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Brindavan Garden's


Brindavan Garden's
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Copyright: Muhammad Shaukat (shaukatmi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 430 W: 219 N: 895] (3801)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-04
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Sony Alpha 100 Digital SLR, Sony 18-70
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-21 17:26
Viewed: 238
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Brindavan Gardens, a celebrated beauty spot in this part of India is world famous for its symmetric design. It is one of the most beautifully laid out terrace gardens in the world. The creation of this garden in the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam site has been the achievement of Sir Mirza Ismail, the then Dewan of the princely State of Mysore. The beautification of the whole dam complex was conceived by Sir Mirza Ismail. Modeled on the design of the Shalimar Gardens of Kashmir in the Mughal style, the garden is enriched with a number of terraces, parterres, fountains, running and cascading waterchannels, water chutes, lush green lawns, flower beds, shrubs and trees. Today, the Brindavan Gardens is world famous for its ethereal beauty, grandeur and illumination/ musical fountain.

Located in the Krishnaraja Sagar dam site in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, the Brindavan Gardens is at a distance of 24 Km. from the famous cultural heritage centre of Karnataka – the city of Mysore, and 143 Km. from Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. The Krishnaraja Sagar dam is built across the river Cauvery, one of the principal rivers in South India. The Cauvery rises in the hills of Brahmagiri – in Talacauvery, Kodagu District in the Western Ghats and traverses Eastwards in Karnataka for about 320 Km. before entering Tamil Nadu and finally joining the Bay of Bengal. The dam is named after Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV during whose rule the Chief Engineer, Sir M. Vishveswaraya engineered the construction of the dam. The River Cauvery below the giant dam divides the garden into two parts.

The Garden

The Brindavan Gardens, primarily a terrace garden is laid out immediately behind the Krishnaraja Sagar dam site. The Department of Horticulture in 1927 started the work of laying out this garden, then called the Krishnarajendra Terrace Garden. Today, the garden extends over an area of 60 acres and it is laid out in the three terraces, which ends in a horseshoe shape. The slopes are planted with colourful Bougainvilleas and ornamental plants. This garden is a public park and it is one of the important tourist spots of India. The garden is enriched with innumerable fountains decorated with coloured lighting. The illuminated running waters and fountains with changing colours of lights is an event that the tourists can look forward to in the evenings. The garden has many open spaces, lawns, illuminated flower beds and ornamental plants. It also has well laid out roads and pathways. The Brindavan Gardens is the best-illuminated terrace garden in India. The boating pond in the midst of the garden is a location where the visitors can enjoy a boat ride. The whole garden when illuminated is an enchanting site to see.

Fountain

The Musical and dancing fountain, is the main attraction of the visitors. The water, coloured light and music are harmonized in the fountain to create a water ballet controlled by an aquatic organ operated through a controller. Water is pumped to the fountain and the operation is computerised. All the other fountains run due to the water pressure from the dam. A laser vision has also been developed for visitors’ attraction The illumination timing is the same as that for the garden. The musical and dancing fountain is located in the North Brindavan Garden. A gallery and rain shelter are provided for the viewers.

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This is an interesting pov and provides a good over view of the gardens. TFS
warm regards
David

Hi Muhammad ,
Excellent POV./DOF and well taken picture,
Beautiful colors and sharpness,
lovely place this Garden and great perpective ,
very well done.
Michel

I'll be honest with this one Muhammed.. The image is blurry which I consider to be the biggest mistake a photographer can make, and also it's very tilted to the left. The tilt can be rotated out in PS but with the f10 and 1/250 seconds I find it hard to explain the lack of sharpness here.

I think that the picture is also very busy - there's a lot to look at. Composition wise did you consider taking a portrait (upright) shot slightly to the left or right of the water flow? I think that would suit the scene better, break up the symmetry a little.

Hope this helps..

Rgds
DAvid

Hi Shuakat bhai,

I liked the symmetry of the lawns here in this garden.
good colors and a good perspective.

Tfs.
Regards,
Sanjib

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5773 W: 198 N: 2598] (10192)
  • [2009-09-22 6:14]

Ciao Muhammad


This is a look that did not find here!
It's wonderful to see so much beauty in this garden,
so well prepared and what I liked to read in
your text box, is the Fountain, fell
for them, love to see a Musical and dancing fountain.
Congratulations, my friend ...

Sergio

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2660 W: 74 N: 4764] (21701)
  • [2009-09-22 6:16]

Hi Muhammad...

Excellent POV and very nice capture...
Beautiful place - Nice Garden and perspective.
Nice colors, details - Well done.
Best regards,
George

Hello Muhammad,
Nice perspective and harmonic color combination
TFS
Selahattin E

Salam Muhammad Jan,
A wonderful simetrical composition.Great POV, colours and perspective.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 412 N: 2987] (32981)
  • [2009-09-23 6:16]

merhaba mybrother Muhammad...
harika bir açıdan alınmış güzel bir çalışma olmuş, tebrikler..selamlar

Hi Muhammad...nicely composed shot...well balanced..nice details.

Roger

Hello Shaukat,
Picture is very beautiful and I liked the perspective and composition, but one thing that is puzzling me is that how come there are no people in the frame,because when I visited it, there were hundreds of people here.
Anyhow one thing is sure that your ideas of photographing picture is always outstanding.
Regards
Nazir

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1725 W: 127 N: 1494] (20940)
  • [2009-10-20 23:33]

Hi Muhammad,
beautiful garden.Great perspective.Well composed.Congratulations.Many thanks for your note.TFS.Nrcla.

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