In Search of Lost Gods – Cambodia Part 3
After the sumptuous lunch on our grand circuit trip at Angkor group of temple, we started to cover the large temple city – The Preah Khan. The Preah Khan The Preah Khan temple located just outside the...
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On the third day in Cambodia we started our journey with AngKor wat which is one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed by humankind. Its name means “temple city.” This time we had tour...
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Brand building is a tough job and it takes lot of effort as well time to achieve the goal. Once you have established your brand and created a successful business around it, you will sustaining the...
View ArticleIn Search of Lost Gods – Cambodia Part 5
After visiting Angkor Wat, we went to explore another symbolic temple of Cambodia, the Bayon temple which was built nearly 100 years after Angkor Wat. The Bayon is located in the center of the city of...
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Fourth day on Cambodia we wanted explore places in and around Siem Reap. We planned to visit Tonle Sap Lake for the floating villages, Angkor National Museum and spend the rest of the evening shopping...
View ArticleIn Search of Lost Gods – Cambodia Part 7
On our fifth day at Cambodia we wanted to visit two popular tourist attractions of Cambodia. Phnom Kulen National Park is the first, other being beautiful temple Banteay Srei. I will be covering Phnom...
View ArticleIn Search of Lost Gods – Cambodia Part 8
Our next destination after visiting Kulen mountain was temple of Banteay Srei. Considered by many to be the jewel in the crown of Angkorian art, Banteay Srei is cut from stone of a pinkish hue and...
View ArticleWelcome 2017
Year 2016 was a very fruitful year for me, especially as a photographer. I am very grateful to you, constant reader and encourager of my blog. I thank you from my heart for having taken the time to...
View ArticleCattle Egret
I found these cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) on a dry tree branch at Gurupura. They were all huddled together over a marshy land there. I wanted to create a dramatic contrast with dark background and a...
View ArticleBlue Mud Dauber
I found a bunch of Blue Mud Dauber wasps in my garden sleeping on a dry vine. These Blue Mud Daubers, Chalybion bengalense are pretty common blue household wasps we encounter at home. Even though these...
View ArticleFotojet – Free Online Photo Editor
Most of my friends on social media were ardent fans of online editor Picasa. When Google decided to retire it, several of them had asked me for a suitable replacement online editor. Being a Lightroom...
View ArticleHuntsman on a Hunt
Spiders are a far cry from the monsters people make them out to be. Spiders as a group consume more bugs than birds do. In our house, we enlist help from spiders, specifically Huntsman spiders...
View ArticleStone Quarry at Phantom Rock
Last year I had gone to Sultan Bathery, Wayanad, Kerala, with my family, on holiday. Phantom Rock was one of the tourist destination we wanted to visit. Phantom Rock is about 13 km from Kalpetta...
View ArticleWeaver Ants with Prey
I found these major workers of Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) hunting a nymph of a cockroach. As these nymphs grow they are compelled to moult their cuticle, a process known as Ecdysis. After...
View ArticleAnt Farmer
Who would consider ants farmers? Farmer is not a vocation naturally assigned to these tiny insects. The fact is that they herd and care for aphids to keep a much-loved food in constant supply. Aphids...
View ArticleKavaledurga
Kavaledurga Fort is a slice of forgotten history amidst the Western Ghats. The Fort is a marvellous piece of engineering that includes complex defences and arrangements for rainwater harvesting. I had...
View ArticleSea Moss Rock
I found this rock covered by Sea Moss at Surathkal NITK beach using Canon EOS 5DS R and Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm focal length. Shutter speed was 15 seconds using Haida ND 3.0 (10 stop)...
View ArticleSony RX10 III Brief Hands-on Review
A few days back I purchased Sony RX10 III. Both Sony RX10 III and Panasonic Lumix FZ2500 (which I had a chance to try out for a few days earlier) are 1-inch sensors based long zoom consumer cameras....
View ArticlePortrait of a Weaver ant
I photographed these major workers of Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) as they were running up and down this vine. Watching these ants every day, I got so fond of their behaviour. Each one of the...
View ArticleCactus Fly
I found this Cactus Fly belonging to Telostylus species. This single fly was a tough one to capture as it used to disappear behind leaves as soon as its big eyes spotted my camera. I had to wait for it...
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