Macro

Image specifications: 96mm, 1/160 sec, F/4, ISO 100

Caged.

This was a rather young leopard caged in Gangtok's zoo. Unlike the other adult leopard in the adjoining cage, this was not restless at all. Infact it was very quiet, looking almost sad in it's captivity.
This, and the next three photographs are from my trip to Sikkim during Christmas last year.

Image specifications: 432 mm, 1/15 sec, F/3.7, ISO 320

Yumthang Valley, North Sikkim

Image specifications:
36 mm, 1/640 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Freezing water at Yumthang, North Sikkim

Image specifications:
258 mm, 1/320 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Zero Point, North Sikkim.

This place is about 45 min drive from Yumthang, at 15, 700 ft. The motorable road abruptly ends here.

Image specifications: 36 mm, 1/1000 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Durga Puja '07

It's been quite some time since I've updated this blog. To make up for the gap, I'll post a few photographs in quick succession. This is the first one among them, taken during this year's Durga Puja.

Image specifications: 36 mm, 1/40 sec, F/2.8, ISO 160

Flight to Nagaland

The next few photographs will trace my recent trip to North East India. I hope they do justice to this extraordinary place and make a few more people want to go and explore this largely ignored part of our country.
This photo was taken on the flight from Kolkata to Nagaland, the first leg of my journey.

Image specifications:
6 mm, 1/800 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Mausingram, Meghalaya

Next stop: Meghalaya.
This one's taken from inside a cave in Mausingram, the wettest place on earth.

Image specifications:
8 mm, 1/160 sec, F/3.2, ISO 200

Kaziranga, Assam

Great One-horned Rhinoceros, Kaziranga.

Image specifications:
72 mm, 1/400 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Kaziranga, Assam

Of all the forests I have visited in India, Kaziranga's definitely the best.
Can't wait to go back there.

Image specifications:
21 mm, 1/320 sec, F/4, ISO 80

Dragonfly

I noticed this fly in our garden, on a particularly hot summer morning, when I was about to leave for office.
It was the color that caught my attention, and made me get the camera. I was late for work that day, but the image more than made up for it.



Image specifications:
72 mm, 1/250 sec, F/3.7, ISO 100

True Blue

Pauri, Uttaranchal. 26th Jan 2007
Image specifications:
6 mm, 1/500 sec, F/4, ISO 100

Nameless Flower

Lansdowne, Uttaranchal. 28th Jan 2007
Image specifications:
21mm, 1/125 sec, F/4, ISO 80

My latest possesion,a 1:64 model of a hauler truck.

Image specifications:
6 mm, 7 sec, F/3.5, ISO 100
Light source: 2 flash lights.
The glowing effect has been rendered using Photoshop.

(Mind the car on the carriage,it's a Shelby Mustang GT 5.0!)

Faithful

Puri, Orissa. 5th November 2006
Image specifications:
55 mm, 1/8 sec, F/3.5, ISO 320

Durga Puja '06

I don't remember the name of the organiser.
This was some small Puja near Ekdalia Evergreen.Small,but tastefully decorated,with a beautiful ambience.
It's a pity I couldn’t frame the entire subject.Which reminds me to add one more thing to my wish-list: A wide-angle lens!

Image specifications:
12 mm, 1/80 sec, F/3.2, ISO 125

Mirror,mirror on the wall.Who's the craziest of 'em all?

We got bored of standing by the doorway and decided to snap ourselves.This was during the recent 40 hrs train journey from B'lore to Kolkata.
The journey turned out to be lot less of an ordeal than I thought it would be.Thanks entirely to the presence of a lively bunch of people travelling with me.One of them was my old school buddy(seen in the pic with me).

But 40 hrs!! That's still too much. Next time I think I'll be flying! :-)

Shades Of Green

This photo was was taken on a summer morning, in Bangalore, right after a drizzle.

Image specifications:
72 mm, 1/320 sec, F/4, ISO 80

The beginning...

Thought I would start this blog....not really
with the intention of writing anything, but as a place for displaying my photos....anything that I feel is worth sharing.

Bouquets & brickbats welcome. :-)

So here goes the first one...
It's a sunrise photo, taken from my terrace. Thought would be kinda symbolic to start with..

Image specifications:
72 mm, 1/1600 sec, F/5.6, ISO 80