tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71154432011-04-21T15:05:36.981-07:00 ... When I'm struck by the ShutterbugRamVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684555848567973720noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115443.post-1176658350661701632007-04-15T10:31:00.000-07:002007-04-15T10:32:30.773-07:00

I had decided not to post for a while, but breaking news right in front of my house forced my hand. So here it is, the result of a deceptively windy day in Birmingham, AL. That car there had a narrow escape, and hopefully its going to be moved before more happens :)

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7mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/10s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000That's exactly what my blog has become. A dusty corner in a crumbling attic that no one (not even the owner)has bothered to visit in two ages. Let me officially proclaim the spell of silence that is already 4 months old. I hope to be back with a vengeance sometime early next year. Now exactly when this 'early' might be is as

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57mm :: f 6.3 :: 1/680s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000I like to think that learning to walk is really the closest we have come to discovering the joy of flight. There are others, like learning to bike, or to swim. But in my opinion, its these first steps that pale everything else in comparison. Just watching these toddlers brave the transition from being quadrupeds can bring

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/210s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000I never noticed it when I shot the picture. But loaded it onto my computer, and I was really struck by how aerodynamic he looked. Remove those tusks and he's not far from a flying machine or a sleek shark. Its all about perspective ... :p. And oh, he's the mammoth who shares a hallway with Sue (the T.Rex) at the Field Museum

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57 mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/480s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Posted this because i liked the highlights on the water. Almost painting-like. Wanted to convert it to B&W, but the pic looked too noisy. And oh, i thought it was yet another stupid picture.

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6 mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/200s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000... feelin too lazy to scribble anything. But i caught this in a store display window... or was it an eatery? Had to touch it up a little to remove the reflection in the glass window. Wish i had a good lens kit... but i dont see the point in even buying some simple filters for my Fuji. Ill probably wait till I can save

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32 mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/13s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000A glance through my archives will tell anyone that I hardly have a handful of 'people' pictures. It has been on my mind for a while, and I plan to find out why? This is the first of those attempts.

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6mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/1000s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Hot sands, cool waves, scenic drives. Last weekend I hit the gulf shores. Not a very planned trip, or an action-packed one. But it was a nice get away. And loads of fun.

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6mm :: f 8.0 :: 1/140s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji Finepix S5000This one is, again, culled from my archives. Its becoming a habit that panders to my laziness to get out there and shoot more pics. But anyway, I did find myself feeling happy about the composition of this picture. For the record, the snap is as-is from the camera - shot B&W, no rotation, no cropping, no touch-up. Given all

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8mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/500s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000More signboards. And this one, again, is just a coupla houses up the street from mine. What caught my attention was the mention of "the People of Japan". A search threw up UAB's page that offers an explanation, a biography and the poem that he seems to be most widely known for. And as an aside, one of my friends told me that

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Nokia 6620Batmobile, I've heard. But, this one? And how could I not shoot it when it was right in front of my door. Its times like these when I am ready to forgive my cellfone for all the other pains in my a** that its been.

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35mm :: f 3.2 :: 1/220 s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Really striking images are usually ones that leave key aspects to the imagination. Like the face of a subject in a portrait. I'm not exactly kidding, but neither is this image intended as a demo for what I am talking about. I shot it with the intention of shooting the action, and not the person.But do try pausing for a minute to

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6mm :: f 8.0 :: 1/1200 s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Makes me nostalgic...

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9mm :: f8.0 :: 1/500 s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000This is one picture that I've been planning to take for close to two years. On the corner of Highland and 20th, I've never failed to gaze at it when I walk / bike past. As opposed to the mundane, drab road signs, this one seems almost regal. And I've wanted to shoot it so often, that when I actually found myself in front of

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15mm :: f 3.2 :: 1/70 s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000I have never been very enthusiastic about cats. They somehow seem to exude an attitude of utter disdain toward people. But I really do find it funny, when I picture us humans scurrying about like mice, running a race with no end; and perhaps, to no end. And these felines, like islands of calm and poise amidst a raging sea of

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4 s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Another pic from ages ago. This one was, again, aboard the Queen Mary. Strolling on the upper deck, I found myself beneath this quaint structure. Perhaps, they were air vents. Certainly not smokestacks. Perhaps, they were the chimneys for the galley. But I didnt know why they reminded me of sunflowers. However, wasnt as keen in

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Nokia 6620Rainy Day. Dull. Cold. Indoors. Fireplace. Crackling flames. Dancing shadows. Ancient rug. Recliner, Ottoman & Comforter. Saki or Conan Doyle. And yet ... cold toes :(Till someone brings you steaming, delicious soup. As you sip it, you feel the warmth spreading through. Coursing through your veins. Spreading to your digits. Till you wiggle your toes and they arent cold anymore. Back to

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22mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/1000s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji Finepix S5000 Murali's comment to my last pic made me wonder if I was being too hard on myself. I expect each pic I take to be ultra-cool, oozing elegance, blah, blah. Perhaps, I am trying to think and act like this really cool, pro photographer when I am not one. I am now contemplating forcing myself to post at least a pic a week,

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5.7mm :: f 7.0 :: 1/800s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000This is not a great pic. Its not even a good pic. Frankly, its not bloggable at all. But this pic is still here to show why I've not been posting all this while. I was on vacation.And while on vacation, though I'd have loved to, I did not go on this picture shooting spree. I did not capture my hometown or state through a fresh set

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Nokia 6620 :: lighting, saturation, filtered b&w in Picasa"Tea and health" says the box. The last three weeks have seen me consume copious amounts of sweet tea at home. Guess thats why I am noticing tea a lot nowadays. Perched atop a coupla files on my friend's desk, the half-empty box seemed to be calling out to me. I tipped it over onto the carpet, and shot it with my pathetic cellfone.

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57mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/420s :: Auto :: ISO 160 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Since I've been lying low for quite a while, here's another ubiquitous sunset. Justa show that I am not yet dead :p

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14mm :: f 3.2 :: 1/17s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000I like the images this picture conjures up. I try to picture a huge ranch out in the midwest, the clock turned back a century. Out-of-the-movies like cowboys riding about, minding their business. Its been a day full of horses, hay, ropes, mud and toil. And as it ends with the sun sinking beyond the knoll on the horizon, I

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Nokia 6620The homecoming game (UAB Blazers vs SMU Mustangs) is going on ... and I thought its been a while since i posted something. Spotted that near five points as I was biking back from school. Of late, I am constantly surprised at the number of occasions when I feel like shooting a pic. I spot so many things just around me that strike me as interesting. In contrast, a few months back I just

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8mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/170s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000Today was my first date with Photoshop. Wonder if I've reached 2nd base yet.

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Nokia 6620If any of you are planning to walk down 15th Ave, head hung, in a reverie, then you better watch out for this one!

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15mm :: f 5.0 :: 1/400s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji Finepix S5000We had just disembarked at the Nashville airport from our connecting flight. It was late afternoon and these plates caught the sun streaming in through the skylight, sending slivers of shine everywhere. No thinking, I just clicked. Which is why the pic was badly overexposed and needed doctoring. And if you want to know what the

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f 3.2 :: __s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 400 :: Nikon N65 SLRIt was a cold, december morning. The wind had a biting chill to it. She was sitting outside the cafe, the smell of coffee and the sound of church bells in the air. And she was miles away from home. Miles from her li'l loved one.Contest Submissions: Lensday (Memory); Pxite (Love) - Voted 1st

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I was aboard the Queen Mary, a retired Cunard Liner that is now a floating restaurant and attraction at Long Beach, CA. The visit was dinner and a guided tour. Walking the deck, I spotted this shop and sign. For some more trivia on the Queen Mary look here, here and here.For the record, I did use a little soft focus to make the nearest

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Nokia 6620I haven't even peeled off all the wrapping. And I am still quite prone to getting lost somewhere deep within the menus. I didn't buy it for the built-in camera. Actually, I didn't want to be spending on a model with a camera in it. But I did want to see if it could shoot as soon as it was here. And I am not impressed. Though it could be because of the protective plastic on the lens, I

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11mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/250s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000It was a bright, sunny day almost a year ago. We were a big gang hiking through the dense foliage in Oak Mountains. And we chanced upon this dead fella. Deep reddish brown bark, topped with feathery, white fungal growth against the bright, rain-washed leaf-green of the other trees, he took my breath away. It was regal death amidst a

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6mm :: f 5.0 :: 1/480s :: Auto :: ISO 160 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Taken in september last year, I thought I should add this photo to the Steel City series. This is the more presentable face of Sloss furnaces, as one watches from far. Getting closer, one will then start to notice the decay, the falling apart. But at this distance, the only sign of disuse seems to be the strangely silent smokestacks.

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10.7mm :: f 8.9 :: 1.0s :: Manual :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000It was heartlessly academic april, and I was in the midst of a course project. On one of those slow, listless afternoons, my eyes fell on this little guy, and the words got stuck in my head. I shot him, and then I prayed to him. Dunno if he removed obstacles, but he sure did give me the resolve to update all my pages. My pages are

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6mm :: f 4.5 :: 1/340s :: Auto :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Was over at a friend's place after lunch. It was a dull, cloudy day with not much windowlight. And all my friends nodded off to sleep one by one. A camera and an idle mind resulted in this.Looking at the pic, one of my friends said "throwing light on Vivekananda". Frankly, I consider very very few people capable of it. I suppose this

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41mm :: f 8.0 :: 1/1100s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I shot this from the same chair that I shot the first picture in the series. What I missed capturing was an old, bent man peering at the sign before he hobbled into the coffee shop I was sitting in.

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12mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/140s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000In keeping with the mood, I found this on a little back-alley that was there primarily to house the parking lots of other, better, businesses. Talk about practice before you preach, eh ;)

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19mm :: f 5.0 :: 1/400s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Im not sure if the title is apt but it is short. I was desperately looking for good backdrops for a few images I had in mind, when I came across quite a few quaint signs.This one was next to a coffee shop on a street that has deliberately remained a few decades behind. One of the reasons it was brimming with Christmas-crazy youth

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8mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/40s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I was at an uptown art studio recently, with a group of fellow photo enthusiasts. As the others were trying their hand at portraits in studio lighting, I allowed myself to wander around. This was one of the several attention-catching things on that floor, but the one that struck me the most.

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/300s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I was the last in the group to leave. I had to hurry down the stairs if I was going to keep up with them. But no, I just had to stop and shoot this.I dont know why but I was so strongly reminded of this short story by O Henry - "The Last Leaf", that I had to shoot it.It did look very quaint though, growing from a crevice near the

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ISO 200 :: Nikon N65Sloss furnaces is a photographer's delight. Full of dark nooks, slivers of light, hollows, great backdrops, menacing towers, this place in the morning can send a photographer into a click-frenzy. Picking my way through the debris-littered grounds, I was watchful for snakes, rather than ghosts. And then this guy walked up and started a conversation. In 30 seconds, I realised

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/20s :: Auto :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000It was in September, that I paid two visits Sloss furnaces, the Bethlehem of Birmingham. The city was literally born with the iron industry here. Iron, Coal, Railway and Employment started it all.As all things that rise, Sloss fell too. Fell into disuse, dilapidation. And it stands there, empty and broken. The forgotten eggshell from

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57mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/170s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000This is my first post (of hopefully, several) where I have made an attempt to group some of my shots that have a common theme. I hope to be doing this more often in the days to come, by posting (or pulling out of my own archives) shots that I think go well together.As an aside, these were the three pics that I turned in for a

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9mm :: f 8.0 :: 1/2000s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 180 :: Fuji FinePix S5000The sun, the sands,The beach, and the babes ;)Pretty much sums up California. Thats where the pic was taken. To be more specific, Laguna Beach.I tried to expose for the highlights in the water, so that I could catch the ripples in the water outlined clearly, but I guess it need a lot more careful fine-tuning than a hurried

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6mm :: f 5.0 :: 1/600s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 160 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Reminds me so strongly of the windows screen saver. You'll find this at the entrance to Sloss furnaces at Birmingham (AL). That place is a photographer's haven. Especially if you are keen on the black and white medium. The closely spaced looming structures, falling apart at unexpected places give you lights and shadows that

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8mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/25s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I found them at the entrance to the engineering building. Two extremes in sophistication and affluence. But yes, tough guys ... both of 'em.

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8mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Its the beginning of a new semester. And with it has come the urge to experiment with the black and white medium. I have gotten the chance to spend the next 4 months shooting black and white film. But before I spew out roll upon roll of trash, I wanted to get a sense of how the world looks devoid of color. I've spent the last few

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4mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000But this particular day, we had a great potluck dinner, attended a birthday party and then settled down to a nice, cosy session of cranium. Its a pretty good game if you like that kind of stuff.

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11mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/80s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000... is worn and weathered.

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25mm :: f 3.2 :: 1/90s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000If you cant read the sign, it says "Do not block the gate"

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15mm :: f 3.2 :: 1/200s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000The beginning of a trail that leads into th Oak Mountains near here.

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/60s :: Auto (Flash) :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Some pictures hit you with some words. They just jump out at you. And get wedged between two neurons in your mind. And cause them to fire incessantly. The word stays nagging you like a splinter in your flesh, till you flush it out of your system.So was the case with this bulletin board. Smorgasbord. Perhaps, pertinent in some

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Edited with the GimpA rather extreme surgery of yesterday's bland photo. So much that you cannot call it a photograph anymore. This is just the fourth photo on this site to be edited in any manner after it has been shot. The earlier three were pretty minor - a little contrast here, a tad more hue there.This is what happens if you let a novice meddle with something on the level of Gimp. Not

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/100s :: Shutter AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000A bland photo that I clicked just before I fell asleep.

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57mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/450s :: Shutter AE :: ISO 160 :: Fuji FinePix S5000I am only slowly beginning to discover the extents to which exposure can be controlled. This was just a normal sunset that I was viewing from my lab. But then a good exposure made all the difference. The whole tone and mood of the picture changes.

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12mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/180s :: Auto :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000A peaceful summer afternoon. A satisfying meal. A cool breeze. Two squirrels to keep you company

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/7s :: Auto :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000This foto is for a much more restricted target audience ... just a handful of fellow students at UAB. i dont suppose it'd make much sense to others. And NO ... this is not an attempt of any sort to parallel modern art titles :D

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6mm :: f 4.0 :: 1/60s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000

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7mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/4s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000

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Edited with IrfanView :: 1/10s :: Shutter AE (White Balance):: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000

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6mm :: f 2.8 :: 1/4s :: Programmed AE :: ISO 400 :: Fuji FinePix S5000

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Branches. (Steel & Wood)

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At the end of the day, they rest.

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My Darker side ... ?

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Winter or Spring ?

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The Lords of the Ring (Stadium) - The Three Towers

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As Spring comes ... so does new life, from the old.

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My skool ... almost a picture postcard, eh?

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Story time ?? - If only i could keep reading like this one.

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Not often do you get chances to hold human brains in your hands. This was at a seminar in our department, when we learnt more about the inner anatomy of the brain and its response to mechanical stimulii.

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My version of cubism ;)

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Life & Death go hand in hand (too philosophical ??)

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Stopping for a snack ?

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For the South Indian connoisseur

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Concrete beanstalks ?

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Home-made Pizza !

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Backyard Choir

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Birds of the same feather

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20th Street in the winter sun

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Watching over the city

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Shaky Hands ...

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The Vulcan statue at B'ham.

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Ubiquitous but essential

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57mm :: f 5.6 :: 1/170s :: Aperture AE :: ISO 200 :: Fuji FinePix S5000Sometimes you see something, and you feel like you just have to shoot it. Doesnt matter if you're sitting in a car thats waiting at a light. Doesnt matter if its already turned green before you've finished fiddling with your controls. Doesnt matter if you've already been honked at twice. Doesnt matter if your friend who is

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An Astral Battlefield ?

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Negative

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Gracefully Bare

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A Teacher's Nightmare ? ;)

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Thanksgiving Day

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The Engineering Building

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A sunset from my lab

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My Tryst with the Lens

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