Archive for November, 2009

Common Kingfisher

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Shot this tiny little bird at Bharatpur bird sanctuary sometime back. Loved the patience and agility of the tiny bird which it showed while waiting for the fish of the right size to appear on the surface of the water before he would fly down and pounce upon the fish to make a meal out [...]

Retro Velvia.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Easter lily in a Retro Velvia processing. I so much so wanted to do this processing for a long time. But, never got a proper subject for this before. Another of my to-do list items off it now.

Age Old Wisdom.

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Wuthering Heights.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Nun, One of the two highest peaks in the Zanskar valley. They just stand tall among rocky dry deserted valley beside the Pensi-la pass. On the second last day of the rally after crossing the pass and crossing the glacier of Zanskar we reached our destination Akshow. We were to man a TC (Traffic Control) [...]

The Mighty Bara-lacha-la Pass.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The Mighty Bara-lacha-la at an altitude of 16,040 feet. Black Ice all over the tarmac. This serene and calm high altitude mountain pass is beauty at it’s best and yet so deceiving. It was so treacherous for us to drive down the winding roads with high winds and frozen roads. One mistake is all it [...]