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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/tree-silhouette/1573/ http://www.footwa.com/tree-silhouette/1573/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:10:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1573 Clicked near Birla temple at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Loved the network of branchs.]]> http://www.footwa.com/tree-silhouette/1573/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-conditions-of-a-solitary-bird/1443/ http://www.footwa.com/the-conditions-of-a-solitary-bird/1443/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 21:31:58 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1443 The conditions of a solitary bird are five:  - The first, that it flies to the highest point;  - The second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind;  - The third, that it aims its beak to the skies;  - The fourth, that it does not have a definite [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-conditions-of-a-solitary-bird/1443/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/khajjiar-mini-swiss/1393/ http://www.footwa.com/khajjiar-mini-swiss/1393/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:26:48 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1393 I have never seen a place more beautiful than Khajjiar in Himachal Pradesh. 5hours drive from Dharamshala in the Chamba district one comes across a lake, pasture, forest, garlic fields all in one within a 5 km radius at 6500 feet above sea level. The snap above is from a village where garlic fields were laid out [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/khajjiar-mini-swiss/1393/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/kangra/1400/ http://www.footwa.com/kangra/1400/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1400 On the way to Dharamshala we came across the picturesque town of Kangra. At one point this place was captured and ruled by Nepal, but were driven away later by Ranjh, and remained as a princely state under British India, and finally merged with Himachal Pradesh post independence.   For my Feb 2010 Himachal Pradesh [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/kangra/1400/feed/ 0 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/reflection/1037/ http://www.footwa.com/reflection/1037/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:45:16 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1037 Charles Horton Cooley has written a lot on Social Theory and once said   “As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.”   Lake at Ranthambore National Park in Zone 4.]]> http://www.footwa.com/reflection/1037/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/paradise-on-earth/1030/ http://www.footwa.com/paradise-on-earth/1030/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:07:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1030 “If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it.”   Our guide halted here for few mins to listen to nature, so that it can guide him to the Tiger. This place was so calm and peaceful… so colorful.. green trees, tall yellow grass, red flowers, a dash of orange, white, black here. A crane [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/paradise-on-earth/1030/feed/ 1 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/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/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/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 http://www.footwa.com/dhanaulti-snow-clad-hill/405/ http://www.footwa.com/dhanaulti-snow-clad-hill/405/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:07:37 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=405 I had seen this before! In paintings, on postcards, and always imagined it to be an artists imaginary world. Dhanaulti is a pulchritudinous hill station just 60 kilometers from Dehradun (the place we were staying). Walking was really tough on the road, my sneakers not used to the thin ice sheet which had formed. I [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/dhanaulti-snow-clad-hill/405/feed/ 5 http://www.footwa.com/himalayas/390/ http://www.footwa.com/himalayas/390/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:28:03 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=390 Is this Earth! We all seem to be asking. The first glimpse of the Himalayas at a curved road prompted all of us to step out of our vehicles to just enhale this sight. For some of us it was our first look at the “abode of snow” (Thats what it means). An almost similar sight being viewed [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/himalayas/390/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/ http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:01:57 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=371 The snap cameout like a painting after a little touchup. This was at Jim Corbett early in the morning when the light was still dim.]]> http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/fishing-boat-at-majorda/368/ http://www.footwa.com/fishing-boat-at-majorda/368/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:55:38 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=368 We were sitting at the banks of a river at Morjim, when I clicked this. Colorful red and blue]]> http://www.footwa.com/fishing-boat-at-majorda/368/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/burning-sky/341/ http://www.footwa.com/burning-sky/341/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:05:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=341 I took this in Dehradun when I was at my uncles place, I saw it from the kitchen window and wowed it so much, that they suggested the terrace for a better view. The problem was it was raining and I did not want the camera to get damaged. My cousin brother suggested that he [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/burning-sky/341/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/peeking-sun/242/ http://www.footwa.com/peeking-sun/242/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:17:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=242 This was from my balcony at our old house at Altinho. Altinho is a small hill located in Panjim, Goa. It gets its name from a Portuguese word which translates to Altitude as far as I know. Very peaceful place, and very less traffic, which made the stay there enjoyable.]]> http://www.footwa.com/peeking-sun/242/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/onset-of-a-storm/46/ http://www.footwa.com/onset-of-a-storm/46/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:20:39 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=46 On the way to office I saw this. Luckily I had my camera. It was like God Himself was telling me… go home son, not a good day to work. I was almost tempted.]]> http://www.footwa.com/onset-of-a-storm/46/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/creepy-tree/223/ http://www.footwa.com/creepy-tree/223/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:28:24 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=223 Previous title: Creepy tree ok ok, I do admit I click crazy snaps at times, but I loved this one. Its fantastic. It looks like from some … “The Lords of the Ring” scene. Almost whispering .. “Go away”.. ok I better go to sleep now.. Its late.   23/03/2009 – I got a lot [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/creepy-tree/223/feed/ 3