ORNATELY CRAFTED CHILLIPAM BUDDHIST MONASTERY

To me ornate is elaborate, extravagant, an intricate shape or a embellished object. I was in awe with the grandeur and aura of Chillipam monastery in Tenga in Tawang district, India. Beautiful ! Isolated, wild, peaceful…. these adjectives came to my mind as I admired this ornately designed gompa. Look at the patterns, the details, […]

One Photo Two Treatments

it’s really fun to experiment with different photo processing software actions and settings to see what I can come up with. For this week’s A photo a Week Challenge we have to take a single photo and do two different types of post-processing on it. I chose three pics for this challenge. I hope you […]

Teal or Turquoise around me ( Cee’s Fun Foto )

This week’s theme is Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is Turquoise or Teal. I looked around to click few pictures with specific color and the moment I saw this painting of Buddha in my living room I knew it was perfect for the theme. Isn’t it ? This fruit tree is growing in my garden. Custard […]

Prince grew up as Buddha

As a kid what did I want to be when I grew up? Might be a kind, helpful and educated human being who can fulfill her small dreams in her life? It really doesn’t matter to me. I grew up listening to some famous stories of princes who later in their life moved towards enlightenment. […]

Placebo Effect: Treating King Size Ego

Daily Prompt: If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why? I would cure egoistic, self obsessed individuals and treat their BIG egos for sure. Egos are larger than life, the only reason for conflicts and wars. Male ego is biggest and female ego is most […]

A Photo a Week Challenge: Muted Colors

Color is an important part of photography. Some images work best with over-saturated colors; some work best with no colors (I love good black and white photographs). For this week’s challenge, I found a picture that I really liked, but was over-exposed. When I started working on it, I realized that if I muted the […]

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: ENDURANCE

ENDURANCE OF FAITH Endurance to me is one’s ability to resist, withstand or recover from, facing hardships, going through tough situations or stress. It may be seen in the context of an individual or its manifestation in the nature. Recently I visited Ellora Caves, a WORLD HERITAGE SITE in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, an archeological site […]