Dog on a sandpile

One morning as I was rubbing my eyes coming out of my bed on terrace, I saw this dog sitting on the sandpile at the construction site right in front of my home, who otherwise every morning comes at our doorstep for last night's chapatis.

The dog, the bitch to be precise, (sorry for not being able to avoid it) was sitting and basking nicely in the morning Sun.

Although it didnt make any special scene, I just liked the shabby composition in the backdrop of the nicely basking animal.

One of my personal favourites, though many others may not agree it to be good enough! 

Editing: Did a soft defocussing around the subject with slight contrast adjustment.

Equipment/s used: The usual DSCW35

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.

Hunting for a 'Cockroach'

Once I was waiting outside the train station for my train, I saw this odd couple that looked most photographic to me. On observing their actions closely, I realized that this was a hunter and its prey together.



The wasp had stung the cockroach before and the cockroach was already unconcious.
The wasp was taking its prey to its nest.



Sometimes, the cockroach made futile attempts to escape its fate, but to no result. The wasp, being disturbed by an amateur photographer, viz. me, left the prey for some time, but its venom had already taken effect, and the cockroach could hardly move even when let alone.




The wasp would come back to its prey and drag it further close to its nest, which was nothing more than a crack between two bricks in a wall there.



The last photograph shows the fate of the unfortunate cockroach. But then, that's the law. Someone's death is an opportunity (food in this case) for the other.

After the story ended, Bhalchandra and Chaitanya appeared on the scene and we went for Pramod's wedding to Nagpur. I guess that was the story of the series of this photographs.

Nice Sunset @ khaDakwasla dam

KhaDakwasla dam:





One fine evening I went to this place called KhaDakwasla near Pune city.

This place about 20 km from the heart of the city, hosts a dam, from which
the city is supplied with drinking water.
Ironically, the dam also has a history of single incident that changed the
geography of Pune city, a couple of decades of ago.

But in any case, it is nice place to visit, as is evident from the photographs
above.

Editing : The second image has been saturated for colours, while the first one is as
it is, without any editing.

Equipments used : Sony DSC W35

Red metal !!

My first set of photographs in our new home.

One fine sunday morning, my mother had washed these Copper vessels
absolutely bright and clean, and put them in sun for them to get dry.
I just happened to walk past them, (after getting out of bed at 3 'O
clock after noon, and the idea 'clicked' my mind first. Then I took out
my DSC W35 and set onto the assignment. It hardly took 15 minutes to
click about 35-40 photographs. It was really difficult (as usual) to pick only
one out of it, and so I chose four, not just one.


The monochromatic feel of the photographs is what appeals to me,
along with the glow that is imparted to it by the sunlight.


Equipment/s used : Sony DSC W35
Editing : Added sharpness and saturated the colours
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