Dry leaf

I found this dry leaf outside my workplace. Its an Indian teak (Tectona Grandis) leaf. Incidentally, sunlight from the window at my desk fell on the leaf and it gave this leaf this magical effect. I was awed at the silver lining that appeared on the left top edge of the leaf in the picture unintentionally.

Utricularia Purpurascens

This is a flower typical to the Western Ghats of India.
It is called 'सीतेची आसवॆ' in maraaThee, whose botanical name is
"Utricularia Purpurascens".

It was shot at the Kaas plateau, which is also called the
"valley of flowers" of Maharashtra. The dark purple colour
actually also emits ultraviolet radiations, which are visible to
various insects and birds, who cause pollination of these
flowers. Emitting Ultraviolet radiations is thus one of the
ways of promoting its pollination.


Editing : Crop, sharpening

Color me pink!

This is a nice macro I caught hold, of while on one of my casual outings to suburbs of Pune at Talegaon, in one of my friend's garden. The picture simply reflects the brightness and the liveliness of that morning. Beginning of a busy day with a nice bright start.

This one is one of my personal favourites. Enjoy! : D

It forms a nice fullscreen desktop. Trust me! If anyone wants unedited version of it, please mail me.

Shot with : the same Sony DSC W35
Editing : None

Down close with a vasp

On a casual afternoon, one monsoon day, I happened to see this vasp underneath a large leaf, and chose it to be my model for that shoot.

This is the closest shot I could take with my camera, after cropping the image.
On closing in on the image, one gets confused with the position of the eyes.


This frame shows the egg of the vasp, in the tube on the left. The focus lies on the egg itself.

Camera used : SONY DSC-W35
Editing : Cropped two of the three images with picasa

cloudy!

This picture is quite unlike all those uploaded by me untill now.

This nice photograph was shot last year, when I was in Trieste, Italy. It was raining far into the sea, while the sun was about to set. The natural combination of slight orange with various shades of blue is indeed magnificent.

It forms a nice desktop image.

Editing : Increased sharpness (picasa)

Sprouting Life!

A nice photograph that I see as a symbol of life! A nice color scheme is reflected in the picture. Forms a nice fullscreen view. : )
Editing : None

Drop of water

Drop of water!
On my trip to RajgaD, one of many great forts in MahaaraSTra!
The name is suggestive, which means the king (raaj) fort (gaD)!
Editing : Increased the brightness of image