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This was shot on the rooftop of the hotel I was staying in, during my trip to Melbourne. The hotel has its rooftop developed into a beautiful garden with even facilities for sunbathing and barbecue.

Eureka Skydeck 88 is Melbourne's tallest observation deck giving a 360 degree view of Melbourne and what makes it special is the world's only 'edge' experience. Its the highest viewing platform in the Southern Hemisphere and currently the world’s tallest residential building.

The 'Edge' experience is created by a glass cube which slides 3 metres out from the building suspended almost 300 metres above the ground, with you inside, offering panorama views over Melbourne.

Here is the November full moon.

Photographing the moon is pretty easy. The Nikon Coolpix P80 I used, to take this picture, has a telephoto lens range of about 500mm. The bigger the range of the lens, the bigger the moon. I set the camera in the auto-focus mode and aimed the moon. An important thing is to get the exposure right and for that, I used spot metering. I shot this frame at ISO 100 and with aperture f4.5 for about 200th of a sec. Although I did not have a tripod to steady the camera, I made use of a support to minimize camera shake.

Diwali, perhaps the most important Hindu festival, is the festival of lights. It brings the light of happiness, togetherness, spiritual enlightenment and prosperity for everyone and is marked by fun and fireworks.

Above is a capture of Diwali night sky in Mumbai, dazzling with beautiful fireworks.

This time, I thought of making a picture rather than taking one. My first attempt at Still life photography. Wikipedia defines Still photography as "the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects that are either human-made or "natural." Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition."

I knew I wanted to shoot a glass filled with some liquid. I chose Mirinda over plain water, to add color to an otherwise a plain composition. Also decided to go with three instead of a single glass, to fill the frame. After few trials, I made up my mind about the background, setting, lighting and composition of the image.