These days I am fascinated with the red flowers and the birds that come and sit on the cotton tree (Bombax Ceiba). And there are so many types of birds that like this tree! This one is called Semal in Hindi. These days I have started to compress my pictures when I post them to…
Author: Mridula Dwivedi
A Lady Bug and Wheat Stalks
Red flowers and red bugs, come spring and there are a lot of things to photograph in the vicinity. I also have to go to the flower nursery next door as last time when I went there the people at the nursery said butterflies come in huge numbers in March. I need to give the…
Lazy Sunday Photo- White Throated Kingfisher
All it wanted was to enjoy its meal in peace.
Skywatch Friday- More Delhi Metro Pictures
You can see I have no patience. I should have ideally waited with my Delhi Metro Sunset pictures till Skywatch but I did not. So here are some more shots from the same day for Skywatch Friday. One of these days I am going to travel towards Qutub Minar at Sunset and see what does…
Purple Sunbirds on Red Flowers
These red flowers (have to find out the name) are big magnets to birds. Yesterday itself there were Mynas, Oriental White Eyes, Purple Sunbirds, Brahminy Mynas, Tree Pies, Green Pigeons, Parrots and a few more on the tress. The trouble the tree is very high and my zoom quite ineffective. Now the temptation to buy…
Oriental White Eye
After hours of struggle I could manage only a few decent pictures of the birds on these flowers. But I have now realized which angle to wait at and at what distance. So hopefully I will have better pictures to post over the weekend. Also next weekend we are planning to take a short trip…
The Sun Didn't Care about the Surroundings!
I attended a friend’s wedding yesterday and it was so nice to catch up with the lovely bride and the groom. I have to say I am a little closer to the bride but I knew the groom too. And he actually made my day. Apparently the groom (who recently completed his Ph.D.) reads my…
Women Only Experience at Delhi Metro #themetroproject
First things first, when I got down from the Metro yesterday I was quite blown away as this was the view that greeted me. I quickly overcame any hesitations that were trying to raise their heads and took out my SLR with the 70-300mm zoom attached to it. Can you blame me? Throughout the journey…