One of the first question that the beginners of butterfly watching ask is “Why are the ‘The Blues’ group of butterflies called as such?” Tweet
Archive for the ‘Mundane Musings’ Category
Nagpur PHP Meetup – August 2009
August 9th, 2009
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Aditya Mooley has a write up on the second Nagpur PHP Meetup http://www.adityamooley.net/blogs/2009/08/08/nagpur-php-meetup-report-august-2009/ Tweet
Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
August 8th, 2009
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Taking this picture day before yesterday was a gentle reminder for me that one need not always have exotic subjects to create good looking photographs Tweet
Using hair light – A mini HowTo
August 4th, 2009
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If you have just started studio photography and find that in most of the portraits you take the heads of your models appear to be stuck on to the background or worse you can’t see the differentiation between the model and your backdrop the chances are – you are missing the hair light! Tweet
Jonathan Livingston Tern
July 28th, 2009
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When sometime during the early teens I had first picked the up the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” I remember having done so because of the very lovely photos of the Seagulls. Of Course! after having read the book it came to mean much more but there did remain one wish for a long long time. [...]
Steel Magnolias
July 24th, 2009
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She’s a lover, she’s a mother She’s a friend and she’s a wife And she’s a sparrow when she’s broken But she’s an eagle when she flies Tweet
I saw the total solar eclipse!
July 21st, 2009
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“Class 8th D, 10th boy from the front – come up” Boomed the stern voice of the PT teacher. Someone shook the appropriate boy from conversation he was engrossed in. He climbed up to the first floor podium, tachaak, tachaak!! Two slaps delivered, he was told to stand aside and listen to what was being [...]
Single light portraits – A mini HowTo
July 19th, 2009
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As a beginner in studio photography I wallowed in self pity of the fact that I had only one light and portraits needed was at least three and I could not afford any. Then I was gently reminded of the working motto of SANIsoft. “Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours”* I [...]
Hard Ground Barasingha
July 16th, 2009
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Hard Ground Barasingha Cervus duvaceli branderi. Because of its adaptation to hard ground habitat is regarded as a distinct sub species. Tweet
You are not beautiful
July 10th, 2009
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“You are not beautiful” These harsh words have to be endured by almost every girl/woman at some or the time of her life – unfortunately it is the chauvinistic setup of the society we live in. However it is not just male chauvinism which is at play here but something which angers me much more, [...]
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