Kitty close up

Trying out macro mode in the digicam. This is one sleepy kitty, the only time it was still enough to take the shot.

Vivekananda Rock Memorial

A view of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial from the Thiruvalluvar statue on the smaller rock beside it. For more information on the rock memorial, visit my site: Vivekananda Rock Memorial.

Would have needed a panoramic shot to get the complete span of the monument. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari.

The photographer photographed

A familiar mound at Someshwarwadi Park near home. Have exhausted all conceivable angles of photography here.

A surprisingly good picture taken by my wife, but of course under my direction!

Baga beach

Sunset at Baga beach, Goa. In retrospect, should have captured less of the water, but I guess I wanted to get the reflected hues of the dying sun.
If you enlarge the photograph, you will see two figures on the rock silhouetted against the sun. I would like to believe I shot that after planning :-)

Salegaon Church, Goa

A diagonal view seemed to me the best angle to chapture the whole structure of the Salegaon Church, Goa . Should have kept a little less of the ground and more of the sky above the spire. One learns.

Monkey

The way Mr. Monkey sat in the middle of the road, least bothered about our rickshaw... he sure was acting the king of the jungle (Bharatpur sanctuary). We dared not disturb His Rudeness.

Bharatpur

The birds we saw at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary were either difficult to sight, or too far to capture with the camera. This gregarious nesting place by the road best captured the environment there.

Reservoir of bygone times

A reservoir of the days of yore at Bundi, Rajasthan. Best recalled if you have seen Amol Palekar's Paheli in which Rani Mukherjee goes down the steps of such a tank. Of course the algae-filled water is not used these days (at least, that's what I hope!)

Wish I could have captured more of the diagonally running steps.

Chimney

Chimney columns across the river seen from Chambal Gardens, Kota. The wavering form of the reflections is a pleasing contrast with the solid upright columns.

Bhimashankar

A couple of better photos starting out with the Nikon Coolpix. At Bhimashankar. Greenery, courtesy the monsoon.

Monsoon evening

From the rooftop at home. The bush in front is actually a treetop silhouetted by the peeping sun a short while before sunset.

Someshwarwadi park

Couple of pics I shot at the park near home, behind the Someshwarwadi temple. I like the trees and the fencing forming a frame for the lawn in the middle.

Wasp

This little wasp was thankfully busy building its nest and not minding being photographed (or I would resemble Aamir Khan as the Japanese tourist in the Coke ad). Wanted to take a profile view but by the time I got the angle right, it had buzzed away.

More at Bhushi dam

Almost half of Mumbai and half of Pune had converged in Lonavala that weekend! There were people sipping tea while sitting in this waterfall.

Bhushi Dam

Atop the wall of Bhushi dam at Lonavala. The monsoon had just set in, and there were clouds all around. Here, the clouds and the water (up to the brim) seem to merge.

The beginner begins

I have an amateurish interest in digital photography. Just about learnt the basics. Will publish here pictures I have taken and which I felt I ought not to delete rightaway. If any good photographs do come out, it might be more due to chance than to deliberation on my part :-) So some photos might be great and some might look atrocious to the professional eye. As the title of the blog indicates, this is a dilettanteish attempt.

- Paritosh