The flower is called Cosmos Orange. Do not know the name of the fly. But together they make a pretty picture. Clicked this one at the Chalets Garden at Naldehra.
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Skywatch Friday- Skies from Bangalore
Thrilled to say that this is the featured photo for Skywatch today. After the traffic filled week, it just made my day to be featured. I clicked this picture on May 15, 2010 in Bangalore. I wish i had something better than the mobile towers as a frame for the sunset but have to do…
Rainbow and the Roads
I could sense a rainbow today. There was rain and there was sunshine together. Even without looking outside I changed the zoom lens to the wide angle. Then I ran to the various balconies to see if I could spot a rainbow. But I could not. So I grabbed the umbrella and started walking out….
More Purple Sunbird, Female this Time
Clicked this yesterday when this one was roaming in the pomegranate tree in my backyard. It let me come amazingly close with my camera and let me click good 10 shots before it flew away.
A Very Faint You have to Strain Your Eyes Kind of a Rainbow
Yesterday when I was coming back from work, there was sunshine and rain as well, I was quite hopeful that I would get to see a rainbow. And there it was, faint but surely there. For part of the way I car pool but many people at my work know how crazy I am about…
Skywatch Friday- Another Sunset from Naldehra
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Purple Sunbird in Eclipse Plumage
I thought this was a baby sunbird but then when I asked at Indiamike I realized that it is adult male sunbird in the eclipse plumage. Clicked this when the light was fading and the sky was overcast hence this gloomy background. The good part was that the bird was quite close to me, hence…
Friday Flowers- Hydrangea
The Chalets Naldehra has many beautiful flowers in its gardens, I am not going to run out of flower images for months now. Though I have to search hard to identify the flowers by using Flowers of India website.
Skywatch Friday- Ye Aasman Jhuk Raha hai Jameen Per
I took this picture at Naldehra in Himachal Pradesh. I was walking on a village road and took this picture looking down into the valley. It is the mist in the photograph that gives the illusion of the sky, otherwise on a clear day the picture would show green all around! The words in the…