Monsoon driving!

Monsoon driving!, originally uploaded by Canon Balaji.

Passion @ work!

Happy Diwali!

இனிதே முடிந்த தீபாவளிக்கான வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!

A few young men and an elephant !

A candid shot @ Mahabalipuram

The Greek identity to Chennai!

A midnight shot !?!

Shadow Warrior!!

Keerthi's mascot posed in my frame for a change!

Kamalalayam - A blissful sight!

Coming soon from forests near you... ;)

A hanuman langur running across the setting sun at the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary..

Watch this space for more..

The Gods must be crazy..

"Hey Karthik, we've got a party tomorrow at the Taj Connemara yar; 6.30 PM. Better don't miss it man. We don't get these very often" said the secretary with a mischievous smile.

I knew I can't miss it. It came as one of the blows to my 'Kanchipuram Photo trip' planned for the following day, for taking some 'Godly' captures. I sulked and said to myself, "These Gods out there aren't lucky enough to get captured by me this week."

The next day, and before I could enter the party, these Guys were waiting outside the party hall for the divine capture with my N73.





Definitely, my title holds good!


(Oo)ps. the photos have been wrongly labeled as Taj Coromandel!

Dakshina Chitra - A Keyhole View

Though I shot the picture in a much wider perspective, I couldn't keep myself from cropping it.


(Keyhole of) a wooden trunk used as a wardrobe in the Chettinadu House

Ironically I was also attracted to this idle fellow hanging on to his job, irrespective of whether he had work or not.

A shiny new lock at the entrance of the Ilkal House of Karnataka

Does the lock remind you of something or someone?
Please share your views :)

Dakshina Chitra - Metallic Memories

When I entered the Agraharam Brahmin House of Ambur at DC, I only remembered the junk my paatti disposed off at Ratna Stores in exchange for a brand new Prestige Pressure Cooker!

But no pressure cooker can match the ethnic beauty of these metallic marvels.


Specialty Containers(Sombu) & God's Own Glasses(Pancha Pathirams)


Proposal Plates - Seer Thaambalams


Divine Lamps(Kuthu Vilakku) & Torches(Dhoobakkaals)

and finally..


God's Own Alarm - Varities of Mani

My Paatti could have created a mini Dakshina Chitra...
Prestige indeed has good brand loyalty :-(

Dakshina Chitra - Welcome to your Cultures!

The hall way that leads you to the 'states' of DC (Dakshina Chitra) is a nice cool place with red tiled floors, and arches that overlook the sculpture-filled lush-green lawns.

Hope Keerthi doesn't mind the title plagiarism ;-)

Watch this Space...

Karthigai Deepam - Lights & Wishes

The Queen of Diyas - 'Kamakshi Vilakku' with her subjects!!


The Torch Bearer - Things are always bright at the top!!

Diwali Wishes :-)

Yours,


ps. For folks who can't read it, its supposed to mean 'KB' ;-)

Break Free

'The Thumbi' - a kid dragon fly on its first day out in the big bad world.

After a long time, I took a micro break from my hectic schedule and strolled around my house.

Surprisingly the micro break turned into yet another 'macro' break.

The photographer's best friend...

I take this photograph as an opportunity to confer accolades on someone who stands tall on his three legs holding my camera on his head with pride, adding a world-class dignity to my photographs.

I take the bow, dear tripod.

Thank You All

5.5 months, 50 posts, 2000 hits... (long) way to go :-)

Nature photography

Anonymous Flower

(Click on the pictures below for larger sizes)


ps. Can any botanist who comes across this post give me the names of these flowers?