By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh,30th Jan,
2020:- City based Mitul Dikshit a
photographer, cultural activist and educationist and his 14-year-old son Idant
who is a student of Class VIII at Strawberry Fields High School, Chandigarh
have put up an exhibition of photographs captured during their recent nearly 20
day sojourn of Lapland - Finland's Northern most region. Lapland is
also known to be the place where millions of travellers from
across the world long to go, just to feast their eyes upon the magical
phenomenon of 'Aurra Borealis' or Northern Lights. The
exhibition of breathtaking pictures by Mitul & Idant has been put up at the
Government Art Gallery, Sec 10 here and will be on from January 30- February 1,
2020 from 10 am till 5 pm daily.
Mitul Dikshit said that the Northern
Lights are enchanting illuminations which are unpredictable and usually appear
only on very cold nights in Northern Finland above the Arctic Circle, these
lovely images, through the ages, have aroused a feeling that they have magical
powers beyond human comprehension. In Finish this phenomenon is also called ‘
revontulet’, which means 'fox fires'. We have captured the Northern Lights in
its full grandeur and put it on display at the exhibition for all to see.
In this photo exhibition 45
photographs of the father -son duo have been showcased. Out of these there are
35 by Mitul and 10 by young Idant.
Mitul explains his experience that we
were able to get some nice clicks of Polar night. In the Northernmost parts
of Finland the sun really doesn’t come up for weeks, but thanks to
the snow, Northern lights and moonlight, the polar night is actually very
beautiful and colourful. Also, the noon looks like a sunrise turning into
a sunset without the sun never actually getting up–this is when you can see
some beautiful pink and orange colours in the sky.
'Northern Lights', is not just
displaying the beautiful colours & hues splashed by nature in the region
but also has images of the rich flora and fauna of the picture perfect
area- Lapland, which is covered in a spotless white blanket of snow.
Idant said that the
winter landscapes in Lapland are fascinating, with ever changing light, snow
covered trees like nowhere else in the world, and frozen lakes as far as the
eye can see. He has captured these aspects and loved the whole experience. The
Polar night of Finland also offers a one of a kind experience to see
some Northern lights and the Milkyway.
Mitul is a die-hard adventure lover
and is in love with travelling. Taking a cue from his father Idant too has
developed a major liking for the adventurous outdoors. Mitul has already
travelled all the seven continents including Antarctica, on which his coffee
table book named ‘Antarctica Gods Own Canvas’ was published , after, travelling
all seven continents , Mitul has exhibited his work on ‘Wildlife Safari of
Masai Mara' and ‘The Great Barrier Reef ’, which was diving underwater at the
Great Barrier in Cairns, Australia. He has done 'The Polar Expedition at the
Arctic' and the most recently he did ‘The Inca Ruin and the Amazon Jungles’.
Idant Dikshit who apart from being is
an avid traveller like his father is also a passionate photographer
and has travelled to six continents and plans to travel to Antartica next
year.
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