What I shoot...

Aye, Aye Captain

2011-08-14T20:34:00.005+05:30

"It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate;

I am the captain of my soul."

- William Ernest Henley

EXIF : Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VR II | 28 mm | 1/250s| f/8 | 0 EV | ISO 100

Note:

Shot through a plate glass wet with the tide splashes.

Stars

2011-08-11T19:50:00.010+05:30

"Though my soul may set in darkness, It will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly To be fearful of the night”

- Sarah Williams; English Poet

EXIF : Nikon D80| 50 mm 1.8 Nikkor | 50 mm | 7 s| f/5 | 0 EV | ISO 100

Note:
Shot late night on the beaches of Maldives. Like it because of 14 point stars caused by the 7 blades of the classic 50 mm.

Lead

2010-03-08T15:29:00.001+05:30

"One does not climb to attain enlightenment, rather one climbs because he is enlightened."

- Zen Master Futomaki.

EXIF : Nikon D80| 50 mm 1.8 Nikkor | 50 mm | 1/30 s| f/14 | 0 EV | ISO 100

Rapple Down

2010-03-07T16:30:00.000+05:30

"It's a round trip. Getting to the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory."

- Ed Viesturs, Premier high altitude mountaineer

EXIF : Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VR II | 135 mm | 1/70 s| f/14 | ISO 100

Top-rope Climb

2010-03-06T16:50:00.008+05:30

"The 3 rules of climbing:
It's always further than it looks. It's always taller than it looks. & it's always harder than it looks."

-Unknown

EXIF : Nikon D80 | 24-70 mm Sigma | 50 mm | 1/100 s | f/10 | ISO 100

Bouldering; A maths problem

2010-03-05T18:08:00.000+05:30

"I was once bouldering in solitude in the Needles, when a young female walked up and introduced herself and asked who I was. I told her and continued bouldering. She turned and walked away after a few minutes, saying over her shoulder: 'you can't be John Gill. He climbs much better than that'."

_ John Gill, American Mathematician & Rock Climber

EXIF : Nikon D80| 24-70 mm Sigma | 24 mm | 1/60 s| f/6.3 | -1.33 EV | ISO 100

The Tear Ball

2009-11-03T20:56:00.000+05:30

"The lovers cry seeing the moon & so do we. It indeed is a tear-ball"
- Werewolf

Dedicated to Pallavi

Details:
Place : Bangalore, India.
EXIF : Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VR II | 200 mm | 1/5 s| f/5.6 | 0 EV | ISO 100

Nobel Award.

2009-10-12T19:43:00.001+05:30

Who said Photography doesn't have any science to it?

The pioneers of Digital Technology, Dr Boyle & Dr Smith, are finally honored with Nobel Award for Physics. The 2 scientists along with Charles Kao (bought a breakthrough that led to Optical fibers) were honored with the title "Masters of light".

Willard Boyle, left, and George Smith at Bell Labs with the charge-coupled device.

A snippet from the News...

Work by Drs. Boyle and Smith at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., transformed photography. The CCD technology they pioneered is now used in digital cameras, camcorders, high-definition TV, satellites and medical endoscopes. The Hubble Space Telescope uses a CCD as its main imaging device.

You can read the full news here... Masters of Light

Urban Dusk

2009-09-13T12:01:00.000+05:30

'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.'

- Thomas Gray; English Dramatist

Details:

Place : Bangalore, India.

EXIF : Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VR II | 135 mm | 1/400 s| f/5.6 | -1.67 EV | ISO 100

Size Scale

2009-09-11T21:23:00.000+05:30

"He who climbs upon the highest mountains, laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary"

- Friedrich Nietzsche; German Philosopher

Details:

Place : Skandagiri- Bangalore, India. The place is famous for night climbing & seeing the sunrise from the top.

EXIF : Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VR II | 32 mm | 1/20 s| f/14 | ISO 100

Lens Discipline

2009-08-09T11:28:00.000+05:30

“I think the 50 mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.”
- William Albert Allard; Swedish Photographer renowned for his 'Nat Geo' photographs

You would have figured out by now that the caption of the photograph is derived from the above Quote. In case you still haven't figured why the emphasis on 50 mm lens, this photograph was made using a Nikkor 50 mm 1.8 D Prime. The 50 mm 1.8D is an amazing piece of glass, I can't wait to get my hands on 50 mm 1.4 D.

Nikon D80 | 50 mm 1.8D | - | 1/15 | f/3.5 | ISO 320

Youth

2009-07-27T23:53:00.000+05:30

"Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other… to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to see the sunrise in town and country; to be converted at a revival; to circumnavigate the metaphysics, write halting verses, run a mile to see a fire, and wait all day long in the theatre to applaud Hernani."
- Robert Louis Stevenson; Scottish essayist, poet and novelist.

In action; The filmstrip...

Details:
Model : Thillai Rajan
Place : Silverknowes Beach - Edinburgh, Scotland
Mask : Filmstrip (Combine) GIMP
EXIF : Nikon D80 18-200 mm VRII 18mm 1/60 f/3.5 ISO 100

The Coffee House

2009-07-27T20:36:00.000+05:30

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer, when they are happy"

- Anton Chekov

"Let's grow old together in the winter

where the howling wind scratches the walls

& plays the sixteen piece orchestra,

where the crackling fire of logs

makes the most beautiful of curtains,

where the shadows on wall

indulge in tender love making,

where the bells sound clear & far

playing the chimes of memories,

where each morning we wake up

to the richest aroma from the Coffee-Shop"

Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VRII | 20mm | 1/200s | f/5.6 | ISO 100

Goat's Dinner

2009-07-16T21:08:00.001+05:30

'Congratulations' - The flowers ended in Goat's Dinner; the note in wallet & the gesture in my heart.

Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VRII | 25mm | .7s | f/11 | ISO 320

A Thousand Stories

2009-07-09T21:12:00.000+05:30

"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me."

- Anatole France

Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VRII | 30mm | 1/60 | f/4.2 | ISO 100

Safe in Harbor

2009-06-28T21:08:00.000+05:30

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

-Mark Twain

Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VRII | 18mm | 1/60 | f/3.5 | ISO 100

Hemingway...

2009-06-23T20:49:00.000+05:30

“There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know.”

- Ernest Hemingway on 'The Old Man & the Sea'

If you don't know your Hemingway; I with all due respect would categorize you among the unlearned ones.

Nikon D80| 18-200 mm VRII | 46mm | 3 | f/6.3 | ISO 320

Flame on...

2009-06-17T21:01:00.000+05:30

The Rising of Mankind...

2009-06-10T22:48:00.000+05:30

"I heard a thousand blended notes,

while in a grove I sat reclined,

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts

Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran;

And much it grieved my heart to think

What Man has made of Man."

- William Wordsworth

The Old man & the Mountains

2009-05-23T21:49:00.000+05:30

"The clouds will but pass,
and the sun will but shine again,
the winds will but calm down,
and the breeze will then flow again.

But the mountains will still be there,
and so will the rocks be,
A little weathered may be,
a little old definitely.

Some of them will change as the clouds & sun,
but I will definitely be the same, waiting,
Not for the ones who change who change but who are still there,
a little old, a little worn off, but still the same."

P.S - Dedicated to my friend Sid, who understands what I write, or at least seems to!

Peace

2009-05-23T20:08:00.000+05:30

"I do sit there with you,
alone, with sunshine on your face,
& your smile on mine
forgetting all the worries in world,
& I for the first time feel the peace."

One of the few photographs which my friend really likes.