Carrying My House on My Back

Carrying My House on My Back, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

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I always wish i could do this, especially when i am stuck in traffic jam :D

I love the translucent body of a snail and firmly attached shell..


Yet another front page for me.. with this photo :D

Standing Tall amongst the tiny

Standing Tall amongst the tiny, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

It was quite interesting & contrasting to see a lone tall tree in the middle of rice farm!

Taken off old pune-mumbai highway yesterday late afternoon... the whole place is GREEN.. there is no other color in the sight thanks to heavy rains over past few weeks!

HDR (from single RAW).. trying not to go overboard!

Damselfly Brakefast... Yummy??

Damselfly Brakefast... Yummy??, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Fly a day.. keeps damselfly healthy, flying and shiny! :D

He finished the fly within the span of 3 quick clicks on my camera.. that's fast eating!

Shot from Saturday morning macro shoot @ Pashan Lake

Yes.. I made it to the top

Yes.. I made it to the top, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

I also had "Achievement" as alternate title for this one!

Another interesting shot from yesterday's macro shoot with Anshum and Anand @ Pashan Lake.

This is a white leaf beetle... trying to climb on a flower stem...

What i like most about this one is the "cute face" almost like the ones in Disney animated movies... i am sure they took inspiration from these beetles.

Also this beetle has a plastic like transparent shell.. see few more pics of the same guy in comments below.
Few more shots of the same semi-transparent beetle
1. Just before he made it to the top


2. On white flower


3. On Green Leaf

Explored: Aug 28, 2010 #388

Wafer Thin..Side View..

Wafer Thin..Side View.., originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Damselfly..side view..

Shot from this morning macro shoot @ Pashan Lake (Pune) with Urban Prowler (http://www.flickr.com/photos/anshum_m)and Anand J (http://www.flickr.com/photos/anand-j/)

I could barely fit the full insect with complete focus into the 70mm with raynox.. Bit more space on left could have helped!!

Raynox + Pop-up-flash diffuser rocks and so does the Pashan Lake.. You can go there for birding / sunrise / sunset or now for insects!
Here is another shot of the same damselfly when he landed on a leaf instead of a flower!

Simplicity

Simplicity, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication: Leonardo Da Vinci

Things i wanted to include in this shot
- Simplicity (as the title says)
- Parallel Lines (Tilted)
- Negative Space
- Bright Green Color
- Water Drop at one of the corners


Explored: Aug 26, 2010 #166

Reflective Fishing

Reflective Fishing, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

From the achieves... on p&s

Macros are popular & satisfying individually.. but i need to get out of the "popular fishing net" and continue developing other parts of my photography as well!

Colorful Alert

Colorful Alert, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Dangerous looking dragonfly... shot @ with 300 mm.. no.. this is not raynox... just plane sigma 70-300mm!!

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Hay Dew Drops...Get off my way!!

Hay Dew Drops...Get off my way!!, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

We see dew-drops as beauty.. was wondering how the bugs see them... probably hurdles in their road to food?

Explored: Aug 25, 2010 #487

Any thoughts?

This short went through minimal processing.. just a bit of contrast in Picasa 3.. i think its looking decent.. what say you?
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Size Zero.. Perfect Shape

Size Zero.. Perfect Shape, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Its not just the film-stars and models strive for.. you can find lot of examples of "perfect size zero" in nature...

This time its red ant (लाल डोंगळा) from konkan.. shot taken in Alibag.. with my Macro Kit.. ofcourse!

Black background is natural thanks to the flash on the subject and other grass leaves being slightly distant (well few centimeters away is also "distant" in macro")
Another out-take of the same red ant..
Falling

Heavenly Konkan (Pano)

Heavenly Konkan (Pano), originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Pano of 11 shots.. earlier i was taking pano with landscape shots.. till i saw the "GURU" soumitra taking the pano of vertical oriented shots.. and i realize that it works best :)

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Full to the Brim

Full to the Brim, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

overflowing small water reservoir on the way to Alibag from pune.. just off express high-way.

Thanks to bumber monsoon this year

SOOC photo! (was too lazy to even change the lens to 18-55... so this one taken at 70mm!)

Clear Pearl Necklace

Clear Pearl Necklace , originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Morning Dew on Spider Net.. simple & delicate

Light thanks to rising sun and modified pop-up-flash

Bridegroom

Bridegroom, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Anshum wrote to me 2 days back:
"The other day i found an ant in my room and it was asking for your address. Seems there is a wedding in its family and they are looking for a photographer : )"

I thought for a while and accepted the wedding photo shoot.. for free (with an agreement that i will not kill them!).

The wedding was early in the morning to take advantage of the morning dew!

requesting your blessings for the newly wed
Couple of out-takes:
1. If i fall on this .. i am dead


2. Button Eye

Hanging in there

Hanging in there, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Both spider-web and the drops were hanging precariously on the grass twig :D

Sunset @ 12 thousand feet

Sunset @ 12 thousand feet, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

taken during one of my recent travels

Moving Towards My Goal

Moving Towards My Goal, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Slowly.. but surely!!
here is a view of just the fly. Believe me it was VERY VERY tiny.. my first intent was to capture the drops.. which i did and then realized there is a small fly sitting near it... the drop you see was the smallest of the drops on that twig.

Wet

Wet, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Early Morning Dew Drops captured on my Rayonx with the help of the modified plastic-soda-bottle flash diffuser.

Basil Flowers

Basil Flowers, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Lonely Bird

Lonely, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

this was captured in Central Park, New York.. last month

Kiss of the Devil

Kiss of the Devil, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Enveloped

Enveloped, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Another macro shot from
P@P Mega Shoot

LOST in the MIST

LOST in the MIST, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Another one from P@P Saturday Mega Photo Meet!

Boy.. did we have fun!

S L O W ... S N A I L

S L O W ... S N A I L, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Another one from the weekend P@P outing.. this time in MACRO-MODE.

Raynox + DIY pop-up flash soft box
first time trying HDR on a Macro (to recover the details from shadows, not for the HDR effect!)

My Kit.. (for those who haven't seen it already!)


And some out-takes:

Pink

Pink, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Almost an SOOC shot from the P@P shoot during the weekend

Of course.. Raynox and my by-now-famous soda-bottle flash diffuser!

Explored: Aug 9, 2010 #138

Good Photos don't come easily

Good Photos don't come easily, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

That's soumitra!!

Lost in the clouds

Lost in the clouds, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

heavenly clouds... near mulshi.. shot taken from moving car!
Explored: Aug 7, 2010 #287

Smooth

Smooth, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Waterfall at Shere (Near Ajinkya's site) thanks to P@P photo shoot today... Wonderful half day trip today

Explored: Aug 7, 2010 #26
Front Page:
never expected this to reach the front page... seriously!! thanks a lot guys!!
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Serene

Serene, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

another one from Lavasa.. small... simple stream!

Let's make life colorful

Let's make life colorful, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

modified pop-up-flash... Finally picked up my camera again after 10 days and got some shots.. feels better!

Explored: Aug 5, 2010 #474

~P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E~

~P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E~, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

develop it... a positive one... towards life... its important

New Flickr Page.. and useful greasemonkey scripts

Here are the scripts i have been using on old flickr photo page... which no longer work.. trying ot find alternatives... and if they are needed!!

• Flickr Multi Group Sender : No longer needed.. i think the new send-to-group works inline.. so works great! I was anyway not using saved groups list.. so i am not going to look for upgrade for this.. (for those who want.. its available here: Multi Group Sender
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• Flickr Quick Comment: Not planning to use this one either...
  
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• Flickr Exif Info : Here is the new script that WORKS GREAT
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• Flickr Auto Page: Works just fine... on the stream etc.. no need to upgrade
  
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• Flickr On Black Buttons: Don't really need this one anymore
  
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• Flickr Cross Recommendations: Adds a "People who faved this also faved..." panel to photos on Flickr>> A patched version available from userscripts.org/scripts/show/80998 WORKS GREAT
  
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• Move Comment Form Up: Moves comment form above all the existing comments, directly below photo >> patched version at userscripts.org/scripts/show/81454 WORKS GREAT
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• Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v3_5 patched version Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v3_6_1
  
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• Flickr Filter Hearts: Still works on the home page.. which is where i need it most!
  
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• Show all images from this user: Not really using it.. but will still work as its not related to the new page!
  
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• FlickrZoom: Won't need this with new page!
  
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• Flickr Follow Comments: Not really using it..
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• Flickr Contacts Organiser: Still works on the home page.
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• Flickr Favorer: Not finding the new link.. yet! but would love to have one!
  
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• Flickr DNA: Instead.. Get FlickrPM here.. WORKS GREAT
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• ► Favourites-Horizontal-Clean-Comments :read here
  (Version of Favourites-Horizontal that also clears out the newly introduced 'Favourite' messages in the comment area, and puts a row of buddy icons above the comments, showing who's faved my images.It works in both Chrome and Firefox.)
• ► Flickr New Photo Page Title Mover : v.79946 - title in bold...
  (Flickr's new (beta) photo page puts the title below the image. This script moves the title back to the top and eliminates the disclaimer bar )
• Number of Favs on Photostream Photos: Coded based on my request here!!WO
• Page Rank for new page
• FlickrHighlightOwnerComments:Highlights the photographer's own comments on his/her photos on photo and activity pages as well as group discussions.
• Flickr More Home
  By default, the Flickr home page shows seven images for you, fourteen from your contacts, and seven from a group. This script expands it to 10, 20, and 20, respectively.(Something i always wanted to do.. see more photos of my friends on my home page!)

Will keep working further on this!!

Published.. water drops

this time got a update from one of the users that my photo is being used under creative-commons license for article on The best funds for your 401(k)

Here is the photo
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogendra174/4848792692/