
Happy Sweet 16 Kajol!

I continue shooting macro with flowers. The more I look at it; I prefer black & white considering the fact that these are extremely colorful.
What is your preference?
I continued to dabble with macro photography. Still understanding how to use the lens, where to focus and how much and the importance of background.
I wanted to isolate the subject in this case so I went with a completely black background.
A few more pictures to look at – next time I’ll get better flowers. But still feels something is missing.
my hand at macro photography. Shot this with my 24-105mm and a 31mm extension tube. Holding the camera and manual focusing ain’t easy. Somehow managed to get this one in focus.
Sankranthi which means “to being to move” is a solar holiday indicating the northward transition of the sun into Makar on its celestial path. It is one of the oldest and the most colorful harvest festival in India.
Growing up in the western part of India, we celebrated this festival with lots of good food and flying kites for 48 hours straight.
Down south, in a small village near Hasan in Karnataka, IN the celebration is a tad different. Here the farmers along with their bulls jump over burning fire to ensure the evil spirits stay away from their fields and help get a good crop yield.
Traditions are hard to change.
The slush track comes down to a stand still, with no wind you can see the reflection in the water. The adrenalin is running high and with a crack of the whip the the silence and stillness brakes into chaos.
Kadari Kambala or also calls the slush Olympics in Mangalore, IN is a yearly traditional event that kicks if during the harvest season. Buffalo Bulls that are well taken care through out the year are now out to test to show their speed and agility.
I nearly got knocked off by these bill as I sat down staring through my camera taking pictures.
One needs to be here early morning before sunrise to capture the view; but I had to settle for the sunset. This view ain’t too bad.
The History of Sleepy Hollow Farm | How a Humble Vermont Homestead Became an Instagram Icon
Good read
It’s been an unusually warm winter this year and finally the first Nor’easter dumps a fresh blanket of snow.
~8 inches and still continuing…
I ended up in Pittsburgh at the wrong time over a weekend to only be greeted with deserted streets in downtown Pittsburgh and drove another 30 minutes to the closest Panera for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 days.
This view was all worth it!