The year was 1290 . A crowd had gathered around a clearing, where broken down pillars marked the presence of an ancient temple, now long gone. A young boy, just 14 years old, leaned against one of those pillars, deep in thought. Then, he began speaking, and the crowd fell silent, listening to his every word. He spoke without any notes, translating the Bhagavat Gita, from Sanskrit, which only the pundits knew, to the language everyone in the village knew and spoke – a variety of Prakrit which developed into the Marathi language. Even as he spoke, one of the men in the audience realized how momentous this event was, and how important this composition would be. He began writing down the words the young boy spoke, and this composition was named by its author and composer, the Bhavartha Deepika – the enlightening meaning (of the Bhagavat Gita). Now, the ancient, holy text, was no longer restricted to the pundits, but accessible to all, understood easily by them, composed as it was, in their...
For the last hour,I have watching the partial solar eclipse, explaining the phenomenon to Samhith, and trying to get a reasonably good photograph.Success at last!!! Guess what I used to take these pics!!!
(ANS. a double layer of film for the first 2 and 4 layers for the last 3!)
For More pictures of the solar eclipse, check out the following blogs:
Ashish Parmar's Nature's Imagery (Bangalore)
Mridula's Travel Tales from India (Delhi)
Quest's Quest beyond eternity (Thiruvananthapuram)
awesome, i might sound silly, but the partially eclipsed sun looked very powerful even in the photos..
ReplyDelete@AJCL: hey, u dont sound silly at all!!!! in fact, the sun was so bright that the eclipse which i could see thru dark glasses wasnt even visible when i took pics... i tried all sorts of things to reduce the brightness but to no avail.... even tried taking a pic thru the glasses!!!
ReplyDeletefinally, i was looking at some pics on the net of people gathered to see the eclipse and there was a pic there of a child with a photofilm... that gave me an idea and i tried it out.. even then, one layer of the film wasnt enough... as u can see, the more the layers, the better is the pic!!
amzzzzzzzzzzing anuji u did wonder for us by capturing this moment...how did u do this. i wud like to click the same way next time...so please teach me the way..
ReplyDeletelovely images anu, I was kind of expecting this when I came to your blog. In banglore the eclipse was more complete. It was incredible...Thomas
ReplyDeleteI too tried to capture the eclipse between a day full of taking classes. I managed to take it by clicking the reflection though my office window and missing lunch :D
ReplyDeleteLoved the hue of your pictures.
@ Sabr: Thanks a lot.. but theres no real technique.. just read the comment above... simply trial and error!!
ReplyDelete@T&S : Hey, I was just seeing some blore pics of the eclipse and wondering if u had taken some too..... and also wishing i was there to see it...
@Mridula: im sure it was worth missing the lunch!! actually so did we, for we dont eat during the eclipse :-(
and i tried taking pics of the reflection,but somehow it didnt work out well.. waiting to see yours....
Hey Deepa Akka...Absolutely Fab photographs...Amma and Shyam saw them too :) Chance'ille!! Shalu
ReplyDelete@Shalu: thanks so much!! great to hear from u...
ReplyDeleteSnaps of solar eclipsed are awesome.
ReplyDeleteluved that red tinge - luvly
ReplyDeleteThe sun was indeed too bright.....saw the eclipse with naked eyes :) and got a few pics too
ReplyDelete@ Quest:Hey, u should be a little more careful! but the pics are great!!!!
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