Once a hidden waterfall is not so hidden anymore. But it is still worth giving a visit in the right condition. The turquoise blue glacial water and a gorgeous sky makes it even more enjoyable.

When a place gets popular, the biggest problem is the loose of charm. Specially in natural locations one would like to have some tranquillity. But with over tourism that charm may disappear. Iceland is becoming like that. Folks of tourists fly in and the place gets completely overrun.

To avoid such crowd I end up there at around 22:30, but there were still people around. This image is normally taken from a small foot bridge which moves if someone walks. I had to wait for a long time to have some over excited mobile photographers to leave and have the bridge not moving for few minutes before another group of people ran in with there mobile upright. By that time my job was done and I just ran away from there.

These are the times I seriously hope that there was no camera on a mobile phone. 😄

If you have already read till here; you might be interested in watching a short film that I have made about my experience of this land of Fire and Ice. Click here to get amazed with the beauty of this special place.

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Any suggestions or criticisms are always welcome.

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In the quiet corners of our stay, a charming amphibian muse graced us with its daily presence. This unassuming frog, a steadfast companion, stationed itself just outside our room, a sentinel of the natural world. Its emerald-green skin, adorned with delicate specks, reflected the dappled sunlight filtering through the lush foliage. With an air of tranquillity, it seemed to have adopted the role of our silent guardian, a testament to the beauty found in the smallest, often overlooked, moments of life. As I sought to immortalize this unspoken connection, I endeavoured to capture its entirety in a full-bodied portrait, ensuring that this seemingly ordinary frog would forever be etched in the tapestry of our memories.

Can I justify this as wildlife photography? With a macro lens? 😄

It was a delightful experience capturing the image of the frog. As is often emphasized in wildlife and flower photography, it's crucial to get down to their level. I followed this advice precisely. I removed the tripod head, which boasts a sufficiently large base to rest stably on the ground. This served as a reliable foundation for composing and capturing an image at a fairly low shutter speed. The frog remained remarkably still before gracefully hopping into the deep grass, affording me ample time to capture both a striking image and a short video clip.

It was a charming moment where I could truly connect with the subject, and the stability provided by the tripod head on the ground allowed me to immortalize the frog's stillness in both a photograph and a moving clip.

It brought immense joy to immerse myself in nature and observe the myriad tiny creatures, from frogs and spiders to delicate water droplets; subjects often overlooked by typical tourists. This kind of appreciation blossoms when armed with a good macro lens. While I won't profess to be a macro fanatic, there's a unique satisfaction in capturing the intricate details of the miniature world around us. This particular day was one of those moments when I reveled in getting up close and personal with the tiny inhabitants of Mother Nature; our often unnoticed, yet fascinating, tiny neighbours.

If you have already read till here; you might be interested in watching a short film that I have made about my experience of this amazing Moroccan city. Click here to get amazed with the beauty of this special place.

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I am not that much into street photography. Basically I never tried it before. But it is definitely an interesting style of photography. We landscape photographers are normally very calculative and spend a long time to think about the light, composition, technique and too many things.

But street photography is different if it has to be naturally done. It has to be all instinct. You can't fiddle with your camera setting. Something that is extremely difficult for a landscape photographer who constantly over analyse the situation.

So it was fun going around the streets of Marrakech Medina and capture the daily life of people. Our guide Omar; who is a seasoned street photographer of those alleys; definitely helped us finding the right location. But I found it quite hard to change my instinct for that perfect shot. Rather I found that those little imperfection actually make a better image when it comes to street.

So here is one of many moments I have captured during that day. A quick burst of shots helped capturing the right moment when the light rays came in and the fire was lit.

Needless to say this was one of many attempts and probably one of 120 odd shots I took of the same composition. And this is the chosen one among them all.

If you have already read till here; you might be interested in watching a short film that I have made about my experience of this amazing Moroccan city. Click here to get amazed with the beauty of this special place.

Please have a look at my website www.avisekhphotography.com for all my recent works.

Have a nice weekend.

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Any suggestions or criticisms are always welcome.

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A post after more than a month. I had been busy photographing, working and taking care of some person stuff. Hope you all have spend the festive session well.

After our initial visit 10 years back in 2014; we decided to go back to Cambodia one more time. What a lovely time we had. The best was the light. In our first trip I visited the Angkor Wat all the 5 days during Sunrise and only the last day had a good sunrise. But this time I way lucky. I visited Angkor Wat in 3 sunrise and all the 3 days had stunning sky. This day was definitely the best of all.

In this location the landscape photographic rule that says, it is never over before it is really over was really true. Because the beautiful light and the golden glow started almost 30 minutes before the sunrise. Few minutes before the sunrise, it all became dull. Then within few minutes the sky started burning and after another 10 minutes it all turned blue.

There is normally large queue and a good amount of people stand there during the sunrise. Well needless to say that I was the first person there every morning. But I saw some people came very early just after me and after the long wait as soon as the initial light disappeared, the started leaving. I felt strange. Why put so much effort coming in early and not wait 15 minutes more to at least pass the scheduled sunrise time. Probably they were already hungry! 😄

So they started walking off and the sky picked the colour. Bad luck, because their spot is already captured. They tried to get in and almost throw their mobile phone on the lake to capture that perfect image. But didn't work out very well.

Anyway, in the mean time as always I did document our elaborated experience in a movie. If you have come till here you might be interested to experiencing Cambodia in a bit more detail and if that is the case; have a look at the short film that we enjoyed making a lot.

Discover Cambodia: A Journey through Time and Culture

Oh, another important information is that; last time we actually photographed the temple from the pool that is on the left side and it has more uninterrupted view of the temple as there are no trees in front. That pool is under maintenance for some time now. So we had to move to pool on the right. That is a bit tricky as there is only one or two spots from where you will not have the temple covered by the tree. So the positioning is important. Thank god I had detailed knowhow from the last year, so it was a bliss for me this time. 😇

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This is a very long awaited image. 10 odd years back this was a very common scene here. But things changed dramatically. These valleys stay rather green whole year recently.

It never crossed my mind that this well illuminated church would look amazing in a snowy landscape, till the snow disappeared. There is a common say that you don't understand the value of what you have. Same thing happed to me in this case. Such scene was so common that I didn't realize the value of it. By the time I realized it was too late.

So I was keeping an eye on the weather and the webcam every time there were some snow in the region during winter. Finally after almost 6 years of looking out, the condition became perfect for an evening out and this image was captured.

And will be my last post of 2023. So sign off for now with a rather Christmassy image and see you all again next year.

Wish you and all your loved ones merry Christmas and a very happy new year.

Wish you and all your loved ones merry Christmas and a very happy new year.

Please have a look at my website www.avisekhphotography.com for all my recent works.

Have a nice weekend.

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