TONAL MUSES

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Muse.”

I return to this cause there is a sense of movement I perceive in the picture. And the black and white is stunner for old monuments. These pictures can just stop time and make you embrace the beauty that lies around you. Shot at the Laxmi Niwas Palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

Convergence or is that an optical illusion? These windows and arches in almost perfect symmetry with an added bonues of two-dimensional perspective has been my favourite for more than two years now. I return to it for the perfect skill that it epitomises. Shot at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

INTRICATE WONDERS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY SKILLED FINGERS

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Intricate.”

Have you ever wondered how this monument was made? No electricity. Only scaffolding. Working until late in the night. With simple tools which are now unknown. With nothing but an oil lamp to aid them and make their art a reality. It is the toil of dedicated, skilled and talented craftspersons and labourers which has given birth to such a beautiful piece of architecture. Needless to say, those arches, pinhole windows and frames are an epitome of classic Rajasthani architecture. Intricacy defines it. – Junargarh Fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan.