Things to do on Saturday morning
December 22nd, 2005 | Published in Hobbies, Living, Nature & Wildlife, Photography | 28 Comments
On a cool Saturday morning last weekend, we decided to do some shooting at the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. Not to worry, folks. No criminal activities were indulged in here. And no insects were harmed in the process either.
For those who are not from Bangalore, Lalbagh is a rather interesting place in the mornings. The place is filled with people even as early as six — exercising, praying, shaking legs and arms, making loud breathing sounds, dancing, sitting around, walking and even, praying.
So armed with our equipments — cameras, lenses, tripods — we set off for Lalbagh. Shankar, for some reason, decided to don full full jungle regalia as if we were going to a wildlife sanctuary. We spent a good four hours (you don’t realize how time flies when you’re having fun and it’s so true!) taking pictures.
When Kaushik, who I shall now call the ‘insect mating specialist’ (and here’s proof for you too!) found 2 insects making out, Shankar was excited since he could now exercise his macro lens, jazzy tripod and flash. They spent well over 2 hours photographing the co-joined bugs : I am not kidding!
Sabir and I wandered around a bit and found other interesting sights ahead. An old ruined structure, where we spent a good hour taking pictures of a bicycle. What I like about this hobby is that one gets so completely immersed in it that nothing else matters at that moment. No worries, no frivolous domestic errands, no pressing problems to bother you : just you and your equipment and of course, a few willing (and not so willing sometimes) subjects.
I sat down finally on a bench to take a break when a a woman cutting grass on the lawns came and sat beside me on the bench and began a Kannada conversation with me. I didn’t fully understand her of course, but I did get the drift. She was asking for money for no known reason! I decided it was time to leave then. But not without a filling breakfast of rather yummy dosas and idlis at MTR nearby. A morning well-spent.
December 22nd, 2005 at 7:46 pm (#)
great photos which camera do you use?
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:59 pm (#)
Amazing. I don’t know makes you so very simple photos look yet so very very interesting PLUS impressive. Great morning work indeed.
December 23rd, 2005 at 9:43 am (#)
very good photographs indeed.…captured the mood of winter morning perfectly.…keep it coming
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:33 pm (#)
Amazing Photos! Too good.
December 23rd, 2005 at 4:14 pm (#)
my first trip to Lalbagh was this wednesday.…not lemme c the pics
December 23rd, 2005 at 4:18 pm (#)
lovely pics…ohh MTR is one place i have to go.…n its famous esp for breakfasts…that’s wat i’ve heard…
December 23rd, 2005 at 4:51 pm (#)
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December 23rd, 2005 at 5:26 pm (#)
Lovely pics! And you know what, I KNOW that bench you have snapped! :) And the last pic — with the bicycle is a lot like the cover pic of Gurcharan Das’ book “The Elephant Paradigm” :)
December 24th, 2005 at 6:44 pm (#)
dear Anita,
landed at your site thanks to the mention by Desipundit. So enjoyed the photos — and promptly (first the confession, then the permission-request) wrote a poem based on one of them & assembled on my blog. This sometime-custom (borrowing a photo-image from somebody’s blog & finding my way into a poem through pondering the image) is a kind of literary exercise I’ve sporadically employed.
Here’s formerly & properly (though mildly after-the-fact, but the thing of course can be deep-sixed) requesting permission for the noted borrowing, viewable here:
http://kirwani.blogspot.com/2005/12/bench-in-bangalore-photo-ditty.html
(or maybe that should be given as: here)
cheers & hat-tips,
d.i.
December 24th, 2005 at 7:00 pm (#)
p.s. erratum
for: formerly
read: formally
;-) d.i.
December 26th, 2005 at 12:25 pm (#)
First time commenting here.Nice template and your pics are great.Which cam do u use?Nice blog you have in here..:)
December 26th, 2005 at 4:34 pm (#)
Hi
Lovely photos of lalbagh
I think I must have been jogging some where
in lalbagh at that time
because I am there every morning
December 26th, 2005 at 8:31 pm (#)
classic image!! inspires me to get up early in the morning :)
December 27th, 2005 at 3:23 pm (#)
hi anita
Lovely ones !!
December 28th, 2005 at 12:40 pm (#)
hi
the first snap was a beauty…
cheers !!
December 28th, 2005 at 4:44 pm (#)
Awesome pics Anita..
December 28th, 2005 at 6:08 pm (#)
nice pic, capturing nature’s beauty?
December 29th, 2005 at 2:42 pm (#)
Hi,
I had come across one of your article sometime back, probably in rediff — an article on your travelling to Guwahati. This is the first time I had actually get to see your blog. It is nice. Specially, the photographs. They are really nice. Keep it up.
December 29th, 2005 at 7:20 pm (#)
Hi Anita — slightly off-topic — just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. All the best!
December 31st, 2005 at 8:54 pm (#)
Nice Photograph!
January 1st, 2006 at 8:30 pm (#)
Anita,
You should come on the LalBagh Walk organized by BangaloreWalks. It will give you a totally different perspective on this amazing place, and I daresay we can show you several interesting things in the park that you would never have noticed on your own. The walks are conducted every Sat & Sun morning from 7 to 10am, and end with a great MTR breakfast (without the wait!). Check http://www.bangalorewalks.com for details and testimonials. I highly recommend it!
Arun
January 9th, 2006 at 11:32 pm (#)
Wow! Superb pic!!
January 14th, 2006 at 4:49 pm (#)
great photos! I’m from Bangalore (but transpalanted in Delhi) and looking at the lalbagh photos really took me back. I have a few photos on my link.
January 18th, 2006 at 3:39 pm (#)
Amazing photography done. You can visit this blog for a wonderful experience.
June 24th, 2006 at 6:47 pm (#)
Beautiful photographs– perfect for a rainy morning, a daydreaming drizzle type of morning…my eyes seeth what makes my heart soar. :)
June 21st, 2007 at 3:57 pm (#)
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! acknriqwuaey
September 20th, 2007 at 10:01 pm (#)
The bicycle pic is beautiful. If you are based in Bangalore, can I meet you?
–Su
http://bangalorebuzzz.blogspot.com/
December 13th, 2008 at 6:09 pm (#)
In your second paragraph, the last sentence mentions praying twice. You may need an editor. Lol but good job.