shifted to Livejournal

I shifted this photoblog to Livejournal some time ago. This posting here is for some people who have managed to overlook the single link to that Livejournal page on the right sidebar here.

sunsets

Two more sunset pictures. This shows the use of panning to capture a wider frame. A primary problem with taking wide pictures like this in most places is the lack of open sky for panning. There are a few occasions when the objects in the view actually enhance the picture; other times, they interfere and corrupt the impression.

A wide sunset view with the sea in foreground. This is a pan from two pictures.
Settings: 1/200s f/7.1 at focal length 70mm for both parts.

This next picture is not a pan; for reference.

Settings: 1/125s f/10.0 at 18mm.

brunch

A Weekend brunch with friends. If this looks enticing you can pickup the recipe at asuph's blog.

sunsets

As the season of rains nears its end, the sky in pune is a different shade every evening; and almost every minute of the evening. This picture could not avoid a microwave tower on a neighbouring building. The next one is a crop of a different picture taken at the same time.


The stronger glare of the sun just about to reach out of the lower clouds is cropped off along with the microwave tower in this frame. Its upto you to decide which one is better :-)

eight petaled flower

This garden flower was described as a Tulip to me. But, tulips are supposed to have just 6 petals. It came as a bulb (not a seed). While the flowers may be regarded as showy, they are not very large. Flowers with 8 petals and stamens with one stigma and style (which is out-of-focus and at an incorrect angle in this picture).

Would be glad to know more about this plant -- drop me some notes if you can help.

from the sidewalk

Something i picked up as we were walking on the sidewalk this weekend. Turned out to be quite cluttered.

Deccen Plateau Horizon

Deccen-Plateau Horizon
This was a quick snap from the window in one of our drives around Pune. It was cropped to this form to highlight the single tree and the mountains in the backdrop. pulling down the crop almost around the tree seemed to enhance its presence.

Mula raging between the two Aundh bridges

traffic-jams

From a distance later in the evening as the sun goes down.

Undiscouraged people heading homewards over the available bridge.

Mula heading towards Rajiv Gandhi bridge from under the new-now-old-bridge.

Mula rages under the bridge.

Traffic nudges over the narrow new-but-not-so-new bridge over Mula.

Traffic paused on Rajiv Gandhi Bridge.