African Safari Series II

Have a look at some snaps taken at masaimara ... the light conditions being not too good, exposure is not proper in most snaps .. some of them are grainy too .... but they have been composed they best way i could ..taking the limitations of the camera and lack of experience of the photographer into consideration .... enjoy them

Pachyderms at play

His Majesty



The black rhino .. did you know that unlike it's white colleague, it never grazes, but goes only for leaves

A Cheetah protecting her sleeping cub

(out of a litter of upto nine/ten cubs only as few as a couple survive ... the rest fall prey to predators )

Giraffe symmetry

This guy believes in naturopathy ... mud bathing is good for the skin

The wild beasts , numbering about a million live in masai mara and serengeti ..... here, the ox peckers on it's back are busy cleaning ....

Ostrich .... world's biggest bird ... one that can't fly

The masai men performing their celebratory dance ...

A tutorial on scavenging?

Zebra's are beautiful and intelligent (faculties that rarely co-exist in humans :)...) , the wild beasts (relative dodos) rely on zebrs to decide the right time to migrate

A solitary lilac

A lioness relishes the prey ...... they are deemed to be better hunters than their male counterparts

The pussy owl ...... they call it

to be continued ....

African Safari Series - I

Take a look at some of the snaps taken during the Trip .....

The lake side view from the resort

Two bulbuls pecking away into a ripe papaya





Would you believe if I say that this is a descendent of the swan that modelled for Raja Ravi Varma ..for his painting Damayanti

Who said pink is not vibrant?

A view at the bujagali falls, a few miles from the source of river nile

A hadada Ibis

An egret atanding guard to it's chicks

A flower bell?

Oh!! ...how I envy that neck...

A cattle egret (with the orange buff on it's head) and a little egret volunteered to pose for me (Picture taken at Samuka island).

A crying commorant

The furry egret looks graceful ...

A pied kingfisher. It hovers in the air for a few minutes and nose-dives on spottting a fish

Little yellow beauty

more follows .....

Navarasas

Navarasas, are the nine basic expessions form the basis of abhinaya in Indian Classical dance and theatre. I have often wondered as to how the same emotion when performed by different artistes can have varying influences on the viewer.

Children, by virtue of their innate innocence can serve as ideal tutors for the dancers and artistes because of the unadultrated nature of their minds. What is there in the mind is instantly refleted on the face. Have a look at how my nephew Sheedhar demonstrates this to support my arguement ...........












KARUNA .............COMPASSION









SHRINGARA ........ LOVE












HASYA ....... LAUGHTER












KRODHA ......... ANGER














VEERA ....... COURAGE











BHEEBALSA ........... REVULSION/DISGUST














BHAYANAKA ........ FEAR














ADBHUTA ...... SURPRISE













SHANTA ....... PEACE

Some shots from the sky ....

Blue sky atop and clouds beneath, one feels divine ........











Snaps along the Nile River ....

Look carefully for the plane that lies crashed while attempting to land on an improvised runway.....

Green on one bank ........ and desert dry on another ? .......

Grazing cattle along sobat river, a nile tributary ....

Arid landscape of southern sudan ....looks parched now ... will become swampy once it rains .....

Whims of Aditya ......... different shades of dusk in the mountains ....

During the brief tenure that I had in a remote hill station in the shiwaliks, one of the most amazing aspects I observed were the myriad moods created at dusk ......... after a days work, one just had to watch the sun god taking his routine dip in the stream beyond the mountain ranges to forget the days problems and marvel at the miracles of creation .... take a peek ......

Melting red horizon...intense & passionate .....

Soothing orange .....dissolving into infinity ....is it ?











Serene sunset .... subtle grey .... oddly powerless?















Is it the big bang happenning again ? ......

Introduction

I am just a novice as far as photography is concerned and on the initial phase of the learning curve.Through this blog I intend to share some of my pictures with you all. Just to keep it interesting all the posts will have a theme and my endeavour will be to updatethe blog once a week ...... first post coming soon ......