As a rule, I am not a big fan of monsoons. There are two reasons for it. One is my commute for work. When it rains the commute becomes hell. The second is trekking. When it rains on a trek, life becomes difficult again. But monsoons are beautiful if you are not trekking or commuting. I was doing neither on my vacation at Suryagarh, Jaisalmer. I was doubly lucky as I was invited to a blogger’s FAM.
We were clicking pictures by the side of the road after stopping the SUV. Out of nowhere suddenly this boy with the camels came into the view. But what happened afterwards is a clear indication of how far India has to go. He saw us clicking pictures with our fancy cameras. He came near us and asked for money, not because we clicked the picture but because he needed it probably. Or because tourists in the past gave money to him.
Monsoon Skies, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
I have been to Rajasthan in October and January. The land dons an ocher cover, the skies are deep blue. It was a pleasure to see the greens in the desert this time. The clouds of course added to the drama.
A Filed at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Manvendra Singh Shekhwat, the owner of Suryagarh was driving the vehicle. He mentioned that the rains have been so good in the past years that people have started farming. This he said, was leading to a shortage of stone masons which has been the traditional occupation in the region.
Jaisalmer in Monsoon, Rajasthan
With the rains the land was turning green, it was shedding the ocher temporarily. It was a little after this place we spotted a Great Indian Bustard, which is on the critically endangered list.
Drama in the Sky, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
We would stop the SUV in middle of nowhere if we thought it would make for an interesting picture. This has been my one of my most beautiful monsoon days, one that I am going to cherish for a long long time.
This post is part of Sky Watch Friday. Do check them out.
Truly amazing captures.
Have a great weekend
Thank you Rupam, hope you too had a great weekend.
Perfect skies. I love them all.
Thank you so much.
Amazing! You can really see the power of nature in action!
Yes Lady Fi Jaisalmer has such open landscapes I am completely in awe of the place.
What lovely photographs at your blog!
Thank you Chandni.
Thanks for visiting my blog. To answer your question, I didn’t use a tripod as I didn’t have it with me on holiday. The mosquitoes were too thick anyway to spend much time outside. I just have a very inexpensive digital camera and I got lucky that night. The photos turned out not bad all things considered. Normally my low light photos don’t turn out well enough to use. BTW, I clicked your photo icon and it takes me back to your blogger profile. I would recommend putting this new blog addy on your list of blogs there.
Thank you for coming back. Will try to fix the blogger issue.
Beautiful shots and a different side of India that I haven’t seen before.
Thank you Yogi. I guess you have been to Indian then.
The Sky looks simply awesome..With such a sky over us we can click forever..
Yes Harsha. It was such a joy to see such skies and click them too.
Beautiful skies and picturization. Next time, please try in HDR.
Rajesh thanks for the tip but I am not a big fan of HDR.
picture #3 is delightful with the majestic cloudscape and outstanding landscape.
Thank you Photo Cache.
Here is my pic in HDR that you asked in my blog.
http://rajeshkumar001.blogspot.com/2011/05/lazy-sunday-afternoon.html
Thank you Rajesh.
Wow stunning captures..
Thank you so much Meghana.
Wow what an amazing series of photos… you really give us a sense of the vastness of the sky.
Thank you Laura.
Excellent…..Magnificent……Majestic.
Which camera and lens you have used?
Love the photographs…
Avik many thanks. The camera is Canon D 500 and the lens is the kit lens. Thought after this trip I bought a Tokina 11-17. Will take it out soon.
Wonderful shots!!
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