In order to avoid political drama, India has banned all onion exports. No, this is not an Onion headline. Take a look.
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The Cameras I used on my Ladakh Adventure
- iPhone XS Max.
- Leica M-A with a Leica f2/50mm Summicron.
- Nikon D850 along with Nikon f 2.8 24-70 and Nikon 2.8 70-200 lenses.
I had initially planned to bring along a Leica TL2 with an f1.4/50mm (equivalent) Summilux, but somehow that didn’t work out, and at the very last minute, I decided to rent a Nikon kit from a camera rental operation in Bangalore. Continue reading “The Cameras I used on my Ladakh Adventure”
Gateway to Heaven: Ladakh
Photography oriented trips are a visual Marathon. You are always on the move; your eyes are still looking, scanning, cataloging and telling your brain what a photo worth making is. I usually drive around with a local and then stop at a location that clicks. Pun intended! And then I would spend either minutes or hours at a location, and work it.
But after a while, your eyes start to tire, and you stop looking. It usually happens on the last day and today was no different. Luckily, Arun Bhat, who helped organize this trip and our man-Friday, karma, were there to push me. “Why don’t we drive up to Tanglangla,” and stop along the way and look at some Monasteries,” Arun had suggested. The drive to the second highest motorable pass in the world (maybe) is beautiful, and with early snows coming, the roads are going to be empty and pass through a beautiful landscape, worth looking and not just photographing. Continue reading “Gateway to Heaven: Ladakh”