This is similar to a photo I posted some days back, being from the same place, although this one is from a more standard perspective. The colors are not artificial, I just boosted the saturation, tweaked the curves and increased the contrast to obtain the results you see.

When in Heidelberg we were lucky enough to catch the fireworks show, which is held only twice a year apparently. This is not the best fireworks photo I got but I like it for its electric nature if you see what I mean. I only wish I had got the whole of the blast in the frame.

I like riding through cities after midnight. There is a certain beauty to urban places when the roads are all but empty and the world rests in the shadows. The quiet wash of endless neon lights fighting the all encroaching darkness. The sensual swoosh of an occasional car passing by. The melancholic moodiness of roads stretching to the horizon. The wind surfing through my hair. The sudden rush of adrenalin racing through my veins in tune with the acceleration of the metal beast underneath.

Billboards, shining like beacons, scream overhead their neat middle-class dreams. The soft underbelly of the city is alive and kicking. The radium jackets of the night sweepers flashing here and there. A police car on the horizon on a routine patrol. And the utter stillness. It is this stillness of the night that makes me roam the roads. The stillness of a night at peace with itself. The stillness of sudden inactivity, a lull awaiting new chaos on the morn. The time between 12 am and 5 am trickles away like a light shower on a summer evening.

I slip in and out of unfamiliar streets, hit the big roads and then disappear into forgotten side-streets. I overtake the occasional vehicle on the road with supreme ease. As I pass a vehicle the guy in/on it nods at me. A polite acknowledgement of another person seeking the same moonshine. I look up. Ah, there he is! The guardian of the night in all his pockmarked handsomeness. His delicate light hiding more than it reveals.

But I saved the best for the last. The addas, the places only special locals know. The joints where lonely poets go to roost and welcome dawn with a hot cup of sweet chai.

As I had mentioned a couple of days back I had been to Heidelberg over the last weekend. It is a beautiful little university town. Today’s photo is from there. It is the aula (auditorium in english) of the university where degrees of certain faculties are still granted.

This is a friend of mine for whom I did a basic photo shoot a little more than a week ago. Today’s photo is from that shoot. There are a few more photos I liked from that shoot so you can expect to see more of him in future.

I know I did not do very good job with the exposure in this shot but I still like the way it has come out. The whole mood and the poise of my friend invokes a feeling of haughtiness and a whiff of royalty! He was a very willing model by the way, completely relaxed and uninhibited before the camera.

I was in Heidelberg over the weekend and got back with tons of photos. But until I process them here is another macro to keep you occupied!

To me, this looks more like a painting rather than a photo. It has a soft and dreamy feel to it.