Travel Postcards

A few images from my travels.

A walk through Istanbul

Last November I had a chance to visit Istanbul for a couple of hours. Here are a few images from a walk through Sutanahmet Square and surrounding areas. Needless to say, a couple… Continue reading →

Valar Morghulis

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM, Focal length: 10mm, 1/30 sec, f/5.0, ISO 400 Valar Morghulis! ‘Valar Morghulis’ is a greeting said in the High Valyrian language (TV Show ‘Game of… Continue reading →

Illusion of speed

The illusion of speed! EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM, Focal length: 10mm, ISO 100 Supertankers are such slow moving behemoths that speed is only an illusion! In this image… Continue reading →

Bagore-ki-Haveli

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8, Focal length: 50mm, 1/40 sec, f/1.8, ISO 320. Bagore-ki-Haveli Bagore-ki-Haveli is a monument in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India. It is right on the… Continue reading →

Splash!

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 19mm, 8.0 sec (however actual exposure by an external flash), f/6.3, ISO 160. Canon Speedlite 430 EX II, with blue gel, fired in… Continue reading →

Not hostile.. only curious

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 73mm, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320 NOT HOSTILE, ONLY CURIOUS This image was shot during a road trip to Himalayan ranges. The… Continue reading →

Endless patience

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM, Focal length: 75mm, 1/125 sec, f/4.5, ISO 160 Endless patience.. A chance visit to local Crocodile sanctuary resulted in this image. The ‘endless patience’ which… Continue reading →

Sailing for faraway markets

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 25.0 sec, f/8, ISO 800 Sailing for faraway markets.. I shot this image on a ship, as she sails towards faraway… Continue reading →

Up, up and away!

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm , 1/100 sec, f/22   Up, up and away!   Before you wonder, this was shot by pointing the camera… Continue reading →

A fleeting glimpse

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1.3 sec, f/4.5, ISO 800 A fleeting glimpse of Port Angeles, WA! This image was shot on this thanksgiving holiday,… Continue reading →

FINDING JOY IN THE ORDINARY

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 59mm, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, Exposure compensation: -2/3, ISO 3200 FINDING JOY IN THE ORDINARY

STOP This!

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/30 sec, f/8, ISO 400 STOP This! Stop vandalising your heritage in the name of love! 2010 amendments to the ‘Ancient… Continue reading →

Not a care in the world….

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD… We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet… Continue reading →

Urge to shine

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II, Focal length: 50mm, 1/50 sec, f/2.5, ISO 400, Off camera flash URGE TO SHINE I guess there is an innate desire among us humans to… Continue reading →

Nesting bubbles!

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 50mm, 1/15 sec, f/5.0, ISO 1600, White Balance: Auto NESTING BUBBLES First and foremost, bubble credits to my son. (He was… Continue reading →

Mount Batur, Bali

Mount Batur, Bali This image is a stitched panorama, comprising of several photographs. The arc covered slightly exceeds 180°. This was shot from a restaurant overlooking Mount Batur, at Kintamini. Mount Batur (Gunung Batur)… Continue reading →

Unexpected

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 61mm, 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250 UNEXPECTED Having been brought up in India, I have been used to seeing Buddha statues in… Continue reading →

Butler Palace, at night

   EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM, Focal length: 210mm, Aperture priority, 25.0 sec, f/8, ISO 100, White Balance: Manual (Adjusted in Camera Raw during post processing)    BUTLER PALACE This… Continue reading →

Tricky Selfie

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 50mm, Manual, 1/50 sec, f/13, ISO 100, Off centre flash to camera left.   TRICKY SELFIE Though it may appear to be… Continue reading →

Dreamland Beach, Bali

Dreamland Beach, Bali This image is a stitched panorama, comprising of several photographs.

Kuta Beach, Bali

Kuta Beach, Bali This image is a stitched panorama, comprising of several photographs. The actual coverage slightly exceeds 180°. I had a polarising filter on when I shot this set of images. As my relative… Continue reading →

Everything looks good when its bright!

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/13 sec, f/3.5, ISO 1600   Everything looks good when its bright! This picture is being submitted as part of a… Continue reading →

Jurong Bird Park

A few images from my trip to Jurong Bird Park. Please click on image to see a larger sized version.

Diamonds are forever…even artificial ones!

    EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 85mm Manual, 1/15 sec, f/13, ISO 400, Off Camera Flash: Canon speedlite 430ex ii Diamonds are forever… even artificial ones!… Continue reading →

Its 5’o’ clock …. and the tables are waiting

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 73mm, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, Its 5’o’ clock …. and the tables are waiting This pic was shot at ‘Indochine… Continue reading →

Inspiring!

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D , Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm , 1/30 sec, f/8, ISO 640 INSPIRING? Is it just me or does airport architecture inspire others too to take… Continue reading →

DOES LIGHTNING STRIKE DOWN?

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm, f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 40.0 sec (Bulb), f/6.3, ISO 400, White Balance: Tungsten, Photograph taken May 08, 2014 DOES LIGHTNING STRIKE DOWN? Lightning strikes somewhere… Continue reading →

Marking Speed

    EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 28mm, 1/40 sec, f/4.5, ISO 125, White Balance: Tungsten MARKING SPEED This picture is being submitted as part of a… Continue reading →

Peephole to the world

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/2000 sec, f/5.0, Bias: -1.00, ISO 100 PEEPHOLE TO THE WORLD The compass deck, or the monkey island as it’s popularly… Continue reading →

Too delicate for the real thing

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 76mm, 1/60 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600 TOO DELICATE FOR THE REAL THING This picture is being submitted as part of a… Continue reading →

Unlucky sometimes

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 38mm 1/50 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500 UNLUCKY SOMETIMES This picture is being submitted as part of a 52 week challenge I… Continue reading →

BLUE PETER’S BLOWING

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/4000 sec, f/8, ISO 1600 BLUE PETER’S BLOWING …and Blue Peter’s blowing to tell ye we’re going And the gulls in… Continue reading →

CHERISHING OLD TRADITIONS

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 35mm, 1/30 sec, f/4.5, ISO 1600 CHERISHING OLD TRADITIONS This picture is being submitted as part of a 52 week challenge I… Continue reading →

It rained one night!

EXIF: Canon EOS 450D, Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Focal length: 18mm, 1/8 sec, f/4.5, ISO 800,

It rained one night!

This image was shot at Darling Harbour, Sydney. Earlier in the evening, my camera bag had got nicked. I’d lost two SLR lenses and a point & shoot, along with some other tid-bits. As lost as I was in my thoughts, I noticed this boat with brilliant blue lights. The reflection on the freshly drenched ground was hard to ignore.

I’d shot this image both in RAW & JPEG. The JPEG bled too much blue out and I didn’t really like what I saw on my camera screen. Not feeling particularly upbeat that evening, I didn’t try much and gave up.

Only recently did I re-visit the RAW file and was able to process the above image. I have de-saturated the image a tiny bit. I don’t shoot much in RAW, but the kind of exposure tolerance it offers never fails to amaze me.

A routine day at sea

A routine day at sea.

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/30 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200

This image shows a routine day at sea for the officer of the watch.

The crisp snack…… well almost

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D,
Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 85mm, 1/160 sec, f/5.6, Spot metering, ISO 200

The crew were able to hook a Dorado this evening. What could have ended up as a crisp meal, turned out to be too heavy for the line… and was able to slip away.

The Residency

THE RESIDENCY The history of the Residency can be traced back to 1774 AD, when Nawab Shujauddahula agreed to have a British resident stationed in Awadh. Residency was established at Lucknow in the… Continue reading →

Not as white

EXIF: Canon EOS 450D, Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Focal length: 18mm, 1/125 sec, f/22, ISO 200 NOT AS WHITE This picture is being submitted as part of a 52 week challenge I am… Continue reading →

…and a star to steer her by

Originally posted on Rodposse.:
Ausaf Abidi Wants the tallest ship and…(see title) https://ausafabidi.wordpress.com/ Good luck

NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II, Focal length: 50mm, Manual, 1/20 sec, f/1.8, ISO 100 NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION This picture is being submitted as part of a 52 week… Continue reading →

SHIP I PASSED AT NIGHT

  EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens, EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 70mm, 1/10 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 SHIP I PASSED AT NIGHT This picture is being submitted as part of a 52… Continue reading →

Perfect landing

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM, Focal length: 300mm, 1/500 sec, f/5.6, Spot metering, ISO 160. (3 exposures, combined during post processing. All sharing same settings)     PERFECT LANDING This… Continue reading →

Tarragona

Photographs taken on September 01, 2013 (Please click on individual thumbnails for larger images) THE CITY OF TARRAGONA The city of Tarragona, Spain, was known as Tarraco during Roman times and was also the Roman capital of… Continue reading →

Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi

Shadows on the hills…

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 65mm Aperture priority, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, Bias: -0.67, Matrix metering, ISO 100, SHADOWS ON THE HILLS…. This picture is being submitted as… Continue reading →

An August night

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 2.5 sec, f/3.5, ISO 1600, White Balance: Auto An August night Ocean, moon, stars and rain……… its hard not to feel… Continue reading →

Water water everywhere

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm Aperture priority, 1/50 sec, f/8, ISO 100, White Balance: Fluorescent WATER WATER EVERYWHERE… This picture is being submitted as part of… Continue reading →

The Pelican Brief(ly)

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM, Focal length: 180mm, 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 125 THE PELICAN BRIEF(LY) This pelican came on board while we were drifting in Gulf of Mexico. I… Continue reading →

PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS

(Please click on individual thumbnails for larger images) PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: These images were shot at the ‘Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts’. Photography (no flashes/tripods though) is permitted in one section… Continue reading →