Sinhagad, Dusk & Those 15 minutes.

Went to Sinhagad yesterday with few friends for whom it was the first visit. Though I was going there after a long time I was not really excited as it is not the 'green' time of the year - the time when the fort is at its best. In my last 6 years in Pune I've been to Sinhgad quite a lot of times but never had opportunity to watch the sunset. We went in the afternoon and wandered around the fort under the full sunshine. It was hot and not that enjoyable. Finally, we arrived at the 'wind point' where I expected to get a proper view of the setting sun. We saw the sunset. Thats it. It was good but somehow not a perfect one. I got a feeling of 'something-missing' as we were leaving. I was not able to click even a single satisfactory shot today. But anyways we had to leave as most of the crowd was already gone and rest was also disappearing very fast. We started walking slowly towards the main entrance of the fort. Everybody was quite. With camera in my hand I was walking behind everybody. Then I saw this small pond which was reflecting the colourful sky quite nicely. My feets stopped automatically. Hands positioned the camera and this picture got clicked. Those who were ahead of me shouted at me asking to move quickly, "Its getting late!". I looked at the sky. It was shining differently showing all possible shades of evening light. I told them "Go ahead. I'll catch up in 5 minutes". Now it was getting interesting. Something had really changed over Sinhagad after the sun went down. For next 15 minutes camera was on full swing. I would look around, frame something interesting & just click. I liked the results I got in such a short time frame. When I came back to consciousness, I was running towards the main gate with a fulfilled heart. Finally, the 'missing part' was found in last 15 minutes. Yippie!










Find all photos on flickr in the set Sinhagad at Dusk.