So this summer I had the good fortune of spending ten days in the Western Ghats, as my absence from this blog might have indicated. Specifically, I was in a town called Valparai - famous for its lion-tailed macaques, elephants, and hornbills. But what I was doing there actually had nothing to do with any… Continue reading Of Seeds
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A Banyan Story
So the last week has been just... wow. Seriously. I have no other words. It's been a chaotic whirlwind of just stuff happening, one after the other after the other. So, first thing's first. I've talked about the banyan tree before on this blog; I was under the impression, however, that I was talking to… Continue reading A Banyan Story
Belted Trees
2014
We have come to the end - of an era, maybe not, but of a rotation around the sun, of the usage of 2-0-1-4 in dates, of - well, really, nothing. Still, it's as good a time as any to round up what I've done and figure out where I'm going. No doubt you've been… Continue reading 2014
Eclipse – Black and White Challenge Day 2
Day two of the black and white challenge is here, and with it, a romp through the photo archives. I missed the famed lunar eclipse by simple virtue of forgetting about it but caught a brilliantly red moon the next day. However, my lens proved too short to capture it properly (as expected). Rather than… Continue reading Eclipse – Black and White Challenge Day 2
NParks Trees For Life 2014
I'll be the first one to say I don't photograph many stationary objects; the occasional fungi, of course, is there, but my lack of skill when it comes to portraits (or, indeed, people in general) has been emphasized more times than necessary by my family, so when I learned of the NParks photography competition 'Trees… Continue reading NParks Trees For Life 2014