Miniature pumpkin vine in our park. Images at 1:0.88. 105mm F2.8 AIS, F/44, SB800 full power. With D3300 every thing is manual - focus, exposure, flash
My 105mm f2.8 AIS lens developed an extremely tight focusing action, hence I was always shooting it at the maximum magnification end 1:0.88. After using it for a year, yesterday I found that with some effort I could move the focusing ring, so I set it to the other end - 1:2. Here a few shots at...
It is that time of the year. Hindu festival season. Today is Raksha Bandhan - Rakhi and Durga Puja is coming soon. In this thread, I will be showing images of the preparations initially and the actual Puja when it comes.
This is the Biggest Puja in my colony, at the Shiv Mandir Complex...
Pork Chops. The original cut was 1.6 kg for 4 chops. I trimmed around 3/4 inches of fat and skin. Marinated for 3 hours and then fried them in pork fat.
Pork Chops as cut by butcher
Spices for Marinade
Ground the spices in a mortar and pestle
Chops marinating
The rest of images were...
Even more Dragonflies. Note the difference in colours of the compound eye in the last two images. The last one has red patch on the compound eye, while the first three do not.