മഹാബലിപുരം

കുറേ കാലത്തിനു ശേഷം ക്യാമറയുമായി ഒരു ട്രിപ്പ്‌.

Went to Mahabalipuram with my chennai buddies.

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu is listed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Asia_and_Australasia

The rock in picture is not among the list :) !!!!

Boulder Lake

Our team in Longmont took us on a trip to Boulder Falls and Lake.

Fishing is a favourite time pass among the americans. You get fishing accessories and a fishing map in Walmart. I caught one guy in the frame in here.

ക്യാമറ പൂജ Canon EOS 450D First Shot!

ഞാൻ പുതിയ ക്യാമറ ഒരു ഗണപതിയുടെ പടം എടുത്ത് പൂജ കഴിചു കൊണ്ടു തുടങ്ങി.

പടം എടുക്കാൻ ഗണപതിയുടെ വാൾപേപ്പറാണു കിട്ടിയതു.

ആരതി ഉഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ഫയർ അലാറം അടിക്കുന്ന നാട്ടിൽ ഇതു തന്നെ ചെയ്യാൻ പറ്റിയതു ഭാഗ്യം.

Tomotoes and a chilly

My DSC H1 is still young enough for a some more shots. Red and green make a good combination.

Bad News .... and .... Good News

My Sony DSC H1, which was my companion for 2 and a half years has developed some problems. Sometimes it does not start up and the battery is getting drained up so fast. Something has gone wrong. I guess water has gone into the camera body, while we were in Mahabaleshwar. I am not sure if repairing it would solve the issue. Anyway, I just upgraded myself. I bought a Canon EOS Rebel XSi (a.k.a Kiss X2 Digital or EOS 450D, for those who are not comfortable with the word 'rebel' :) ...) . I am still waiting for the shipment. But I am all excited about owning a Digital SLR. I will have better control over my shots now.

Some Deer Thoughts

Our visit to estes park and the narrow escape from a deer running over us made me curious to gather some information about deers. This page is rather interesting. http://www.swmnv.com/deer_facts.htm

In malayalam, deer("maan") is synonymous to a totally harmless being. (as in "Paavam Maan"). Well, it looks to me that the real picture is much different.

* Deer establish a territory and will not leave it.

* Deer are known to starve rather than leave their domain.
"Valiya vaasikkaranaa. Enne konnalum njan povilla" :D.

As per the page above, deer cause heavy damage to crops, vehicles, people, which amounts to more than 100 million US dollars annually !!!.

Next time I compare someone to a deer, I would rather have these in my mind :D.

I'm ready for my next shot

This is taken from Estes park, Colorado. This green piece of land is a golf course ( as is obvious from the photo) and a habitat for deer.