Turned away

Asakusa shrine, Tokyo
Japan, June 2006

hibiscus rosasinenis

Craftmanship

Octopus bajjiya
Hadaka Matsuri, Bishamon-do
Japan Mar 2007

Fire

Hadaka Matsuri, Bishamon-do
Japan Mar 2007

Expressions

One of my livliest clicks
kinda favourite too

Okusawa Jinja Matsuri
Japan, Sep 2006

Archs and Curves

Kamakura
Japan, Dec 2006

Strike a pose

Singapore Expo
Dec 2006

Spring in full bloom

A woman walks past a fully bloom tree near the Nishi sports center, Sengencho in Yokohama

April 2006

Spring - B&W postcard

Sankein garden, Yokohama
Japan Mar 2006

Observe . .

School boy in a street show
Place: Outside the Queen's Tower, Yokohama

Tyson from Nihon ?

Painted . . .

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter speed:1/50s
Film sensitivity:ISO80
Location: Kamakura, Japan
Period: Dec 2006

Dried up in wetland

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter speed:1/100s
Film sensitivity:ISO80
Location: Furasato mura, Japan
Period: Dec 2006

Kimono Cutie

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed:1/125s
Film sensitivity:ISO80
Focal length: 59mm
Location: Edo Shitamachi - Nishi Nippori, Japan
Period: Oct 2006

Creeper

Wonders of nature

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter speed:1/60s
Film sensitivity:ISO80
Focal length: 72mm
Location: Sungei natural reserve, Singapore
Period: Nov 2006

Pateesuwaram

History claims that this place was an important political & cultural center during the Chola age;
But the myths and legends surrounding this temple has preserved it unlike its deserted and more intricate counter-part in Dharasuram

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter speed:1/400s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pateesuwaram, Tamil nadu
Period: April 2007

Drip Drip Drop

A Tele macro shot, hand-held


Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/3.3
Shutter speed:1/50s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

It is there everywhere

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter speed:1/40s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Bhajjiaas.....

This was the expression, looking at us pouncing on his hot bhajjias . . .
Bhajjias are hot stuffed snacks, very famous in this region of the Indian sub-continent

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter speed:1/30s
Film sensitivity:ISO125

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Pilgrimage

Wondering, how pilgrimage centers stand against time;
centuries and centuries - people have changed, cultures have changed,
Governments have changed - Climatic conditions have changed
But it is the same path, the same faith;

Pilgrims to Maa-Kaali temple in Pavagadh, Central Gujarat

Pavagadh is a holy pilgrimage site for the hindus, jains and muslims

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter speed:1/100s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Nature - Fresh and Pure

View from the steps of Maa-Kaali temple

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter speed:1/125s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

This is INDIA for U

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter speed:1/100s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

R U N

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter speed:1/100s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Monsooned . . . .

well, people call Gujarat a dry state .........

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed:1/250s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Nectaring

Jama masjid, Champaner
Gujarat 2007 Aug

Muslim Architecture in Gujarat

In the clouds

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed:1/125s
Film sensitivity:ISO80
Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Champaner

UNESCO World Heritage site

Waiting in the rain .......

Waiting in the rain . . . . .
but, for what?

Hey, buddy !

Love the expression on the Umbrella guy's face

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Aperture: f/3.3
Shutter speed:1/30s
Film sensitivity:ISO80

Location: Pavgadh, Gujarat
Period: Aug 2007

Vertical Composition of "Made for each other"