After months of planning and savings :D I was finally able to buy my first DSLR camera. A "NIKON D3000". So far not good :(. I bought it before Deepawli to capture some of fireworks around and also the light from diyas and candles my sister fixes at every inch of the balcony.
Did I get some good shots? NOPE :(
Fireworks are too tricky to capture. I will have to play with aperture speed and ISO sensitivity - and I can only say it but not make it work.... Pity! Its the same story with everything that is dark. I am not very able to capture the original light/colour of the object. either it gets too bright even without flash when I change a few settings(which I am not sure about) or it gets too dark than the original.
So, in short, its no fun with DSLR cameras except that I can do very well with focus. In day light, my digital camera (again a Nikon) was better, fast and easy :D
Diwali celebrations
Not doing any great with my road side journeys either - not getting much of opportunities to drive after the Agra trip with KV, Shishir(he used to be in the same university in Aberdeen) and Shishir's cousin. I fell asleep while driving back to Delhi and fortunately only the Fender(right), front door(right), bumper(front), bonnet, fog lamp(right, head light(right) has to be repaired :)
After so much loss I am happy to say we were fortunate because I can well imagine what could have happened banging a 2 feet high road divider @ 125kms/hr. We were all safe and were easily able to drive my not so good looking car upto garage.
Thanks to insurance guys - my car looks like before again :). last monday I got an opportunity to drive deep inside villages of Haryana while going for a marriage. We also squeezed some free time and drove to my family village (Sahlasar). It was so good to see our haveli walls intact (doors and windows are ransacked by hundreds of monkeys) and peacocks singing for only few of remaining families in the village. I had a big glass of buffalo's milk after which i couldn't eat anything in the marriage (ice cream is an exception).
Udit and Ankita
Airtel Great Delhi Run
Cool DudeMy urge to travel and drive and capture is shifting from desperation to frustration and I hope my plans for Sunderban jungles (West Bengal) in December-January will be able to calm me for a while. Humans are greedy!
