Star trails in the Red Sea

My first attempt at shooting Star trails. Due to ship’s movement in water, the trails aren’t as steady as one would see from results shot on land.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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.

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 →

Naturally lit

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 55mm, 1/80 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. (Converted to monochrome during post processing) NATURALLY LIT: This picture is being submitted as part of… Continue reading →

LIFE’S NECTAR

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF75-300mm, f/4-5.6 USM, Focal length: 210mm 1/1250 sec, f/5.0, ISO 1250 LIFE’S NECTAR: Albert Einstein is attributed to have once said: “If the bee disappears from the surface… Continue reading →

The Red Aster

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 85mm, 1/160 sec, f/8, ISO 125 THE UNKNOWN FLOWER RED ASTER: This picture was shot at ‘Dhanaulti Eco-Park’, in the Himalayan ranges.… Continue reading →

Melting raindrops

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 85mm, 1/25 sec, f/5.6, ISO 6400 MELTING RAINDROPS: This picture is being submitted as part of a 52 week challenge I am… Continue reading →

Starry Starry Night

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 10.0 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2500 Photograph taken March 28, 2013 STARRY STARRY NIGHT: While I was processing the above image, I… Continue reading →

One for the road

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 1/250 sec, f/22, Spot metering, ISO 250 Photograph taken March 30, 2013 ONE FOR THE ROAD: This picture was shot on… Continue reading →

Saur Cottages

Photographs taken March 30 & 31, 2013 (Please click on individual thumbnails for larger images) SAUR COTTAGES: About a fortnight back, I spent a week in Himalayas. My trip was coordinated by ‘Nature… Continue reading →

St. Paul’s Church, Landour

Photographs taken March 29, 2013 ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, LANDOUR: Give thanks to Lord for He is good. His love endures forever -Psalm 107:1 I transited through Landour, during my recent trip to Himalayas. This… Continue reading →

Dream on

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 15mm, 30.0 sec, f/3.5, Bias: +2.00, ISO 640, Photograph taken March 28, 2013 DREAM ON: This picture is being submitted as part… Continue reading →

Bread or Single malt

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 46mm, 1/640 sec, f/5.0, ISO 100 Photographs taken April 05, 2013 BREAD OR SINGLE MALT: I just returned from countryside where I… Continue reading →

Spring’s sprouting

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 80mm, Shutter priority, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 320 Photograph taken April 01, 2013 SPRING’S SPROUTING: This picture is being submitted as part… Continue reading →

Pattern interrupted

EXIF: Canon EOS 60D, Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal length: 65mm 1/100 sec, f/16, ISO 1600, Photograph taken March 30, 2013 PATTERN INTERRUPTED: This picture is being submitted as part of a… Continue reading →