Extension of the magical viewfinder

Christmas Lights

2008-12-03T18:12:00.001-08:00

A mosaic effect using some blurred shots

With a blue background

Golden

Singapore Art Museum

2008-12-03T18:10:00.000-08:00

Light Installations

Kiwi

2008-12-03T18:09:00.001-08:00

Thailand- June 08

2008-12-03T17:51:00.000-08:00

It's been quite some time, almost an year now, since I posted stuff here, more because I keep uploading it on my flickr page. Do visit it here

Sunset at Patong Beach, Phuket

Phi Phi Don Islands, Phuket

Wat Pho, Bangkok

Grand Palace, Bangkok

Blue, Yellow and Green Macaw, Bird Park

2008-01-21T18:27:00.001-08:00

Raffles Place, Singapore

2008-01-21T18:26:00.001-08:00

Paint Brush

2008-01-15T03:53:00.001-08:00

Cinnamon Rolls

2008-01-15T03:47:00.000-08:00

Sentosa Sunset

2008-01-15T03:45:00.001-08:00

Christmas in Sentosa

2008-01-15T03:43:00.000-08:00

Frozen

2007-11-29T20:48:00.000-08:00

Coffee and Chocolate

2007-11-21T04:11:00.000-08:00

Coffee with Laptop

Cadbury- Really Dark Chocolate

Happy Diwali 2007!!!

2007-11-08T21:45:00.000-08:00

Jurong Bird Park

2007-09-26T19:03:00.000-07:00

Views within NUS

2007-09-16T22:34:00.000-07:00

Lim Seng TJoe

First few glimpses of Singapore

2007-09-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

View from my apartment, will update on this shoot and try shooting during various hours of day, especially during sunset. Sunrise is little difficult now, since i am still on India time.

And yet another trip to Lal bagh

2007-09-01T23:51:00.000-07:00

....but this time i am sure yes, its the last one.

Another Trip to Lal Bagh

2007-08-12T03:25:00.000-07:00

Its another Sunday morning and I am off to Lal Bagh with friends and family. Perhaps the last one. Not to miss if you are around in Bangalore this time, the flower exhibition...with Red Taj Mahal.
There are a couple of photos more on my flickr page. Do click through

Dirty Lily Bunch

The Ducks

The Orange Flowers

Weekend Special

2007-06-25T10:58:00.000-07:00

Finally was able to step out of Bangalore after quite sometime...though the first pic is in Bangalore, but was on the way moving out of it.

Monkey family at the Big Banyan tree, Ramohalli, Mysore Road

Barista perpendicular to MG Road

Green and Cold

2007-06-18T10:49:00.000-07:00

Sunset in Goa

2007-04-05T23:06:00.001-07:00

Panjim Blue Building

2007-04-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

Eexperimenting with Desaturation

2006-12-28T09:28:00.000-08:00

Here's one of the simplest tutorial i have come across on experimenting with mono colour in PS...and here's the attempt's result. Usually with photos like this, i am stuck and dont find an interesting engagement there...this did help.

Red trail_lal bagh

2006-12-16T02:26:00.000-08:00

Grapes with reflection

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Reflection of the lamp in the foreground.

Blue flower

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Tree in Lal Bagh

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Aeroplane overhead_lal bagh

2006-11-12T09:41:00.000-08:00

Have always been fascinated by aeroplanes in flight, especially loved the red belly of this plane. Please click on the flickr link to see other snaps.

Good Old Coffee!

2006-11-11T08:19:00.000-08:00

Nothing more refreshing than a cup of coffee.

Sparkling water

2006-11-01T08:20:00.000-08:00

This shot is an attempt to freeze water using an extremely high shutter speed, i used an exposure of 1/1000th of a sec. Since the shutter speed need to be extremly high, flash is necessary, which also added a sparkle to water here....looks like to my hand too.

Marching Jellies

2006-10-10T09:43:00.000-07:00

Fading Truck

2006-10-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

Bulb Case

2006-09-03T03:35:00.000-07:00

Inverted LED light

2006-09-03T03:17:00.000-07:00

I took this shot using a slow shutter speed and then inverted the colours. That red is actually blue.

Engine

2006-09-03T02:47:00.000-07:00

Shot on the way to Delhi, on a highway resort. These people really bought an old engine as an exhibit! I have tried my hands at editing the image in Photoshop, as an amateur attempt...does look exciting with huge potential, I am yet to explore it in full.

Glue

2006-08-15T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hues of the sky Series:

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Lonely Pigeon

Clouds over Delhi

Sunrise

Through the door

Clouds over delhi2

Full Moon

The Bird Series:

2006-08-15T02:05:00.000-07:00

Some of the snaps from recent trip to home.

Suspicious

Peacock_close up

Peacock

Maina

Humming Bird

Majestic Pigeon

Fort Hill Trek

2006-06-18T03:33:00.000-07:00

This weekend had lots in store. Initially I was a bit hesitant when asked by a friend to company her for Fort Hill Trek .Its amongst the Nandi Hill range,60 kms off Bangalore.

I reluctantly gave in, thinking its going to be an uneventful and another boring trek. But the outcome was not as anticipated.The trek was not a mere test of physical endurance but mental endurance too.Obviously, reaching the top serves as the greatest motivating factor but the journey as the saying goes turned out to be more important than the summit.

Having attended the Fort Hill Trek throws light to simple but crucial perceptivities.It is extremely important to break the monotone of everyday life. We donot seem to realise how monotone can dampen us unless we break it. Going for exertion, when one can laze around and catch up with more sleep on a weekend seems impalpable. But believe me, these exertions really help, I came back loaded with more energy and zeal for everyday life.

[Click on the link to view other photos of the trek]

Dusk and Reflection

2006-06-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

This image comes with heavy post processing, mainly to accentuate the orange sky. I tipped the camera to capture its reflection in the solar water heater.

Raindrop

2006-06-03T02:34:00.000-07:00

The Mask

2006-06-03T02:16:00.000-07:00

This rusted mask has been lying idle in the yard ever since dont know when. Supposed to protect the house from buri nazar

Glow

2006-05-11T11:10:00.000-07:00

This picture is an attempt to capture a set of glowing LEDs(my modem) with a moving camera. My inspiration lied with this blog [Camera Toss]. It's a beautiful experience all together to use a moving camera to capture these images. Will be experiementing more with this option.

An Insight

2006-04-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

Today I came across some beautiful insights; I have truly started believing in the fact that eccentricity is not wrong. Infact the greatest discoveries, a whole lot of inventions happened because people were eccentric, unconventional. They had the courage to question the conventions, think out of box, look at things their way, and basically go about doing what felt right. I believe only 1 percent or even lesser of population actually do that, oh how could it be, how can people just follow the rules and conventions and not question them.

Stuck to Lal Bagh

2006-04-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

I must say its been weeks and weeks of adventure at Lal Bagh. Most of the snaps here are the outcome of Lal Bagh trips on Sunday mornings with friends.I have tried to ameliorate from the previous trips, hope it reflects in the photographs too. I do want to photograph other themes, other places, but Bangalore hardly has enough options. Well, no how can I say that, I must agitate my creativity pursuit, for art dwells everywhere. I would call forth that in future and would come back with more and better pics.

Plumeria, Lal Bagh

2006-04-16T08:58:00.000-07:00

The ripple here was created by Roopa, while i clicked the flowers,she was more than glad to help me out with this.

Complicated

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Art Supplies

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Sky

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The Flowers

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The Posing Dog, Lal Bagh

2006-04-16T08:15:00.000-07:00

The dog was just too photogenic and surprisingly still when I approached,looks like a regular model at Lal Bagh.

Lotus, Lal Bagh

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The Bees, Lal Bagh

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Statue of Chamaraja Wodeyar of Mysore,Lal Bagh

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Its Blue Again

2006-04-16T07:21:00.000-07:00

I must say, I am captivated by this colour. Just the sheer presence of it anywhere motivates me to click them.

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wedged Pansy

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White aggregation

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The gorgeous blue flower

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Poppies

2006-02-27T09:13:00.007-08:00

The Birds, Lal Bagh

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The Peacock

2006-02-27T09:13:00.005-08:00

Mom feeding the peacock, a regular visitor at home. Though my camera did scare it a bit.

The Red Flower Bed, Lal Bagh

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Lotus, Lal Bagh

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Lal Bagh

2006-02-27T09:13:00.002-08:00

Early morning in Lal Bagh

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Tip Toed

2006-02-27T09:13:00.000-08:00

November Entry

2005-11-26T01:46:00.000-08:00

Pond and Beyond

2005-10-20T04:22:00.000-07:00

This snap exhibits the lush green vegetation, was taken on the way to Bheemeshwari. Where else can one find an exuberant sight other than South India. My eyes get tired seeing the abundant greenery in this particular snap. The mistness over the mountain perplexed me.

In the glass

2005-10-20T04:14:00.000-07:00

I dont know the exact name of this fruit, but grows in abundance at my home. My main purpose here was to vary the shutter speed and experiement with the flowing water, instead I landed up with still water and these fruits in them. However the water added a decent enough background to showcase these fruits.

Cluster of Flowers

2005-10-20T03:08:00.000-07:00

The luxuriant display of colours in these flowers is breath taking. It was another combination which I tried, this time using many flowers than a monoflower.

The House

2005-10-20T00:12:00.000-07:00

The first day I arrived in Nainital, I was shivering, I had lost the feel of a North Indian winter after migrating South for past few years. I realised it then how much I had missed it. The place where we stayed gave a panoramic view of the Naini peak on the left, the lake in the centre and few beautiful houses lined up on the right.This house just lay a level below my room, I must mention here, that on a hilly terrain the houses are lined up in steps, one elevated over the other. This house had a striking green embellishment at the edge of its roof. For that matter, I feel that there need not be something striking to shoot or make a photo interesting, any object would do.

Sunflowers

2005-10-19T23:43:00.000-07:00

I am back again with my favourite colour( same as the Lilies), this colour does fascinate me, its vivid, bright and cheerful. This arrangement was a more advanced approach to shooting flowers. I used a bunch of sunflowers and various kinds of combinations, placing them near the window, on the dining table, near the kitchen sill, on the floor and lots more. The outcome was the best when placed besides the window. Thats the beauty of digital photography, one has ample scope to experiment. And there's nothing better than this way to learn. For sure this was a satisfying picture after spending one whole afternoon over this composition.

Naini Lake

2005-10-19T23:19:00.000-07:00

This snap was taken on my last vacation, first time I was using my camera beyond the premises of my home. Nainital revolves around this lake, the view of the lake is accessible from anywhere in the town . This particular photo was shot from the Naini Peak.I snooped around to capture the view of the lake, but this particualar angle gave the best shoot .It reminds me a lot of the lake in koi Mil Gaya, wonder if its the same one.

Humming Bird

2005-10-19T22:56:00.000-07:00

Its very difficult to photograph birds. When we have plants as our subject, you would be sure that they wont move. Birds are an entirely different experience all together, by the time you make up your mind for one pose and adjust your camera, the pose would already be lost. This little bird was especially very notorious, however the most thrilling one to shoot perhaps.

Sunlit Lilies

2005-10-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

This is the my favourite pic in this series.These flowers grow next to my house, and the most exiciting thing about these flowers was its colour(reminds me of lemon).The arrangement was kept simple, two lilies and the window side. The highlight is created by the soft afternoon sunlight thrown in from the window.

First Macro Photo

2005-10-19T02:42:00.000-07:00

This pic is very dear to me, it was the first close-up snap i ever took, and believe me i was amazed to see the possibilites which my camera could hold. Ever since i have been hooked to it. I must admit here, i may not be good at describing my photos but i would let my photos make up for that.