The tea gardens on the hills of Munnar, India.

EOS KISS X4, EF-S 10-22mm.

A Buddhist Temple (Tera) in Sarnath, India.

Buddhist temples are the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan. The Japanese word for a Buddhist temple is tera (寺?).

Buddhist temples, like any other religious structures, need to be organized in order to best serve their various purposes. The most primary space in any Buddhist temple complex is the sacred space, where images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas are kept, and where important rituals are performed. This area is always separated off from the areas accessible to the lay worshippers, though the distance between the two and the manner of their separation is quite varied. In many temples, there is little more than a wooden railing dividing the sacred space with that of the laypeople, but in many others, there is a significant distance, perhaps a gravelled courtyard, between the two.

The tea plantations in Kerala are a beautiful sight as the green tea bushes cover the gentle hill slopes and form a green mantle over the surface of the hills.

Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS kit lens, Adobe Photoshop.

Shot it in Dalhousie, India. Easily one of the most beautiful sunsets I've seen.

Nikon D700, Nikkor 16-35 f/4, Lee 0.6 Soft Grad.

Shot it at Gorai Beach, Mumbai. Had to sprint 500 meters across the beach with my camera bag and tripod to get the perfect waves and light at the back.

Nikon D700, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR, Lee 0.6 Hard Grad. Shot at 18mm, f/22, 1/2 second, ISO 100.

By far the most gorgeous view in Mumbai. I shot this picture about 20 minutes before sunrise.

Nikon D700, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED. Shot at 70mm, f/16, 30 seconds.