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The Moon in dark

2011-11-13T13:36:00.001+05:30

From To Publish

2011-11-05T21:45:00.001+05:30

Scenes of the Monsoon

2011-10-24T12:39:00.001+05:30

Welcome Monsoon....

From Monsoon

2011-10-23T21:25:00.000+05:30

From Birds

chrysanthemum

2011-03-21T11:50:00.001+05:30

chrysanthemum, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

chrysanthemum in blossom in the roof garden, these are first set of flowers in bloom soon to to make new cuttings

IMG_7934

2011-01-24T22:16:00.001+05:30

IMG_7934, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham

cloud-face

2010-11-23T11:13:00.001+05:30

cloud-face, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

It is a face formation in the clouds. This photo was taken in color but this B&W effect clearly highlights the cloud formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_cloud

Paper wasp

2010-11-08T12:28:00.002+05:30

Paper wasp, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

A paper wasp seen on a bamboo tree.
Though the sting hurts a lot it is very important for gardens as it eats lots of pests.

Once I was stung by 4 wasps this is how it was

After having an anti allergic injection and few tablets, the swelling came to normal in two days. Painful...

butterfly

2010-09-03T20:12:00.001+05:30

butterfly, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

After the good rainfall, there are a lot of greenery around here and also good number of butterflies

Photographing Sunset

2010-04-06T11:27:00.015+05:30

A SUNSET from 'Feuilles d'Automne' -Victor Hugo

"The sun at bay with splendid thrusts still keeps the sullen fold;
And momently at distance sets, as a cupola of gold,
The thatched roof of a cot a-glance;
Or on the blurred horizon joins his battle with the haze;
Or pools the blooming fields about with inter-isolate blaze,
Great moveless meres of radiance. "

Now don't ask about the poem ! Google says this is the best poem for sunset !

Photographing sunset is a fun, which makes us to shoot in a timebound way, Take a stop watch go to the terrace, balcony or a window and watch the sunset and the time it takes to fall into horizon.It will be amazing.

Coming to the photography, don't just take photos in the first day, observe the sunset, see all around... the changing colors of the sky at sunset, the fog, streaks of clouds , chirping of home returning birds, occasional big steel birds.

Only a bright orange disk captured as photograph is not much interesting, so have a good foreground. May be good silhoutte of a tree or a building or your friends.

Also you can notice that in chennai's geographical position you can see the sunset slighlty in the southwest direction in December, moving towards straight west around march and slighlty northwest in the month of june.
Usually I find the months of december and january good for taking the sunsets, I don't know why but atleast from my observation that sunset photos came out very well.

1. An ok kind of sunset can be captured using an Mobile too...

2.Try to rotate the camera in 45 degree angle to get some interesting perspectives...

3.Don't worry if clouds come in your way it's a different kind of oppurtunity....

4. Not having the glowing disk in your photo can also be good in capturing the sunset mood....

5.Have fun with photoshop...
Before -

After-

6.Have interesting foreground...

7.The golden time immedietly after the sunset, don't miss it...

8.Occasionally B&W may also be good...

9.Having long reach matters....

10.Winter sun is Good...

தமிழில் கருத்து பதிவு

2009-04-14T08:29:00.001+05:30

கூகிள் உடைய "transliteration"
என்னும் வசதி ஆங்கிலத்தில் தட்டச்சு
செய்தால் தமிழில் மாற்றிவிடும்.
தமிழில் கருத்துகளை பதிவு செய்வோர்
இதை பயன்படுத்தலாம்.

BMW new concept car

2009-03-20T09:44:00.000+05:30

Yesterday saw it in discovery channel. The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model concept car where its shape is altered.The coolest thing is the Headlight opening, just like eyelid opening,whether it will hit markets , but the cencept is great.

Check the video

Dew drops on the red flower

2009-03-12T11:04:00.001+05:30

IMG_2852, originally uploaded by shyamvs.

Early mornings seems to better, if you have things like this to watch and feel the cool breeze. But on the other hand if I thought about the crazy traffic and chaos i feel like skipping the day.

A green colored wasp

2009-01-17T16:36:00.001+05:30

My friend Raj(The Man In the Arena) asked why you have published without title content. I am posting some photos I like and taken from my SE K810i mobile. I am too lazy to type title or content.

Ok Hereafter I will try to post with titles.

Thanks Raj.

My Home Garden

2009-01-08T22:34:00.000+05:30

A collage of our garden with bamboo,chrysanthamams,balsoms,Silverking etc.,

Chrysanthamam

2008-12-30T20:47:00.000+05:30

Just setting up my home garden. Me and My brother are really into this.

Bought some chrysanthamam.Check this photo. What do you think ?

http://picasaweb.google.com/shyamvs/Home_garden#5285601874593684290

Plant

2008-11-07T20:15:00.001+05:30

My Mobile blog

2008-11-07T19:05:00.000+05:30

I tried mobile blogging with my Sony Ericsson k810i. Here it is.
http://iontax788.blogspot.com/

Update: the above URL discontinued.
I didn't like the name iontax788 autogenerated by my SE K810i so all mobile photos are published to shyamvs.blogspot.com only.

Frog

2008-11-05T13:56:00.001+05:30

To leap or not to leap.

2007-08-24T15:45:00.000+05:30

Starting my first blog. Here I will post mostly about my photographic interest.
Two days back I have submitted one of my shots to National Geographic.
Here is that photo.