right time to shoot

the 107 year old

96km long

serpentile

narrow gauge toy-train railway line

from kalka

to shimla

passes thru 103 tunnels

(only 102 are in actual use now).

the longest being 1.14km long.

--

the journey in this toy-train

is like travelling to heavens

while still alive!

--

over the clouds

under the clouds

over the bridges

under the bridges

into the tunnels

and out of them!

--

it is as much pleasure travelling in this train

as is there

in shooting it

with a powerful

camera

like a nikon d7000!

--

but obviously

you can't normally shoot it

inside the tunnel!

you've got to shoot it

only when it out of the tunnel!

(just like you can't take an aim at the market

inside the "overnight" tunnel!

you have to wait till it "comes out"

in the morning at the opening bell!)

--

to shoot the heavenly train

(with a camera)

you have to wait till it comes out of

one of the 103 tunnels!

even then

it is not easy to shoot it!

some times

it is behind mountains

while at other times

it gets hidden behind

cluster of deodars and pines.

at times

it vanishes in the folds of the valley!

--

you have to wait for

the suitable opportunity

to shoot

that great photo!

just like

you have to wait

for that correct opportunity

to shoot

that trade!

otherwise

while wasted photo in a digital slr

costs nothing more than a sigh,

a wasted trade in the market

costs something

even to professional

shooters!