Geminid Meteor


In December, 2012 there was the yearly Geminid meteor shower. I had the pleasure of spending 2 consecutive nights trying to photograph this elusive meteor shower. Sometimes, when I saw it, I could not focus on it or time it right as the camera was in the wrong direction. But, my patience paid off and I did get one fine photo, which I am posting here. This photo made it to the front page of the 365 project in which I participate by posting a daily photo. 365 project is a community of dedicated photographers who click photos everyday or post one daily. It is an awesome site and one can learn a lot by observing others for inspiration. One object is to get your pictures on the popular page, provided enough of the community members comment on it and fav. it. My Meteor was one of the popular pictures on 3/19/13 and I was thrilled at that achievement. The picture also was posted in the photoextract.com site which is a little bit more intense with better competing photos from pro level photographers. I did manage quite a few nominations and am awaiting the editor's decision whether they will publish it it their magazine. So, here is the photo.

Dandelion

A few pictures of a Dandelion seeds head that I had captured , some time back but recently post-processed are presented here.

Arizona

A few photos that I post processed recently from a trip to California via Phoenix. These photos were taken , somewhere in Arizona near Phoenix.

Pittsburgh

Some pictures of Pittsburgh, that I had shot a year back, finally get a chance to get processed and presented here. It is a beautiful city for the photographer. Just a day here netted an awesome variety of photos. Some, I had published at my 500px and Smugmug sites, last year and has had a few thousand views, reaching popular status at 500px. What is remarkable is that they were captured with my old camera, the Nikon D5100 and with the standard lenses.

Self Portrait

Self Portrait. No better subject than yourself to practice portraiture photography, which requires a long learning curve. One of my attempts at self portrait on a recent picture.

My daily photo, 1/20/13.

Bibi ka Maqbara, poor man's Taj Mahal at Aurangabad, India. It was built by Azam Shah, a moghul prince, son of Aurangzeb in honor of his mother, Rabia Durrani, who was Aurangzeb's first wife.

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My daily photo, 1/16/13.

Ellora. Buddhist temple carved out of a rocky mountain at Aurangabad, India, approx. 5th century AD.

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