For Your Eyes Only

Yes, as I earlier said, sometimes a picture can say more than a thousand words. I’ve always been fascinated with beautiful images, and the first thing I invested in after getting my first salary was a good digital camera. Like they say, boys do love their toys, and for me there are just 2 of them right now…my Enfield Thunderbird and a Sony Cybershot P73.

“A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever”. The phrase couldn’t be more aptly applied to than beautiful Imagery – “Kodak Moments” that freeze all the special times of our lives in a frame, to be cherished and remembered time and again. It’s sometimes really fascinating to think how these images might probably outlast not just our lifetimes, but that of our entire generations, since technology has advanced so rapidly in the last few decades that humanity born a century ago wouldn’t have imagined in it’s wildest dreams. Imagine having to see real-life images of legends like Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Mumtaz Mahal or even the inspiring Napolean, Alexander or Ashoka.

I remember hearing somewhere that if you have to appreciate the gift of sight, try putting yourself in the shoes of a person who has been born blind, and who has never been able to see the flawless beauty of a coastal sunrise, the mesmerizing mist of mountains, the varied hues of a fully blossomed garden in spring, or just the elegance of a beautiful smile.
And maybe then, we would stop taking this God’s gift for granted and start appreciating the beauty in His most simple creations.

I’m not a photographer in any sense of the word, but ever since laying my hands on this wonderful technological toy and going through it’s manual, I’ve tried to make as optimum a use of it as possible.

I’m sharing some of the pictures I’ve been able to capture through this during the last year and a half.

Check them out at your expediency: My Collection so far
(There are 4 different albums in the link)