I love being around mustard fields around the sunset time, it gives quite an opportunity to play around with different settings. For more pictures of skies from around the world, visit the Skywatch Page.
Category: Photography
West End Hotel, Mumbai
In January I went to Mumbai twice, maybe it is because of that I am struggling to get out in February, I exhausted my Feb quota in Jan itself. One of the visits was to chair a session of NHRD on social media. The session itself was quite enjoyable but this post it about the…
A Dinner at Cafe Leopold
On one of my recent visits to Mumbai, I had a dinner at Cafe Leopold. When I came back home and told this to Brat 1 (my elder nephew) he immediately remarked, ‘Shantaram.’ Wikipedia also confirms that there are extensive references to Leopold Cafe in the novel Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. When we went…
Another Tryst with the Blue Throat
It is not difficult to spot the Blue Throat near the Ganda Nala (open drainage) but it is certainly a game of patience to wait for it to come out in the open, relatively speaking. After 45 minutes of sitting patiently this is what I got. If I do not get to see the bird…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Street Food from Daryaganj Market
We went to Dayraganj Sunday Book Market today. I was thinking to take pictures and not too much about buying the books. But it was so crowded and with Chhavi along, all I could take pictures with was my cell phone camera. These were cookies sold on the road side. The brown ones in the…
Indian Pond Heron
I got this Indian Pond Heron in the neighborhood. I got to take the first shot from a very close distance but I messed it up, it came out completely out of focus. The good thing is that is still Sunday to take a few more shots. Got to see and click many birds. Looking…
Skywatch Friday- Sunset in the Neighborhood
This sunset is from my weekend bird rounds. These days I get out around 4 in the evening and manage to catch the sunset as well. So I am looking forward to Saturday and Sunday. For more skies from around the world please visit the Skywatch page.
When did You Fly for the First Time?
I was thinking today how much I have started taking air travel for granted thanks to the low cost airlines. But when I was growing up, the only domestic airline was Indian Airlines and air travel much beyond our reach. The first time I got inside a plane was when I was already doing my Ph.D. If…
Conversations with a Taxi Driver and a Mumbai Sunset
Clicked this one as I was going back to the Mumbai airport from the taxi itself. It was the same taxi where I said I had interesting conversation with the taxi owner. When he saw me taking out the camera, he applied brakes so that I could take a better picture! When I was through taking pictures…