view of Vaitarna Dam backwaters from Zarwad Village

These are from my old archives. All photos are taken with film camera Nikon F55 and Nikkor 28-80 kit lens.
The village is exactly at the backwaters of Vaitarna dam, near nashik. By road one can reach this village, from Trimbakeshwar. From Mumbai-Agra highway, near ghoti, one has to cross the Vatiarna Dam on a raft and then one can reach this village. Before construction of Vaitarna Dam, this village was the main Market place. After the Dam was built the market place was shifted to Ghoti and all the development in this region was stopped. My friend , who is in the business of Outdoor advertising in Nashik, purchased a farm land in this village. The photos are taken from her Farm Land. After she started developing the farm, she did rigorous with the government authorities and some developments were done in the village, including a good Tar Road, ST Bus was started to this village after more than 12 years.

I am sharing few photos from this location. please provide your comments.

Another from Tarkarli Seascapes

Tarkarli Seascapes, originally uploaded by nilesh.gawde.

Sunset at Tarkarli Beach, Malvan, Konkan

This Diwali, I went to my Native in Konkan. I was in my native for one week but we couldn't go out anywhere due to heavy rains in Konkan. On thursday, rains took some halt and we finally decided to go to Tarkarli Beach which is around 25KMs from my home.

Tarkarli Beach is next to Malvan, Sindhudurga. You have to take left turn from the Malvan bus stand and its around 6 KM from there. Its a beautiful beach with white soft sand. You just cannot enjoy it in one day.
Government of Maharashtra and MTDC has started lot of tourism activities such as snorkelling, scuba diving on this beach to promote tourism. This is a very safe beach and one can even see dolfins, if you are lucky.

rays...

, originally uploaded by nilesh.gawde.

rays of hope

This was taken on top of Khed Ghat on Pune - Nashik Highway next to Rajgurunagar. Comments and Critics are welcome.

rays of hope, originally uploaded by nilesh.gawde.

view from Karul Ghat - HDR

view from Karul Ghat - HDR, originally uploaded by nilesh.gawde.

morning at Harihareshwar, Konkan

Celebrating 1000 Visitors..

Dear Friends and well wishers,

Today my blog reached One Thousand Unique Visits.

This has became possible because of your love and affection towards me. I thank you all for the response that you have given for my blog and my efforts to maintain it.

Thank you all.

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nilesh

Legendry Photographer John Hedgecoe passed away...

Professor John Hedgecoe, died on June 3 at the age of 78. He was a photographer who took the portrait of the Queen which is used on British postage stamps; as such he is credited with the planet's most reproduced image, which has so far sold more than 200 billion copies.

I learn most of my photography skills, reading his book "The Art of Digital Photography" and "Complete Guide to Photography".


Professor John Hedgecoe was born on March 24 1932 in Brentford. His father was a banker who served as a fireman during the Blitz, when John was evacuated to live with his aunt in Cornwall. He went to Guildford Art School and completed his National Service with the RAF, where he first put his talents to use by experimenting with aerial photographic surveys of bomb damage from the war.


He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor from 1975–1994 and was Professor Emeritus until his death.

John Hedgecoe was an award-winning British photographer and the best-selling author of over 30 books on photography. He published a highly successful series of manuals on photographic technique, starting with The Book of Photography (1976). Most recently he released The Art of Digital Photography (2006) after a research voyage around more than two dozen countries.

His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and London's National Portrait Gallery.

http://www.topfoto.co.uk/aboutus/suppliers/johnhedgecoe.html

Times online obituary