101 clicks...on random

101

2012-01-28T20:16:00.003+05:30

everything under the blue sky and more - gokarna - peace; October 2011

everything under the blue sky and more

100

2012-01-28T20:15:00.000+05:30

the road-trip - Gokarna Beach- blue-sky - waves - cricket on the beach; October 2011

hello!

099

2012-01-28T20:12:00.000+05:30

another day

classroom visit; October 2011

098

2012-01-28T20:10:00.000+05:30

more from the 'day in the life' of a classroom - pune - TeachForInidia; October 2011

think you can tell

097

2012-01-28T20:07:00.001+05:30

pune one team - first thanksgiving dinner - fun; November 2011

thanks-giving

096

2012-01-28T20:05:00.002+05:30

lazy sunday bike-trip - friends - vineyard - sun-flower field; October 2011

some more sunshine!

095

2012-01-28T20:04:00.000+05:30

Smiles - sparkle in the eyes - everywhere i go; Visit to St.Franics School, Vishrantwadi - October 2011

Pocket full of sunshine

094

2012-01-28T15:03:00.001+05:30

out

school visits - classroom observations - students in - students out - all in a day's work! - September 2011

093

2012-01-28T15:00:00.001+05:30

sunrise outside the bedroom window - new place; September 2011

wake-up

092

2012-01-28T14:59:00.000+05:30

hanging

mumbai - ride - rains - silence; September 2011

091

2012-01-28T14:56:00.001+05:30

night ride - friends - en-route to a party - more friends, March 2011

play

090

2012-01-28T14:53:00.000+05:30

in the wild - nigh trek - lost and found @Torna, Maharashtra; February 2011

element - connect

089

2012-01-28T14:48:00.001+05:30

a dinner invite - home cooked delicacies - bunch of friends - memorable; January 2011

088

2012-01-28T14:43:00.000+05:30

Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

Winter morning on the hill at Dighi, Pune (January 2011)

087

2011-04-14T15:11:00.000+05:30

Republic Day celebrations at School!

086

2011-04-14T15:10:00.000+05:30

085

2011-04-14T15:04:00.004+05:30

084

2011-04-14T15:01:00.002+05:30

83

2011-02-06T14:49:00.000+05:30

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude..

[ Lonely eatery on NH-17 @Maravanthe beach - November 2010 ]

82

2011-02-02T18:29:00.004+05:30

Click no. 82 - from the archives, all in the hurry to windup this 101!! Its been long...

I wandered lonely as a cloud...

[Puiliampatti - TamilNadu enroute to my college November 2010]

81

2010-07-25T19:19:00.007+05:30

Realises its going to be almost a year since me posted a picture..

In all randomness decides to complete posting 101 clicks to do justice to the title of the blog!!!

Heres number 81!

080

2009-08-20T21:58:00.004+05:30

By perseverance the snail reached the ark
~Charles Spurgeon~On the wayside - trek to Rajmachi , Pune

079

2009-08-18T23:19:00.003+05:30

Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature
~Gerard de Nerval~

first indoor shooting trial with new Fuji finepixS2000
Photo edited @ picnik.com

078

2009-07-27T15:33:00.005+05:30

The Aga Khan Palace, Pune
wherein rests the samadhi of Smt. Kasturba Gandhi and the ashes of Mahathma Gandhi.
a few minutes ride from where i stay, its been long due i visited this place..
finally dropprd in on a cloudy day, after a drizzle as the sun came out smiling in the evening sky!

077: and at last...posting a photo!

2009-07-11T15:02:00.009+05:30

.just too overwhelming is the experience as a teacher and Teach for India fellow.

lotts n lots of stuff thats happened.
.in short.

The more i teach, the more i learn...!
And somehow...the more that I learn...the less I find that I know.

heres at last a click..as i walk back from school,

~shiny raindrops on the wayside flower~
~as the sun smiles after a morning shower~

oh...well now its a new camera..'Fuji finepix S2000' :)

'digital photography' and 'social reform'...

2009-05-03T09:51:00.006+05:30

...two terms i feel much related to these days! but ever wondered how these two would connect?!

Pick Me, Click Me, Educate Me! is an endeavor to use digital photography as a social reform tool to create awareness of the existing educational situations in rural Bihar.
Simply amazing to look at the possibilities of innovative ideas socially conscious people can come up with..!
The project was initiated in the summer of 2007, by Documentary photographer Kshitiz Anand. This website went live on the 1st of May 2009.

Though i've only been dropping in to his photo-blog(http://aphotojourney.blogspot.com/) once in a while as time permits, seeing the link this morning, thought i'd share this with people who'd happen to drop in here..!

i now Teach for India...

2009-04-28T01:25:00.004+05:30

Almost on the verge of choosing a full time degree in photography over a much hyped MBA, i got a 'dream come true' call to join the Teach for India Fellowship! (http://www.teachforindia.org/ )

This was after having attended the final round of assesments in January at Banglore. I guess i was on the wait list as i didnt receive a call when the results of selection were due in February. So after confirming my acceptance last week, its been hectic! Just too much of stuff to wind up and lots of catching up to do before i completly shift base to PUNE!
Good bye to Chennai...a little time off my photgrpahic experiments for now. My point n shoot wil go to my brother now. d-slr plans put aside for 2 years. Will be getting another digi-cam soon. So expect phot updates from Pune soon! And maybe a new blog to share my new teaching and learning experiences!
Man, am still on a high.....will catch up soon with updates!

P.S: click> Teach for India : What? Where? Who? Which? Whom? How? When? Why?....heres a link to what one of my fellow TFI fellow has compiled on his blog. Do peep in to get the answers.

Update:
just been thinking about all thats happend over past two years, and espceially past six months of working out a completely different career plan after quitting my regular job.Two things come to my mind,

~Steve Jobs commencement speech(2005) to Stanford graduates: ".....you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever..."

~those immortal lines from The Alchemist, "When you really want something, the entire universe conspires to make it happen..."

076

2009-04-07T13:28:00.002+05:30

"for there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down that it will sprout again,
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease"
~quote from the Bible~

075

2009-03-04T00:31:00.006+05:30

~on a journey that begins afresh with every new destination~
the journey right now is kind of black and white with shades of grey in between..!

photo: clicked with mobile phone camera - black and white mode - (slow)moving train - foggy morning - wandering thoughts

074

2009-02-14T00:41:00.003+05:30

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth,
but delicious in the years of maturity.

~ Albert Einstein~

The same river spot i mentioned in the previous post.
Arrived there as the almost after sunset.No luck in clicking the orangy sunset.
Had this man come up on his bicycle and stand there for long,staring deep across!
This is the only shot i clicked of him before letting him be in solitude.

073

2009-02-14T00:10:00.003+05:30

It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went
~Henry David Thoreau~

The new boat house that was started at a nearby river that runs in my hometown.
What used to be just another stretch of water running across the fields and
coconut groves is now a tourist spot!River tourism it is named.
Anyone visiting Thrissur in Kerala, now check this out too!
Check out their website:here

072

2009-02-13T15:54:00.004+05:30

posting after almost a month...
just to get started again, a pic i'd taken earlier last month.

~the music may stop, yet the strings remain~
haven't learnt to make music out of it yet!
doing what i do best now, clicked away,.

This was clicked right besides the window, afternoon,with direct sunlight filling up the room,to make the lighting perfect.
Used a thermocole sheet for the white background.

rem⋅i⋅nis⋅cence ~ end of days(101 days)

2009-01-17T11:47:00.009+05:30

No more will the title of this blog be "101 days 101 clicks...on random"!

While i wil retain the '101 clicks' in the title, i have to remind myself that 101 days ended on January 15 2009. 71 clicks i've posted so far.
Now to sum-up the experiences and lessons to take forward,i thought i'd post a few points that i found valuable and interesting form another blog, "100-things-ive-learned-about-photography", by Darren Rowse at digital-photography-school.com

1.A better camera doesn’t guarantee better images.The best equipment is that what you have now.

2.Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart then with the camera.
It’s about who is behind the camera, not the camera.

3.Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
[.i wil have to agree, for every good picture i've posted, there are umpteen clicks that were bad or worse.]

4. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing.Everyone has to start little.

5.Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context.Find your own style of photography.It takes time to become a good photographer.

6.If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work - Do it anyway.
When in doubt - always shoot.Believe in yourself.

7.Get inspiration from the work of other photographers.Criticize honestly but respectfully.

8.Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images.Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images.

9.Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result.

10.Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much.

Finally,
Learn to enjoy beautiful moments when you don’t have a camera with you.

This is only a comprehensive list that i've posted as i look back at the past three months of having started a photoblog! There is a lot more in the list that i could relate to, and am looking forward to learn.
There is more of the 100 list, and each point mentioned in it is interesting and valuable and something every photographer-a newbie or experienced- would relate to.
Do check out the link: "100-things-ive-learned-about-photography".
Am hoping to come up with a list of my own soon!

064

2009-01-16T08:54:00.002+05:30

Original post: 30 December 2008
Post Update:16 January 2009

tried clicking the previous picture(below)...in a different light!

am still not sure how better i could have framed this,
but retaining the colored lights at the background and close cropping makes it a little more catchy than the previous click i guess..

Original post:

(10/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

Lord Ganesha also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar,
one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon.

Photo clicked in macro mode,without flash,
light source~light bulb right above the miniature idol..
Had tried capturing with light from different angles,being a crystalline object the light glow beneath the idol looked bettter...

071

2009-01-15T23:50:00.000+05:30

All strong emotions fan the flames of creation
~Bill Jay~

Shooting a single flame,i thought it would be simple,

but without a tripod,needed a super steady hand to hold the camera and patience!

So after experimenting a while with candle flames on my Canon Powershot A550,
tried clicking the matchstick flame: manual mode, spot metering, macro shot.
reduced the exposure a little.

EXIF: 1/50 sec ISO-80 f/2.6

070

2009-01-12T18:45:00.006+05:30

the ever graceful 'Manipuri' folk dance..!

my attempt at captuirng this wonderful dance being enstaged as part of
"Chennai Sangamam"

Never really got any good captures...this was the best click of the day!
(read the story and the next best(read:worst) pics here.link .click here.)
A great experience neverthless...

069

2009-01-11T00:41:00.004+05:30

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
~Vincent Van Gogh
don't know if me could have composed this better....
just clicked away the moment..and loved the way it turned out!
Shot during last week's ride on the East Coast Road, Chennai

068

2009-01-07T20:17:00.003+05:30

transcend the traffic, leave behind work,
far away from civilization, in nature's arm...

serene moments as the sun sets in!
loved this click the most of my recent outdoor clicks...
(credits:RM Hari and the bike ride along the East Coast Road)

clicked with 'Widescreen' mode on Canon PS A550
post processing done to adjust color tones and soften.

067

2009-01-07T19:49:00.004+05:30

a typical sunday evening sensation:
solitude, bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze...
looking through 'the window'
Far out of sight forever stands the sea,bounding the land with pale tranquillity...

The Bay of Bengal.

066

2009-01-07T19:19:00.004+05:30

"An intellectual is one who doesn't know how to park a bike"
Well i don't know who quoted that...liked it bcoz i don't even know how to ride one!

my friend's bike...on a sunday evening,
along the East Coast Road in Chennai, India
(credits:RM Hari and his Pulsar bike)

clicked with the 'widescreen' option available on my Canon PowerShot A550.

065

2009-01-06T20:54:00.004+05:30

...New Year's day...
Lights reflected in the temple tank.
The Kapaleeshwarar Temple @ Mylapore, Chennai

not the best of clicks..had a hard time clicking in night mode and keeping a steady hand to prevent blur..!
here is two cropped versions of the best pic i could click that evening.
click on image to view larger version .

063

2008-12-25T00:56:00.000+05:30

you really don't have to be young to find a friend in a teddy bear...(9/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

teddy plays Santa...

shot in dark background-black poster...
without flash...
light source-a 10Watt light bulb...

062

2008-12-25T00:34:00.004+05:30

(8/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

a street leading to a temple...
@Sriperumpudhur
photo shot in color and converted to black n' white, which looked more pleasing..

061

2008-12-25T00:12:00.004+05:30

the flower tht withers away today...,
is the seed that blooms again tommorow's...

(7/14) 1 to 14 december 2008
clicked @Rajiv Gandhi memorial, SriPerumbudhur..

[photo blogged from flickr album]

060

2008-12-24T23:45:00.002+05:30

(6/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

@Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, SriPerumpudhur

059

2008-12-24T23:16:00.003+05:30

(5/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

road side night shot...on the IT Expressway,Chennai,
turned out fairly well...
Canon Ps A550,exposure:0.6 sec, ISO-80

rem⋅i⋅nis⋅cence...

2008-12-18T19:19:00.003+05:30

december 18 today means its supposed to be pic number 72 to be posted...day 72 of 101 days targeted for 101 clicks..!
now stuck up with no.58 yet...had such a block once earlier at no.37...n thn was able to get back on track...! circumstances like this does really serve the purpose of havin started with 101clicks...to keep a passion from being buried away in the pretext of other priorities in daily life...
wasn't even sure if i would be able to keep up...n get to click passionately and creatively and continue to do so for next 101 days..

but this time with more than 2 weeks lagging its time again to think over..

yes.there has been lots of learning and understanding tht has happened so far...

looking back...when me started out..wasn't even happy with the point n shoot camera i had..!a Canon PowerShot A550...used at every outing with frends..jus to click away and fill up the memory card..! n now...i have to confess...tht i grossly underestimated my camera's capbility.. its this psychological thing u know...envious about better camera..more pixels n zoom n technical specifications or whatever..!!!

still not sure how to carry on and catch-up with the clicks...n get to target 101..! a few things me would now consider doing is:

1. Dedicate blog posts to Canon PS A550...and post in detail abt features of the cam..[hav a few clicks using my mobole phne camera in this blog too..tht aprt most of em are A550 clicks]

2. try clicking using all available features and settings, like long shutter night pic - a panorama - landscaspes - n more macros under unusual lightings..etc.,[me have done a lot of macros recently though..]

going on....

058

2008-12-18T01:20:00.004+05:30

what else to do with an empty coke can?!

(4/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

~empty coke can(its Coca Cola written in Arabic..!)~

clicking....more of white backgrounds...
and lights and angles..
and framing table-top objects...

057

2008-12-17T22:12:00.009+05:30

lying on the floor...with earphones on..
listening to my favourite tunes...its bliss!
(3/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

~Creative earphones~
testing lights and white backgrounds...
clicked without using flash..
a little cropping and softening...

056

2008-12-15T20:09:00.005+05:30

(2/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

Chennai - Bengaluru Un-Reserved travelling...

055

2008-12-15T17:47:00.004+05:30

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child.
There are seven million. ~Walt Streightiff

(1/14) 1 to 14 december 2008

dreamy child....
shot on mobile phone camera
one fine morning on the way to Chennai Train station..

054

2008-12-10T22:52:00.002+05:30

30 november 2008

@St.Antony's Seashore shrine,
on the East Coast Road, Palavakkam, Chennai

053

2008-12-01T12:48:00.004+05:30

if books are meant to be friends...
i jus clicked one of my oldest friend..!

(7/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

Richard Bach's 'Biplane'
amongst a pile of new books..yet to be read....

052

2008-12-01T11:40:00.003+05:30

i don't think i have a point in clicking biscuits..,
anyway, you can have a look at it...!

(6/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

call this product photography or food photography or whatever....
the fact is, i finished eating them before i could try better clicks on them..!

051

2008-12-01T10:55:00.005+05:30

A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL),
also known as 'energy saving light bulb'

(5/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

~ random click ~
got a maximum shutter speed [1/2000 seconds] on this one..!

[more CFL description on wiki- click here]

050

2008-12-01T02:47:00.003+05:30

"Stop trying to fit in, when you were born to stand out..!"

(4/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

attempt at "conceptual photography"...
where you think of an idea/concept first and then click it..

049

2008-12-01T02:24:00.006+05:30

only the eyes of children see,
the fairies that wait with their magic wands..!

(3/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

they are the same little angels i had clicked earlier..!

048

2008-12-01T02:09:00.003+05:30

Said the candle:
"i may not last the night dear friend...
but then, i give out light..
lovely light...,
as long as i live..!"

(2/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

047

2008-12-01T01:29:00.004+05:30

isn't life like a box of match sticks.?!
we get to light one match at a time..
and choose..either to burn out or brighten up..!
(1/7) 23 to 29 november 2008

started clicking for last week's stock of photos...
first thing i came across was this new match box..n the next a candle...

046

2008-11-22T23:41:00.003+05:30

no dark and lovely woods...
its only the flooded streets..n maddening crowds..!
and promises to keep..and miles to go...
miles to go...before i sleep..!!!

(2/2) 21,22 november 2008

waiting...on the wayside...
@a busy bus stop,some place in Chennai

045

2008-11-22T23:40:00.004+05:30

its bliss indeed,
a stroll in the park...
the rain and sunshine..!
to see a hundres flowers...
and to click jus one..!!!

(1/2) 21,22 november 2008

wild flowers on the fence...
facing the sun after a shower..
@the Guindy Children's Park,Chennai

044

2008-11-21T21:44:00.003+05:30

(2/2) 19,20 november 2008

wished i framed a better click!
wished ter were clouds...n a better camera..!
at about 100 feet above sea-level..
standing atop with vertigo...
this all i could do..!
[see the blue sea on the horizon?! the Bay of Bengal]

043

2008-11-21T20:53:00.003+05:30

(1/2) 19,20 november 2008

[roadside photography]
chennai's fake rain clouds...during the so-called 'monsoons'!
By the time i walked to the bus-stop..it was summer again..!

042

2008-11-20T23:34:00.013+05:30

ever heard of the "one red paper clip story"
i guess every blogaholic should have known it by now..!!!
now that story inspired this click..!
(i had a white clip too..didn't want to leave it alone...so both of 'em 'framed' )

(5/5) 14 to 18 november 2008

read the story.....click here
check out the blog......"one red paper clip"

041

2008-11-20T23:34:00.012+05:30

hunney..i fried some ice!!!!
its real HOT now!!!

(4/5) 14 to 18 november

now don't even think i used a frying pan to melt ice..!
try guessing wht n' how..?!

040

2008-11-20T23:33:00.008+05:30

its neither black nor white...
shades of grey are the colors i see.!!!

(3/5) 14 to 18 november 2008

" shades of grey...where ever i go,
the more i find, the less that i know...
Black and White is how it should be...
but shades of grey are the COLORS i see.!"
~Billy Joel~

039

2008-11-19T21:32:00.004+05:30

(2/5) 14 to18 november 2008

with ideas running out...
its 'shoot at sight' anytime anywhere..!
latest victim:my' China made-Chennai bought-Swiss Army knife..!'

038

2008-11-19T14:07:00.005+05:30

(1/5) 14 t0 18 november 2008

testing clicks under new 'studio light'..
all in a hurry to wind up the pending clicks..!
can't think of wordings to go with this..

credits: roommate's 'CAT 2008 pencil'
its worth framing it i guess!

of clicker's block, introspection and more...

2008-11-18T17:28:00.008+05:30

having strted out with a target of 101 clicks, one each day..n NOt having clicked anything for 5 daysssss!!!
n tht too at a time when a few wonderful bloggers drop in with inspiring comments..!

somethings wrong somewhere.....n a little introspection reveals it....

clicker's block: inability to click a photograph because something in your mind prevents you from doing it..!
something: an object ,situation or action which is not exactly known or stated..!

uhm.! tht explains it...now i need to move on....

hmm again thinking more abt it...like most blogs,am not sure if i strted this targeting an audience/invisisble audience in mind...
this gets me thinking abt writer's block too...tht blog i strted last november,saw only 3 or 4 posts in 2008...!
this journey,to satisfy the shutter bug in me, started on October 7,2008..,more for doing something purposeful, making each day count abt a passion tht needed revival...sort of a journey on self-discovery, and tht too had revised the target from 365 days to 101 days..!!..short term..!
5 days pit-stop in a 101 day journey is too much to ask for..!

having started out with te motto in mind, "click away..live it up..! each day..each moment", this lapse calls for some action plans/revisons/additons in the route map to 101 days!

1.excuse myself for not clicking every day, but should post a picture each day,including a set of pics for the past 5 days!
2.no posting pictures from archives, but can post for each day froma set of pics clicked after the day, not before!
3.include EXIF data for all pics...and details of editing done...
4.try not to pressurise myself for the clicks..let it just happen as n when it happens..!
5.come out with more natural clicks,reduce the post processing/editing to enhance pics..
6.self-learn,trial n error,try n try n make better clicks each time.

All said and done, one last thingy..
I have to agree that its the post processing done on the clicks tht gives it the extraordinary look it has!
Am not sure of a real/serious/pro photog's take on my attempts, coz i have seen a lot of amazing amateur photogs witha touch of genius..whose clicks inspire...!who don't require much of a digital darkroom to come out with amazing captures..!
I have this in ma mind(fora little of self-motivation):they indeed have a spark of genius n a vision of how best something can be framed as n when they click..! i click and then get a spark as how to display the object/thing better..!
This is where am rite now, hope each day brings in more self-realisation and lessons to learn.

Guess am gettin off with te writer's block now....gotta revive that passion too...

037

2008-11-13T22:15:00.003+05:30

13 november 2008
crystal engraved from within.....
random clicking.!

036

2008-11-12T23:26:00.004+05:30

12 november 2008
full moon view...
out of my window..

recent favourites!

2008-11-12T23:25:00.005+05:30

11 november 2008...
selection of my 5 favourite pics from october...

click to each image to view the respective post..

035

2008-11-10T23:44:00.003+05:30

10 november 2008
a random click...
from the balcony,on a rainy evening..!

034

2008-11-09T21:45:00.004+05:30

09 november 2008
my office is in one of those buildings..!

P.S: lazy sunday down with fever...this yestereday's click

033

2008-11-08T23:56:00.004+05:30

08 november 2008
obsession with train stations continue..
waiting for the last train...

032

2008-11-07T21:14:00.004+05:30

...immortal is the tree
whose branches a few,
but whose roots are many!

07 november 2008

the "Big Banyan" tree..
[the trunk of this 450 year old tree is long gone...
the roots remain,covering a vast area]
@The Theosophical Society
Adyar,Chennai

031

2008-11-06T22:19:00.002+05:30

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
~Ansel Adams

06 november 2008
reading,writing, day-dreaming...

030

2008-11-05T23:08:00.005+05:30

05 november 2008
just counting the things,
that Money can't buy..!

~~back to Chennai after a trip to home-town..n posting pics for the 7 days now!~~

029

2008-11-05T18:56:00.003+05:30

"..there is beauty in the sunrise,
in the sky,in the woods
in the palm trees swaying in the wind..!"

04 november 2008
sunrise from a train..moving towards Chennai

028

2008-11-05T18:34:00.002+05:30

"..there is pleasure in the pathless woods.."

03 november 2008
@a hillock,trissur,Kerala

027

2008-11-05T18:16:00.003+05:30

...don't eat the bananas!

02 november 2008
@home-Trissur,Kerala

026

2008-11-05T17:36:00.003+05:30

"The river-vast and dazzling,
calm and beautiful...
as it consumes the Sun"

01 november 2008
@Trissur,Kerala

025

2008-11-05T17:05:00.005+05:30

"I never see that prettiest thing,
A cherry bough gone white with spring.
But what i think,'How gay it would be'
To hang me from a flowering tree.!"

31 october 2008
@guruvayur,Kerala

024

2008-11-05T16:02:00.004+05:30

i go seek some dew drops,
which the Sun impearls on every leaf and every flower...

30 october 2008
@hometown-Guruvayur,Kerala

023

2008-10-29T17:02:00.003+05:30

“There must be more to life...
than sitting wondering,
if there is more to life”

29 october 2008

022

2008-10-29T15:19:00.006+05:30

"We now know a thousand ways...
of how not to make a light bulb"
-EINSTEIN

28 october 2008
"... i now know a thousand ways of how not to click a light bulb"

021

2008-10-29T14:54:00.003+05:30

"The way is not in the Sky.
The way is in the Heart"
-Buddha

27 october 2008

looking skywards...
@the Shore Temple,Mahabalipuram
50 km south of Chennai

020

2008-10-26T23:54:00.003+05:30

"There has been only one Christian.
They caught and crucified him early"
-Mark Twain

26 october 2008

evening at St.Thomas Mount,Chennai

019

2008-10-25T21:15:00.004+05:30

I think we dream...
so we don't have to be apart so long.
If we're in each other's dreams,
we can play together all night.
~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes~

25 october 2008

little dolls in dreamy land..
clicked in candle light,
after a lot of trial n' error..!

018

2008-10-24T23:46:00.004+05:30


When the bottle is empty,
we know the worth of a 'drop'
(Author Unknown)

24 october 2008
early morning...rains outside...
a random 'sober' click..

017

2008-10-24T00:38:00.002+05:30

“Technically, Windows is an "operating system,"
which means that it supplies your computer
with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly,
with no warning whatsoever, stop operating”
Dave Barry - American Writer and Humorist

23 october 2008

technically speaking...hadn't clicked any today also..
came across this quote in some article....
clicked laptops keypad..n edited!!!

PS:no offence meant to Bill or MicroSoft

016

2008-10-23T07:41:00.004+05:30

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark...

22 october 2008
flames at the beach..
from the guy sellling roasted corn..!

PS.hadn't clicked any for the day...this one is from the back-up,in case 'i hadn't clicked'

015

2008-10-21T21:31:00.004+05:30

Far out of sight forever stands the sea,
Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.
Yvor Winters

21 october 2008
random click on the beach..

Go pink!

2008-10-21T16:42:00.002+05:30

pink
Originally uploaded by erakkil

my first attempt at blogging directly from flickr...
this is Picknik'ed pic which i enterd for the Monthly Contest at Picnikers group on Flickr..

Flickr

2008-10-21T16:38:00.001+05:30

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

014

2008-10-20T20:16:00.005+05:30

"A part of you has grown in me.
You see we will never be apart...
it's you and me together forever"

20 october 2008

thoughts flowing...
as pen n' paper conspire to be together....
forever..!

013

2008-10-19T22:16:00.003+05:30

never be afraid...
to sit a while and think..!

19 october 2008
rain n' shine...
as we wander the streets;
my friend lost in thought...
as we wait for a bus..!

012

2008-10-18T23:13:00.004+05:30

18 october 2008
buildings lit at nite..far across the beach...
click n shake the camera a bit..!
atempt at LighT PaintinG,
using a point n shoot cam..

011

2008-10-17T20:41:00.004+05:30

Paper is no longer a big part of my day.
I get 90% of my news online,....
-Bill Gates

17 october 2008
....my workstation....
technology is neither good nor bad...
It happens...
and paper is still part of my day
be it big or small ;)

010

2008-10-16T23:06:00.004+05:30

My eyes are an ocean...
in which my dreams are reflected.
Anna M. Uhlich.

16 october 2008
"shot in the EyE"