Date: August 08, 2010
In the 7 1/2 years I have been in Bangalore, I’ve never seen the annual flower show held at Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens leading up to August 15th (India’s Independence Day). So this time, I told myself I wasn’t going to miss it.
Also, I haven’t clicked in a while.
So on a bright Sunday morning, I actually forced myself to get up at 7:30am and made my way to Lal Bagh with my Canon 7D and Tamron 28-75 f2.8 lens in tow.
Lal Bagh had it’s usual early morning joggers but I wanted to make it here early before it got too crowded.
I paid the entrance fee of Rs. 40 (it’s Rs. 30 on weekdays and I didn’t qualify for the Rs. 10 ticket for children either). As I made my way in, first up was a vegetables.
Boring. Then I realized the main flower show was inside the glasshouse.
Every year, the organizers put up one big show piece all done up using flowers. Last year’s big attraction was a dinosaur but this year, the organizers paid tribute to our soldiers.
And with that, I began clicking…
All in all, I was very happy with the photos I took. I don’t usually shoot macro, simply because before I bought the Tamron 28-75mm, I couldn’t have been bothered. But now, I’m hooked!
*if you are wondering whether I often have food on my mind, the answer is ‘yes’
Ash
10/08/2010“Often” have food on your mind? I’d say “always”. Anyways, nice pics, Miths 🙂
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Thank you Ash… now read my mind and get me something to eat!
Kiran
10/08/2010EXCELLENT PHOTOS
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Thanks Kiran.
Cyn
11/08/2010Uv given me all the reasons to go watch it ..
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 3:30 PM
You are welcome 🙂
anjali
13/08/2010awesome no words to say
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Thanks Anjali… whoever you are 🙂
leena
17/08/2010Nice pics!!!Thanks!! me too visited on 13th aug. but i cud not be a good photographer :-P..
misch
17/08/2010awesome .. me too wordless 😀
swathi pradeep
18/08/2010AWESOME Photography and Lal Bagh show!! I haven’t missed any lal bagh show till date when i was in blore. but had to miss this time as i was in USA!
Thanks for your capture, i was able to witness it 🙂
Antony Pratap
23/08/2010A nice flowery dosage.. the last pic was a good one! I’m sure you’re having fun with the lens!
Rock on, mate!
Eddys Velasquez
16/11/2010Hey!
wow is what I have to say my friend..you have some great pictures here and I was wondering if you will allow me to use some of your pictures on my camera lens review site to show what the tamron 28 75 lens can do…
What do you say?
Again very nice pictures 🙂
Your friend,
Eddys Velasquez
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
November 30th, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Hey Eddy,
You may use them but you should not remove the ‘mithunonthe.net’ credit on the images and you will have to mention, in text, that the images were used with permission and link back to the original post.
swati
18/05/2011thanks a lot for the pics i am planning to visit bangalore in june this year so i am going to miss the show
last photo is good
Queenie
22/06/2011Wow! these are great pictures! the flowers are so pretty. keep up the good work!
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
June 22nd, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Thank you Queenie.
Anu Rao
15/12/2011Hi Mithun –
I was looking for a Lalbagh flower show poster for my office. Although I could not find any online, I came across your Aug 2010 flower show pictures. Please let me know if I can use some of these pictures. I plan to create a collage and I will probably use an online resource to create and print the poster. Thanks!
I plan to leave your credits on the picture.
If you could reply back to my email address I would appreciate that.
Best,
Anu
anu
24/01/2012hi
Mithun Divakaran Reply:
January 24th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Erm, ‘hi’ to you too.