Musikk.....1

This was a pic i took when i had attended my friend's gig here in London. The band's name is "The Outside Royalty".

You can see how Rachel in this pic, was actually so involved while playing her violin. Musical expressions are always best to capture. It gives such a soothing effect to the picture.

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Brighton ...1

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Just on the day I had decided not to go anywhere, and only relax the whole day, I got a call from a friend asking me to join him on their sudden trip to Brighton. It's very rare to get such a lovely day in UK. It was about 25 degrees with clear blue sky. A perfect day for taking photographs.

Brighton is about 45 min by train from London. It's a small town in the South of England and it is quite famous for its beach. The beach over here is a pebble beach unlike the regular sand beach.

This is clock tower in the city centre. Just a few minutes down the road opposite to this clock tower is the beach. Since it was beautiful day as expected the beach was crowded. It was like a festival.

West Pier was built in 1866. It was very famous for a long time until they closed down the Pier in 1975. This Pier was completely destroyed in a fire accident in the year 2003. Since then this spectacular structure has been standing in the middle of the sea giving all its spectators a wonderful view. It looks even better during sunset.

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Cambridge ... 1

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Cambridge is a University town in England. On a warm and pleasant weekend I would not have thought of spending it anywhere else other than Cambridge. The walk along the river from Cambridge to Grantchester makes it even better, both health wise and to enjoy the pleasant weather.

The old college buildings and river are the highlight of this town.

The really narrow lanes behind these collegere surrounded by huge red bricked wall gives a very different look in contrast to the remaining part of the town.

Macro shots need so much patience... especially when taking outdoors. And on a windy day when the flowers just keep moving its so tough :)

The pictures of these flowers were taken in the famous botonical garden in Cambridge.

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London Photoshoot ... 2

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This post is to show some of the pictures of the important historical landmarks of London..Well now you know why all the pictures have a vintage look...

This picture of Bankside is a rare photo taken by King George IV in 1908 which is worth a million pounds in the National museum of England.... naah I 'am just kidding this picture was taken by me and given a bit of special effects for a vintage look.. ;-)

If you just have 1 day to spend in London and you want to see around London, it is quite easy. All you need to do is take the cruise on the Thames river. Most of the Tourist attractions are on the bank of river thames, like the London eye, Tower Bridge, Tower Hill, London Bridge, Millenium bridge, Westminister, Big Ben etc... Below is a picture of the Big Ben and Westminister. Interesting thing to note here is most of the attractions in London are Bridges..

This is the most confused monument in London...Well what i really mean is the monument which confuses most new comers in London. Most of the tourists mistake this as the London bridge. But this is actually Tower bridge. The London bridge is the bridge next to this bridge.

Most tourists get disappointed when they actually see the London bridge, because in simple terms it just looks like a plain flyover and has no architectural excellence visible.

That is the reason i decided to capture just one supporting pillar which had the name on it. The reason this bridge is famous for is it's history. Very long ago this was the only bridge connecting the North and South of the river and this was very useful for the businesses beign carried out on either side of the river. Also this bridge collapsed once. remember the song "London bridge is falling down..." , well that's the history behind the song. The London bridge which stands now on river Thames is a fairly new bridge built on the same location where the previous one fell down.

Well that was a quick tour of London for you, with a bit of history that i learnt...

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London Photoshoot....1

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This blog shows some of the photos captured during the London photoshoot... (May 2nd - May 4th). These are some of the pictures i personally liked.

There are lots of things to capture in London like the architecture, the culture and historical places etc... But what particularly grabbed my attention during the photoshoot were the tourists themselves.

It was interesting to notice that the tourists behave so differently when it is not their own place. They even behave like kids. And they will do anything to take a picture.

London Sunset...

I was walking on the Tower Bridge while I captured this picture. It was a very pleasant day and the sky turned orange when it was time for the sun to set..