Since I haven’t shot anything new, here is something from my old film archives. This is from a trip to Keukenhof-the famous tulip gardens in Holland, roughly two years back. I’m not sure if you will like this as it is quite abstract and there is not much detail in the photo. But it somehow appeals to me.

This was just an experimental shot but I like the way the composition works. I cropped it a little to make the composition even tighter.

Quite surprisingly, this was selected as the photo of the fortnight in one of the photography forums I’m part of! Even without that this would still be one of my favorites as I’m happy with the way it came out. And oh, I think this is the first photo here with my recently acquired Minolta 17-35mm zoom lens.

Inspite of some minor quibbles with the composition I quite like the way this shot has come out. It didn’t need much post-processing either except for some sharpening. The only thing I had think a little about was what white balance to use. I finally settled on this.

Here is the same cut down tree stem from yesterday but shot from a different angle. I’m not sure which one of the two I prefer. Both appeal to me in different ways!

I found myself getting drawn to this photo for some reason. Initially, I considered posting this in color but then I saw it in b/w and my decision was made! I’ve some shots of this from a different angle, one of which I might post tomorrow.

The idea for this shot came from my friend Aswani. So all credit to him! I had another photo of the same in portrait orientation but I like this one better.

Starting with today, over the next few days, I’ll post some of the photos I shot while taking a walk through a park near my lab a couple of days back.

This photo was a completely random shot. But while reviewing the photos from that day, it seemed to present some interesting possibilities. So I put it through some ideas and this was the result. Nothing serious, just channel mixed in monochrome with the sky pushed near white, then opacity of the layer reduced to zero to retain the faint sepia-like color of the auto white balance and some sharpening in the end to finish things. I think this processing perfectly reflects the title of the photo, and which, in the first place, attracted my eye!

Outside
The rain walks down
The blind window panes

Inside
Your finger tips trace
My mottled memory-scars

I had written the above words a long time ago. I think they go well with this photo. This is the first in a series of two photos.

This is another of my home experiments with macro. I like the way this shot came out inspite of the seemingly ordinary content. And yes, I do love eggs a lot!