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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Caught Special - 147

Caught Special pictures from our K Gudi BR Hills Trip we did in December 2022.

Captured using my mobile Samsung S10e SM-G970F or by my DSLR Canon EOS 700D.

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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Caught Special - 146

Caught Special pictures from our Quilon Ashtamudi Trip we did in November 2022.

Captured using my mobile Samsung S10e SM-G970F or by my DSLR Canon EOS 700D.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Caught Special - 145

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2024

For a contest on Flickr.com, they had 5 different categories: Animals, Nature, Objects and Structures, People, and, Virtual. Here are the picks from my collections.. that were my submissions to the contest. Please let me know what you think; will be happy hear your comments.

ANIMALS 
Bannerghatta Zoo, Bangalore | 21Mar21, 11:21 am | Canon EOS 700D

NATURE
Hotel Mayura Riverview, Srirangapatna | 8May22, 7:47 am | Samsung S10e SM-G970F
 
 OBJECTS AND STRUCTURES
Janapada Loka, Ramanagara | 9Jan21, 10:20 am | Samsung S10e SM-G970F
 
 PEOPLE
Lake Miramar, San Diego | 16Jul22, 4:09 pm | Samsung S10e SM-G970F
 
VIRTUAL
On Emirates Airlines | 7Jul22, 2:02 pm | Samsung S10e SM-G970F
 

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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Caught Special - 144

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2023

Where: At Home in Bangalore
When: 17th Apr 2022, 8 am to 11 am
How: Canon 700D

What: Green Barbet drilling the nest hole on this African Tulip tree.. stopping in between and looking around.. and its pair waiting on the nearby branch to take next turn of continuing the work!










 

UPDATE AUGUST 2024

Late July 2024, the vacant land plot in which this African Tulip Tree was located in, got cleaned up and a building construction started. Initially this Tree was safe as it was on a corner. However, after a few days.. in the early part of August, the swinging and swiveling trunk-like arm movements of the Earth Mover JCB's operations they were doing around there.. for digging and moving soil around this Tree.. on one bad occasion.. accidentally hit this Tree.. and had clawed and plucked out broken down.. a huge branch of this Tree. And without stopping at just pruning that broken part alone.. the people there, first chopped just one part of the twin-like main trunk of this Tree. So we were feeling just about okay seeing the rest of the Tree being there. However.. sadly, the very next day removed the entire Tree from there! 

So sad to see the Tree gone!

See below.. 

This was on the morning of 6Aug24.. One part of the Tree was gone.. and its sad stub of the trunk standing!

This was on the evening of 6th August 2024.. the entire Tree was gone!!

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Caught Special - 143

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2023

Where: Madiwala Lake, Bangalore, on a late summer evening
When: 10th Apr 2022, 5:35 pm to 6:32 pm
How: Canon 700D

What: Mild evening sunshine starting on the housing at the back, lake water in the fore..

What: Purple Swamp Hen amidst Water Hyacinth..

What: Indian Spot-billed Duck.. closer to the Water Hyacinth

What: Plain Tiger Butterfly..

What: Pelican..

What: Cormorant..

What: Purple Heron.. on the Water Hyacinth

What: Pelican..

What: Mantap and its reflection.. and sunshine.. and Water Hyacinth

What: Late evening sunshine on the housing.. and the reflections    ..

What: Cormorant with a great fish catch!

What: Plain Tiger Butterfly..

What: Dragonfly on the Water Hyacinth..

What: Pelican..

What: Pelican closer to the Water Hyacinth..

What: Water Hyacinth and the reflections..


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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Caught Special - 142

What: Summer.. Temple Tree.. with just Flowers and no Leaves.. in the Garden.
Where: At Home
When: 6th Feb 2022, 6:31 pm
How: Samsung S10e


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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Caught Special - 141

What: Butterfly in the Garden.
Where: At Home
When: 15th Jan 2022, 12:30 pm
How: Samsung S10e








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Saturday, February 5, 2022

Caught Special - 140

What: Just glimpses.. partial views.. allowing to visualize.. the wall, the photo, the bed, the switch..
Where: At Home
When: 18th Jan 2022, 11:37 pm
How: Samsung S10e


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Saturday, January 15, 2022

Caught Special - 139

What: Nice multi-layer shades of cloud formation with a clear blue sky behind them!
Where: At Home
When: 23rd Nov 2021, 5:10 pm
How: Canon EOS 700D




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Friday, January 14, 2022

Caught Special - 138

What: This Sun Bird came to feed from our Table Rose plant!
Where: At Home
When: 22nd Oct 2021, 10:17 am
How: Canon EOS 700D

What: The Sun Bird that visited our balcony through the net is at the back.. out of focus, but the picture frames the decor danglers on either sides, while also being partly covered by the window curtain!
Where: At Home
When: 21st Nov 2021, 9:50 am
How: Canon EOS 700D

What: The same Sun Bird was hopping around our balcony, now in a silhouette, and the picture also frames a nice silhouette of the grill design, along with the net and also the festive drop-light hang!
Where: At Home
When: 21st Nov 2021, 9:50 am
How: Canon EOS 700D

What: The same Sun Bird was hopping around our balcony.. and at another spot now!
Where: At Home
When: 21st Nov 2021, 9:51 am
How: Canon EOS 700D

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This is a series of Caught Special pictures that I captured at different places.
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To see all postings in this Caught Special series, click here.
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