Snow Chairlift into the Abyss by deepak_dk by deepak_dk

Risen from the Water by mattdemoraes by mattdemoraes

Amsterdam is a stunning city. Almost every turn leads to a bridge over the canal system, and every bridge has a beautiful story to tell. My adventure in the city was a brief one, spent with my favourite travel companion and excellent photographer Nadia Schweimler (she is on 500px too – check her out). This is another of my infra-red photographs taken around the world and shared with you exclusively on 500px. I hope you enjoy them.

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A cormorant and his fisherman by TerjeMadsen by TerjeMadsen

Dapia harbor – Spetses by PaulShark by PaulShark

‘Devotion’ by subodhshetty by subodhshetty

‘Devotion’

While a huge crowd assembles for evening Aarti ( prayers for Ganges ) on the famed ghats of Varanasi, which are run by organizations who compete to out do each others crowd pulling capability, I came across this little guy who performed Aarti of his own – his audience was just one – ME. Little did he care if anyone watched him perform, he just did his duty all by himself, with absolute sincerity. And the best part was, he wasn’t distracted by my presence for a second, now that’s called devotion.

I could connect the dots between his sincerity to his prayers and mine towards photography. We don’t really need a big audience or fame or a standing ovation to keep the flame burning within ourself, all we need is to love what we do and do it with absolute dedication, regardless of any other benefits, that’s what is truly satisfying and that’s what my journey in photography so far has been about.

Varanasi | India | 2016

Fujifilm X-Pro2 | 23mm

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Sunset Düsseldorf by chris-photoshootings by chris-photoshootings

Life is beautiful by gundogdugurkan by gundogdugurkan

Siena – Italy

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fisherman by SaravutWhanset by SaravutWhanset

fisherman trow the nets on sunset

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