25/12/2010
The sight of cliff is so fascinating. The 40 hair pin bends of Valparai calls everyone to take one or two snaps of the scenically tremendous surroundings. Cliff edge is pointed to the Great Azhiyar/Alliyar Dam one of the major dams in District of Pollachi - Tamil Nadu.
On the way to Valparai we have got a lot of sight points or we could say view points which named after some flowers. This naming was done after bill was being passed by the Govt following request of the Apex Court. Naming of view points was actually done to avoid call "Suicidal Points" which sounds more horrific and not at all touristic. This was done primarily to improve tourism in such areas.
One of the best photos which i have taken in my life. As everyone would say first photo will always be the best. Capturing this photo was a bit adventurous as I had small slip before taking the photograph. A major slip might bring me down from a height of 4 storey building which is nearly equivalent to the height of my college building.
From this spot, I had a feeling that I was on top Himalayas Jr. As it was almost equivalent to the height of 2500m. Anamalai Hills are visible in the photo which is off height 2500 and above. Valparai is one among them. The audibility of my ears reduced due to the fact that high pressure closed my ear drums. When I checked my watch it was near 5:30 pm. So I stopped taking photos for a while. Since I had a feeling that, by the time we reach the top of the peak we can take a lot sun set photos. Enjoyed the nature's song for while.
After reaching the top of the hill, on a curve we took a stop to take some crazy sunset photos.
Always when you plan take a photograph of landscape with a major focus on some item in the photo. Then, it will be better if you follow a 1/3rd rule see the above photo, the sun is placed at the 1/3rd position from left to right frame length. So the specks of light given out will be less and will look more illuminating and at the same time background can be viewed without any noise. But if the photo was taken with sun being placed in the middle then noise ratio will be higher and the blurification will be more.
That day I learnt a new technique in photography, which is self-descriptive from the above photograph.
