On my last trip to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) though, I was forced to slow down and take notice - by a massive but beautiful thunderstorm - and then, I had to take pictures. But it was one of those rare moments when I wasn't carrying my camera, weighed down as I was by tonnes of paper and a laptop (sigh, work trips...and being tiny) and so I gave my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app a chance. The only credit I'll take for these pictures is for that consciousness...and perhaps, the composition.
It had been a while since I had seen a tropical thunderstorm in its full glory and power. The only rain I see in London is the feeble, unsure type, with a complete lack of self respect. You know, the deeply annoying type? Tropical rain is all powerful, seductive, all-consuming. It makes you stop and take note, awes you by its presence. It forces you to celebrate its beauty, its glory, even its destructiveness. Ah, I miss the Indian monsoon.
And so, I went to bed that night, tired, but strangely happy...and woke up the next morning to this stunning view.
Who says you need a state of the art camera to capture the beauty you see?*.
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*Having said that though, I must confess and rather proudly announce that on the same trip, I became the owner of a new DSLR camera - my first. While the camera can no doubt do nice things, I'm busy figuring out what I can do with the camera. I'll be back soon with my first results. :)
3 comments so far:
Lovely. Like Mumbai during the monsoon minus the dirt.
And congrats, you have a new camera!
awesome. the raindrops are not part of the cam s/w i presume ? i remember this shower while waiting in a bay of the KLIA LCC terminal to board my flight to Siem Reap - I have NEVER experienced such a torrential downpour as I did that time.. possibly may have in my childhood in the boondocks of Assam - but don't remember it clearly.
SloMo: It did remind me a lot of Bombay during the rain - just a lot less messier. There was the obligatory instant miles-long traffic jam though. And I was stuck in it when I took most of these pictures.
And yes, I have a new camera! :)
Riitu: Thank you! The raindrops are real - I was shooting through a car window. :)
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