http://www.footwa.com Life through a lens, travel photography, abstract, portraits and a blog Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footwa.com/lady-at-the-dock/3301/ http://www.footwa.com/lady-at-the-dock/3301/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:40 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3301 Sometimes the unplanned photographs are the ones that are captured the best.   Most of the snaps I click are experimental trial and error shots, decided on the spot.   On this occasion, we were at a dock without any plans to click snaps. Luckily I had my camera with me. Seeing the wooden planks of [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/lady-at-the-dock/3301/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/divar-island-during-rains/3293/ http://www.footwa.com/divar-island-during-rains/3293/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:12 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3293 Divar Island has always been magical, but in the rains it brings out its best. The greenery is stunning, the fields have that hue of green never seen before, and the sky in “fifty shades of grey”   The Drive during monsoon is pleasant, cool winds, rain, and swaying palm trees on both sides. A [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/divar-island-during-rains/3293/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-rebel/1640/ http://www.footwa.com/the-rebel/1640/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 16:03:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1640 Quite some time back my friend Jonny made me listen to a preamble to ”The river” by Bruce Springsteen, I loved it so much that I had been hunting for a snap to go with it. This snap of my friend Persy goes well with it (Thanks Persy for the pose). Below is the preamble, but before that, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-rebel/1640/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-magic-of-goa/3276/ http://www.footwa.com/the-magic-of-goa/3276/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 01:06:26 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3276 I may not believe in God, but I do believe a higher power paints these landscapes, for it is foolish to think chaos can be so beautiful.   I stare in silence, as the magic unfolds in front of me. I don’t want to miss a moment of this. I know there will be people [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-magic-of-goa/3276/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-little-girl-from-khajjiar/3266/ http://www.footwa.com/the-little-girl-from-khajjiar/3266/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:01:40 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3266 By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else.   The horse ride at Khajjiar took us to a small farm high up in the mountains. Piles of haystack at one end and garlic fields at the other with small house in the corner. The view spectacular, and amidst all this a small girl [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-little-girl-from-khajjiar/3266/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/twilight-at-agonda-beach/3249/ http://www.footwa.com/twilight-at-agonda-beach/3249/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:49:06 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3249 It’s funny how modernization evolution and lifestyle adaptations take away something we crave the most… calmness.   My first visit to Agonda was a bit disappointing, it did not feel as exciting as Colomb beach, or Palolem. However a few days later I landed up on this beach to spend a weekend.   If isolation [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/twilight-at-agonda-beach/3249/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/kerala-backwaters/3217/ http://www.footwa.com/kerala-backwaters/3217/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:19:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3217   I was prepared for the worst when we decided to spend some time on a house boat (6 hours) in the backwaters of Kerala. People gave mixed opinion about it and in the end I was totally confused if its good or not but decided to go ahead anyways.   My friend’s father took [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/kerala-backwaters/3217/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/beer/3206/ http://www.footwa.com/beer/3206/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:16:08 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3206 This page is dedicated to beer. Below are some of the things famous people have said about it.   About the presence of God: “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” - Benjamin Franklin   About National identity: “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/beer/3206/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/birds-on-wire/3188/ http://www.footwa.com/birds-on-wire/3188/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:06:51 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3188 “Why do we sit on the wire? Just to feel the power” said the little bird to the wide-eyed boy, “Its insane, you should try it sometimes”.   As we drifted across the backwaters on the house boat in Kerala, I got many opportunities to click snaps like this one of birds on wire. I [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/birds-on-wire/3188/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/flowers-a-macro-look/3152/ http://www.footwa.com/flowers-a-macro-look/3152/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:42:13 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3152 “The earth laughs in flowers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson   Note: Click on the thumbnail of each of the 8 snaps on the left to see the proper effect of macro shot.   Although I had the 100mm macro lens from Canon for some time, I finally got a chance to use its macro capabilities when [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/flowers-a-macro-look/3152/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/beautiful-eyes-anuja-chauhan/3140/ http://www.footwa.com/beautiful-eyes-anuja-chauhan/3140/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:14:47 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3140 “The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre   I have always wanted to capture eyes properly. However on many occasions I have failed to do so. They were either blurred (A good portrait is one in which the eyes look sharp, things [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/beautiful-eyes-anuja-chauhan/3140/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-alluring-land-of-munnar/3110/ http://www.footwa.com/the-alluring-land-of-munnar/3110/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:29:48 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3110 Scroll down a bit to see the panoramic images     If Kerala is “God’s Own Country” then Munnar is surely the capital.   The few snaps I saw of Munnar before the trip did no justice, I was unprepared for what hit me.   The first glimpse of Munnar was a moment we won’t forget, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-alluring-land-of-munnar/3110/feed/ 8 http://www.footwa.com/the-perfect-work-desk/3096/ http://www.footwa.com/the-perfect-work-desk/3096/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:46:48 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3096 I don’t mind working in a cubical, just give me a sea view…   A few days back on a lazy Sunday I saw this desk on a small cliff at Anjuna, and I wonder if I should shift my work desk here. As I sat on the chair, and kept my feet on the desk, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-perfect-work-desk/3096/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/a-simple-path/3034/ http://www.footwa.com/a-simple-path/3034/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:39:57 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3034 My calm peaceful book reading at Palolem is interrupted by laughter. I look up to see fishermen joke amoung themselves. They seem idle, as some smoked a bidi, while another waved his hands in the air describing some weird scene, while others looked at him with crooked smile.   The simplicity of the whole setup, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/a-simple-path/3034/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/smiling-reflections/3065/ http://www.footwa.com/smiling-reflections/3065/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:13:29 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3065 I saw her sitting and smiling by herself I asked what future her smile is cast “Not future” she said, “but the past, the past..”   We rarely look at the future and smile at moments we are going to live, but always reflect back at the past and smile. This snap is perfect for this [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/smiling-reflections/3065/feed/ 13 http://www.footwa.com/as-the-sun-goes-down-on-cola-beach/3036/ http://www.footwa.com/as-the-sun-goes-down-on-cola-beach/3036/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:10:03 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3036 “There is nothing more appetizing, caressing and musical than the sunset… and yeah its eye-catching too.”   “Cola beach?” said someone, “do you know how to get there”, as I sat sipping my coffee at the Chattai Shack at Agonda. I whip up my phone to search, waiting for the result, however the lady has [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/as-the-sun-goes-down-on-cola-beach/3036/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/life-some-spices-and-a-pint-of-beer/3008/ http://www.footwa.com/life-some-spices-and-a-pint-of-beer/3008/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:55:24 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=3008 Life is not complex, it just needs flavour, some salt and pepper, and yeah a pint of beer always helps.   Its just another lazy Sunday at Anjuna, at a small sleepy shack, which I have over the years liked spending time at. The waiters are lazy, but I am never too bothered about this when [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/life-some-spices-and-a-pint-of-beer/3008/feed/ 9 http://www.footwa.com/the-caterpillar-crisis/2991/ http://www.footwa.com/the-caterpillar-crisis/2991/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:45:59 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2991 As humans evolved, so did crisis. There are many of them and occur at different stages, and I guess some are normal, some not so….   - Identity crisis: Who am I? What am I doing? - Personality crisis: I feel like a man in a woman’s body! (or the other way round). - Existential [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-caterpillar-crisis/2991/feed/ 6 http://www.footwa.com/capuring-scary-faces/2948/ http://www.footwa.com/capuring-scary-faces/2948/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:28:39 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2948 Capturing scary images is a breeze. These images were clicked a long time back, and while cleaning my catalog, I came across them. Here is how they were clicked   1. Environment: Night, pitch black environment.   2. Lighting: A non flooding source of light like a small torch (the ones that come on a [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/capuring-scary-faces/2948/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/paused-moments/2873/ http://www.footwa.com/paused-moments/2873/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:08:34 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2873 “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” Guillaume Apollinaire (French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic)   Details on how this snap was clicked.   1. Preparation: We did not really prepare for this pose. Many a times we just go along with the [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/paused-moments/2873/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/lady-in-red-low-light-photography/2877/ http://www.footwa.com/lady-in-red-low-light-photography/2877/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:52:44 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2877 Low light photography is always a bit difficult, especially when you want to avoid a strong light source like flash. This snap above took many trials, I think we took more than 60 snaps before we finally selected the one above. It also took months of image processing as we were never happy with the [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/lady-in-red-low-light-photography/2877/feed/ 6 http://www.footwa.com/calangute-beach-panoramic-silhouette/2785/ http://www.footwa.com/calangute-beach-panoramic-silhouette/2785/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:08:35 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2785 When anyone comes to Goa, the first thing on their mind is Calangute beach. Calangute, once a small fishing village, was popularised by the hippies, and through word of mouth became the hot-spot for them in the 70s and 80s. Its the most popular and the commercialised beach of Goa, more restaurants/shacks, more street vendors, more sales [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/calangute-beach-panoramic-silhouette/2785/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/a-bend-in-the-road-divar-island-2/2844/ http://www.footwa.com/a-bend-in-the-road-divar-island-2/2844/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:43:24 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2844 If you wish to tun back time a bit and see the traditional Goan-Portuguese atmosphere, Divar Island is the best bet. And yeah you go there in style, on a Goan Ferry. Divar is connected by 3 points all via a ferry. Our drive through the small island is a nice experience, with lush green paddy fields, and [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/a-bend-in-the-road-divar-island-2/2844/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-blue-lagoon-goa/2808/ http://www.footwa.com/the-blue-lagoon-goa/2808/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:30:03 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2808 THERE is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more Lord Byron (George Gordon)   I stood there high up on the edge of the [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-blue-lagoon-goa/2808/feed/ 16 http://www.footwa.com/monsoon-beach/2790/ http://www.footwa.com/monsoon-beach/2790/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:20:37 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2790 Experiencing the rains at the beach is perhaps not something everyone enjoys. Mucky sand, no shelters in the vast open expanse, and isolated. Yeah does it make sense?   Well Henry Beston wrote when he was spending time at a beach cottage,   “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/monsoon-beach/2790/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/betalbatim-beach-goa/2753/ http://www.footwa.com/betalbatim-beach-goa/2753/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:09:47 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2753 Few weeks back, on the way to Martins Corner we lost our way towards the end and reached the beach. It looked so beautiful just before sunset that we were all eager to get down and explore it a bit. The majestic sky looking down upon this humble shed of a lifeguard tower and the sun showing [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/betalbatim-beach-goa/2753/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/there-is-a-home-its-here/2730/ http://www.footwa.com/there-is-a-home-its-here/2730/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:23:19 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2730 Sometimes we experience something which is beyond words, remember the scuba diving scene in “Zindagi na milegi dobara”, where at the end everyone was silent, in their own self, lost in their thoughts.. this was just that moment.   Its just post twilight at colomb beach. Spread in front of me is a table with few chairs, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/there-is-a-home-its-here/2730/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/flocking/2711/ http://www.footwa.com/flocking/2711/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:57:12 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2711 As we were driven around at Rathambore National Park, majestic flock of Sarus cranes, flying in some sort of synchronized pattern, above us caught our eye. Its humbling to think that a bird, with its small brain understand how to follow this pattern perhaps led by very few birds. As 2-3 leader birds make a sudden [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/flocking/2711/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/solitary-at-sea/2685/ http://www.footwa.com/solitary-at-sea/2685/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 13:55:44 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2685 There’s something about the water – that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You’re on Earth but not quite. John C. Reilly   My perfect holiday is always at the beach.. I try to avoid a place which is packed with people and rather choose a more secluded spot. There is nothing more pleasant than sinking your [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/solitary-at-sea/2685/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/twilight-lantern/2666/ http://www.footwa.com/twilight-lantern/2666/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:11:14 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2666 “Twilight – a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not. “ Howard Thruman – American author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader.   The sun is setting.. Montego bay is at peace, calmness all around. [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/twilight-lantern/2666/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/montego-bay-at-twilight/2670/ http://www.footwa.com/montego-bay-at-twilight/2670/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 07:50:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2670 Montego Bay at Morjim is a perfect getaway. Away from the commercial crowd at popular beaches like Calangute and Baga, it calls itself a beach village. Nice Rajasthani tents, wooden cottages, massage center, bar/restaurant called “By the Bay”, well spaced sitting arrangement, a pool right in the sand, few steps away from the sea. What [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/montego-bay-at-twilight/2670/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/attitude/2645/ http://www.footwa.com/attitude/2645/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:36:24 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2645 “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/attitude/2645/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/the-fisherman-at-colomb-beach/2603/ http://www.footwa.com/the-fisherman-at-colomb-beach/2603/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:03:01 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2603 Umesh the fisherman who took us around to monkey and butterfly islands near Colomb/Palolem beach. The reason for his good old jolly nature is given away with a sniff .. of alcohol. His slightly staggered walk was probably due to the soft sand we say. At the first glance, his boat does not seem much, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-fisherman-at-colomb-beach/2603/feed/ 6 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/ 2 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/ 5 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