White Landscapes

December was cold but all is forgotten when you have beautiful landscapes to look at...
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Manchanbele

This trip had to happen - come what may! Having watched Prince of Persia and seeing off Sujith at 12:30 AM it was decided to meet up at 4 AM for a bike trip to Manchanbele. I made it at 4:30 AM though (half sleepy)

Manchanbele is about 30 Kms. from Bangalore, on the Bangalore - Magadi main road near the Thippagondanahalli Reservoir. Surrounded with lush greenery and hills in every direction, Manchanbele is one of the hot spots for serious birders.

Because of its geographical location with hills all around, once can see beautiful landscapes all around. Early mornings are beautiful with the sun rising behind the hills and gives you a clear view from the top of the many hills around and not to forget Manchanbele is infested with colorful Dragonflies and Butterflies apart from a dozen species of birds.

What I have always enjoyed about Manchanbele are the beautiful landscapes with lush greenery around the water body, blue skies and puff of clouds. Its quite a wait for the nature to build this up, however its worth the wait.

I have been to Manchanbele quite a few times. Its been a good get away form Bangalore apart form Nandi Hills. Its amazing to experience the serene atmosphere even if you are not with your camera here. The water is not too deep, so if you are a good swimmer, you can for sure take a plunge in the water. Kayaking is something that people have been coming to Manchanbele (I would definitely want to give it a try).

Its once place where you can take your time, set up a frame and CLICK! (what say Sujith :))

Was a great experience specially riding the Avenger to Manchanbele at 4:30 AM, chasing the sunrise after crossing the Big Banyan Tree, waiting for the blue sky, waiting for the puffed clouds, clicked the patterns and a sore arse by the time we reached Costa. All worth it!

been a long time...

It's been a very long time since my last post.  I promised that I did be back after my trip to Rajasthan, however work got the better side of me.

I got married last year, December 29th to be precise and was of to Rajasthan.  Had a great time traveling around Jaisalmer, Udaipur and a bit of Jodhpur.  The sand dunes of Hudi (Jaisalmer) were just brilliant and had the a very different feeling knowing the fact that I was just 50 kms away from Pakistan.  Wonder if I ever would make it to that part of the world, so near yet so far.

Apart from the trip to Rajasthan haven't been to many shoots but a couple of them.  Introduce a few of my colleagues at work to Pottery Town - yup the shutter bug has bit them.

More soon!  Enjoy a few of my snaps from my archives.