Fort Niagara

Fort Niagara, originally uploaded by manjunath.bhat.

You and I,
in this beautiful world....
Green grass, blue skies

just loved the Bokeh

just loved the Bokeh, originally uploaded by KIM.

One of my favorite snaps :)

This was taken for the Bokeh assignment set for us this weekend.
All thanks to the aunty who was staring at the huge lens. I decided to use her saree as teh background :)

To my eternal sunshine

To the eternal sunshine which kept me ticking all year round.
To the eternal sunshine which gives hope to the new year ahead
To the eternal sunshine, to all the good things which happened in the past
To the eternal sunshine, to all the good things waiting to happen

Love you all, happy new year

Live every moment to the fullest

Golden Temple

Golden Temple, originally uploaded by Kim.

I considered myself unlucky when my train reached Amritsar late that night. But I later realized I was actually lucky as I could reach the temple only by 12 midnight. This place is bustling with activity from 2:45 AM to 11:30PM. The time I reached had no visitors inside. Could try out a lot of long shutter shots

For geeks:
f/8| 37mm| 8sec| ISO100| Av mode| -0.3Ev| 1-10-09 12:08AM||

More of the trip report later

September Calender

Originally uploaded by Kim.

Two pioneer butterflies caught in the act :)

For shutterbugs: 300mm| f/6.4| ISO100| Av mode| 0 Ev|
This pic was taken at butterfly park on 29th Aug.Let me know if you want it in a different resolution.

To download click here

August Calender

This pic was taken at Bannerghatta national park. This flower is also known as American lily.

Tech details:300mm F/5.6 ISO 100 Av Mode -0.3Ev

Let me know if you want it in a different resolution.

July Calender

July Calender - 2009

This was a shot at 300mm| F5.6| ISO800| 0EV| Av mode

Click on the pic for download

Then HE said let there be light

Then HE said let there be light, originally uploaded by Kim.

Another one where I tried to use the available light to create stand-out. I guess light has become my new obsession. Till date have been successful at using light only on still objects. Lets see if I can use this in the coming birding season.

Stand out

IMG_7624, originally uploaded by Kim. A White Hibiscus

I was always in a dilemma, as to whether join the crowd be safe or stand out and be seen. But I guess this pic clears my doubt. I would stand out in the crowd and be seen. But what if I get 'shot'

I can climb the Everest if needed

IMG_3933, originally uploaded by Kim- A Striped Tiger.

This butterfly somehow tells me it can climb the Everest. Just my personal thought to it. Just the way I feel everytime I look at it. Looks like this guy can scale anything, any height.

And ofcourse he did. I waited a while to see what he does after this, and lo behold... he was up there. Never seen butterflies climb. What are wings for??

Another from the butterfly series

IMG_3883, originally uploaded by Kim - A Plain Tiger.

Flies are attracted to humans. thats why they keep bugging us all the time. But humans are attracted to butterflies, That why we keeping clicking them.

Another visit to bannerghatta proved this. Bugged by my friends after seeing the pics from my first trip, they forced me for another trip. Here is a sample from the trip.

More to come. Stay tunn....

Flutterby

Spotted a sparrow

Its been a long time I spotted a house sparrow around. I remember the time when I used to put out some seed for the sparrows in our portico before going to school.

Though the original sparrow is no more available for clicks in Bangalore, I spotted 2 varieties of the same. An ashy crowned sparrow lark and another sparrow lark. Here they are. Click for larger versions

 

A crowned Sparrow lark, about to take flight. 

  

On top of the world

  

The perfect camouflage

and a sandpiper to end the blog. 

Some more pics

Had a very good birding exp as well.

 

Not only birds.

Finally the playing hide and seek. Was it bored of my clicking?

Have a lot more pics to publish. looks like it will take another 2 posts atleast. Got to sleep now. 

Another trip

Another weekend trip. And this time to Kasargod. The route info as follows. Bangalore - Kunigal - Hassan - Belur - Chickmagalur- Charmadi - Dharmasthala (halt for the night). BC Road - Mangalore - Kasaragod - Bekal Fort (halt for the night). Ksd - Mng - Udupi -  Karkala - Moodabidri - Dharmasthala and back the same route.

Best part of the trip being, had a fellow SLR geek for critisism.

Harish (haddi)

He was trying to capture the gang, which was posing for him. CAptured the gang when they were posing for Haddi. 

 

A place where river meets sea. This being summer the river actually doesn't meet the sea. A walk along this strip under moonlight  is real relaxing

Got to refresh some memories in Karkala. 

 

Anekere

 

After shooting the moon, shot the sun as well. 

 

Sunset at Bekal Fort

  

  

Sunrise at Bekal Fort

 How can I not shoot the moon . Especially when its the full moon
Click on the image for full siz.

Over all had a very good trip. Some more pics in the next 2 posts. 

Best shots

Some of the shots which have given me some satisfaction. They almost tell me what I have spent on the bazooka is worth it.

One where I tried to shoot the moon

Geek stuff: 300mm| f5.6| 1/60| ISO200| spot| exp: -1stop

Abusing a zerbera

 

  

Geek Stuff: 150mm| iso 200|  spot | 1/5sec| f/5

Tried my hands at birding. But the experts were missing in action. So it turned out to be a disaster. 

Waiting for the 7th feb Bekal fort trip for a good birding exp

Girish's wedding

A Mehandi

Another alternate profession. But next time onwards I need to concentrate moreon the theme. Or in other words making a single design on the hand. Not multiple designs from multiple sources

Yes Boss

This looks like he is the boss. But actually he tells 'Yes Boss' Anything you say.

Dude, you must have spent a hell lot of money on that number

The winter collection - Forest Fire

 

The winter collection now available all over Bangalore.
These Forest fire flowers have bloomed all over Bangalore. This is one thing I love about this place.
All seasons have a collection of their own. This ones for winter.

this is commonly called 'uchche kai' for all the obvious reasons.
Someone plese let me know what is the actual name of this flower


Found some info about this flower. Thanks to http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/red.html.

This flower is called African Tulip/Fountaintree. Hindi: Rugtoora
Botanical name: Spathodea campanulata Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
One of the world's most spectacular flowering trees, African tulip tree is a large upright tree with glossy deep green pinnate leaves and glorious orange scarlet flowers. It may grow to 80 ft on an ideal site, but most specimens are much smaller. The tree has a stout, tapering, somewhat buttressed trunk covered in warty light gray bark. The lateral branches are short and thick. The 1-2 ft long opposite leaves, which emerge a bronzy color, are massed at the ends of the branches. They are composed of 5-19 deeply veined oval leaflets. The horn shaped velvety olive buds appear in upturned whorls at the branch tips. A few at a time, the buds of the lowest tier bend outward and open into big crinkled red orange tuliplike bells with red streaked gold throats, frilly yellow edges, and four brown-anthered stamens in the center. They are followed by 5-10 in green brown fingerlike pods pointing upwards and outwards above the foliage. Each of these pods contains about 500 tissue papery seeds. The tree flowers in spurts all through the growing season, but peak bloom is usually in the spring.



Some more Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spathodea