The colors of Onam

Onam festivities in office led to a colorful competition of Pookolam.
Here's the "summary" of the location for the event...


Take 1:

The final take:

Happy Onam everyone!

All things beautiful - Water

The beauty in ice crystals

Another naturally beautiful set, captured only with a dash of extra color (and a macro lens)!

(without color gels...)

(with color gels...)

HDR - part 3

Some HDR shots from Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.

HDR - part 1

Top: Shot from early hours of a Sunday morning at Chennai beach.
Exif: Nikon D300; Sigma 10-20mm/f4-5.6 @ 10mm, f8; 1/100 sec; ISO 100
Post process: HDR composition from 2 bracketed exposures; processed in Photomatix.

Above: Shot from late evening on the eve of Diwali 2011
Exif: Nikon D300; Nikkor 35mm f2 @ f8; tripod mounted, 15 sec; ISO 100
Post process: HDR composition from 2 bracketed exposures; processed in Photomatix.

Sun, sand and sea...

The beauty of textures...

One walked under the cuckoo's nest