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