Sunrise Pictures

An Early Morning Visit to Kolavai Lake, Chengalpattu (Jul ’11)

This was rather a quick trip to the lake, which is around some 60km from Chennai. I have been hearing about this place quite a while and planned to pay a visit this weekend. Spoke with couple of friends and finally 5 of us from different parts of city decided to assemble just after Tambaram. It rained last night and I am bit worried about making it to the place and also worried about sunrise as the condition seemed overcast. When inquired about the condition in Porur, my friend confirmed it’s not raining in Porur and decided to start as planned.

This place lies on Chennai – Trichy highway and can be reached easily in an hour from Chennai. If you are interested to see sunrise from different places around Chennai, then this is just another perfect place. We all assembled at the place just after Tambaram around 4.40 and from there we reached the lake around 5.20. Parked our vehicles and went to the spot around 5.30, perfect time for shooting.

While my friends were checking out different vantage points around the lake, I tried to venture out another point, which is just opposite the lake. But you need to climb a rocky hill. I told my friends about this and started to climb the hill. When climbing, I got a very good view of the entire lake and a shot which will show the ‘S’ curve and the lake together, where morning trains will pass through quite frequently. A passing train on the ‘S’ curve will be a nice shot. But as expected, we couldn’t witness the perfect sunrise but it played cat and mouse with the clouds and we got some superb sun rays shot. Also, got one of my favorite shot of a train passing the ‘S’ curve.

Overall, a very satisfying outing with my friends….

Now enjoy the pictures and post your valuable comments 🙂

: Early Morning @ Kolavai Lake

: View of Kolavai Lake from Hilltop

: Train Passing Thru ‘S’ Curve

: Pump Room @ Kolavai Lake

: Another View from Hilltop

: Sun Rays

: No Path is Difficult

: Train Passing Thru Kolavai Lake

: Withered Leaves & Cloud Formation

: Kolavai Lake, Chengalpattu

: Kolavai Lake, Chengalpattu

: Sun Rays Magic

: Solo Ride @ Kolavai Lake

: Morning Blessings

: Morning Rays @ Kolavai Lake

: Lone Warrior

: Sunrise/rays @ Kolavai Lake

: Other Side View

: Sunrise View from Hilltop

: Try at Backlit Photography

Photographs from Marina Beach, Chennai (Mar ’11)

After fixing this error in my Nikon D60, on my own with the help of WD 40 & a tiny screw driver, I wanted to test drive the camera. So, went to Marina beach this morning and shot photographs for an hour. Sharing some of the photographs taken during the early morning visit.