Caught Special - 13

Here is a Caught Special series of special Sun Pictures (no, I mean... Photographs of the Sun) from my collection for you. 

Each one of them were taken at different places across the globe (yes... really... there's one from KL and one from Japan!). Two or three different cameras were used as you can see in the details. The pictures span a wide period from the year 2005 up to, just 2 weeks ago, this year 2011.  

There are almost 43 pictures in this posting. Some of them look really stunning to me, frankly speaking. I do not know how you feel. Please take a look at these, and post your comments. May be I will post a part-2 series sometime in the future. Click here to see all pictures.

To browse, note that you can also click on one of the pictures and it will launch the Lightbox image-viewer feature that I have enabled. It allows you to quickly see all images in a film-strip fashion, and then, remember, you must press Escape key to come back to this page; if you click the x (close) button of your browser page / tab you will be out of this blog.

Wish you all a very happy, healthy, wealthy, sunny, shiny, prosperous and peaceful new year 2012 and beyond.
 

Caught Grinning - 13

A few Cat(s) pictures that bring a smile on our face.

1) At at small grocery store in Vijaya Bank Colony, Bangalore, 23rd December 2009, 06:37 PM: While hectic business were still going around them, these two cats were happily sleeping at the counter! 

2) At my in-laws' place, Chennai, 26th December 2009, 08:16 AM: This cat was finding warmth in my father-in-law's shoe!

3) At my in-laws' place, Chennai, 27th December 2010, 06:00 PM: These kittens were finding warmth with their mom! Can you count how many of them are there?

4) At Cliff-top resorts, Yelagiri, 2nd January 2011, 10:13 AM: These kittens were finding warmth with their mom, and stared at me as I shot this snap peeping from the first floor parapet! Again, can you count how many of them are there?

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Caught Special - 12

Special thoughts: This was from our Balcony. 

It was a cold morning in mid-December. The rose plant had bloomed in full glory. The sunrise was brimming. I suddenly had this thought of clicking the roses in close-up, in partial silhouette, with the sun at the center of the bunch! It came out quite brilliantly, added with the lone bird that fell in my frame and the distant diminished structures.

Camera: Sony Cybershot W320
Date: 14/Dec/11, Wednesday, 06:59 am

Two days later, there were more flowers, more attractive, and another sunrise tempted me to try one more picture... It came out nicely too. 

Camera: Sony Cybershot W320
Date: 16/Dec/11, Wednesday, 07:12 am

 

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Caught Grinning - 12

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Name board of a small hotel at Badami. A heartening intent but.

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Please Note: This is just for a smile. There is no intention to hurt anybody's feelings.

Caught Special - 11

Special thoughts: This was at Mahakuta Temple, near Badami in Karnataka. 

I saw this cat at the entrance to one of the ancient temple. Standing still, looking up, focused, he was staring at something for a long time. Probably a mouth-watering prey. I clicked one with a larger frame of area and another with a closer silhouette that came out pretty nice. Take a look.

Camera: Sony Cybershot W320
Date: 12/Nov/11, Saturday, 11:54 am
 

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Pigeon Surprise

We were very pleasantly surprised when the Pigeon had laid an egg in our garden, that too inside a pot!

Our garden, in the 5' x 12' balcony, is a small one but arranged reasonably well. We have a 3-step pot stand, a couple of hanging pots, and then some independent 2-level pot stands. The balcony is covered with safety grill. Since the time we moved in here, for the past 3 years, we have always found the pigeons visiting our garden. And when they come in, they pass time here -- they take a walk, drink water overflowing from the pots, eat seeds, pollen, insects and worms. Even though we have our garden chair placed very next to the pots, and we also spend time once in a while in this surroundings, the pigeons have never felt scared. They always like to visit our miniature garden in our small balcony.

But, we never expected that they will find our garden so comfortable to come in and lay an egg -- inside a pot that was kept filled with soil.

Caught Grinning - 11

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12/Nov/11, 11:51 a.m. 

This was at Mahakuta Temples near Badami. 

The sun was shining. This solar light was Off. But the conventional light very next to it was still On, under broad daylight. When are we going to save electricity? When will we switch-over to renewable energy consciously?

This caught me... not grinning... but crying.

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A Narrow Miss...

5:10 p.m.

When I entered our home on that Friday evening, I had come back early from work, because we were to leave for Badami in a few minutes. We were scheduled to board the taxi at 5:45 p.m. to give ourselves almost 2 hours to drive to the train station. But, I gave a shock to my wife and son saying that we may have to cancel the trip due to some problems in the project that needed me to stay back and work.

Our packed travel bags were kept ready. I had even informed the taxi guy to come at 5:45 p.m. for pick-up. Bijapur Express train from Yeswantpur leaves at 7:45 p.m. But this big dilemma for me to stay back and be available for the project work was the hassle.

My son was poking me to still go to Badami, and recommended me to stay at the hotel room and do whatever my office work was, remotely; and they both would roam around the ancient Chalukyan capital filled with several cave temples, tonnes of sculptures, and vast archeology. I was still trying to see how to cancel the trip so that I could go to work on Saturday.

The project was at a crucial phase, it has been going delayed, and the customer had been asking to pull-in the completion schedule.