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/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/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-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/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/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/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/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/aila-cricket/1579/ http://www.footwa.com/aila-cricket/1579/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:28:55 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1579 My friend runs to the school carpenter dragging a coconut palm branch, and emerges out after 5 Min’s with a new converted cricket bat. “See..” he proclaims, “I told you we will get one”. The beauty of gully/street cricket is that one can play it with anything. A notebook, the batta used for slapping clothes while washing, coconut [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/aila-cricket/1579/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/faces-at-ingos/1659/ http://www.footwa.com/faces-at-ingos/1659/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:54:32 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1659 This snap reminds me of the old “2 Unlimited” song called Faces. Rememer the lyrics…   All around different faces I see Some are happy, some in misery..   The women in front is holding her jacket tighter, seems lost, or looking for someone/something, the african lady behind her seems to know her way across, [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/faces-at-ingos/1659/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/riders-on-the-storm/1560/ http://www.footwa.com/riders-on-the-storm/1560/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:37 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1560 Some say Riders on the storm is an autobiography of Jim Morrisons life. This was the last song he recorded before he died few months later.   Lester Bangs once said (and repeated in the movie “Almost Famous”) “Ah, Jim Morrison is a drunken buffoon, posing as a poet. Give me The Guess Who. They’ve [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/riders-on-the-storm/1560/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/ http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:41:43 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1527 One of the reasons why I love Saturday night market at Ingos is that people show their tattoo in the open, by tattoo I mean show what represents them, could be in what they wear, a women wearing a body hugging military uniform (hmm), or this album poster of “Roots” released by Brazilian metal band Sepulturain [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/ingos-saturday-night-market-at-arpora-goa/1536/ http://www.footwa.com/ingos-saturday-night-market-at-arpora-goa/1536/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:40:12 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1536 The hippie culture started in Goa in the 60s, and people would make a long journey by special buses from Europe at a days notice to be in Goa. To make some money they started small flea markets which gradually grew where everyone would come together and sell some unique items from their homeland. Ingos Saturday [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/ingos-saturday-night-market-at-arpora-goa/1536/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-night-shot/1497/ http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-night-shot/1497/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:11:55 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1497 The Mae De Deus Church is spectacular at night lit up in orange and yellow light which bounce off its white walls to create a glow effect. Its almost as if the church was made of paper with bulbs inside which glow radiating the light out its thin walls.   F5.6, 1/30 sec, 119mm, ISO 400.   Here [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-night-shot/1497/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/food-for-thought/1218/ http://www.footwa.com/food-for-thought/1218/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:59:29 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1218 A happy smiling content fat Luciano Pavarotti once said (with a burp I am sure) “One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating”. Wonder if Pavarottis power vocal secret is .. a burp? Have to listen to [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/food-for-thought/1218/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/long-exposure-for-still-night-snaps/1209/ http://www.footwa.com/long-exposure-for-still-night-snaps/1209/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:18 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1209 For still snaps of an object or a place with low lighting conditions, its fun to do a longer exposure with a low ISO, like this one was exposed for 13 secs, at ISO 100 at Bambolim beach. I also set an open aperture (f1.8) and focused just at the spot where the sand and the waves [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/long-exposure-for-still-night-snaps/1209/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/ http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:32:52 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1183 “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!” claimed Leonardo da Vinci. This means every simple thing we see is a work of genius in the end.   It could be with respect to an invention like of the wheel, simple design, simple to make, but a work of wonder on how its made our lives easier, Imagine riding [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/tonatiuh-apollo-titan-isis-and-surya-what/1176/ http://www.footwa.com/tonatiuh-apollo-titan-isis-and-surya-what/1176/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:43:41 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1176 Some days one gets really lucky. Was having a late lunch at Souza Lobo at Calangute, Goa when I decided to click this. The trick is to allow as less light to enter to keep the sky as dark as possible by increasing the shutter speed, as I prefer a more bloody red sky. The [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/tonatiuh-apollo-titan-isis-and-surya-what/1176/feed/ 3 http://www.footwa.com/a-question-of-faith-does-evolution-support-god/1100/ http://www.footwa.com/a-question-of-faith-does-evolution-support-god/1100/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:47:36 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1100 “Evolution supports God!”, Vikram remarked flatly as I argued on how religion needs to be modernised, as evolution theory by Charles Darwin questions the common belief that God created Man. Confused I asked him to elaborate. He told me how our survival skills are better if we have faith in a divine power. I had to [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/a-question-of-faith-does-evolution-support-god/1100/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/dont-be-a-flower-pot/983/ http://www.footwa.com/dont-be-a-flower-pot/983/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=983 I finished reading Richard Branson’s autobiography “losing my virginity” a few days back. An overall brilliant read, although towards the end it does get a bit boring. In the end what captivates you is the risks he took. He did unconventional things (at least it looked unconventional to him), he bet most of his money on [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dont-be-a-flower-pot/983/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/ http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:09:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=954 Yeah yeah.. I admit the title is copied from the line “Count the headlights on the highway” in Elton Johns song “Tiny Dancer“. I first heard the song in the movie “Almost Famous”. Not only was the movie outstanding, but the moment wherein this song was played, was captured beautifully. It has since been one of my favorite [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/ http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=937 At school, we were once asked to write an autobiography of a lamppost for Hindi exam, I put on my thinking cap and started something like,   “I want to reach for the sky, but have to withhold my desires to give light to others”.   I thought it was a brilliant masterpiece, half expecting my [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/ http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:03:58 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=851 On the many discussions we usually have among groups of friends, God, religion, faith do come up at times, and I was once told that God shows his presence in Nature, and Nature is God. I kept quiet not knowing what to answer. I am not sure if I should believe or not believe in [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/ http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:17:09 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=683 Indian culture now includes Tibetan influence, as after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Dalia Lama along with his followers were given shelter in India. At Calangute on the road to Baga, one comes across a Tibetan market selling their cultural art forms in many ways, from ornaments, jewellery as seen here, to musical instruments I have [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/chapora-river-view/677/ http://www.footwa.com/chapora-river-view/677/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:52:56 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=677 On the way to Ashvem, one has to cross the bridge at Chapora, which boasts of some breath taking views. The hut at the edge caught my view with a sudden burning desire of owning a hut like this someday. Amidst the cool shade of numerous palm trees, and the river bank. Only if life [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/chapora-river-view/677/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-vertical-shot/673/ http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-vertical-shot/673/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:26:25 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=673 Although I have already clicked a snap of Mae De Deus Church, I added this one to the post to illustrate how a change in perspective can make the photograph more interesting. Compare it with my post  Mae De Deus Church, Saligao, this one shows the interesting side with pinnacle tips, and a bigger portion of the sky [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/mae-de-deus-church-saligao-vertical-shot/673/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/anjuna/669/ http://www.footwa.com/anjuna/669/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:46:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=669 If I am not doing anything on a weekend, I usually head out to a beach with a book and my camera, Anjuna being the one I visit the most. The reason? Well the view from the cliff is something, the walk along it scenic. I love sitting at one of the restaurants there which is [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/anjuna/669/feed/ 0