Smiling Eyes

Smiling Eyes, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This guy was sitting on a road side "thela" (tea stall) in a small town by the highway called "Pali" in Konkah (Maharashtra, India).

I wanted to take a portrait with more than 200 mm (as promised to my friend Anshum)
This guy looked like a willing candidate and he agreed for the photo with a smile!!

Zero editing except converting to B/W in picasa.. not even highlight / shadow change this time :D

Underprivileged Child??

Underprivileged Child??, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

I saw this and thought...

.. what if the soil is not fertile...
.. what if the air is dry..
.. what if there is no water...
I want to grow!!

Isn't it similar to the struggle of thousands of underprivileged children we see with our own eyes and do NOTHING?

Not sure if others can see what i could in this picture!

Camouflage

Camouflage, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This is a VERY VERY TINY crab.. not even a centimeter long (you can guess that by the proportion of sand-grain to its feet.. and this is very fine beach sand.

I loved the way its completely hiding in the sand barely visible with its size, color and speed.

When i pulled out my camera to shoot this guy and sat down.. somehow it STOPPED moving completely.. may be it was scared and this was the tactic to camouflage!!

again.. full 300 MM, almost no cropping and only slight contrast adjustment!! i love its eyes!!

Ready.. Steady.. Go

Ready.. Steady.. Go, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This was a dark butterfly but i was amazed by the amount of detail on the wings (or flaps.. whatever!)..

Sitting on the beach is not always fun!

Sitting on the beach is not always fun!, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This boat was waiting on the beach for a long time to get into water..

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This bee-eater / green-sparrow was there on the beach for all the 3 days. (this i mean few of these!). Very few times it actually sat down peacefully.. thankfully when it did, i had my camera and had already mounted my 300mm lens! so what was left was to compose and click!

This one did take a bit of post processing in GIMP. This was shot on cloudy day at 7:30 in the morning .. lack of sufficient light causing grain.. but i can live with it!

What i love is the coconut-tree leaf at the background barely visible but still you can make out! Ofcourse the bird is pretty anyway.

(ah.. i write too much :D)

Take a step.. Unwind & Relax

Take a step.. Unwind & Relax, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Again.. on the ganpati-pule beach.. someone decided to unwind and feel the "sand".. I don't know how, but i decided to capture the moment! As simple!

I think the single foot-print makes this shot for me!! what do you think?