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
Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha)
Tag: photography
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
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?” Continue reading to find out why?
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! Continue reading Using hair light – A mini HowTo
Jonathan Livingston Tern
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. Continue reading Jonathan Livingston Tern
Steel Magnolias
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
I saw the total solar eclipse!
“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… Continue reading I saw the total solar eclipse!
Single light portraits – A mini HowTo
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 started experimenting and sure enough I found that a single light could give very dramatic results. Continue reading Single light portraits – A mini HowTo
Hard Ground Barasingha
Hard Ground Barasingha Cervus duvaceli branderi. Because of its adaptation to hard ground habitat is regarded as a distinct sub species. Continue reading Hard Ground Barasingha