Cranium Bolts

Lantana flower

2012-02-17T11:10:00.000+05:30

Indian Roller

2012-02-16T19:06:00.000+05:30

Delight

2012-02-14T08:05:00.001+05:30

Linked with Thursday Challenge theme - "LOVE" (Affection, Hug, Smile, Kiss, Pets, Babys,...) and Tones on Tuesday and Tuesday Takes

Bachelor's Button Flower

2012-02-10T12:21:00.001+05:30

Linked with Sunday Snapshot, Pink Friday, Saturday Sareenity, Shoot.Edit.Submit, Earth wonders, Blooming Friday, Favorite Photo and Weekend Flowers

A Challenging Golf Course

2012-02-09T19:16:00.001+05:30

Linked with SOOC Sunday and Skywatch Friday

Nishu

2012-02-07T17:00:00.001+05:30

Linked with Tuesday Takes and Tones on Tuesday

Common Myna - Caught off guard

2012-02-04T20:11:00.000+05:30

Linked with SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Bougainvillea

2012-02-03T10:08:00.000+05:30

Linked with Pink Fridays, Favorite Photo, Blooming Friday and Weekend Flowers

Birds on the wires

2012-01-31T06:05:00.001+05:30

Linked with Thursday Challenge theme - "ONE" (One of Anything, Unique, Standing Out, Special,...) and Tuesday Takes,Our World, Tina's Picstory *Evening Mood*

Spider

2012-01-29T09:48:00.000+05:30

Linked with Saturday Sareenity, Sunday Snapshot, Shadow Shot, Highlight Sunday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme.

Poppy

2012-01-26T11:11:00.000+05:30

Linked with Macro Flowers, Pink Friday, Favorite Photo, Scenic Sunday, Macro Friday, Blooming Friday, Shoot Edit Submit, Best Post, Fabulous Friday and FMTSO

Kite

2012-01-21T16:34:00.001+05:30

Linked with Shadow Shot Sunday, Scenic Sunday, I saw Sunday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

A cursory portrait

2012-01-20T09:00:00.000+05:30

Linked with Photo Sunday and Life in Pictures

Blue Elephant

2012-01-18T20:49:00.000+05:30

For Thursday Challenge theme - "TOYS" (Stuffed Animals, Sports Equipment, Dolls, Video Games, Board Games, Lego,...)

Budding Lilies

2012-01-15T16:37:00.001+05:30

Linked with Today's Flowers and Highlight Sunday

A misty morning

2012-01-15T09:32:00.001+05:30

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf
-Rabindranath Tagore

Linked with SOOC Sunday

CAW CAW CAW

2012-01-12T10:38:00.001+05:30

A lot of things to say. Well, caw caw caw caw caw... And oh, I forgot, caw caw caw.

Hibiscus

2012-01-08T09:03:00.005+05:30

Posted for SOOC Sunday

White-browed Wagtail

2012-01-05T18:34:00.000+05:30

Today I found some surprise visitors to my terrace. They weren't intimidated by my presence. Hopped around for about 5 minutes and then flew away.

Common Names: White-browed Wagtail, Large Pied Wagtail

Species: M. maderaspatensis

For more details visit the wikipedia page.

Posted for camera critters meme

A Rose Arose...

2012-01-01T13:40:00.000+05:30

Posted for Orange Tuesday and SOOC Sunday

Bird at dawn

2011-12-28T18:01:00.000+05:30

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
-Rabindranath Tagore

My last post of 2011. Thanks so much to you all for being such a nice crowd and for following this blog.
Let us count down to the start of what is hopefully a year of peace and happiness for us and ours.

White Heron

2011-12-24T15:39:00.000+05:30

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Nishant meets Santa

2011-12-23T14:01:00.000+05:30

Time-lapse at Sunset

2011-12-22T13:16:00.000+05:30

My first short experimental time-lapse sunset. Camera is synchronized with the sun.

Light and smoke from welding

2011-12-22T06:16:00.002+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - "LIGHT" (Candle, Street, Business, Fireplace, Glitter, Sparkle,...)

Monochrome Portraiture

2011-12-20T07:37:00.000+05:30

Plumeria Rubra

2011-12-18T07:34:00.003+05:30

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday and SOOC Sunday

Sunset

2011-12-15T15:30:00.001+05:30

Posted for Camera Critters and SkyWatch Friday

Shod and unshod

2011-12-14T21:34:00.000+05:30

RSS cadres performing their early morning drill. RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization.

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - SHOES (Boots, Sandals, Dress Shoes, Wooden Shoes, Stiletto heals, Horse Shoes,...)

Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011

2011-12-10T23:29:00.001+05:30

Starts from the yellow moon clock-wise

Date: December 10, 2011
Time: From 6:30PM to 10PM
Review: A very satisfying lunar eclipse despite the clouds that eclipsed some parts.

Common Raven

2011-12-08T16:00:00.001+05:30

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
-Juvenal

Posted for Camera Critters and Skywatch Friday

No paparazzi please!

2011-12-07T18:53:00.001+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - "COMMUNICATION" (Talking, Sign Language, Telephone, Technology,...)

Bee

2011-12-03T12:02:00.001+05:30

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
-Jacques Yves Cousteau

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Datura Inoxia flower

2011-11-27T19:22:00.001+05:30

Posted for Today's Flowers and Green Monday meme

Caterpillar

2011-11-26T11:54:00.001+05:30

Posted for Ruby Tuesday, Macro Monday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Zinnia

2011-11-21T08:30:00.001+05:30

Posted for Ruby Tuesday and Mellow Yellow Monday

Peacock

2011-11-19T12:57:00.001+05:30

To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way until the peacock led him in.
- Charles Godfrey Leland

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Moon

2011-11-18T04:37:00.001+05:30

Posted for Skywatch Friday

Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily)

2011-11-14T08:45:00.001+05:30

Posted for Ruby Tuesday, Today's Flowers and Mellow Yellow Monday

The stare

2011-11-11T16:43:00.001+05:30

Rock

2011-11-10T07:02:00.000+05:30

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
-Thomas Jefferson

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Thursday Challenge theme - "HARD" (Rock, Ice, Brick, Steel, Cement,...)

Colors

2011-11-07T08:53:00.004+05:30

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
-Pablo Picasso

Posted for Ruby Tuesday, Today's flowers and Mellow Yellow Monday

Dragonfly

2011-11-05T08:00:00.001+05:30

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Pink

2011-11-01T10:25:00.002+05:30

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
-Audrey Hepburn

Caterpillar

2011-10-29T11:04:00.001+05:30

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
- Richard Bach

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Marigold

2011-10-26T15:25:00.002+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme "ORANGE" (Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Leaves, Clothing,...)

Blooms

2011-10-24T10:17:00.002+05:30

Posted for Ruby Tuesday

Paper Wasp

2011-10-22T11:31:00.001+05:30

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters meme

Wordless

2011-10-19T07:16:00.002+05:30

Emu eye

2011-10-15T18:55:00.000+05:30

Posted for Camera Critters meme

Planting rice in the rain

2011-10-14T17:26:00.000+05:30

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday, SOOC Sunday, Weekend Reflections

Zinnia

2011-10-09T18:37:00.002+05:30

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday, Today's Flowers and SOOC Sunday

Light Bulb

2011-10-08T10:37:00.000+05:30

Snail

2011-10-01T15:21:00.001+05:30

Posted for Macro Monday, SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters

Golden Pupa of Common Crow butterfly

2011-09-29T06:00:00.003+05:30

Pupa of the nondescript Common Crow butterfly is shiny golden in color.

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - "GOLDEN" (Fields, Sun, Flowers, Hair, Gold,...)

Web-based Antisocial Networking

2011-09-24T18:26:00.001+05:30

Posted for Camera Critters

Mexican Butterfly Weed

2011-09-19T07:02:00.000+05:30

Botanical Name: Asclepias curassavica
Common Names: Mexican Butterfly Weed, Scarlet milkweed, Tropical milkweed, Bloodroot, Bloodflower, Bastard Ipecacuanha

Posted for Ruby Tuesday and Mellow Yellow Monday

Grass

2011-09-18T17:57:00.000+05:30

Posted for Green Monday and SOOC Sunday

Zebra

2011-09-17T12:06:00.000+05:30

Posted for Camera Critters meme

Colors

2011-09-15T07:37:00.003+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - "LEARNING" (School, Books, Pens, Computers, Libraries,...)

Yellow lemon tree

2011-09-11T16:58:00.002+05:30

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday and Green Monday meme

Camera and CRITTER

2011-09-10T18:42:00.000+05:30

Posted for SOOC Sunday and Camera Critters Meme

Sunset and Moonrise

2011-09-08T09:22:00.000+05:30

Posted for SkyWatch Friday

Lonely tree in a lake

2011-09-07T07:02:00.000+05:30

Posted for Weekend Reflections

Hollyhock

2011-09-05T07:32:00.002+05:30

Posted for Ruby Tuesday and Mellow Yellow Monday

Rain!

2011-09-04T17:56:00.000+05:30

Posted for Green Monday meme and SOOC Sunday

Leopard

2011-09-03T11:54:00.000+05:30

Posted for Camera Critters

Rays

2011-09-01T18:14:00.002+05:30

Posted for SkyWatch Friday

Sparklers

2011-09-01T05:38:00.000+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge photo theme - FIRE (Flame, Burning, Hot Things, Matches, Lighters,...)

Enticement

2011-08-30T08:14:00.000+05:30

I have no idea what this fruit is called, but it was a beauty.
Posted for Ruby Tuesday

Yellow Zinnia

2011-08-29T07:13:00.001+05:30

Posted for Mellow yellow Monday

Paddy field

2011-08-28T06:52:00.002+05:30

Posted for Green Monday meme, SOOC Sunday and Weekend Reflections

Red eye

2011-08-27T17:29:00.001+05:30

Rainbow

2011-08-25T06:05:00.000+05:30

Posted for Thursday Challenge theme - "BLUE" (Water, Sky, Vehicles, Houses, Flowers,...)

Rendezvous

2011-08-22T22:28:00.001+05:30

Experiment with Tilt Shift photography. Previous attempts here, here and here.

Rainy Day

2011-08-22T06:49:00.000+05:30

Posted for Mellow Yellow Monday

Kodachadri hill range

2011-08-21T17:13:00.001+05:30

Posted for Green Monday meme

Mr. Cleansor

2011-08-20T20:45:00.001+05:30

I was quite amazed by the appearance of this little Caterpillar. It looked like something carrying a number of scrubbers and brushes. I just named him Mr. Cleansor. :)

Posted for Macro Monday and Camera Critters meme