The Taj Mahal - Simply Beautiful

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India

Historic. Artistic. Beautiful. Those are the words that come to my mind when you think of the Taj Mahal.

As my ethnicity is Indian, this place is right up there in the places I’ve enjoyed seeing and taking photos of. When I visited, it was an overcast day. At any other location, this would mean I’d have to use a high ISO. This isn’t any other place – it’s the Taj Mahal! The marble from the building glows brightly and means you don’t need to use a high ISO. In fact, I only used ISO 100!

Other settings:

• A lower aperture of F3.2 was used to capture the main essence of the building.
• Shutter speed of 1/400s.

Taj Mahal is unique in that when you walk up close, you see calligraphy on each wall. After 20 years, the architectural brilliance was built in 1648. To this day, it hosts approximately 3 million tourists every year. The history within this wonder of the world is rich – it’s definitely worth a visit!

Author: Amit Balakrishnan