[muralisk]

Amazing pictures. Truly great stuff there. Which camera is this?

[anujmishra]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Infact you would be surprised to know that there is a lot mallu population around. For a fact in Karnataka I have never heard of an instance where communication has been a problem. People always have been real helpful

Even I am in same league. I have never faced such problem in Karnataka as well as in Tamilnadu. Such things cannot be planned. But if you express your question correctly, irrespective of language barrier you will get your answer in terms of expression. It is more than enough. Peoples of Karnataka are very kind in telling directions when asked, by whatever means.

Excellent photos Riju. It is more readers delight than owners experience . We certainly need to get few tips regarding photography from you, Samurai, Rudra etc.

Waiting for more to come.

[rjstyles69]

Originally Posted by IronWolf

Riju, looks like it was another fun road trip for you'll. Nice pics. So when and where is the next trip?

Next road trip hell yeah tonight am off again.One with a travelogue you prolly would have to wait till Oct' since am waiting for the rains to stop and then see Chikkamagalur.

Originally Posted by rippergeo

great pics riju. I think i missed these on flickr. are they put up there yet?

Thanks Jude, yeah a few of them are already there.

Originally Posted by Samurai

It was shot with 50-200mm, the grainy effect usually shows up in OOF areas. Notice this shot taken at the same time, the bokeh is grainy.

Insane wasn't the word with the speed at which this was clicked. I remember my wife going when she saw this lizard( whatever it is called) and the next instance Samurai goes click click. Wonderful capture and the speed was simply astounding. I aint exaggerating here but this is how it was.

Originally Posted by muralisk

Amazing pictures. Truly great stuff there. Which camera is this?

Thanks buddy. Day 4 should be up by today and I will add all details.

Originally Posted by anujmishra

Excellent photos Riju. It is more readers delight than owners experience. We certainly need to get few tips regarding photography from you, Samurai, Rudra etc.

Waiting for more to come.

Let the players of the big league speak , their work shows . Thanks for your compliments though .

[mav2000]

Super pics man..do you by any chance teach beginners how to use a camera properly?

[snaronikar]

Nice pics Riju. Will wait for final leg pics of your trip.

[esteem_lover]

Looks like Rudra's training was not in vain. Great pictures Riju.

[kavesh55]

Great Travellogue like the pictures though.
Write ups like these always instigate me to take that everpending trip to Kundapur.
Guess i would be doing that soon.

[kaushik_s]

Hey Riju,
Lovely shots, specially the once during the Sunset and the 2nd picture in your 2nd post(the misty hill one with 70-300mm). Any more left ? Please post.
Regards,
Kaushik

[sushrutha]

Riju, Thanks for sharing these wonderful pics. Truely all are of wallpaper quality.
I repeat what MAG said BREATH TAKING.
I hope the road pic is between Arasikere - Kadur / Shimoga
The other one is enroute to JOG(with huge electic poles) just after shimoga

[hondadude]

Very good pics. Thanks so much for sharing.

One quick question. The borders for pictures is really nice as well. How do you do that for a batch of pics ?

[Rudra Sen]

Riju, great stuff! Try to work out your own archives. You already have plenty of good shots. So sooner the better.

[rjstyles69]

Originally Posted by mav2000

Super pics man..do you by any chance teach beginners how to use a camera properly?

Not really ,for a living I work in the big bad world of IT.

Originally Posted by snaronikar

Nice pics Riju. Will wait for final leg pics of your trip.

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Looks like Rudra's training was not in vain. Great pictures Riju.

Originally Posted by kaushik_s

Hey Riju,
Lovely shots, specially the once during the Sunset and the 2nd picture in your 2nd post(the misty hill one with 70-300mm). Any more left ? Please post.
Regards,
Kaushik

Thanks much guys am humbled by all your responses.

Originally Posted by kavesh55

Great Travellogue like the pictures though.
Write ups like these always instigate me to take that everpending trip to Kundapur.
Guess i would be doing that soon.

Do it why wait till Christmas ?

Originally Posted by sushrutha

Riju, Thanks for sharing these wonderful pics. Truely all are of wallpaper quality.
I repeat what MAG said BREATH TAKING.
I hope the road pic is between Arasikere - Kadur / Shimoga
The other one is enroute to JOG(with huge electic poles) just after shimoga

Thanks mate, yes you are spot on with the places. The road pic was shot between Arasikere and Shimoga.

Originally Posted by hondadude

Very good pics. Thanks so much for sharing.
One quick question. The borders for pictures is really nice as well. How do you do that for a batch of pics ?

I simply use the stroke feature in CS -3.

Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Riju, great stuff! Try to work out your own archives. You already have plenty of good shots. So sooner the better.

I have one already and yes just getting better at it by the day.Am open to critics too so go ahead.

[n_aditya]

Superb thread Riju. The pics are excellent and reminds me of my trip to Murdeshwar.

What is the tariff in RNS yatrinivas now?

When I visited Murdeshwar around 5-6 years back, we stayed at RNS Yatrinivas and they charged 500 bucks for a deluxe room which was huge. Any other place would have charged at least 2k - 3k for a room of that size.

And i agree with you... the view from the balcony is just breathtaking. What a lovely vacation that was.

Once again... excellent pics. Would love to learn the art of photography from you someday.

[finneyp]

Riju, Nice pics & a well written Travelogue!
Coastal Karnataka is a very scenic & beautiful place! Had passed through this place once on the way from Mangalore to Goa some two years back!

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Time to face the music now. Ooh yes you guessed it right we have to traverse National Horror -17 ( Courtesy Samurai for that name ) till Manipal. The stretch between Kundapur to Udupi is horrendous. 35kms of sheer spine breaking and car wrecking stretch.

No wonder Samurai got himself a GV!

[Samurai]

All this beauty is not going to last. The Mangalore and Udupi district has been identified as the petrochemical SEZ. That means all the natural beauty will be converted into concrete industrial area and cesspool of pollution.

....the proposal of Oil and Natural Gas
Commission of India to establish a massive Petrochemicals based Special
Economic Zone over 4,000 acres of pristine agricultural, mountainous terrain
replete with rivers and streams, in one of the most ecologically sensitive
regions of India.

[Urbanstudy] Mangalore Petrochemical SEZ Environmental Public Hearing Ended Abruptly

I am very scared to think about the effect of this crazy scheme on my native village which falls in the proposed area.