Wednesday, April 26, 2006 

The great Indian divide



India, though developing at a fast pace, remains a land of remarkable disparity. While some people are forced into a livelihood of menial labour and toil, others get to choose from the multitudinous white collar jobs now available. It is this inequality that I am trying to potray here - the new age yuppie, screaming past in his car with a swanky rear spoiler stares in amazement at Mr Nagaraj, who is driven to perform tricks on his bike to earn his living.

This is my entry to this week's Bangalore shutterbugs photo contest themed 'Work'.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 

In harmony

 

Classical chirps



I guess dragon flies don't exactly chirp. But this one does quite resemble an Indian classical music artist, rhythmically waving an outstretched palm while singing. The image is actually rotated ninety degrees anti-clock wise. In the top left corner you can spot the edge of a fluorescent lamp - the soul audience to the crooner's performance. The image has a greenish look because I messed up with the white balance. Again!

Monday, April 24, 2006 

Parched


This is my entry to this week's Bangalore shutter bugs contest titled Summer.

Friday, April 07, 2006 

Just minding my business...



The other day I had almost drifted into a slumber when my sister jabs me awake. "There is an interesting insect on my room wall", she cried, and beckoned me to follow her. I wasn't sure if her adoration was true, or whether she just required my service to drive it away, but I ambled along behind her. I was expecting to find a flashy, led powered beetle whizzing around in her room, but it wasn't so. In fact the thing was practically invisible and had to be pointed out to me. Upon closer examination, the insect did turn out to be interesting, cute even. I spent a few minutes, clicking it up from every angle, and it cooperated beautifully, not minding one bit even though the lens was virtually prodding it all the time. When I later saw the images on my system I was convinced that my camera is indeed blessed with fabulous macro capabilities - the insect was practically only a centimeter and a half in length! Satisfied with my capture, I tumbled back into my bed. A while later I swear a I could hear my sister talking to the insect, congratulating it on it's two minutes of fame.

 

The sordid link

Why do pest exterminators make ideal IT test engineers?
...because they help in raising a lot of bugs.

- authentic elderly Camel humour

Saturday, April 01, 2006 

Just dessert


We have heard about there being no 'free meal' in this world. But maybe they forgot to account for the dessert in it!

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