An Evening at Waikiki

The Waikiki Beach (Hawaii) at sunset

Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Format: NEF (RAW)
Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 1/200
Focal Length: 18mm

Warmth

பூவே செம்பூவே உன் வாசம் வரும்..
வாசல் என் வாசல் உன் பூங்காவனம்...
வாய் பேசிடும் புல்லாங்குழல்...
நீதானொரு பூவின் மடல்...

ആദ്യം ഓര്‍മ്മയില്‍ വന്നത് ഇളയരാജയുടെ ഈ പാട്ട് ആണ്...സുന്ദരം, നയനമാനോഹരം

Processed: Nikon Picture Project & Adobe Photoshop
Format: NEF (RAW)
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125
Focal Length: 55mm

രാവ്... നിലാ പൂവ്...

രാവ്, നിലാ പൂവ്, പാരാകെ ഒരു പൂങ്കാവ്
മേലേ, മല മേലേ, മിന്നണല്ലോ തുമ്പപ്പൂ പോലെ...
വീട്, കിളികൂട്... അമ്മക്കിളീ ഒന്ന് പാട്... വീട്, കിളികൂട്... അമ്മക്കിളീ ഒന്ന് പാട്...

Processed: Nikon Picture Project & Adobe Photoshop
Format: NEF (RAW)
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/200
Focal Length: 300mm

Finally Spring!

Finally Spring!

Processed: Nikon Picture Project & Adobe Photoshop
Format: NEF (RAW)
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/250
Focal Length: 300mm

Kaalavela / കാളവേല

Kaalavela / കാളവേല!

This photo was taken by my cousin (Sanoop) using a Nikon D40x and the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens in Cherpulassery, Kerala, India. The procession of the bull motifs is an important ritual of the local temple festival (പുത്തനാല്‍ക്കല്‍ ഭഗവതി ക്ഷേത്രം) which also marks the beginning of the festival season in the valluvanad(വള്ളുവനാട്) region of my home state - Kerala.

Processed: Picassa 3 & Adobe Photoshop
Aperture: f/3.8
Shutter: 1/30
Focal Length: 20mm

A moment in transition

A Moment in Transition!

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens in Morristown NJ.

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/4
Shutter: 1/30
Focal Length: 26mm

Colors of Nature!

Fall Colors 2009 - II

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens on a pit stop in the Kangamagus Highway in New Hampshire.

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/250
Focal Length: 46mm

Serenity

Serenity

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens at the Minniepesaukee Lake in New Hampshire

Image Format: JPEG
Processed: Picassa
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 10 secs
Focal Length: 55mm

Friends

Friends at the Pumpkin Farm

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens inside the Battleview Orchards in NJ.
Models (L to R): Amiya, Steven, Cheryl & Vishnu

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 1/400
Focal Length: 26mm

The Pumpkin Farm

The Pumpkin Farm

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens inside the Battleview Orchards in NJ. We had taken our little one for Apple & Pumpkin picking last weekend

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/250
Focal Length: 18mm

The Seasons

The Seasons
Taken at a view point half-way up Mount Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire.

Mount Washington is the highest peak in Northeastern United States and on a clear day provides a view of the Boston City (~100 miles south) and the sunrise in the Atlantic is supposed to be an amazing view (though we couldn't see it!). This place also holds the record for the highest gust wind recorded on the earth's surface - at 231 mph (372 km/h) on the afternoon of April 12, 1934. But on a any given day, you can feel the wind gusting anywhere between 50 - 70 mph.

Given the notoriously erratic and unpredictable the weather up there, we couldn't make it to the top of the summit on that day. It was 15F (-9.5C) at 11AM in the morning and the wind chill making it 5F (-15C)

The photo of the seasons with the snow covered peak on the left side, the fall foliage in the valley and the clear bright sky was shot using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens.

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed Using: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 1/400
Focal Length: 18mm

Information Source: Wikipedia

Fall Colors - NH

Fall Colors 2009

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens on a pit stop in the Kangamagus Highway in New Hampshire.

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125
Focal Length: 18mm

The Lily Pond

The Lily Pond

Photo taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens on a pit stop in the Kangamagus Highway in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is well known for its fall foliage & I was lucky enough to get some amazing pictures. And all the more happy about the decision to shoot RAW - after seeing the processed pictures.

Image Format: NEF (RAW) - converted to JPEG for web
Processed: Nikon Picture Project
Aperture: f/9
Shutter: 1/320
Focal Length: 18mm

The Station Terminus

The Rail Road Station

Photo taken using a Canon SD1100 POS camera at the now abandoned railroad terminus inside the Liberty State Park - now used as an onboarding point for ferries to the Liberty Island. Post processing using Adobe PS.

Living in the past / (ഗതകാലസ്മരണകള്‍)

Living in the past with old memories...
Once upon a time this was a rail road terminus with an impressive 14 platforms!!!

Photo taken at the now abandoned railroad terminus inside the Liberty State Park - now used as an onboarding point for ferries to the Liberty Island.

ഗതകാല സ്മരണകള്‍ അയവിറക്കിക്കൊണ്ട്...

The Capitol

The Capitol at the Capitol hill, on a cloudy noon, after a morning shower. I was travelling on business and the view of the Capitol from the conference room was captivating!

Taken using my Nikon D50 with the standard Nikkor 18-55 lens

Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/160 sec
Focus: 42 mm

Bliss

Taken during a pleasant & warm morning at around 11 AM on 6th Sept 2009

Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 1/400
Focal Length: 18mm

Pounding rhythmic beats / (ചടുല താളം)

ചടുല താളം. ജീവിതത്തിലും... വലിയ വലിയ സ്വപ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ കെട്ടിപ്പോക്കാനുള്ള നെട്ടോട്ടത്തില്‍ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ചെറിയ ചെറിയ സന്തോഷങ്ങള്‍ ആസ്വദിക്കാന്‍ മറന്ന്‍... അവസാനം കാല്‍ച്ചുവട്ടിലെ മണ്ണ് പോലും ഒലിച്ചുപോവുന്നതറിയാതെ... അങ്ങനെ എത്രയെത്ര പേര്‍... (ഞാനടക്കം)

Taken using my Nikon D50 on a sunday afternoon at the Six Flags Theme Park in Jackson, NJ. The little model is my little one.
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 34mm

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Dark Clouds (കാറും കോളും)

The onset of another Thunder Storm in Summer.
കാറും കോളും. പെട്ടെന്നാണ്‌ നിറം മാറുന്നത്. പ്രകൃതിയും മനുഷ്യനും.
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Focal: 18 mm
Taken using a Nikon D50 with the standard NIkkor 18-55 lens mounted

Updated at 7:00 PM, 08/22/09
This was one of the heavy winds & storm that we had during the end of the week & is expected through the weekend. The forecast is heavy rains with strong winds & thunder on the fringes of Huriccane Bill that is going past the East Coast - Read more about Hurricane Bill here.