Dog eared
Posted in Black and White, Portrait on Dec 21st, 2009
…and flat nosed  Taby. A friends puppy. Really cute.
A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Black and White, Portrait on Dec 21st, 2009
…and flat nosed  Taby. A friends puppy. Really cute.
Posted in D3, experimental, fun photo on Dec 18th, 2009
LOL! Not quite what you thought it would be? Went to cook up some lunch [spicy tomato and olive rice], and the spark from the ignition on the gas stove made me forget lunch and bring in the camera instead. It took a just couple of tries, pretty easy actually – camera on tripod, high-speed [...]
Not as foggy as it had been the past week…. but a pretty nice walk anyway….
28 members of the Indian Air Force “Air Warriors” performed their famous coordinated and perfectly choreographed Rifle Drill this morning at the Indian High Commission grounds in Dhaka. The coordination and skill were amazing and the unique drill has to be seen to be believed. Bravo AWDT! We and the kids enjoyed the show [and [...]
Posted in Balu River, Sunflower, Wilder Thing, boat, fishermen on Dec 12th, 2009
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Which one? Often a difficult choice  [Click the images for larger versions]
Posted in Photography, Strobist, Wireless, flash, lighting, nature on Dec 8th, 2009
A book I picked up back in the mid ’90s changed the way I saw and photographed subjects in nature [flowers, plants, insects and also landscapes]. After having read and re-read this book, it was John Shaw’s “Closeups In Nature” I went on to his “Landscapes Photography“, “Nature Photography Field Guide“, “Focus On Nature” and “Complete Guide [...]
A fast low-light capable lens and one that requires no assistance from fill-flash: The Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Manual Focus lens is a lovely piece of engineering made from real metal and real heavy glass. A nicely balanced lens, and it makes beautiful photos though it is a difficult lens to use. The extremely shallow depth of [...]
Posted in Fall, Mashobra, Moon, Shimla, Sidhora, nature, sunrise, sunset on Dec 5th, 2009
Beautiful time of the year in Simla with the colors turning. 4 days of bliss! Click HERE for few assorted images in a slide-show. If you cannot view the FLASH slide-show, try THIS LINK for a basic-view gallery. [The last image in the series, the snow-capped Himalayan Range was taken from the 'plane between Chandigarh and Delhi.] [...]
Posted in Heritage, Hindu, Ruins, Sonargaon, Stein Naevdal, mist, sunrise, temple on Nov 22nd, 2009
22nd Nov 09. Morning trip to Sonargaon village with Stein. We intended to get there well before 7am so that we could scout out a vantage point to watch and photograph the sunrise. A slight delay, but we still got there in time to watch the sky turn magenta at pre-dawn to a grey pink [...]