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Colors of my travel

12 August 2012 24 Comments

Colors of my travel
I am one of those who hate doing tags or memes, toughest part being to tag people since many are like me… tag haters. Not that I don’t do them but I generally avoid. Remember, sometime back I did My seven super shots?
I knew about Capture the color tag cum contest since its inception and prayed that no one tagged me. But alas, my prayers were not heard !! Not one but two persons tagged me for this one ! :( Ganesh and Anuradha, I won’t forgive you both. :)

This meme is about colors of travel which I’ve captured during my travels. Choosing just one for each category was extremely difficult for me. Here are my five colors of travel which capture the essence as per my perception.

RED: Drying time.
Best red photos would always be a fiery sunset and I have quite a few of them. But I avoided putting them here.

woman drying clothes @lemonicks.com

We were hiking in Maharashtra, India during monsoons and we crossed a village. The question of having a washing machine in rural India is a far fetched dream and with incessant rains, drying clothes is a task in itself. The rain had stopped for the moment and as we walked I captured this woman drying her Saree by tying one end to a wall and holding the other. Didn’t want to catch her attention. This technique of drying cloth is quite a common scene in rural India.

GREEN: Breathtaking view.

Lonar lake @lemonicks.com

This breathtaking photo of Lonar lake is one of my all-time favorites. Lonar lake is third largest meteorite crater in the world, you can see a photo feature here. During monsoons we see abundant of greens everywhere but this green was beyond my imagination. With every possible shades & hues of green and with three elements namely, earth, water and the sky playing their parts, this picture is so very different.

WHITE: A streak of white.

clouds @lemonicks.com

White can be thought of as vast expanse of snow, clouds, a range of flowers, buildings and so on. But the fact that I love air travels just to see clouds from above made me choose this shot from the sky … not only for the fluffy clouds which in a few seconds engulfed our airplane but for something else as well ! Do you see that shining white river flowing down there? A streak of white telling us about its existence?

BLUE: Headstones of blue oblivion.
I chose this photo from the hundreds of blues… water, underwater, sky, flowers et al. This one is very unique, not so much for the quality of photo but for the subject.
graves on Tonle sap @lemonicks.com

Have you ever seen blue graves? I had not, till I saw these. We were coming back on a boat after a visit to a floating village on Tonle Sap lake in Siem Reap. On our way, we saw floating schools, churches, houses, shops… everything that comes to our mind. But this one was way too unique. Graves colored in blue on a sinking mushy ground. As you can see, the older graves are losing their blue colors.

YELLOW: Hey, Caught you!

Priest changing clothes @lemonicks.com

On our visit to Ganapatiphule it was morning time in a Hindu temple. The old priest, apparently late, smartly alighted from his scooter, hurriedly went to this corner of temple corridors for changing and wrapped his yellow Dhoti, and then went inside the temple. Yellow is an auspicious color for Hindus. Please don’t beat me for intruding into his privacy, there were many others too.

Most of the bloggers I read or know, have already done this meme or don’t want to do it and so I am not asking anyone and tagging the following bloggers. I wish them happy digging at their photos. :D
Indrani
Puru
Manish
Mridula
Shrinidhi

If you feel, I have not nominated you and you too could have done this as well, feel free to pick up but don’t forget to link this post and me so that I can come over and see your colour captures and comment on them.

If you want to travel places with me, I suggest you to join me on my Facebook travel page.

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24 Comments »

  • Mridula said:

    Lovely pictures Nisha, will do this in the coming week. :D

    # 12 August 2012 at 7:37 PM
  • Samaresh Biswal said:

    lonar pic is superb

    # 12 August 2012 at 7:41 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Mridula,
    No hurries. Looking forward to your gorgeous shots. :)

    Samaresh,
    Thank you. I never cease to admire this one. :)

    # 12 August 2012 at 8:03 PM
  • Manish Kumar said:

    Great Concept.. I will certainly come out with this interesting theme sooner or later :) .

    Yellow dhoti in maroon environment strikes instantly. Pic of lonar lake is also beautiful. Captures of blue graves and red flowing saree proves that u have an expert photographer’s eye.

    In comparison with other snaps white one of clouds was a bit disappointing though.

    # 12 August 2012 at 8:50 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Manish,
    Thank you very much for your valuable comments. Much appreciated.

    Yes, white one looks very ordinary and I have many better photos in white. But here I wanted to show that silver white river which not everybody can notice or capture. :)

    Thanks again.
    Looking forward to your photos. :D

    # 12 August 2012 at 8:59 PM
  • Anu said:

    lovely pics, Nisha! glad I tagged you :D and though i loved all the pics, it was difficult to decide which i liked more… the red or the yellow!!

    # 12 August 2012 at 9:02 PM
  • indrani said:

    Lovely selection of shots.
    Lonar lake is too good.

    # 12 August 2012 at 10:04 PM
  • Sudhagee said:

    The red is my favourite, Nisha. It’s so dramatic and gorgeous.

    # 12 August 2012 at 10:05 PM
  • Arti said:

    Gorgeous captures, Nisha! :) I loved the blue one especially, interesting to see those graves in blue against a myriad of different colors around it.

    # 13 August 2012 at 8:35 AM
  • Arvi said:

    Good shots! I do like the last one of Panditji hurrying :) Kahin Dhoti Khul na jaye! :)

    # 13 August 2012 at 9:49 AM
  • PN Subramanian said:

    I loved the red sari being dried adjacent to some historical monument. The Yellow dhoti against the pink is a great shot. I was wondering as to why the clouds are so dull. I would have made them look snow white but then the traces of the river flowing down would have been lost.

    # 13 August 2012 at 11:34 AM
  • The Wonders Of Wandering said:

    I love your Yellow and your blue. It is a tie between which is my favorite. The contrast of colors of the yellow shot is just so stunning! Beautiful submissions! Thanks for checking out my submission at http://www.thewondersofwandering.com/capture-the-color-photo-blog-my-adventures-through-color/ Looking forward to see all of the results! -Daniella

    # 14 August 2012 at 1:25 AM
  • ghazala said:

    The first picture made me sit up, excellent :)

    # 14 August 2012 at 12:52 PM
  • Venkat Ganesh said:

    Great Pictures Nisha! The Red one is an absolute show stealer!

    Wish you all the best!!!

    Cheers
    Venkat Ganesh

    # 14 August 2012 at 3:25 PM
  • Sabyasachi Patra | Tales from Wild India said:

    Nice write up with images. I am yet to go to the lonar crater. That is in my things to do list.

    Looks like you clicked the clouds through an aircraft cabin window. When you do so, press the camera/cell phone to the window and click. A bit of contrast boost will be better for that image.

    # 15 August 2012 at 10:32 AM
  • NS said:

    LOVED the lake!

    # 17 August 2012 at 10:26 AM
  • Nisha said:

    Anu,
    Seems red & yellow are everybody’s favourite. :P

    Indrani,
    Thank you. When are you doing the tag?

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:23 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Sudhagee,
    Thank you. :) It captured my attention and I had to stop to click the woman.

    Arti,
    Aha !! I like it.

    Blue indeed is very different and unique. :)

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:26 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Arvi,
    Ha ha thank you. :D

    PNS,
    Thank you. Yes, about the white, I wanted to put emphasis on the white river flowing down and that made me a picture which had dull clouds.

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:27 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Wonders of wondering,
    Nice name there, Daniella. :)

    Thank you. :) Yellow was quite stark.

    Ghazala,
    Thank you very much.

    It captured my attention and I had to stop to click the woman.

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:37 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Venkat Ganesh,
    Thank you. All the best to you too! :)

    Sabyasachi,
    Thank you.
    Yes, I do it… taking the lens to as close to window as possible. My other shots are quite ok. Here I wanted to put emphasis on the white river flowing down and that made me a picture which had dull clouds.

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:42 PM
  • Nisha said:

    NS,
    Thank you. Have you been there? :)

    # 21 August 2012 at 3:42 PM
  • Michel said:

    Nice photography!

    # 28 August 2012 at 6:39 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Michel,
    Thank you. And welcome here.

    # 7 April 2013 at 9:09 PM

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