the 107 year old
96km long
serpentile
narrow gauge toy-train railway line
from kalka
to shimla
passes thru 103 tunnels
(only 102 are in actual use now).
the longest being 1.14km long.
--
the journey in this toy-train
is like travelling to heavens
while still alive!
--
over the clouds
under the clouds
over the bridges
under the bridges
into the tunnels
and out of them!
--
it is as much pleasure travelling in this train
as is there
in shooting it
with a powerful
camera
like a nikon d7000!
--
but obviously
you can't normally shoot it
inside the tunnel!
you've got to shoot it
only when it out of the tunnel!
(just like you can't take an aim at the market
inside the "overnight" tunnel!
you have to wait till it "comes out"
in the morning at the opening bell!)
--
to shoot the heavenly train
(with a camera)
you have to wait till it comes out of
one of the 103 tunnels!
even then
it is not easy to shoot it!
some times
it is behind mountains
while at other times
it gets hidden behind
cluster of deodars and pines.
at times
it vanishes in the folds of the valley!
--
you have to wait for
the suitable opportunity
to shoot
that great photo!
just like
you have to wait
for that correct opportunity
to shoot
that trade!
otherwise
while wasted photo in a digital slr
costs nothing more than a sigh,
a wasted trade in the market
costs something
even to professional
shooters!
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