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MOONday

The lens saw something the naked eye did not - that colour amazed me when I downloaded it!  Atmospherics I suppose, but sooooo beautiful. Happy Last Sunday to you.
Taken with the 'Nik' on 20x zoom and auto everything else.

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Saturday Symmetry

Taken with the 'Nik' on B&W manual 400ISO.

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"The earth laughs in flowers." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Taken with the Uniden.

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Last Thursday - the day for looking through a distorted lens.

WLPGd this one in about every way possible!  Taken with the 'Nik' on 16x zoom. There was nothing of any value to the original, but this looks quite trendy!!

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Wings on Wednesday -

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in respect to photographing birds.

"No one is free.  Even the birds are chained to the sky." (Bob Dylan).

Taken with the 'Nik' on 26x zoom sports mode.

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The Tuesday Tease

Time to tell the tale in 50 words or less.

"...phew, only 15,999 to go..."

(Sri Krishna had to entertain 16,008 wives!)

Taken with the Uniden during Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations 2012

Can you thing of any caption to help Him in His Lila (dance)?

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Monday's Critters - a bouquet of bugs!!

 The moth above is only an inch long!








the one to the right about the same size...
resembles a delta wing bomber doesn't it?!

"Flight Amber Sienna Alpha ready for take off"

Another ready for the runway - tiger moth??!













...and then a mega-fly.  Nearly an inch long and enormous golden eyes.  Not your average house pest this one.

All taken with the Uniden.

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SUNday

"If I can put one rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God."
(G K Chesterton)















Taken from a speeding bus through a less than clear window.  Coming into the haze of Mumbai as the day set.  

Taken with the Uniden with no modifications - it was truly this colour!

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Saturday Symmetry

Stairs simply ARE symmetry, wouldn't you agree?  Taken with the Uniden.

this 17th century flight of stone steps is at Cramond, North of Edinburgh, Scotland.  The 'grafitti' you see  is nearly as old and is you look closely you will observe the Commandments!!

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After the rain - only this was in Australia following a spring shower!

Taken with the Uniden pocket camera on macro mode.

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Then the rain came! First of the 2013 monsoon.

Not the clearest photograph I have ever taken, but it gives the atmosphere! 
Taken with the 'Nik' on monochrome, 10x opt. zoom and 200ISO manual.

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Wings on Wednesday -

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in respect to photographing birds.

Woo-hoo!  Taken with the 'Nik' on max zoom (26x optical and 4x digital) otherwise auto everything and then WLPGd into B&W with red filter for the drama...

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The Tuesday Tease

Time for another shot at telling the story in 50 words or less.

"wonder what happens if I open this clip...?"

Over to you folks!!

Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything.

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Monday's Critters

Kaneya the Conqueror!

Looking sooky.

Taken with the Uniden.













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SUNday

E'er we move towards the setting sun, step by step becoming one.
Taken with the Uniden at pace!  Blinked and the moment had passed...

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Saturday Symmetry

The Hotel Taj Mahal, Mumbai.
Taken with the 'Nik' on B&W mode, 100ISO, exposure stopped down two notches and standard focal length.

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Brilliant 'Bird of Paradise' flowers - (Strelitzia, my OZ Garden)

"My neighbour asked me if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could - as long as he didn't take it out of my garden!"
(Eric Morecambe)









One of my favourite comedians and one of my favourite flowers.  

Taken with the Minolta.

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A hillside at Woko, NSW, Australia.                                                    

"...Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity.  Some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of a man with imagination, Nature is imagination itself."
(William Blake)





One of personal favourites in all my collection.  Taken with the Minolta pocketcam.

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Wings on Wednesday -

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in respect to photographing birds.

Woo-hoooooo!  This marks the end of four months since "TAKE" took flight... and here is one of the more comical attempts at capturing the moment of launch of a black kite.  Sigh.  Late again.

Taken with the 'Nik' on auto exposure and extended to the full 26x optical plus 4x digital zoom, hence the graininess.  

(Have got to anticipate the launch before it actually happens!)

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The Tuesday Tease

Have a go!  Fifty (or fewer) words to relay a message from Nandi.  "Seriously, when they said I'd be at the top, I didn't think they meant of a pole!" (This small brass bull sits at around 9' from the ground at the entrance to the mandir (temple).  

Taken with the 'Nik' on manual, 100ISO and 5x zoom.

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Monday's Critters

Things to do, places to be... this young thug was on a mission!  Taken with the 'Nik' on sports mode.  Zoom was only about 5x.

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SUNdays

"Three things cannot be long hidden;
the sun
the moon
and the Truth."
(Buddha)







Taken with the 'Nik' on standard auto.

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Saturday Symmetry

A colourful awning lends itself perfectly to this Saturday theme!
Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything.

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"All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey." (John Dryden)

You've seen the buds in glorious colour, now view the full blown blossom of the little rose by the door in simple monochrome.  Taken with the 'Nik' on macro mode, B&W, stopped down two points on the exposure.

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"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are." (Alfred Austin)

Sydney Botanic Gardens - the Japanese Exhibit.  Taken with the Minolta pocketcam.

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Wings on Wednesday -

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in respect to photographing birds.

Rebuttal.  Milvus Migrans Govinda - the Indian Black Kite variant which is actually a golden brown.  Jan/Feb are the 'frisky' months... this female is protecting herself by resting by an 'armed guard'!  the male had several attempts but then thought better of it.

Taken with the 'Nik' on auto all and 8x zoom.

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The Tuesday Tease

You know the drill by now - 50 words or less in the comments boxes please, prompted by what you see here.  "If I stay absolutely still and drape my leaves like this they'll think I'm a bird..."  An Australian Ghost Gum drapes its beauty on Sandeepany's grounds... but do you see what I see?  
Taken with the 'Nik' on auto focus and exposure, with lens at 16x optical zoom.

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Monday's Critters

Didn't think I'd let the month go by without an insect or two did you? &*>
The Australian Garden Orb Spider builds enormous and stunningly beautiful "doily" webs in which to trap prey such as this cicada.  Taken with the Minolta handycam, macro mode.

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SUNdays

Just one last peek!  Taken with the Uniden.

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Saturday Symmetry

Keeping mango-moochers out... and other filchers.  The ashram is in a pretty safe postion, but still.  The mangos ARE very good!  Taken with the 'Nik' on B & W mode using 200ISO and a slight + exposure adjustment.