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One day we had a surprise visitor to our house. This guy, a Scops Owl, say bird watchers, landed up on our door step and spent the day perched on that gate. He kept an eye on me as I took the pic...

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A purple heron at the Pallikaranai Marsh Pheasant Tailed Jacanas Jacanas and egrets share space at Pallikaranai

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Pictures taken earlier this year at Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.

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A blue jay/Indian Roller sits on a Nandi. Picture taken at the Big Temple - Brihadiswara Temple -- in Thanjavur.

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Pheasant tailed Jacana and egret at the Pallikaranai marsh. Picture taken earlier this year. Lumix FZ35.

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A vedanthangal scene

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A flock of coots seem to be eyeing a grebe. Picture taken a few weeks back at Pallikaranai Marsh to the south of Chennai. I used a Lumix FZ35 to take this shot.

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A pair shovellers at Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary.

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The Rollei 35 -- a gem and a classic from the makers of the more popularly known Rolleiflex TLRs. It was first made in the mid-1960s first in Germany and then in Singapore. This particul...

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A random post. Been away for quite sometime. Pics taken with a Lumix FZ35. A purple moorhen at the Pallikaranai marsh in Chennai. Managed to catch something interesting. This time I saw a lot mor...

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A vintage folding camera - a Voigtlander Perkeo from the 1950s. An example from a type commonly described as a `folder/folding' camera. With a simple push of the buttons on the inside of the do...

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A few days back I landed up at the Vedanthangal bird sanctuary - not really the season to visit the place. But without the usual weekend crowds it is quite except for the sound of birds calling, ...

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Some more pictures from the trip to Nagarahole, Coorg and Talacauvery... Here is the meditation hall at the Namdroling Monastery at Bylakuppe, a settlement of several thousand Tibetans. The next ...

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The common crow -- that is the name of this variety of butterfly. I think I took this pick at the Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary earlier this year.

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The Werra -- a 35mm viewfinder from the 1950s/60s. I believe this is one camera that must be among the top of a list that includes novelty in design for any period and at the very top for a decep...

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The Rameshwara Temple, a shrine with a sivalinga believed to have been installed by Rama. This temple is at the base of the hill that has the Irpu Falls, a cascade also known as the Lakshman Tirt...

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A couple of weeks back I visited the Wynad and Nagarahole forests - both are contiguous forests and part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Wynad is in Kerala and Nagarahole in Karnataka. December...

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A red vented bulbul - is it just admiring itself or wondering how to free the one trapped in the glass cage... Picture taken at Coorg last week. This guy would turn up in the mornings and peck aw...

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At Talacauvery, the source of the River Cauvery in Karnataka. Devotees seek the Cauvery's blessings

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After days of going through the FZ18's manual, I thought it was time to try it out in the field -- last Sunday my friends and I landed up at the Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, near Sullurpeta. Before ...

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