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Rare and snowy version of Amsterdam ❄️

First time seeing Amsterdam like this and it caught me off guard. Swipe to see all the photos and let me know which one is your favourite?

[Winter, Netherlands, Snowstorm, Canals] taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @bombaymalayali

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9 months ago

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

Shot these during the tulip season last year.
2.5 weeks until the first tulips bloom in the Netherlands. Are you ready?

Tulips, Visit Netherlands, Spring, Shot on Sony
@sony.benelux taken in Netherlands by @bombaymalayali

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7 months ago

The endless spread of water lilies in Malarikkal, Kerala.

After a brief shower, the clouds parted, bringing perfect lighting conditions for a drone flight. I wanted to capture the full expanse of the water lilies, stretching endlessly across Malarikkal. Just as I finished the flight, the rain returned and I had to wrap up quickly.

Full credits to @ab_anjuna who braved the rain for the shoot and to @jidhumg for his unwavering support.

Shot on @djiglobal Mavic 3 Classic

[Malarikkal, Kerala, Kottayam, Aambal, Water lilies]
#keralatourism #visitkerala #fromwhereidrone #reelitfeelit taken in Malarikkal Tourism by @bombaymalayali

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2 years ago

Flying over Mumbai after what felt like ages

@djiglobal Mavic 4 Pro delivered and how! 😮‍💨😮‍💨

Mumbai Skyline city lights Aamchi mumbai MyMumbai taken in Mumbai - मुंबई by @bombaymalayali

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a month ago

The aura of this city is something else altogether! No wonder they call it the city of dreams.

Shot on my @djiglobal Mavic 4 Pro on a beautiful night.

Mahanagri, Aamchi mumbai meri jaan city that never sleeps mumbai night drone shot city lights my mumbai, cityscape taken in Mumbai - मुंबई by @bombaymalayali

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a month ago

What's your dream travel spot?

We hit up Central Asia last year. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are both amazing. The scenery changes every 10 minutes; you'll see everything from deserts to snowy mountains, salt flats, and green fields. It's all there. Here are some snippets of our unforgattable journey.. by @bombaymalayali

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2 months ago

We went to Kyrg instead of bali and these are the hidden gems of Kyrgistan

@jidhumg

I thought I was going to Kyrgyzstan to photograph mountains.

But I came back with something much more valuable.

Memories of people.

Because maybe that's the best part of travelling…

It's not always the places you see.

It's the people you see them with.

We drove for hours through roads that barely felt like roads.

We walked for kilometres with heavy bags on our backs. Some time 24 kms

Almost 15 kilos of camera gear with me.

There were moments when our bodies were exhausted.

Moments when the weather turned against us.

Moments when the journey felt much harder than we had imagined.

But that's when something beautiful happens.

You stop travelling as individuals.

You start looking after each other.

Someone walks slower so you don't have to walk alone.

Someone reaches out a hand.

Someone makes a joke when everyone is too tired to smile.

And somehow…

you keep going.

That's what I love about travelling with friends.

You don't just share the beautiful moments.

You share the difficult ones too.

And years later, those difficult moments often become the stories you laugh about the most.

After all those roads.

All those hikes.

All that exhaustion…

there we were.

Standing together.

Looking at mountains that felt almost impossible to reach.

And for a moment, nobody cared about the photographs.

Nobody cared about how tired we were.

We just stood there…

together.

And I think that's what travel gives you.

Not just memories of places…

but memories of the people you became those versions of yourself with.

Years from now, I may forget the exact road we took.

I may forget how cold it was.

I may even forget some of the mountains.

But I don't think I'll ever forget that feeling…

of looking around,

seeing my friends standing beside me,

and knowing that we made it here together.

Maybe that's the real destination.

Not the place you reach…

but the people who stand beside you when you finally get there. by @bombaymalayali

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a month ago

After two days of driving, crossing two military checkpoints and passing through landscapes that seemed to stretch endlessly, we finally reached this surreal corner of the world, just a stone’s throw from the Chinese border.
You can see @navaneeth_unnikrishnan standing next to me. And to truly understand the sheer scale of this landscape, look at the four tiny dots near the river- @bunch_of_pixels, @jidhumg, @be.rizzed and @bombaymalayali.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful landscapes my eyes have ever seen.
I stood there for a long time, looking at the river disappearing between the mountains. Somewhere in that vastness, the four of them had almost disappeared into the landscape.It made me think of how strange our sense of scale is. From where I stood, they were barely visible. And yet, each of those tiny dots carried an entire world with them-memories, worries, people they loved, places they had left behind, and lives unfolding somewhere beyond those mountains.
Against a landscape that had probably taken millions of years to become what it was, all of that seemed impossibly small.
And yet, perhaps that is the strange thing about being human.
We are tiny enough to disappear into a landscape, but somehow large enough to carry entire worlds within us. taken in Kyrgyzstan by @bombaymalayali

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2 months ago

When the sun goes down, Mumbai finds another way to shine ✨🌃

Shot by @bombaymalayali on @djiglobal Mavic 3 Classic

[Mumbai, Mumbai at Night, Drone Photography, Drone Video, Aerial View, City Lights, Night Photography, Skyline, Urban Photography, DJI, Drone Pilot, Blue Hour, Incredible India, Cityscape, Travel India, Mumbai Diaries, Nightscape, Aerial Cinematography, Moody Grams, Explore India, Aamchi Numbai] taken in Mumbai, Maharashtra by @bombaymalayali

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4 months ago

Haji Ali Dargah and Mumbai

500 years of devotion with a million dollar view to match!

[Eid Al Adha, Mumbai skyline, Eid Mubarak, Mumbai meri jaan, aerial video, Maharashtra] taken in Haji Ali Dargah Shareef -Mumbai. by @bombaymalayali

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5 months ago

Every frame, a window into somewhere else.

I’ve been obsessed with frames lately. Not just composing a shot, but physically finding something to shoot through. A doorway, a gap in a wall, two trees, a ferry hatch. Something that forces the eye inward and makes the subject feel like it was meant to be discovered rather than just seen.

This trip through Milan and Lake Como was the first time I committed to it fully. It slowed me down in the best way. Instead of wandering and shooting, I was hunting for architecture, shadows, gaps. Standing inside Castello Sforzesco looking for the right crack in the wall that would frame the Duomo. Waiting between two trees on the Como promenade until someone sat on that bench. You stop being a tourist and start actually looking.

Italy made it almost too easy. Centuries-old stone archways, ferry doors, colonnades. the country is basically one giant frame shop. But it also pushed me. The lake light is soft and flat in the wrong hours, and castello walls are almost entirely in shadow. You have to earn the light.

In the end, these were worth the effort. Atleast for me.
All photos were shot on Fujifilm X-T50 and edited on @lightroom View from inside a car ferry deck looking out through the open vehicle bay toward an Italian lakeside town. Cars are parked in rows in the foreground, passengers stand between them, and across the water a hillside village with terracotta roofs climbs toward dense green forest bathed in golden evening light. taken in Italy by @bombaymalayali

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5 months ago

Partial solar eclipse, as seen today from Amsterdam
Like they say, the best gear is the one you have with you!
Shot on iPhone

Solar eclipse 2026
#shotoniphone taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @bombaymalayali

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2 months ago