<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651</id><updated>2011-12-20T03:40:28.429-08:00</updated><category term='tour'/><category term='wild-life'/><category term='adventure'/><category term='travel'/><category term='kenya'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='liesure'/><category term='birdwatching'/><category term='photography'/><category term='uganda'/><category term='safari'/><title type='text'>My Snap Shots</title><subtitle type='html'>Pictures.... some questions which frequent my mind ...


"was I really there?", 


"why didn't I see it first time?" ....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-2199035362032103234</id><published>2007-09-24T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T21:19:23.534-07:00</updated><title type='text'>African Safari Series II</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116937182320835346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RwMDQbI4uxI/AAAAAAAAASQ/WetVvD_r7F4/s200/DSC01690.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Pachyderms at play&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RwL-EbI4uwI/AAAAAAAAASI/TybFBVe7c4U/s1600-h/DSC01703.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115843567683156546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8gnrI4ukI/AAAAAAAAAQk/oT5nbmeltXM/s200/DSC01944.JPG" border="0" /&gt; His Majesty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115849443198417538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8l9rI4uoI/AAAAAAAAARE/HDUgomj97VM/s200/DSC01992.JPG" border="0" /&gt; The black rhino .. did you know that unlike it's white colleague, it never grazes, but goes only for leaves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8jjLI4unI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/SbAKFa57OF0/s1600-h/DSC01867.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115846788908628594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8jjLI4unI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/SbAKFa57OF0/s200/DSC01867.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A Cheetah protecting her sleeping cub&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(out of a litter of upto nine/ten cubs only as few as a couple survive ... the rest fall prey to predators )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8iSrI4umI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/URpuitt3i_g/s1600-h/DSC02022.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115845405929159266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8iSrI4umI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/URpuitt3i_g/s200/DSC02022.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Giraffe symmetry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8hJLI4ulI/AAAAAAAAAQs/n9hsGMe0bbQ/s1600-h/DSC01693.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115844143208774226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8hJLI4ulI/AAAAAAAAAQs/n9hsGMe0bbQ/s200/DSC01693.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This guy believes in naturopathy ... mud bathing is good for the skin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116931478604266242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RwL-EbI4uwI/AAAAAAAAASI/TybFBVe7c4U/s200/DSC01703.JPG" border="0" /&gt; The wild beasts , numbering about a million live in masai mara and serengeti ..... here, the ox peckers on it's back are busy cleaning ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8fw7I4ujI/AAAAAAAAAQc/hPCxIxTbGWM/s1600-h/DSC01965.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115842627085318706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8fw7I4ujI/AAAAAAAAAQc/hPCxIxTbGWM/s200/DSC01965.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ostrich .... world's biggest bird ... one that can't fly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8eULI4uiI/AAAAAAAAAQU/vbf7gDcQPMg/s1600-h/DSC01982.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115841033652451874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv8eULI4uiI/AAAAAAAAAQU/vbf7gDcQPMg/s200/DSC01982.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The masai men performing their celebratory dance ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv3PCLI4uhI/AAAAAAAAAQM/WXhK9nUiwbs/s1600-h/DSC01818.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115472388019501586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/Rv3PCLI4uhI/AAAAAAAAAQM/WXhK9nUiwbs/s200/DSC01818.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A tutorial on scavenging?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvnfhbI4ueI/AAAAAAAAAP0/ann2B9nVpqk/s1600-h/DSC01802.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114364617169615330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvnfhbI4ueI/AAAAAAAAAP0/ann2B9nVpqk/s200/DSC01802.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvncgbI4udI/AAAAAAAAAPs/hXt6QYnE2RY/s1600-h/DSC01869.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114361301454862802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvncgbI4udI/AAAAAAAAAPs/hXt6QYnE2RY/s200/DSC01869.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A solitary lilac&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvnYO7I4ucI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J_8eQ-NRSlc/s1600-h/DSC01711.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114356602760640962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvnYO7I4ucI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J_8eQ-NRSlc/s200/DSC01711.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A lioness relishes the prey ...... they are deemed to be better hunters than their male counterparts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvkTWLI4uaI/AAAAAAAAAPY/jfsfLT9ZYXI/s1600-h/DSC01726.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114140123524020642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvkTWLI4uaI/AAAAAAAAAPY/jfsfLT9ZYXI/s200/DSC01726.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The pussy owl ...... they call it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RviO17I4uZI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/KpkND4qRXWE/s1600-h/DSC01693.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RviK5bI4uYI/AAAAAAAAAPI/Puf4tEws-jg/s1600-h/DSC01691.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"&gt;to be continued ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-2199035362032103234?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/2199035362032103234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=2199035362032103234&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/2199035362032103234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/2199035362032103234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/09/african-safari-series-ii.html' title='African Safari Series II'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RwMDQbI4uxI/AAAAAAAAASQ/WetVvD_r7F4/s72-c/DSC01690.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-3282591313353289382</id><published>2007-09-22T04:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T07:19:33.212-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kenya'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liesure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='safari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adventure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wild-life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birdwatching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uganda'/><title type='text'>African Safari Series - I</title><content type='html'>Take a look at some of the snaps taken during the &lt;a href="http://lifemystique.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trip&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112997602093742130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvUEOrI4uDI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/nIgyNF8-taI/s200/DSC01524.JPG" border="0" /&gt; The lake side view from the resort&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113383101178362114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZi1rI4uQI/AAAAAAAAAN4/vIHztsor7wQ/s200/DSC01515.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Two bulbuls pecking away into a ripe papaya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113389419075254578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZolbI4uTI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/bf91_0ngKX0/s200/DSC01565.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Would you believe if I say that this is a descendent of the swan that modelled for Raja Ravi Varma ..for his painting &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swoopinghawk.com/images/rrv4.jpg"&gt;Damayanti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZlmLI4uRI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Mg4hwk20J7Y/s1600-h/DSC01633.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113386133425273106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZlmLI4uRI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Mg4hwk20J7Y/s200/DSC01633.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Who said pink is not vibrant?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZhHLI4uPI/AAAAAAAAANw/nX-IOPfMwxs/s1600-h/DSC01599.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113381202802817266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZhHLI4uPI/AAAAAAAAANw/nX-IOPfMwxs/s200/DSC01599.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A view at the bujagali falls, a few miles from the source of river nile&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113387619483957538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZm8rI4uSI/AAAAAAAAAOI/oixwtfm5PSw/s200/DSC01614.JPG" border="0" /&gt;A hadada Ibis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvYN5rI4uMI/AAAAAAAAANY/3lX7e9yc9XM/s1600-h/DSC01547.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113289711409477826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvYN5rI4uMI/AAAAAAAAANY/3lX7e9yc9XM/s200/DSC01547.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; An egret atanding guard to it's chicks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvYI4bI4uLI/AAAAAAAAANQ/tpoac_KYBCM/s1600-h/DSC01632.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113284192376502450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvYI4bI4uLI/AAAAAAAAANQ/tpoac_KYBCM/s200/DSC01632.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A flower bell?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113305499709257938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvYcQrI4uNI/AAAAAAAAANg/ZV7vFJuAUk8/s200/DSC01552.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Oh!! ...how I envy that neck...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113401144335972674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZzP7I4uUI/AAAAAAAAAOY/iZ3_bUGe5n0/s200/DSC01551.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;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).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113378862045640930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvZe-7I4uOI/AAAAAAAAANo/WCbhkiuB92U/s200/DSC01578.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A crying commorant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113032253889886306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvUjvrI4uGI/AAAAAAAAAMo/hVzZzTVIePk/s200/DSC01557.JPG" border="0" /&gt; The furry egret looks graceful ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113039937586378866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvUqu7I4uHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/ffP5_n7JbLM/s200/DSC01643.JPG" border="0" /&gt; A pied kingfisher. It hovers in the air for a few minutes and nose-dives on spottting a fish&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113044292683217026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvUusbI4uII/AAAAAAAAAM4/cCxyzwmHDQs/s200/DSC02257.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Little yellow beauty &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;more follows .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-3282591313353289382?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/3282591313353289382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=3282591313353289382&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/3282591313353289382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/3282591313353289382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/09/african-safari-series-i.html' title='African Safari Series - I'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RvUEOrI4uDI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/nIgyNF8-taI/s72-c/DSC01524.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-5566460799903719522</id><published>2007-07-24T21:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-26T19:53:58.964-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Navarasas</title><content type='html'>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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 ...........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgbkjBZ68I/AAAAAAAAAHs/oGTyb4XAgTw/s1600-h/DSC007051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgbkjBZ68I/AAAAAAAAAHs/oGTyb4XAgTw/s200/DSC007051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091349693432720322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;KARUNA .............COMPASSION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgYHzBZ66I/AAAAAAAAAHc/I6JJ58-oa8Y/s1600-h/DSC00733.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgYHzBZ66I/AAAAAAAAAHc/I6JJ58-oa8Y/s200/DSC00733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091345900976597922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;SHRINGARA ........ LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbW8jBZ64I/AAAAAAAAAHM/WCOiZnLeO0E/s1600-h/DSC008471.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbW8jBZ64I/AAAAAAAAAHM/WCOiZnLeO0E/s200/DSC008471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090992764470553474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;HASYA ....... LAUGHTER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPwzBZ63I/AAAAAAAAAHE/AbX_IOFxOE4/s1600-h/DSC007201.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPwzBZ63I/AAAAAAAAAHE/AbX_IOFxOE4/s200/DSC007201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090984866025696114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;KRODHA ......... ANGER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgbxzBZ69I/AAAAAAAAAH0/eY5_G8_nbfg/s1600-h/DSC007441.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgbxzBZ69I/AAAAAAAAAH0/eY5_G8_nbfg/s200/DSC007441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091349921065987026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;VEERA ....... COURAGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgZ9jBZ67I/AAAAAAAAAHk/7pnMFgOBHCs/s1600-h/DSC007321.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgZ9jBZ67I/AAAAAAAAAHk/7pnMFgOBHCs/s200/DSC007321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091347923906194354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"&gt;BHEEBALSA ........... REVULSION/DISGUST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgWkTBZ65I/AAAAAAAAAHU/Dz4LD9FYNAA/s1600-h/DSC010591.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgWkTBZ65I/AAAAAAAAAHU/Dz4LD9FYNAA/s200/DSC010591.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091344191579614098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;BHAYANAKA ........ FEAR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPGDBZ61I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Q81Wmvh6vE0/s1600-h/DSC007081.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPGDBZ61I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Q81Wmvh6vE0/s200/DSC007081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090984131586288466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;ADBHUTA ...... SURPRISE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPgTBZ62I/AAAAAAAAAG8/OuCpbad6dXw/s1600-h/DSC007171.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqbPgTBZ62I/AAAAAAAAAG8/OuCpbad6dXw/s200/DSC007171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090984582557854562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SHANTA ....... PEACE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-5566460799903719522?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/5566460799903719522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=5566460799903719522&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5566460799903719522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5566460799903719522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/07/navarasas.html' title='Navarasas'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RqgbkjBZ68I/AAAAAAAAAHs/oGTyb4XAgTw/s72-c/DSC007051.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-8095415862545154382</id><published>2007-06-30T05:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-08T07:46:10.902-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some shots from the sky ....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Blue sky atop and clouds beneath, one feels divine ........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZO5Wg6FMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/T1FSZjT8dqA/s1600-h/DSC01377.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081835976737297602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZO5Wg6FMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/T1FSZjT8dqA/s200/DSC01377.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZPY2g6FNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/zkZG4zXMX7I/s1600-h/DSC01375.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081836517903176914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZPY2g6FNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/zkZG4zXMX7I/s200/DSC01375.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081839305336952034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZR7Gg6FOI/AAAAAAAAAF0/RKe8S08388o/s200/DSC01376.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZSqGg6FPI/AAAAAAAAAF8/-TvqGSQavNs/s1600-h/DSC01315.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Snaps along the Nile River ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocVeGg6FUI/AAAAAAAAAGk/C10azuXZdIo/s1600-h/DSC01315.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082054311399789890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocVeGg6FUI/AAAAAAAAAGk/C10azuXZdIo/s200/DSC01315.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Look carefully for the plane that lies crashed while attempting to land on an improvised runway..... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081893164226843906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s200/DSC01318.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green on one bank ........ and desert dry on another ? ....... &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoaC6Gg6FQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/lsadhBjjb3Q/s1600-h/DSC01318.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocL72g6FRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/BOqBRguqjo8/s1600-h/DSC01319.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082043827384620306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocL72g6FRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/BOqBRguqjo8/s200/DSC01319.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Grazing cattle along sobat river, a nile tributary .... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Arid landscape of southern sudan ....looks parched now ... will become swampy once it &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocOg2g6FTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/h867eNKR0iM/s1600-h/DSC01335.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082046662063035698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocOg2g6FTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/h867eNKR0iM/s200/DSC01335.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;rains ..... &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocMrGg6FSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/lYxUdznoiD0/s1600-h/DSC01334.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082044639133439266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RocMrGg6FSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/lYxUdznoiD0/s200/DSC01334.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-8095415862545154382?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/8095415862545154382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=8095415862545154382&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/8095415862545154382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/8095415862545154382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/06/some-shots-from-sky.html' title='Some shots from the sky ....'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RoZO5Wg6FMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/T1FSZjT8dqA/s72-c/DSC01377.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-5623502021905200819</id><published>2007-06-15T21:12:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T12:26:44.564-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Whims of Aditya  ......... different  shades of dusk  in the mountains ....</title><content type='html'>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 ......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnNynlV8G9I/AAAAAAAAAD0/SoSfZtU7BSk/s1600-h/DSC00886.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnNynlV8G9I/AAAAAAAAAD0/SoSfZtU7BSk/s200/DSC00886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076527229341277138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Melting red horizon...intense  &amp;  passionate .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnNrwFV8G7I/AAAAAAAAADk/mF9Pmtbc45E/s1600-h/DSC00384.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnN0KVV8G-I/AAAAAAAAAD8/KgNT2l2pXYs/s1600-h/DSC00885.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnN0KVV8G-I/AAAAAAAAAD8/KgNT2l2pXYs/s200/DSC00885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076528925853359074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                       &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Soothing orange .....dissolving into infinity ....is it ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnN1AlV8G_I/AAAAAAAAAEE/LNlPRxnY6P0/s1600-h/DSC00275.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnN1AlV8G_I/AAAAAAAAAEE/LNlPRxnY6P0/s200/DSC00275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076529857861262322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"&gt;Serene sunset .... subtle grey .... oddly powerless?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnQwlVV8HAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ELEsdO_160o/s1600-h/DSC00635.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnQwlVV8HAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ELEsdO_160o/s200/DSC00635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076736097895848962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;                                              &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"&gt;Is it the big bang happenning again ? ......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-5623502021905200819?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/5623502021905200819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=5623502021905200819&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5623502021905200819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5623502021905200819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/06/different-colours-of-sunset-in.html' title='Whims of Aditya  ......... different  shades of dusk  in the mountains ....'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/RnNynlV8G9I/AAAAAAAAAD0/SoSfZtU7BSk/s72-c/DSC00886.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009657104869124651.post-5941353534861408591</id><published>2007-06-14T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T22:22:37.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Introduction</title><content type='html'>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 ......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4009657104869124651-5941353534861408591?l=naveensnapshots.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/feeds/5941353534861408591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4009657104869124651&amp;postID=5941353534861408591&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5941353534861408591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4009657104869124651/posts/default/5941353534861408591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naveensnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/06/introduction.html' title='Introduction'/><author><name>Naveen Prabhu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14588561323537627962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='18' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QhkkNN0lU30/SwLKcPMRQgI/AAAAAAAAA5c/9g1P0NDCM5o/S220/3367656155_e3edc8c496.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
