Winners of Konica Minolta Picturesque 2017 Contest

I made this picture by placing the three glasses in front of a laptop screen displaying the colour pencils, and filled each of them with water to obtain this effect.

A dull day at work turned out to be fruitful when I decided to pass the time with my camera. This image is of water condensation occurring in a plastic bottle.

On a weekend trip to Purulia in West Bengal, I spotted these Chhau artists carrying their costumes on a bike. Chhau is a form of tribal dance and martial arts.

I was making pictures on the outskirts of Surat when I witnessed some beautifully tinted monsoon clouds. It was the perfect backdrop for this modest car.

Driving through Nalsarovar at dawn, distant, raucous calls caught my attention. I came upon a vast field of birds where the mist made the scene captivating.

I photographed this Jerdon’s leafbird near Bangalore. Besides the reflection, the flutter of its wings and the spray of water makes it a complete picture for me.

We were on our way to Pangong Lake in Ladakh when we spotted these Himalayan marmots. Fortunately, they were rather unperturbed by me and my camera.

Made at Singapore Zoo, the piercing eyes of this aged orangutan inspired me. I wanted to depict him as a person and not an exotic animal.

I had conceived this image of the Lotus Temple with its clear reflection in my head, days before I visited it, and managed to create exactly what I had imagined.

I wanted to capture the essence of Venice as the world recognises it. So, I shot the Grand Canal from the Ponte dell’Accademia bridge one evening.

This was made at Darjeeling railway station as the sun was setting. While the engine parked, headlights from vehicles in a car shed illuminated the misty scene.

I specifically booked a hotel room looking over the Dubai Marina so that I could witness both the dazzling skyscrapers and the busy water body below.

I used the long exposure to capture both the egret and the roaring river to show the calmness of the bird and to smooth out the rapids of the water body.

I had been observing the blue-tailed bea-eaters for years before I managed to capture this image by the Damodar river. Fortunately, it turned out exactly the way I had imagined it.

The high vantage point, relatively empty street and the torrential rain helped create a distant and solitary atmosphere in the otherwise busy streets of Bombay.

Shot at a market in Kolkata, the young boy worked tirelessly to arrange the heavy sacks. It struck me how not all of India’s markets are colourful and lively.

One afternoon, I came upon my paternal grandmother wistfully gazing at her own wedding photographs. Moved by her sense of nostalgia, I made this picture.

I was making pictures of the couple at a crowded beach in Goa when I realised I could use it to my advantage. It took countless attempts to get this right.

The vertical pattern of the jute-stalkings and the oblique horizontal pattern of the boats, as well as the vastness of the place, inspired me to shoot the image.

After retiring as a banking officer, I took up photography full-time. I made this image of labourers near a stone crusher factory in Pakur, Jharkhand.

I wanted to offer a glimpse of how a simple household in Kerala manages during the monsoons. My neighbour’s home seemed to hold that essence.

On my way to Barrackpore, I witnessed these boys playing amongst the jute sticks. Their widespread arms seemed to imitate the stacks arranged around them.

I wanted to make an image that brought out the charm of the colour blue. I felt that the fresh cream complimented the blueberries and napkin rather well.

We got home this fish for dinner one evening. Since I particularly enjoy photographing food, I paused the meal preperations to shoot this in my home studio.