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25 February 2013
31 March 2012
Abstracts - III
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An idle night and a session with some artificial lighting...
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It's surprising how much can be salvaged from a photo that would have otherwise been thrown away for being out of focus or overexposed...
... with minimal post processing...
It's surprising how much can be salvaged from a photo that would have otherwise been thrown away for being out of focus or overexposed...
... with minimal post processing...
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These two photos with a Nikon L5 compact camera.
Not much manual control in it but more often than not it nailed the exposure.
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And one more deliberately out of focus photo...
... on a windy and rainy night...
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... on a windy and rainy night...
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15 March 2012
Abstracts - II
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Light getting scattered off a thin layer of dust on my cycle seat.
Bike in. Bicycle out.
Light getting scattered off a thin layer of dust on my cycle seat.
Bike in. Bicycle out.
Faux cross processing.
... taken from a moving train. Somewhere near Andhra. 2008.
Tambaram Railway ground.
Spires of plastic chairs seemed to reflect the colours of the sky.
This slightly underexposed photo doesn't do the scene any justice though.
Sunset near Pazhassi Raja's tomb, Wayanad.
There was a phase when I took a series of photos deliberately out of focus.
... taken from a moving train. Somewhere near Andhra. 2008.
Tambaram Railway ground.
Spires of plastic chairs seemed to reflect the colours of the sky.
This slightly underexposed photo doesn't do the scene any justice though.
Sunset near Pazhassi Raja's tomb, Wayanad.
There was a phase when I took a series of photos deliberately out of focus.
01 March 2012
18 February 2012
Backyard wildlife
It's Spring.
And the plants, trees and vines around my house have been teeming with all sorts of insects and perching birds.
So on a lazy afternoon...
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I have no idea what the queen wasp here is.
All these must be female workers from her first batch of eggs.
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Ladybug without any spots?
I had never seen one before...
Turns out they are common in Asia.
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Aphids... but they were too small and fast for my lens.
... but the fly just about escapes from being lunch. For now.
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And the plants, trees and vines around my house have been teeming with all sorts of insects and perching birds.
So on a lazy afternoon...
The body of this spider is a striking orange with an unusual tapering abdomen.
This looked far more brilliant than I've managed to capture here...
... Almost looks like a cross between a spider and a mosquito.
This looked far more brilliant than I've managed to capture here...
... Almost looks like a cross between a spider and a mosquito.
Absolutely no idea what its name is.
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The common Indian Paper Wasp.
'Paper' as in the material the queen uses to build her nest... essentially, wood pulp.
'Paper' as in the material the queen uses to build her nest... essentially, wood pulp.
I have no idea what the queen wasp here is.
All these must be female workers from her first batch of eggs.
You can see the eggs laid by her inside the wafer-thin cells.
Some have hatched, and the larvae have built a silk cocoon around themselves (the whitish layer on some cells) inside which they are undergoing metamorphosis.
Some have hatched, and the larvae have built a silk cocoon around themselves (the whitish layer on some cells) inside which they are undergoing metamorphosis.
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Ladybug without any spots?
I had never seen one before...
Turns out they are common in Asia.
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This one was very shy of my presence... Had to sneak in sideways...
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Stinkbug?
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Stinkbug?
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Aphids... but they were too small and fast for my lens.
... This one was a giant! I assume she was a scout in search of those aphids.
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Some sort of iridescent fly...
(please read this like Attenborough)
... and where there is prey, there is always going to be a predator lurking around...
... A young male Praying Mantis...
He hides beneath a leaf, waiting for food to arrive.
The iridescent fly lands on the leaf and out he comes...
.. stealthily he approaches the fly... which is almost as big as himself...
... but the fly detects his movement. Probably from the vibrations on the leaf.
Sensing that the fly will escape, he lunges forward...
(please read this like Attenborough)
... and where there is prey, there is always going to be a predator lurking around...
... A young male Praying Mantis...He hides beneath a leaf, waiting for food to arrive.
The iridescent fly lands on the leaf and out he comes...
.. stealthily he approaches the fly... which is almost as big as himself...
... but the fly detects his movement. Probably from the vibrations on the leaf.
Sensing that the fly will escape, he lunges forward...
... but the fly just about escapes from being lunch. For now.
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25 September 2011
... wondering if that mesmerising shehnai loop from Rahman's Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera (Swades, 2004) is a generic Rajasthani folk tune.
This clip is from the series World Class Trains (1999) - ep. Palace on Wheels.
