[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by rippergeo

mayavi- nice one! always wanted to to do a shot like that, i do keep trying, but am always disappointed by my results. Yours...I'm very jealous of.

here's one I took in idukki after the rains.

I've titled it-
Three's company too!

Excellent excellent excellent!!! So wonderful!!!!! Love the composition man!!! May be a lil too bright but, wat u say?

thanks Tguru! actually the pic was taken early morning in poor light with the canon hanging dangerously low over the foul smelling water. I upped the brightness with picasa because i wanted to bring out the colours of these frogs.

they are tree frogs i think!

Mods, is it ok to put up the original of this pic to illustrate? or shall i stick to the processed one only?

[Torqueguru]

Yup Tree frogs for sure look at those large suction pads under their feet! awesome! I just reworked a bit on the pic.

my pictures always look better when someone else does the PP

[Torqueguru]

Originally Posted by rippergeo

my pictures always look better when someone else does the PP

Hehehe.....Well what can I say but readily agree with you my friend!

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by mail4loys

This temple was suppose to be Mysore Maharaja's Weapons / ammunition depot (hiding place) when he was fighting with British.

That would be incorrect. The Mysore Maharaja never really fought the British, he never had a chance. The entire Mysore royal family was under house arrest by Hyder Ali and later Tippu Sultan for 50 years when British warred with Mysore. Sultan Battery is obviously named after Tippu Sultan, I think he had a fort/barrack there. After Tippu was killed in battle, the maharajas came under British rule and remained so until independence.

Originally Posted by rippergeo

my pictures always look better when someone else does the PP

That's because all digital images do need PP.

The image right out of the camera would have received the default PP from the camera processing engine, whose IQ is no match for the Photoshop or any PC based PP software.

[s0uljah]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bangalore

few shots from Canon ixus

Originally Posted by Rehaan

I really like the middle shot Mr. Bangalore. Where were these taken?

Gokarna if im not mistaken !!!

[guyonblackybx]

Another trip to Zoo last time i missed the reptiles section. here are couple I clicked on this trip.

[rjstyles69]

Been a little busy with work and hence outta of this thread for quite sometime now. Here's what I shot at a wedding.

Originally Posted by guyonblackybx

Another trip to Zoo last time i missed the reptiles section. here are couple I clicked on this trip.

love the pics of the chameleon saying Yo! and the last one with the lizards.

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Been a little busy with work and hence outta of this thread for quite sometime now. Here's what I shot at a wedding.

lovely composition, great background, nice mehndi work and last but not the least....fantastic model.

[hkanitkar]

@mayavi - nice one !
@rippergeo - superb pic there !! Its really hard to catch good pics of frogs.
@torqueguru - thats really a good job at editing rippergeo's pic - made the pic more alive !
@guyonblackybx - are these pics taken across a glass panel ??

My contribution for today : clicked these on my site.
First one is some species of Sunbird - can someone help me ID the darn thing ? Been searching since 2 days..
Second one is a Periah Kite - the common kite actually.

[pjbiju]

A shot from Vazhachal (Kerala) - Monsoon

[Torqueguru]

Here is a froggy on from me


This one was taken at Hoganekkal

@hkanitkar- have been trying to get some nice pics of a hummingbird in action, but unsuccesful so far. damn thing never sits still.

@torqueguru-my frogs are prettier than yours
what background is it sitting on? do you have a side on view of the same guy? I'd like to see the eyes in more detail.

there's a bit of blue and yellow on the underside, and judging by the feet...its another tree frog?

[mail4loys]

[quote=Samurai;785613]That would be incorrect. The Mysore Maharaja never really fought the British, he never had a chance. The entire Mysore royal family was under house arrest by Hyder Ali and later Tippu Sultan for 50 years when British warred with Mysore. Sultan Battery is obviously named after Tippu Sultan, I think he had a fort/barrack there. After Tippu was killed in battle, the maharajas came under British rule and remained so until independence.

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I might be wrong on this, but that is what was told to me by the tourist guide. He event took us inside the temple and showed a locked room on weapon storage