I turn 43 today…
Yes! I skipped an entry for the year which is “answer to the question of live, universe and everything”. So what have I been up to in the past two years. Read the rest of what has been happening
Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia)
The Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) belongs to the “Crows and Tigers” butterflies, that is, the danainae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called Striped Tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common Plain Tiger Danaus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_genutia
Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha)
The Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha is a sun-loving butterfly of the Nymphalid or Brush-footed Butterfly family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanta_phalantha
Mile Na Phool To….
Penned by Kaifi Azmi, this song from the 1968 movie Anokhi Raat goes much deeper than just being about lost love!
Ilzaam [Blame]
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
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.
Why is it known as a blue?
One of the first question that the beginners of butterfly watching ask is “Why are the ‘The Blues’ group of butterflies called as such?”
Nagpur PHP Meetup – August 2009
Aditya Mooley has a write up on the second Nagpur PHP Meetup https://www.adityamooley.net/blogs/2009/08/08/nagpur-php-meetup-report-august-2009/
Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
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
Using hair light – A mini HowTo
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!