During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
When we arrived at Narkanda, the sun was high in the sky, and really bright. I cursed it at first, because I could hardly click a decent photo with the sun in my eyes....
As it turned out, we were thankful for its presence that day, even though it stayed for just an hour or so. As we forgot ourselves playing in the snow, we only realized its disappearance once we were done, and futilely wished it back!
P.S. Narkanda is about 60 Km from Shimla and is a popular skiing destination.
The photo isn't as good as I hoped, but it happens to be a memorable one. For better photos of the skies from around the world, go to Skywatch Friday
The rays look so piercing!
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Yes, they do, Niranjan! It was so bright, I had a hard time seeing anything at first!
DeleteIts really an outstanding click... Most beautiful day of the week...
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DeleteA starburst of sun - how gorgeous!
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DeleteGreat picture. I wish to be there. I must say you have disturbed a basic of photography and that is don't shoot facing light because its not that easy. But you have done well here.
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Thanks so much, Asad!!It was simply a fluke! have tried to get such an image earlier, but never managed! even this time, the image could have been much better with a bit better knowledge of photography!
DeleteIt's so pleasing feeling to see the Sun on a snowy day..... that too this bright ! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Nisha! that sun was a sight for sore eyes... about the only time we saw it as bright
DeleteCool picture .
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DeleteFantastic shot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Indrani!
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