Delicate is my middle name!

Delicate is my middle name!, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

End-to-end size... 2 centemeters.. beauty.. endless!

Taken at 300mm.. the best way to capture such a delicate beauty without making it fly away :D

Take me beyond the clouds.. of my mind

Take me beyond the clouds.. of my mind, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

dreamy kind of shot.. don't bother about exposure and details... just sit back and enjoy :)

I was almost about to delete this shot.. till i pressed the "i am feeling lucky" button on flickr.. and look what it gave me... yes it needed a bit of noise cleaning and some small edits in gimp... but i thoroughly enjoyed see a "throw away" picture into such a beautiful piece!

Hope some of you will also like this as much as i did!

BTW.. Always shoot RAW.. ALWAYS... if you see the unedited raw picture in comments.. you will know why!! (Not that getting exposure correct is not important.. but for a picture like this when birds are flying on your head at noon and you are in the car.. this is the best you can get in few seconds :).. and taking RAW allowed me to save the details and the color in the clouds.
Here is the original unedited raw (directly uploaded from picasa before any edit).


Needed some work to recover the details but was worth it... (btw.. I also cleaned up the last two birds on the right as their wings had cris-crossed and was distracting for me!)

Baya: Busy Building Nest

Baya: Busy Building Nest, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Switching gears... thanks to Naina... made a birding trip yesterday from fields on way from Hadapsar to Thevur.

The Baya birds were busy building their nests on the bushes in the fields.

This is first time i have captured Baya and they are pure joy with their yellow color.

On this photo.. You will be able to see this year's addition in green.. especially the bottom and the "cap" around the opening.. so amazing to see two distinct colors on the nest showing time of building!
Thanks to [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nainagosavi/] nainagosavi for the joint shoot and small family outing!

Closer look at the main nest in the photo...

Up

Up, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

New York.. 30th June.

Refraction

Refraction, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

These are tiny fruits of some wild plant... measure about 1/2 cm in diameter... but look like oranges at this scale!!

Love this for inverted view of fruits on next branch in the drop..

taken just after rain

Tiny Beauty

Tiny Beauty, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

Details of grass flowers can also amaze you speechless... if you have the will to see the details and the beauty...

Beauty is everywhere.. you need to find it!

Carrying Eggs & Dew Drops

Carrying Eggs & Dew Drops, originally uploaded by Yogendra174.

This is first time i am seeing an insect carrying eggs.. i am not sure if the eggs belong to the Damselfly or he is just acting as a "flying nest" for some other insect...

Can some expert clarify?

BTW.. i realized that he is carrying the egges only in the photo and not through my eyes before the shot.. quite amazing. (Raynox Magic!!)
more clear view of the eggs from side view angle... (but i found the top view more "interesting" for upload!