Plain tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
Penned by Kaifi Azmi, this song from the 1968 movie Anokhi Raat goes much deeper than just being about lost love! Read more and watch the video
Tags: danaus chrysippus, kaifi azmi, music, plain tiger, poetry
Ilzaam [Blame]
August 29th, 2009
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a true rebel poet was an atheist but is often noted for mentioning God in his poems. One such instance which had me elated and moved was in the poem which follows
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Tags: "faiz ahmed faiz", poetry, urdu
Aankhon mein teri… …
August 20th, 2009
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Aankhon mein teri... ...
In many ways this portrait is a remake of an old one of Swati which I had taken nearly 7 years ago. Read strobist info
Tags: photography, swati
Why is it known as a blue?
August 17th, 2009
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Plains cupid - a blue butterfly?
One of the first question that the beginners of butterfly watching ask is “Why are the ‘The Blues’ group of butterflies called as such?” Continue reading to find out why?
Tags: butterfly, lycaenidae, photography
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/
Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
August 8th, 2009
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Papilio demoleus - the most common of the swallowtails
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
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Tags: butterfly, insects, papilio demoleus, photography
Using hair light – A mini HowTo
August 4th, 2009
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Sanchita - would be boring without the hair light
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!
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Tags: howto, lighting, photography, portraits
Jonathan Livingston Tern
July 28th, 2009
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Little Tern - Sterna albifrons
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.
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Tags: birds, jonathan livingston seagull, little tern, nagpur, photography
Steel Magnolias
July 24th, 2009
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Steel Magnolias - Sangita and Swati
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
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Tags: lyrics, photography, sangita, steel magnolias, swati
I saw the total solar eclipse!
July 21st, 2009
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Total Solar Eclipse - Diamond Ring
“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 spoken about the solar eclipse in the school assembly.
That boy was me and I did not give a damn! I was still ecstatic…
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Tags: eclipse, photography, total solar eclipse
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