That looks like a genuine railway set up Swami. Meticulous work. Keep it up.
"HOBBIES OTHER THAN MUSIC" - (Share more about the 'creative you' in here)
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That looks like a genuine railway set up Swami. Meticulous work. Keep it up.
Hi, i know you are dog lover and your father mentioned this to me when i met him at the hifivision meet in Chennai. That is wonderful. Infact, i had a Lab for approx 3 years and due to the size of the apartment and other issues, i had to go through the pain of giving it off. I try and avoid to even think about that episode as i get emotional. I just like them so much. All the best for your great care for your dogs Thevortex.
swami
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Hobbies other than listening to music, learning about and experiencing audio systems:
1) Cricket (this one is all consuming) - Playing, writing about the game and endlessly ruminating on the various aspects of the game. This is probably my oldest hobby and one that I hope will stay with me as long as this life lasts.
2) Reading - I read pretty much anything. No specific genres preferred. I tend to stay away from self help, motivational and business technique books
3) Poetry - Write something on and off. Dont follow any set pattern or rhyme or metre and like to keep experimenting.
4) Dogs - This one too is a fascination carried over from childhood. I have been lucky with the variety of dogs I have had the pleasure of staying with. There have been great moments and sad ones. A house without dogs feels barren to me. I have also been lucky to meet up with fellow canine enthusiasts on this very forum - Dinyaar, Rem, Madbullram to mention a few.
5) Singing - Very much a bathroom singer. But that does not deter me from breaking out into song every once in a while. I have been wanting to do something serious on this front. Hopefully with Asit's motivation I might yet be able to do something about this. Love singing Kishore Kumar songs - however mangled they turn out to be
I am much more a words man than a pictures man. So, a camera to me is strictly utilitarian. But that is not to say I dont appreciate good photography. Good work, Sidharth!
Sidharth Trehan
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You have no idea that i would be having a similar feel like when you would have after completion of such of your projects. I literally had my eyes go watery, like a lil boy was still looking from behind those eyes.
Than you i am more than happy to have touched the decades old love for miniature trains, which just got dusted off.
I do remember that i was way too tiny, when the miniature robo models had come in. The ones which used to have winding action. I had collected as many as my parents could buy for me. They were enuf to keep me smiling, but trains bring a special feel. I loved standing close to the steam engines and watch is slowly pass me by.
Pls do keep in touch for just anything that you create and can share!
Cheers
Than you i am more than happy to have touched the decades old love for miniature trains, which just got dusted off.
I do remember that i was way too tiny, when the miniature robo models had come in. The ones which used to have winding action. I had collected as many as my parents could buy for me. They were enuf to keep me smiling, but trains bring a special feel. I loved standing close to the steam engines and watch is slowly pass me by.
Pls do keep in touch for just anything that you create and can share!
Cheers
KonfuSed
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Wow Swami, that's an amazing work, I salute the patience of people like you.
BTW, nice to see so many other photography enthusiasts. Well, me too is another photography nut, I love capturing landscapes and sometime candid people shots too. Actually I used to like painting as a kid but as I have very less patience I thought the faster way is photography( oh I was very wrong though, it's not that fast actually) than to sketch a landscape. Some of my photos are here, Flickr: Kaushik Saikia's Photostream
And I love to see new places, specially mountains, whenever I have time (and money of-course) I just love to run to the hills. And I love to drive on my own for traveling. Someday I''m gonna pack off everything and go for a long long tour of India and then probably the world.
BTW, nice to see so many other photography enthusiasts. Well, me too is another photography nut, I love capturing landscapes and sometime candid people shots too. Actually I used to like painting as a kid but as I have very less patience I thought the faster way is photography( oh I was very wrong though, it's not that fast actually) than to sketch a landscape. Some of my photos are here, Flickr: Kaushik Saikia's Photostream
And I love to see new places, specially mountains, whenever I have time (and money of-course) I just love to run to the hills. And I love to drive on my own for traveling. Someday I''m gonna pack off everything and go for a long long tour of India and then probably the world.
cmsajith
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Hobbies other than Music...hmmm...
I have a few with recently updated hobby : Photography (started with normal Canon digital camera).
Recently upgraded to Canon 1000D + Canon 18-55mm / Canon F1.8 50mm Prime / Sigma 70-300mm APO Zoom w/ Macro Lenses.
@Swamy : Are the bird snaps taken using the 70-300mm lens?
I have another hobby\passion for Interior Designing and made my hobby to a small interior designing business (The WOODS).
I am trying my best to find time for these hobbies along with my profession.
I have a few with recently updated hobby : Photography (started with normal Canon digital camera).
Recently upgraded to Canon 1000D + Canon 18-55mm / Canon F1.8 50mm Prime / Sigma 70-300mm APO Zoom w/ Macro Lenses.
@Swamy : Are the bird snaps taken using the 70-300mm lens?
I have another hobby\passion for Interior Designing and made my hobby to a small interior designing business (The WOODS).
I am trying my best to find time for these hobbies along with my profession.
Hi Konfused - the thumbnails in your photostream speaks 1000 words. I just went through it breifly and they are simply amazing. With your level of thought and creativity, i encourage you to start taking up painting as well as by now you would have developed patience That is great work, keep it up.
swami
That is great work, keep it up.swami
Sidharth Trehan
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Speaking of dogs.. we have two of them back home. I love lil pups of any breed. Its a delight to see them bouncing around with sweet round tummy, lil sweet paws, wagging tail and glass like eyes.
Ok, about my pooches
1. Dodo
- Black lab
- 9yrs plus now
- was named SULTAN when he was brought home by me (when my family went to US for two months and i had chance to get a doggy home which otherwise my father could not bear the presence of.)
- 7days spent at home, i had to alter my decision of naming him SULTAN which got reinforced ..after a month and Sultan was renamed to DODO!
- Despite the name, Dodo has been protective of family members, has faced dejection twice from family (mom couldnt take care of him while i used to be away for work), so forced me to give him away twice ..and we used to visit his new home ..to only see him grow weaker. And while mother did ask me to give him away, she would always ask about him and on both occassions she personally came along and got him back from the owners to whom we had given him to. On the second time we had to fight him to get him. Mother*uc*ers ..had tied him with a leash so small to a window, which could just allow him to sit ..and NOT lay down ..that too on the roof in the month of JUNE with blazing SUN on the head (and DODO is black haired). I was angry so much that i could kill the new owners, but had to hold back ..since it was us to be blamed for Dodo's fate and not them.
- Dodo was home then ..he grew up as a very very obedient member and would do anything and just anything to please us ..selflessly.
- Had faced gruesome pains over the years due to a foot disease, which would be there every 8 months of the year. which finally subsided post his 6th year. And what a relief it was.
- Dodo is the BIG BOY of the home now, watches everyone silently and hates when our other lil pooch - NOTTY gets to sit at DODO's fav location at home
2. NOTTY
- 9 months old
- Beige colored lab
- Lives upto his name ..and rest all is history in the making. You can almost reverse everything i shared about Dodo above ..yet is still most adorable lil member of our home.
And yeah, i forgot to share about the update on dads reaction... to them both. Well, he likes their company a lot and cares for them too .. but from a distance ..while we rest pamper them as much as we can.
*to the lovely selfless friends (dogs) we humans have around ..CHEERS!
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Ok, about my pooches
1. Dodo
- Black lab
- 9yrs plus now
- was named SULTAN when he was brought home by me (when my family went to US for two months and i had chance to get a doggy home which otherwise my father could not bear the presence of.)
- 7days spent at home, i had to alter my decision of naming him SULTAN which got reinforced ..after a month and Sultan was renamed to DODO!
- Despite the name, Dodo has been protective of family members, has faced dejection twice from family (mom couldnt take care of him while i used to be away for work), so forced me to give him away twice ..and we used to visit his new home ..to only see him grow weaker. And while mother did ask me to give him away, she would always ask about him and on both occassions she personally came along and got him back from the owners to whom we had given him to. On the second time we had to fight him to get him. Mother*uc*ers ..had tied him with a leash so small to a window, which could just allow him to sit ..and NOT lay down ..that too on the roof in the month of JUNE with blazing SUN on the head (and DODO is black haired). I was angry so much that i could kill the new owners, but had to hold back ..since it was us to be blamed for Dodo's fate and not them.
- Dodo was home then ..he grew up as a very very obedient member and would do anything and just anything to please us ..selflessly.
- Had faced gruesome pains over the years due to a foot disease, which would be there every 8 months of the year. which finally subsided post his 6th year. And what a relief it was.
- Dodo is the BIG BOY of the home now, watches everyone silently and hates when our other lil pooch - NOTTY gets to sit at DODO's fav location at home
2. NOTTY
- 9 months old
- Beige colored lab
- Lives upto his name ..and rest all is history in the making. You can almost reverse everything i shared about Dodo above ..yet is still most adorable lil member of our home.
And yeah, i forgot to share about the update on dads reaction... to them both. Well, he likes their company a lot and cares for them too .. but from a distance
..while we rest pamper them as much as we can.*to the lovely selfless friends (dogs) we humans have around ..CHEERS!
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Hi cmsajith, thanks and you have a nice gear with which, i am sure, you will be getting some wonderful shots. Yes, the bird shots were taken using the 70-300VR, an amazing lens again for that money.
Interial designing - the woods, i assume you work with more of wood for your designs - love them and they go with any age. Lovely
swami
Interial designing - the woods, i assume you work with more of wood for your designs - love them and they go with any age. Lovely
swami
Sidharth Trehan
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Sheer beauty that is Konfused.
Your work conveys the soul you have within. Some of the most calm and well timed, very well adequately edited pictures there.
Do consider Swami's advice on painting!
Cheers
Your work conveys the soul you have within. Some of the most calm and well timed, very well adequately edited pictures there.
Do consider Swami's advice on painting!
Cheers
KonfuSed
Active Member
Thanks for the kind words and the encouragement. I would love to,but I'm still not sure about my patience level. Actually I've worded it lil' bit wrong too, I used to do sketching (with pencils), not painting. Painting is much more elaborate, dabbled into painting too but painting layers and wait for them to dry and then to move on to next layer was not my cup of tea (that was some 15-20 years back). But for sketching I was thinking of finding some place to learn it in a proper way sometime. But with no time after working hours made me think otherwise.Hi Konfused - the thumbnails in your photostream speaks 1000 words. I just went through it breifly and they are simply amazing. With your level of thought and creativity, i encourage you to start taking up painting as well as by now you would have developed patience
swami
Thanks Siddarth, will try to start off with the basics, don't know how far can I take it. This hobby of movies are taking me further away from everything else these days ;-)
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Sidharth Trehan
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Sajith,
Thats a very good kit to kick off as Mr. Swami advised.
YET of all the glasses you have, the 50mm is one lens that can pack in ..some mouthwatering shots once you put your creative jucies thru it.
I just love that lens. Let me see if i have a few shots to share from that lens.
Thats a very good kit to kick off as Mr. Swami advised.
YET of all the glasses you have, the 50mm is one lens that can pack in ..some mouthwatering shots once you put your creative jucies thru it.
I just love that lens. Let me see if i have a few shots to share from that lens.
Brother Sid,
Honestly no time for hobbies, have to work seven days, no holidays.
But if you are asking what interests me apart from music than yes any creative thing interests me paintings, architecture etc.
Regards
@ KonfuSed & swami69 ~ :thumbsup: WOW
Sidharth Trehan
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Some more of pics i took here n there:
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Business Quizzing and reading/surfing the net - almost too much at times
cmsajith
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Yes Sidharth,
Its indeed a gem for portraits with very good bokeh (even though the Sigma 70-300 can do that, but the aperture is less and not as fast as 50mm)
Following are a few portraits of my TWIN babies (Its really difficult to get a sharp picture of them
) :- http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cMa3MF0GeSq_HczRv9-1QA?feat=directlink
- http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c7XaYgYgTAqelBTJNuNBRw?feat=directlink
- http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hxdLXlb7fZuQ_dTPnxwLZw?feat=directlink
Do anybody have an experience in using it for macro using a reverse ring?
Swamy, for the time being i will restrict my zooms with the Sigma glass and later will be thinking about some 400 fixed or variables.
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Hi,
Hmmm Hobbies other than Music.
Well tennis and cricket are what I play and cant get enough of.
Cars/Bikes and tinkering endlessly with them is another passion.
Carpentry is another hobby. Not that I am good at it but creating some basic furniture always makes me happy.
When I was younger I was an avid Philatelist and still have all the stamps and 3 bags of First Day Covers.
A decade ago my family had a Film Processing Lab and were also into film imports. At the time I was very much into Photography but not anymore. I do own a few decent cameras & the last few I bought were a Nikon D40X for myself and a Nikon Cool Pix 200 (I think) for my wife who wanted something small & simple.
Rgds
Hmmm Hobbies other than Music.
Well tennis and cricket are what I play and cant get enough of.
Cars/Bikes and tinkering endlessly with them is another passion.
Carpentry is another hobby. Not that I am good at it but creating some basic furniture always makes me happy.
When I was younger I was an avid Philatelist and still have all the stamps and 3 bags of First Day Covers.
A decade ago my family had a Film Processing Lab and were also into film imports. At the time I was very much into Photography but not anymore. I do own a few decent cameras & the last few I bought were a Nikon D40X for myself and a Nikon Cool Pix 200 (I think) for my wife who wanted something small & simple.
Rgds
Sidharth Trehan
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I know that can be a really addictive habit since the world is so reachable there even if its virtual.
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Carpentry! ..any visuals Dinyaar bhai?
And you dont click no more, for you dont fancy it anymore? As for myself, there has been a sudden dip in the interest w.r.t. photography ..may be cause it was too much demanding on time.
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Carpentry!
..any visuals Dinyaar bhai?And you dont click no more, for you dont fancy it anymore? As for myself, there has been a sudden dip in the interest w.r.t. photography ..may be cause it was too much demanding on time.
You forgot dogs, Dinyaar
haha Vortex.
I dont think having a Pet is a hobby IMO. Its much much more.
Anyway I dont have one for a while now and I dont know If I will ever take the responsibility again.
Rgds
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