Karan's Photo Blog

Grand Canyon North rim & Kaibab national forest

2011-09-07T16:24:00.000-07:00

Had a wonderful trip to the grand canyon. This tim it was the more secluded north rim of the canyon and lodging at Kaibab national forest. This is a short video to share the feel of the place. Made from photos and short clips captured on Canon EOS7D.

Life Size Me.

2011-06-11T12:41:00.001-07:00

Find a paper big enough to trace full body!

Do prints of feet and hand. Caution: Do not step on the carpet and make your dads go wild!

Color in the body.

Always find time for a quick pose.

Nearly there

Take a photo and print in A4.
Remember to smile

Cut and stick the face.

Life size me!!

... To be continued.

Early morning drive along lake district lake Ullswater.

2011-04-25T14:54:00.000-07:00

Located in the Lake District National park in Cumbria, Ullswater is one of the most beautiful lake in England. This is a collection of shots around Ullswtaer area from the bottom of the lake to the top along A592. All taken in the early hours of the day.
Early morning view of Ullswater from Howtown area looking up north east.

This is a view of Ullswater from near Glenridding village.

A view with farm

This is looking down Kirkstone pass

This is further down on A592 towards lake windermere.

Tulip garden in keukenhof holland

2011-04-05T15:11:00.001-07:00

Tulip garden in keukenhof holland, a photo by BSKaran on Flickr.

My most popular photo in Flickr!

Paris city

2011-03-04T15:53:00.000-08:00

This is from my recent trip to Paris showing a few sots taken around the famous city landmarks.

Starting with the Eiffel tower, You need a good wide-angle lens to cover this. I felt the need to go wider than my usual 17-55.
This is one great location for a tower shot, especially if you want the full view of the tower with yourself.

Yet another shot of Eiffel tower from under. This is when you really feel the need for a wide angle.

A typical paris street view. I like this view and the angle of this shot.

One more from the street level looking up.

The light was just perfect for this shot and the shape of the building makes it pop out.

Finally one of the famous Noter dame Church.

Did you know the all the shots except the first on was taken from the top of a tourist bus? to get a good view of the city I would highly recommend the bus tour, however you need steady hands if you are taking photos from the bus.

Chasing the sun set from Colombo to Galle - Beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka

2010-09-21T10:54:00.000-07:00

Going back to sri lanka after 11 years was really exiting and I was pleasantly surprised with the number and accessibility of beaches. This is a collection of sunset and sun rise along the cost from Colombo to Galle.

Sun set at Galle face – Colombo

Mount lavinia beach

Bentota - Near the Bentota Beach Hotel

Unawatuna Beach - Sunrise near the rock pool.

All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D and EFS 17-55 f2.8 IS and a selection of Cokin gradient and colour filters.

You can find the compllet collection of Sri lanka trip photas at http://www.bskaran.com/Travel/SriLanka

Grand Canyon - Truly Grand!

2010-08-06T17:49:00.000-07:00

Had great full day experience of Grand canyon. This is a collection of shots taken walking around the south rim and along the Little Colorado River Canyon. Also managed to capture a few end of day shots of the Grand Canyon from the desert view point.

This is a really huge place and makes me feel one day is too shore to explore. So must go back!

Walking along the south rim.

Little Colorado river Canyon.

Preparing for a storm!

Sun set from desert view point.

Las Vegas at Night

2010-08-03T17:41:00.000-07:00

Walking around Las Vegas at night with a tripod was the best way to capture the true sense of Vegas.

A good test for the Canon EOS 7D high ISO performance.

This one from my hotel room.

One more from my room.

Canon EOS 7D

2010-05-31T11:32:00.000-07:00

After shooting with Canon EOS 300D for about 6 years I have now upgraded to Canon EOS 7D. This is a massive improvement in high ISO image quality and the camera speed. 7D is really fast and ready for action immediately and it is very pleasing to shoot with. The biggest improvement is the auto focus – very quick and accurate.

Hope to gets some good shots this summer.

Xmas songs

2009-12-15T13:24:00.000-08:00

Have not been doing any new photos but thought i'll add a few Xmas classic songs.

So this is my top 10 count down to Xmas.

Merry Xmas and wonderful New year 2010.

Xmas Top 10

Gower - South Wales

2009-08-03T15:31:00.000-07:00

This is from our stay at the Rose cottage in port Eynon located near the beach in Gower peninsular. The cottage is supposedly over 300 years old and it retains a lot of original features.
This gave us the perfect base for exploring the beaches of Gower.

This one is from the Rhossili Bay. This is the most westerly bay on the Gower peninsula and arguably one of the best beaches in UK. Reaching the beach with small children is bit of a challenge and we learned it the hard way.
Walking towards the Worms Head from Rhossili Bay. This is a very relaxing and enjoyable walk especially during the sun set.
Finally a sun set at the Rhossili Bay. This was done with a sun set filter and just in time I had the cyclists appear in my frame. I think they do add a lot to this image.

Hope you liked these ... Will add a few from other beaches around Gower and the famous Three Cliff bay.

Bodnant Garden - Early summer

2009-05-02T16:47:00.000-07:00

The light was just great. Sun behind me and nicely lighting up the building and cloud behind the scene. So just clicked it without any filter and got this contrast finish.

Again great light for this shot. A bit of post processing to bring out the colors.

And a few for the sake of color.

This has got to be one of the finest gardens in UK. If you are in North Wales during spring/summer this place is well worth a trip.

I hope to go again in June to see this in full blossom!

Pinery Provincial Park - Canada

2008-11-18T13:47:00.001-08:00

Pinery Provincial Park - Canada
Originally uploaded by B.S.Karan

This is a view from the camping site at Pinery Provincial Park.

Clicked it just before sunset and the view was really stunning with steamy mist on top of the lake.

Must be one of the last good shot from the trip. later that night it started to rain and the next day we packed up the camping in the rain!

Let's take the lid off!

2008-11-10T09:40:00.000-08:00

Well, over the week end I set out to set up my blog with Blogger and integrated it to my Smugmug photo site. Thanks to the Smugmug support forum I managed to set it up fairly smoothly.

Now that I am all set, I hope to share some photos and interesting photography related information as and when possible. Looking forward to your views and comments as well.

This is what happens when you take the lid off!

Thought I will start with this casual shot that my wife clicked a few years ago. Just shows that you should have a camera handy at all times.

Don't ask me if she ate that pizza.