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posting after almost a month...
just to get started again, a pic i'd taken earlier last month.

~the music may stop, yet the strings remain~
haven't learnt to make music out of it yet!
doing what i do best now, clicked away,.

This was clicked right besides the window, afternoon,with direct sunlight filling up the room,to make the lighting perfect.
Used a thermocole sheet for the white background.

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Original post: 30 December 2008
Post Update:16 January 2009

tried clicking the previous picture(below)...in a different light!

am still not sure how better i could have framed this,
but retaining the colored lights at the background and close cropping makes it a little more catchy than the previous click i guess..

Original post:

(10/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

Lord Ganesha also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar,
one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon.

Photo clicked in macro mode,without flash,
light source~light bulb right above the miniature idol..
Had tried capturing with light from different angles,being a crystalline object the light glow beneath the idol looked bettter...

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All strong emotions fan the flames of creation
~Bill Jay~

Shooting a single flame,i thought it would be simple,

but without a tripod,needed a super steady hand to hold the camera and patience!

So after experimenting a while with candle flames on my Canon Powershot A550,
tried clicking the matchstick flame: manual mode, spot metering, macro shot.
reduced the exposure a little.

EXIF: 1/50 sec ISO-80 f/2.6

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the ever graceful 'Manipuri' folk dance..!

my attempt at captuirng this wonderful dance being enstaged as part of
"Chennai Sangamam"

Never really got any good captures...this was the best click of the day!
(read the story and the next best(read:worst) pics here.link.click here.)
A great experience neverthless...

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If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
~Vincent Van Gogh
don't know if me could have composed this better....
just clicked away the moment..and loved the way it turned out!
Shot during last week's ride on the East Coast Road, Chennai

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transcend the traffic, leave behind work,
far away from civilization, in nature's arm...

serene moments as the sun sets in!
loved this click the most of my recent outdoor clicks...
(credits:RM Hari and the bike ride along the East Coast Road)

clicked with 'Widescreen' mode on Canon PS A550
post processing done to adjust color tones and soften.

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a typical sunday evening sensation:
solitude, bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze...
looking through 'the window'
Far out of sight forever stands the sea,bounding the land with pale tranquillity...

The Bay of Bengal.

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"An intellectual is one who doesn't know how to park a bike"
Well i don't know who quoted that...liked it bcoz i don't even know how to ride one!

my friend's bike...on a sunday evening,
along the East Coast Road in Chennai, India
(credits:RM Hari and his Pulsar bike)

clicked with the 'widescreen' option available on my Canon PowerShot A550.

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...New Year's day...
Lights reflected in the temple tank.
The Kapaleeshwarar Temple @ Mylapore, Chennai

not the best of clicks..had a hard time clicking in night mode and keeping a steady hand to prevent blur..!
here is two cropped versions of the best pic i could click that evening.
click on image to view larger version .

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you really don't have to be young to find a friend in a teddy bear...(9/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

teddy plays Santa...

shot in dark background-black poster...
without flash...
light source-a 10Watt light bulb...

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(8/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

a street leading to a temple...
@Sriperumpudhur
photo shot in color and converted to black n' white, which looked more pleasing..

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the flower tht withers away today...,
is the seed that blooms again tommorow's...

(7/14) 1 to 14 december 2008
clicked @Rajiv Gandhi memorial, SriPerumbudhur..

[photo blogged from flickr album]

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(6/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

@Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, SriPerumpudhur

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(5/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

road side night shot...on the IT Expressway,Chennai,
turned out fairly well...
Canon Ps A550,exposure:0.6 sec, ISO-80

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what else to do with an empty coke can?!

(4/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

~empty coke can(its Coca Cola written in Arabic..!)~

clicking....more of white backgrounds...
and lights and angles..
and framing table-top objects...

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lying on the floor...with earphones on..
listening to my favourite tunes...its bliss!
(3/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

~Creative earphones~
testing lights and white backgrounds...
clicked without using flash..
a little cropping and softening...

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(2/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

Chennai - Bengaluru Un-Reserved travelling...

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There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child.
There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff

(1/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

dreamy child....
shot on mobile phone camera
one fine morning on the way to Chennai Train station..

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30 november 2008

@St.Antony's Seashore shrine,
on the East Coast Road, Palavakkam, Chennai

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if books are meant to be friends...
i jus clicked one of my oldest friend..!

(7/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

Richard Bach's 'Biplane'
amongst a pile of new books..yet to be read....