Here are some pictures I took (with the exception of the portrait of me) on my recent trip to Newport Beach, RI. The sun was out and it was a beautiful fall day. Please leave your comments and opinions at the end of the post!
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Monthly Featured Post – Hofburg Palace, Vienna – A Glorious Monument to Royal Opulence
This photograph depicts the glorious Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, once home to the mighty Habsburgs of Austria-Hungary. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. Its exterior as well as its interiors are great reminders of the opulence of the European royals in the Age of Empires.
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Simplicity
Here’s a simple yet elegant picture clicked on the grounds of the Linderhof Castle in Southern Germany, last year.
I really like the graceful stance of the swan in water, and how the other swan cranes it’s neck to admire the former.
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I Want To Make Something!
I want to make something. It doesn’t matter what it is as long as I make it. I think I have a penchant for making websites, or that’s what my friend said. Rest assured, I haven’t invested a dollar in any of them.
Yes, a few of them have been successful, one even has 9000 hits, but that’s about it. The rest have been glorious failures.
For the people out there looking to start something on their own, here are some pointers on how not to fail. I think they may be reliable since they come from one who has experienced these failures first hand. So here goes:
1) Whenever you start something new, your first attempt is never your most successful, unless of course, you’re Bill Gates.
➡ Personal experience: This blog trumped my first one by a mile. It took 2 months to gain the viewership that the first one garnered in a year. ( https://thecarmaniac.wordpress.com )
2) When you venture into a new field, always research it extensively before you start something of your own.
➡ Personal experience: This summer, during a series of long showers, I decided to open a math help website. Unfortunately, I only thought about it in the shower because when I did make the website and showed it to a friend, he made me aware of WolframAlpha. Turns out, Stephen Wolfram didn’t win the Turing Award for taking long showers! Still, if you do need math help, drop by my website, WolframAlpha can’t solve word problems you see. ( https://mathematicsgenie.webs.com )
3) Market your product like it’s the last thing you ever did.
➡ Personal experience: I learnt about Internet marketing from a year of futile efforts and constant head banging. Considering my hashtag on Instagram with about 50000 pictures tagged and the 9000 hits on this blogs, I may have finally struck some solid ground. How did I do it? Turns out, everybody loves some positive feedback, give them that, and they wag their tails around you like a pack of Dalmatians.
4) Be consistent in your output, unless you are content with your fifteen minutes of fame.
➡ Personal experience: Whenever I slacked off on any of my websites for a sustained period, I noticed that my viewership declined substantially and trust me, there is nothing more difficult than getting up from a slump, and I think this applies to every part of life. Always remember, you are not the only one with something to offer.
5) People will tell you that you are not good enough. Ignore every single one of them! You can only succeed if you are mentally prepared to succeed, and negative comments are like unwanted weeds that need to be uprooted.
➡ Personal experience: Most people at my school thought I was just a kid who studied too much. Nobody thought that people would like to visit my websites and read what I write. When my initial attempts at wooing page views didn’t work, I actually believed them for a bit, but then I realized how wrong they were, and proceeded to run my websites with full force. I guess my realization worked for the best.
6) Last but not the least, be patient. This is something that a lot of people ignore. One must understand that it takes time to reach out and showcase what you have to offer. Even Google takes a few weeks to list new websites on it search engine database.
➡ Personal experience: It took seven attempts over five months for my first publication in Wheels Magazine and the much needed Blackberry that I won for it. As for my blogs, I started my first blog site on March 18, 2011 and the second on January 6, 2012, but I only won my first award on May 2, 2012 , in the form of the Liebster Award for my second blog.
So these were my six tips to avoid failure. I’m afraid I can’t offer any tips for success, not yet at least. A man once said, “Success is of your own making and no one can help you with it.” Something tells me I’m that man.
The Beautiful World
The world is beautiful, we just need to open our eyes to it.
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Sunset Against the Burj Al Arab
Here’s a picture of the sun setting behind the Burj Al Arab, the most expensive and only 7-star hotel in the world. The scenery around depicts the Jumeirah Beach and the houses on the Palm Jumeirah in the background.
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Soft Tones
Guys, this is a recent edit of a picture taken at Dachau Concentration Camp. I’ve tried to incorporate soft tones into the picture to give it an inspirational look. Tell me what you think!
For more of my photography, visit my Instagram accounts @himanshusahay and @ffaops . To buy prints of my photographs, visit http://instacanv.as/himanshusahay
Sunset Behind the Tallest Tower in the World
Here is a picture of the sun setting behind the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tallest tower in the world, located in Dubai. I have edited it to give it a prophetic look. A little later, a will post the unedited version too.
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Cloudporn!
#cloudporn is a popular hashtag on Instagram, which refers to a picture which portrays an exquisite array of clouds in the sky. A recent attempt of mine, resulted in the following picture. It shows a scene of the sun setting through the clouds while seen through a gap between buildings. Tell me what you think!
For more of my photography, visit my Instagram accounts: @himanshusahay and @ffaops . To enter my Instagram contest visit @photolocker and tag #photolocker . To buy my photos, visit http://instacanv.as/himanshusahay or http://himanshu-sahay.instaprints.com
Colorful Skies
I took this picture on the road, while returning home from a class, last week. It’s wonderful how nature can present itself so beautifully isn’t it?
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The Solitary Walk
“The Solitary Walk on the Path of Life”
This photograph was clicked at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany.
For more of my photography, visit my Instagram accounts: @himanshusahay and @ffaops . To enter my Instagram contest visit @photolocker and tag #photolocker . To buy my photos, visit http://instacanv.as/himanshusahay or http://himanshu-sahay.instaprints.com
A Calm Evening in the City
An evening in the city usually consists of a cacophony of sounds and brash motorists. One only needs to look up to the sky at the mesmerizing beauty that it has to offer to us.
This photograph was taken in Dubai a couple of days ago.
For more of my photography, visit my personal Instagram: @himanshusahay or view my travel series: @ffaops
Sunset – A Melancholy of Colours
Sunset is the most beautiful time of the day. The homogeneity of colours evokes a sense of harmony in our hearts and transports us to another world.
The following picture was taken in Munich in late March, hope you like it!
For more of my photography, visit my personal Instagram: @himanshusahay or view my travel series: @ffaops
A Memory in the Rain
The sun rises,
The clouds burst,
Amidst the mist,
A memory churns,
Into the rain
It is hurled.
And then it beams into the sky,
Behind the mountain of joy.
The rain cedes
But leaves behind,
The seeds of a dream.
I clicked this photograph from the window of our car, in the German countryside. I have edited it to give it a prophetic look.
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Bullet in a Maelstrom 