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Udaipur – City Palace Museum

June 21, 2011 by kianhong

I have previously written a post about the wall paintings seen in Udaipur - “Graffiti” art in Udaipur, but I forgot to mention the City Palace Museum. City Palace Museum (also known as Pratap Museum) make up large part of the Udaipur City Palace Complex, a palace complex built by the Maharana Udai Mirza Singh as the capital [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Travelogue • Tags: arms, City Palace Museum, coins, courtyard, deer hunting, fine glass inlay works, India, inscriptions, Krishna Vilas, Laxmi Vilas Chowk, Maharana Ari Singhji, Mewar, Mor Chowk, murals, photography, portraits, Rajasthan, Rajput, sculptures, Travel, Udaipur, Udaipur City Palace Complex, wall paintings, weapons

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Like what you like, and love what you love

June 5, 2011 by kianhong

One of the reasons I like about photography is that I’m able to shoot anything I like. There’s no logic, no rules, no boundaries, no right or wrong. When you are taking a shot, you are in totally control of what you want, and what you want to achieve. It’s subjective. It’s personal. As a [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Let's talk about photography • Tags: directions, facial expression, feather duster, holy town, India, kids, Old man, Panasonic Lumix LX3, photography, Portrait, Pushkar, Rajasthan, sari, street style, Travel, views

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Get the best out of yourself

May 26, 2011 by kianhong

I have been making a final push to select and edit some of my old photos and showcase them in my Photoshelter’s gallery. To my surprise, I found some photos that deemed ‘lousy’ in the past suddenly become ‘good’ or ‘great’. Some photos that looked uninspiring previously become awesome now. And I’m really glad that I did make the [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Picture for Thought • Tags: bun, cooking, facial expression, food, holy town, India, Panasonic Lumix LX3, photography, photoshelter, Portrait, Pushkar, Rajasthan, street vendor, Travel

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日已尽 – Favourite Shots of India 4 of 5

March 14, 2010 by kianhong

(Desert, Pushkar, India) 尘落沙飞日已尽人哀梦碎天知晓冷风冽过散魂魄唯独夕阳抚孤星

Categories: By Country, India, Scribble of Mind • Tags: camel, Desert, dusk, India, photography, Pushkar, Rajasthan, silhouette

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The Face – Favourite Shots of India 3 of 5

March 7, 2010 by kianhong

(A Spectator at Mela Ground, Pushkar, India) I have been shooting so many photos before but I’ve never paid any special attention when taking portraits. I never understand why photographers are so fascinated by portraits, till I saw her eyes in this shot. Though this portrait was taken slightly out of focus and I was also frustrated by the obscure caused by somebody’s [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Picture for Thought • Tags: Face, India, Mela Ground, photography, Portrait, Pushkar, Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan

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The Herder and The Goat – Favourite Shots of India 2 of 5

February 26, 2010 by kianhong

(Desert, Pushkar, India) On the way to the sand dunes, I saw three young herders leading the goats and cows back to the village. The sight is not unusual in the countryside, where life is simple, ordinary, and close to the nature. They were on their way back home, a place which provide warmth, shelter, love, care [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Picture for Thought • Tags: countryside, Desert, favourite shot, goat, going home, herder, India, photography, Pushkar, Rajasthan

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容不下黑白 – Favourite Shots of India 1 of 5

February 22, 2010 by kianhong

(Amber Fort, Jaipur, India) 那是我以为最美丽的画作一种莫名其妙一种过去与现在的拉扯模糊了知觉与视觉协和艳丽的色彩显得有些牵强美景也只不过如此原来没有你所有会是黑白黑白从来不属于色彩就像色彩永远容不下黑白

Categories: By Country, India, Picture for Thought • Tags: Amber Fort, dusk, favourite shot, India, Jaipur, photography, Rajasthan

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Udaipur Railway Station

February 6, 2010 by kianhong

Delhi – Agra – Jaipur – Ajmer/Pushkar – Udaipur – Delhi It’s time to go back to the place where I started. I finally feel tired. I want to go home. Tired being overwhelmed by all the thoughts and memories, that bugged me mercilessly throughout the whole journey. I love trains. I love railway station. And [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Travelogue • Tags: India, Rajasthan, train, Udaipur, Udaipur Railway Station

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Jagdish Temple, Udaipur

January 29, 2010 by kianhong

Like any Indian temples around the world, you need to remove your shoes before you enter. There’s normally a shoeshelf or cupboard at the entrance for you to leave your shoes. But during my whole trip in India, I never leave my trekking shoes away from me whenever I entered any mosques or Indian temples, for the fear of [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Travelogue • Tags: Hindu temple, India, Indo-Aryan architecture, Jagdish temple, Rajasthan, Udaipur, Vishnu

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I’m here

January 27, 2010 by kianhong

You’ve crossed over the horizon And you’ve sailed beyond the seven seas But I’m here You walk through the furious rain And you dance with the gusty wind But I’m here You’ll never hear me And you’ll never see me Yet I’m here

Categories: By Country, India, Scribble of Mind • Tags: City of Lakes, graffiti, India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom, Udaipur, wall painting

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"Graffiti" art in Udaipur

January 24, 2010 by kianhong

This was the fifth and last city I had visited in my India trip before heading back to Delhi. This historic capital of the former Rajput kingdom of Mewar is also called City of Lakes, because it is the home of some of the most beautiful lakes in the state of Rajasthan — Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar Lake, Jaisamand, [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Travelogue • Tags: City of Lakes, graffiti, India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom, Udaipur, wall painting

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9 hours of waiting…….

January 21, 2010 by kianhong

17:41 I have just reached Ajmer Railway Station from Pushkar. Since the nearest railway station is situated in Ajmer, I need to come here to catch a train to Udaipur. The departure time? 00:50. Why do I come so early? Because the local buses operating between Pushkar and Ajmer end at 19:00 daily. How should I spend my time? I [...]

Categories: By Country, India, Travelogue • Tags: Ajmer, Ajmer Railway Station, Black and White, India, Pushkar, Rajasthan, train

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