Photo of the day (2008)
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Nov. 29 2008
Tickles and giggles
Nov. 26 2008
Sharing
Aarav and his lady-friend Freya. She's two months older than him and so different...perfect for each other :-)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope to catch up with the dailies this weekend. From what little I saw, I've missed so many great wonderful shots!
Nov. 23 2008 A chef in the making... more photos can be found here
Nov. 06 2008
Aarav at 8+ months
He goes to day care (for a brief period) from monday. I'll miss having him around all the time, but will be very happy to get some time to myself :-)
Oct. 31 2008
Another sunrise, another day
Taken at the beach down the road from my grandparents'. A lot of my early childhood was spent here - alas, the beach has become so dirty and filthy, it's tragic.
Oct. 30 2008
Before the storm
Thank you all for your kind comments and thoughts on my grandfather. He was more like a father to us - very forward in his thinking, a strict disciplinarian, believing in equal rights and status for women and always encouraging everyone to excel academically. It will be hardest on my grandmother - having been with him for 72 years!
Oct. 29 2008
In memory of a great life and person - my dearest grandfather.
This was taken on Oct. 22nd - two days before he passed away. My brother had just arrived in India and my grandfather was beside himself with emotion when he realized who it was. My brother and I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend his last days with him.
Oct.14 2008
Aarav at 7.5 months. Quite a fun age - very interactive and learning new stuff everyday!
Actually taken a few days ago - haven't had time to shoot the last couple of days...
Thanks, Bianca for your comment on this photo in the gallery :)
Am off to India for a couple of weeks to see my ailing grandfather so will probably not be able to post/comment until I return. Stay warm and safe.
Oct. 12 2008
My first bug shot!
Oct. 11 2008
Iris
Oct. 10 2008
Water drops
Okay, not my best shot, but was playing with the macro lens and thought this was interesting and abstract-ish. I realize now that having a flower below or a clear black b/g would make the shot a lot better.
Thanks all for your comments on my new lens. Actually it is the sigma 105 mm lens - couldn't afford the nikon and I'd heard pretty good things about this lens too, so decided to go for it.
Thanks, John for the heads-up on LordV's work. I so admire his water drop shots and was briefly quite active on the macro forum on dgrin. Hopefully I can create something close to his shots some day :-)
Oct. 9 2008
Testing my new macro lens
Tried a 5 x 2 crop in LR.
Oct. 08 2008
Fall medley
Oct. 07 2008
Krithi
Shot some pics. with K down by the creek - great weather and light! (having a pretty model helps too ;-))
Oct. 02 2008
Chillin' out
One more pic. from my trip to Wintergreen, VA
On a lake in the valley. We ate our sandwich lunch and basked in the sun before heading out to the pool...it was wonderful!
Oct. 01 2008
Opposites
Sep. 30 2008
The happy bride
Sep. 29 2008
Another sunset
From the same trip of last week ...almost done sorting through my photos.
Sep. 28 2008
May your life together flow like water
~ Bulgarian proverb
My first stint at a 'complete' wedding - a Bulgarian/American wedding. More photos can be found at:
http://sunita.smugmug.com/gallery/6081522_YeC3e
Sep. 27 2008
Awaiting the new owners
Sep. 26 2008
Sunset over the Appalachians
My entry for DSS 8. Still working on photos from my trip.
Sep. 25 2008
SP
My 5th or so ever...
Been away with friends the last few days to the VA mountains for three days - it was awesome and so relaxing (I almost didn't miss Aarav ;-))...
Thanks Charleen and Joyce - you are the best!
Sep. 18 2008
Flower in black-and-white
Am already slipping in my postings..:(
Sep. 10 2008
The light from within
I found this flower very hard to photograph. For one, the slightest wind would make the flower sway. And then the orange pollen on the petals was distracting at lower apertures. And, I wanted to capture the inner stamen. cos' I thought it was fascinating. One out of three is not too bad, I guess.
Sep. 06 2008
Yellow glow
August 30 2008
Tha-ki-ta-tha-ki-ta-thom!
(okay, it actually is a flying kiss)
Kaavya is such a trooper - this is the second surgery on her left leg and hopefully this should help her tendon grow normally from now on.
August 22 2008
Celebrating 3 years...
August 18 2008
Family photo (yikes! and I'm in there too...)
p.s.: Thanks, Bindu!
August 17 2008
Sister act
A little swamped...should hopefully be able to catch up in the next couple of days...
Thanks everyone for your comments on my 'still-life' images - the lighting set-up is pretty simple - our living room faces west and I have a table under one of the windows and have my white b/g set up there - I get both the top and b/g lit from the light outside which works very well.
August 15 2008
The external corridors of the Franciscan Monastery in Washington DC (infrared conversion - supposedly)
August 13 2008
The elements of coffee - S. Indian style!
August 12 2008
The Zen of cooking
My entry for the abstract/minimalism mini-challenge
August 11 2008
Minimalism
Feb. 11
Tulip in black and white. More tulip photos can be found at:
http://sunita.smugmug.com/gallery/4321061_hKroh
Feb. 10
Fading tulip
Am trying to learn (and play) more with different types of light. Tried my hand at backlighting, and thought this came out okay (though the bottom of the flower does seem to have overblown highlights). As far as the flower goes - I've decided I have a brown thumb - my flowers never last more than a day and by the time I am ready to shoot, this is pretty much how they end up. I guess I could start a series on the 'faded beauty ' or something...
Feb. 09
Reflections
This type of imagery is not new, but have been trying to learn more backlighting and saw something similar elsewhere - somehow, I feel I am doing something wrong..?! Maybe my drops are not spherical enough? Or that there isn't enough light?
