Gondola Ride

Gondola Ride
I was looking forward to my visit to Venice during my honeymoon since I have read about and seen the wonderful pictures others have gotten on their trip. Alas, my visit to Venice was much of a disappointment photographically speaking. We arrived late at 3pm only for the sun to set soon by 4.30pm. The weather was generally gloomy and after being bundled onto our gondola ride, there wasn’t any thing much to take apart from tourist snapshots. The above is one shot taken from our gondola ride that I managed to partially salvage using the Orton Process which I learnt about from James Jordan’s photoblog. The effect is not so much pronounced here compared to the fullsize original shot though.

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope
After a short reprieve from the rainy weather last week, the rain-gods are at it again — it has been raining continuously again for the last 24 hours.

Getting home after a tough day at work, I decided to try out a little indoor abstract photography. Noticing the beads of rain water on my bathroom window pane, I tried a close-up shot on them. Using a wide aperture setting, I threw the streetlights in the background into nice blurry circles. The whitish circle of light came from the passing headlamps of a car in the distance.

Thanks to darling CY for the succinct title for the shot! While not quite truly a kaleidoscope by definition, I think the title is appropriate in describing the colourful patterns and details captured.

Moon Over The Campo dei Miracoli

Moon Over The Campo dei Miracoli
When I came across the day-lit moon at the Campo dei Miracoli during our tour in Italy, I was reminded of some of the beautiful moonrise shots of James Jordan (who has incidentally started a useful and easy-to-read photography-tips blog at “Ready, Aim, Click“). The skies were remarkably blue that morning, creating a nice contrast to the yellow and brown of the ancient buildings. I switched to a long lens to get the buildings close and keep the moon a reasonable size in the frame.