am I beautiful? Adam: Beautiful as compared to [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/tree-of-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/2139/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-50mm-magic/2126/ http://www.footwa.com/the-50mm-magic/2126/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:33:22 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2126 If you have bought yourself a canon SLR camera sporting the default 18-55mm lens, and are now wondering which should be the next lens you pick up, I seriously suggest the cheap 50mm f/1.8 lens from canon. The reasons are simple   1. Sharpness The Canon 50mm f/1.8 is one of the sharpest lens Canon [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-50mm-magic/2126/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/ http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:37:39 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2100 Valerian almost seems to be saying “Praise the Lord.. for Goa is beautiful!”.. Yeah indeed Goa is spectacular, because even the simple small narrow roads like at Parra give you the sense of being alive and one cannot help but pause for few mins to inhale the view, the palm trees on both sides of the narrow [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/vagator-beach-goa-180-panorama/2085/ http://www.footwa.com/vagator-beach-goa-180-panorama/2085/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:20:28 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2085 Panorama images are fascinating. And with little ease you can create your own. Click here to download the original full size image at 72 DPI and 70% quality size 20756×3039.   1. The first step is to find a location which will be the point from where you will take all the pictures. Ideally a high [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/vagator-beach-goa-180-panorama/2085/feed/ 6 http://www.footwa.com/mandovi-river/2048/ http://www.footwa.com/mandovi-river/2048/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:27:01 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2048 The Mandovi river and bridge in the monsoon season. I would have ideally cut off the dirty rubble I see at the right end of the snap, but the lamp would have been cut off too and it adds so much value to the snap. Morning photograph on my way to work, when it was [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/mandovi-river/2048/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/i-have-a-dream/2035/ http://www.footwa.com/i-have-a-dream/2035/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:10:25 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2035 On August 28, 1963, An African American in a black suit, stood on the steps on Lincoln Memorial. In front of him was a crowd of 2,00,000. The next 17 mins were history as he unveiled to the world his “I have a Dream” speech. Below is a text version of his speech which even today [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/i-have-a-dream/2035/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/ http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 18:08:08 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2015 Yeah right! we didn’t start the fire.. It was always burning, since the worlds been turning.. But the fire is every growing, thats because we try to fight it with fuel rather than water.   People revolting, war, drugs, diseases, rape, child abuse, murder is what greets us early morning in news… And its nothing [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/teach-a-man-to-fish-err-its-complicated/1978/ http://www.footwa.com/teach-a-man-to-fish-err-its-complicated/1978/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 18:44:25 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1978 Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has to buy bamboo rods, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neoprene waders, creels, tackle boxes, lures, flies, spinners, worm rigs, slip sinkers, offset hooks, gore-tex hats, 20 pocket vests, fish finders, depth sounders, radar, boats, trailers, global [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/teach-a-man-to-fish-err-its-complicated/1978/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/ http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:04:09 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1962 Ok 2 points here, Lighting and Zoom   1. Lighting: The sunset conditions offer nice lighting for clicking snaps and no, not of the sunset. Use the sunset light to click other scenes around and see how they come. Notice the shadows in the sea of the ripples, which would otherwise be burnt in an image. [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/a-vagabond-for-beauty/1913/ http://www.footwa.com/a-vagabond-for-beauty/1913/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:21:24 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1913 As to when i shall visit civilization, it will not be soon. I think. I have not tired of the wilderness; rather i enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life l lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/a-vagabond-for-beauty/1913/feed/ 3 http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/ http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:01:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1894 “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”   Just a small reminder to everyone, life is too short to hold grudges, hatred, jealousy, anger, resentment, sorrow, grief, pain and whatever else troubling your mind.   When you step into the sea, and you are hit by an unsuspecting wave, which sweeps [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/feed/ 8 http://www.footwa.com/centurione-i-by-igor-mitoraj/1937/ http://www.footwa.com/centurione-i-by-igor-mitoraj/1937/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:45:51 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1937 Igor Mitoraj is a contemporary Polish artist from Germany famous for making classic sculptures with deliberate damage to show wear and tear through ages, or intentional damage done, making them give an antique look, and usually depicts Greek and Roman Gods. As I searched for his work, I found many versions of his Centurione I, one [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/centurione-i-by-igor-mitoraj/1937/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/saint-cunigunde-of-luxembourg/1887/ http://www.footwa.com/saint-cunigunde-of-luxembourg/1887/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:04:00 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1887 The soul of a city, of a country, is not the giant modern buildings that sprawl across the landscape, or the number of modern and exciting bars that have come up, but rather of its endless folk stories, or its history, which gave it culture, customs, and rituals. Thats one of the reasons why I [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/saint-cunigunde-of-luxembourg/1887/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/woman-with-fruit-by-fernando-botero/1880/ http://www.footwa.com/woman-with-fruit-by-fernando-botero/1880/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:31:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1880 Every year Villa Concordia (International Artists House), Bamberg (Germany) awards scholarships to few German and foreign artists from the various fields and invites them to work in Bamberg. Work of famous artists are also showcased and at times bought by a citizen initiative like this one called “Woman with Fruit” a brass sculpture by the [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/woman-with-fruit-by-fernando-botero/1880/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/klein-venedig-little-venice/1892/ http://www.footwa.com/klein-venedig-little-venice/1892/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:18:25 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1892 Its called Little Venice because of the beautiful row of houses from the 19th century along one side of the river Regnitz. Quite a few old and historically important buildings around this area, and is definitely a photographers paradise.]]> http://www.footwa.com/klein-venedig-little-venice/1892/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/sinquerim-beach-under-the-moonlight/1868/ http://www.footwa.com/sinquerim-beach-under-the-moonlight/1868/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:04:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1868 Clicked this at Sinquerim beach late evening few days back. The cloudless clear sky with the moon, just at twilight created a nice effect on the sky, the orange twilight sky at the horizon and the dark blue night sky mingle with a nice gradient. The crescent moon, and the palm trees and beach silhouette adds [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/sinquerim-beach-under-the-moonlight/1868/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/look-into-the-future/1855/ http://www.footwa.com/look-into-the-future/1855/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:14:04 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1855 “The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.” Calvin And Hobbes   A few drinks down and soon enough one starts talking about the future.. or his/her existence in this world, what his/her goals are.. what the path ahead leads too.. Well the best part of the future is that [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/look-into-the-future/1855/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/capture-the-moment/1727/ http://www.footwa.com/capture-the-moment/1727/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:05:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1727 Ever gone through some old lost pictures, like of the time when you were in college a totally different person, in looks and thoughts… or of your childhood, or of a special moment with friends or the loved one. That’s the reason why we all love to capture a moment with our camera, or with videos. [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/capture-the-moment/1727/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/dogs-world/1713/ http://www.footwa.com/dogs-world/1713/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:48:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1713 If my dog could talk (rather than bark or bite) I am sure he would tell me his tales of the travels he undertook, how out of poverty he used to drink from the toilet, or how for defense he had to fight me, and literally chew my arm off. How the AC was never up to his [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dogs-world/1713/feed/ 6 http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-morjim-beach-goa/1707/ http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-morjim-beach-goa/1707/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:39:15 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1707 On Sunday I decided to take a break from long weeks of work and headed to Morjim to spend an entire day along with a friend. Towards sunset we decided to see the view from the beach and were struck by its awesome beauty, and every changing breathtaking colors with every min that passed. The sea water seemed to seep in the beach [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/sunset-at-morjim-beach-goa/1707/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/ http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:54:55 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1701 Black clouds marched to block the sunlight, soon all that could be seen was just a yellow streak of the evening sun on some clouds. I wondered if Hiroshima was like this when the evil day struck. Clicked this snap quickly mins before the torrential downpour of rain blinded this view, and yeah its pseudo [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/stall-at-a-tibetan-market-dharamshala/1932/ http://www.footwa.com/stall-at-a-tibetan-market-dharamshala/1932/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:25:16 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1932 Our first morning at Dharamshala was sleepy. We were told that Dalai Lama would be preaching at a local temple, and decided to head there after a good breakfast of aloo parantha (every place, right from a local dhabha to big restaurant serve aloo parantha in Himachal Pradesh). Our car wiggled though the narrow, people [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/stall-at-a-tibetan-market-dharamshala/1932/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/waiting-for-the-enlightened-one/1669/ http://www.footwa.com/waiting-for-the-enlightened-one/1669/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:41:35 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1669 After a long overnight drive from Delhi we entered Dharamshala and proceeded towards our hotel. We saw a line of monks on the road waiting for someone. We stop our jeep to enquire and were thrilled to know that Dalai Lama is back from his US visit and is on his way to his residence, and [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/waiting-for-the-enlightened-one/1669/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/dharamshala-valley/1663/ http://www.footwa.com/dharamshala-valley/1663/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:28:00 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1663 We landed up at HPTDC’s (Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation) Dhauladhar hotel in Dharamshala early morning. Mr Vijay who looks after the setup there was kind enough to do the bookings last min and quickly helped us settle in our rooms. The view of the Dharamshala valley from the hotel was breathtaking as can be seen [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dharamshala-valley/1663/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/dim-light-photography/1622/ http://www.footwa.com/dim-light-photography/1622/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:12:55 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1622 For good dim light photography 4 things are important. Flash, ISO, aperture, and exposure time.   Flash: There are 2 reasons we want to avoid flash.   1. Its irritating for others when the flash blinds them. Its also easier for us to click snaps quietly without making anyone conscious or aware that snaps are being taken 2. Flash [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dim-light-photography/1622/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/ http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:33:29 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1237 We had nothing to do on a Sat afternoon so we decided to head to Anjuna at my favorite place, a less known shack (if I were to name it here it wont be less known anymore, would it?), and were enjoying our lazy holiday under the shade, and trying stuff ordered off their huge menu [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/feed/ 0