TONNOORU LAKE, Part-2.

...........Continued from part-1.


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I was searching for  Beach area at the Lakeside. One of the pathways led me here. Nobody was there and the place looked serene to me. The breach of water in the foreground  gave the feeling of fullness and I responded with my Canon 50D.

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The Beach area. A small road [dare to call it as road!!] takes us to  this area full of fine sand resembling a Sea beach. People play there, but on the day  and time of my visit, there were none. It was a boon to me and I went on shooting.
  The Green in the picture indicates the presence of life in the  tree, symbolizing  the Hope.

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The hillock at the left of the picture is the one, which  stands between the main road and the lake.

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The right side of the beach area. In the background is the distant shore, from where  I shot some previous pictures.

     Canon 50D was used to capture these photographs.

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The road- leading to Melukote. This road passes through the village "Kere thonnooru" ,  which we see prior to the lake. 

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The rich and ripe Paddy fields in front of the lake.  I was impressed by the yellow tones and shot this picture.

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A pond has been formed by the outlets of water  from the Lake.  This pond has reflections and if there is no wind blowing,  it is worth a capture.

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I was looking for some element,  which stands out in the composition  and the Red roofed farm house caught my sight. I would say this picture has all the tones - both RGB and CMYK.

 All four of the above photos were captured with a Canon compact PSSX220HS.

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The pond  and the tank bund area shot from the main road.  I have tried to record the reflection.

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 This picture is a visual continuation of the previous one.

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A  wide perspective of the above images. The trees at the top left of the frame are on the banks of the lake.

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The same road leading to Keretonnooru. The road leads our eyes into the picture, and also is framed by trees on both sides and a person passing just exactly where  he should be- in terms of composition.  I  responded with my cam.

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 The wide perspective  inspires me and the twist in the road also.  The road enters into centre of the frame,  with some people around.

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A small stone structure was at the roadside.  I included a tree to  balance it's position.

 A canon compact- PS A720is was used  for the above shots.

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The pond offers  more possiblities of  reflections. This is a  different try.

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I wanted to display the breadth  of  the pond as well as  recording the blue reflections of the sky, hence this composition.

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Pavamana  had once captured a picture of high -raised lamp post  with cloud formation at Tunga Dam and it was in my mind. Here I have copied his composition by just replacing the lamp-post with a  tall tree.

 All three of the above pictures were shot with Canon 50D.

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Now we have moved to the banks of the lake-the main area, where vehicle parking and shops are.
This  hillock is at the right side of the main area.

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The road and the pond  as seen from the main area. The rocks in the foreground breaks the monotony of greens.

 Canon 400D faithfully captured it.

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An Autorickshaw was plying on the road below. I thought it would be nice to include it and shot with a wide perspective. Canon PS A720is has this wide mode and I used it here. 

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The same road, same Camera and different composition. The road passs throughout  the frame and turns to the left to enter the village. 

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The pond and the road shot from the top of the hillock-  framed.

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 A panoramic view of  the pond below and the main road. Captured with Canon 720is and stitched.

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This Hill is at the left of the main area. The pathway  seen there leads down to reach the main road.

 This one and the one before the last  were shot with a Canon 400D.

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The Mandapam near the banks  at the main area.  The Red colour present in the Mandapam contrasts with the Blue hues of sky and water.

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The same Mandapam shot from an opposite angle. The lines of steps lead our eyes to the Mandapam.

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 The pathway at the main area.  At the end, is a small gate to cotrol the flow of water. The white coloured  stone structures lead our vision to there. Canon 50D was used for these pictures.

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Fishermen  relaxing in thair boats. This scene made a natural 2/3rd composition and I responded with my Canon PS 720is compact.

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The engraved board containing the details of  the lake.

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 Some local boys preparing to dive.

Now let's move on to Sunsets. Tonnooru lake is  very much ideal place for shooting Sunsets. I have explored only a few possiblities.

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The Mandapam at the Sunset.

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 Sunsets are more effective when silhoutted with some interesting foreground elements. Here my friend posed with his wife  for me to make the picture complete.

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The Sunset framed  from inside the Mandapam.

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The Sunset with the Mandapam- the Sun dominates the picture here, unlike the previous one where it is not so. For all the Sunscapes above a Canon 50D was used.

 There are other three Lakes, smaller in size. around this one. A separate post has been made for them.

to be continued......

TONNOORU LAKE, Part-1.

   Tonnooru Lake is situated at 7 kms from Pandavapura, Mandya District. This  magnificient  and big lake  has been my Photographic destination for past 7 years.  I have been visiting the place often, whenever I feel free. Some years ago, I  learnt that the road in front of the Lake leads to Melukote,  the temple town, after which I usually chose the same road for visiting Melukote. Thus. the Photo collection  grew and  this series  is a result of  such repeated visits. But still,  a single day is enough to  go around the lake and complete the shoot. 
     
       While going around, I happened to see three more smaller Lakes near this one. I have included pictures of those also. For a Photographer  they also offer many possiblities.

 The Nambinarayana temple at the village [Tonnooru].

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 The Temple is a very vast structure, thanks to the empty area in front of it- which fecilitates a photographer to move around to get desired shots.  I have tried two compositions to include the Garudagambha- Piller in the Picture, of which this is first one. Shot with a Canon EOS 50D with EFS 17-85mm IS USM lens [from hereon I call it as Canon 50D], it gave me the better perspective than common 18-55 mm lens.
 Usually I prefer to fit a CPL in front of  the lens as for as possible. 

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The Garudagambha- Piller.  The sky Blue darkens gradually at heights, by using a CPL and  from a lower  angle. Camera- Canon 50D.

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The small pond built in front of the entrance.

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The main entrance of the Temple. The electric pole  has been so ironically placed that, in no way one can exclude it from photographs.

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The frontyard with Garudagambha piller. Shot from inside the entrance, I have tried to frame the scene.

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The pot meant for planting Tulasi- Holy Basil, now being used to house a flower plant. This  enclosure is at North-east corner of the temple.

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Frontyard  or Prakaara of the temple. The temple was closed when I visited. This composition  usually works, but has not done good here due to lack of another stram of light.

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The Garudagambha- piller silhoutted.  It was around 12-1 pm, and  very hot. I was searching for a shade and moved into  this shade, then  got the idea of sihoutting.

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 Another composition including the Garudagambha and the temple, this time framed also.

 All of these photos were shot using canon 50D with  CPL on.

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The extreme South part of the Lake.  A small pathway takes us to this area from the road leading to  Sanaba. As any photographer would desire,  this mud road has a gradient and gives a high vantage point to  shoot. With CPL on my Canon 50D, I started on.
 The bright colour of the path leads our eyes to the lake, contrasting the Blues of the Sky.

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The vast expanse of Lake, shot from south end. The line of fense-poles give a perspective view of the same. In the background, the Melukote hill is seen - at the right.

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A trial to include both  the Lake and the adjacent hill. I call it as view-01.

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 The deep Blues in the frame balance well with the Greens of the Foreground and presence of the trees induce the Life in the picture.

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The land and the water.Shot from the hillock nearby, the composition follows the orientaion of trees in the middle.

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  The hill range extends from south to north east acting as a barriage for a reservoir.  -View-2.

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  Melukote Hill in the background. I had to crop the main picture to bring  it close.

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 Shot from the hillock, this composition is an attempt  to display the hues  of Blue and Green.

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   The Hill range on which  I was standing to shoot. PKF has shot a similar one with 24mm lens some years ago,  I recalled it and recreated here.

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The Southwest shore of the Lake. The road passes through a village -Tirumalapura, turns to the right  and proceeds to enter Sanaba. Here my objective was to showcase the breadth of waterbody.

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The same road continues along with the shore-line to Sanaba. Dramatic clouds make the life in this picture.

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Two people  fishing  in  the lake. Here the Green of the  Land stretch breaks the Blue monotony.

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This shot was to just show the dramatic formation of Clouds.

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Another composition to include land, water and sky- the White tone of Stone blocks balances with the same in the Sky.

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Now we have entered  the Western part of the Lake. this is just oppsite to the main Tank-bund area. The small piece of land looked like a crocodile and I captured it. All of these were shot with Canon 50D with CPL.

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 I am not well versed with Telephoto lenses to shoot landscapes. But still, have tried to shoot one with 40mm lens- resulting 64 mm. The small gap seen between the hills is the tank bund area or the main place of the lake.

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The area is near Sanaba.  For a change, I have used  a graduated ND [GD8] filter, instead of CPL.

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 The opposite shore- main area of the Lake. This  is  the result of  Canon ef 70-300mm IS lens. An L series lens may yeild better, but as for as I am concerned, this seems satisfying  to me.

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Reflections and reflections. After passing through Sanaba, On the way to Sanabadakoppalu there is an extension of Lake at the North. A small bridge has been constructed over it and  the place is a visual delight.  I shot many pictures but posting here a few. Blue dominates the Green  because of the reflection and I am stuck with it!

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Once upon a time, my uncle had gifted me a photobook - Images of Oregon and I considered it as my Photography textbook to study. Here I got a chance to recreate one of its contents-  " the picture of Lake and Mt Washington".
The difference is- the land  here is a plain,  where as it is a hilly area there.

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I wish the weeds in the foreground not be there. Another composition to display the glass-like effect of reflection.

 All of these  were shot with Canon 50D+ CPL.


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The North eastern part of the lake. This was my first visit to Melukote via Tonnooru kere road. It was May and the water level was dipping. A bed of Grass was seen in the peripheral areas of Lake. I had fixed a CPL over my 50D and what more? Got the reflection  - Blue hues.

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The lighter tones of rocks in the foreground, break the dominence of Green and Blue.

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 The same area shot in the month of January. Waterlevels are still high. The land stretch in the forground was purposefully included in the picture to give a feel of visual depth.  Canon 50D faithfully captured the scene.

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There were some trees near the Lake and I thought of shooting Sunsets there. I just waited on, and it came through. A small change in Custom White Balace Sampling brought this result. Canon powershot SX 160, A compact camera was used here.

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After the Sunset, colours galore in the  sky. I have tried to record both - highlights and shadows  using  some means of HDR imaging.

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 Same scene with addition of human element. These two shots were also my experiments  with Canon1200d+ef 40mm lens, to shoot landscapes.

To be continued.........