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2014-06-14 : Day 8 The chick has flow the nest early in the morning. My wife saw mama feeding it at around 0700 hrs and by 0800 when I came to photograph, it was gone. Nest empty Mama So the story ends. Our gardener was spot on. On the first day itself he was confidant that the chick would...

Same flower transforming from pink to lighter shade over time

Portulaca. Tried to get as near as possible. Some with AF and most with MF. I am trying to get razor sharp images, but some how that is eluding me.

Some shots of Lily. Tried various apertures.

2014-06-13 : Day 7 The sky is overcast with intermittent showers. Mama is content as no one is approaching the chick in this weather. Morning. The chick is in its original nest which we relocated from the tree. Close up The set up. The water bowl is just visible. Shifted it from the box...

2014-06-12 : Day 6 Second half of the day. Clouds came up and then it started raining. Rain clouds Afternoon Afternoon Evening - Mama ever vigilant The chick is hungry now, and opens the mouth when any one approaches

Here is a panorama (using Microsoft ICE) of the backyard, taken from the ground level. The temparature for the past four days was around 45 degrees centigrade. Today it is a bit lower, and as I write this, clouds have gathered and there may be rain.

2014-06-12 : Day 6 First half of the day, took photos at two hour interval Critical evaluation Still dozing Rear View Top View Keep your distance Caught in flight Feathers are filling up

2014-06-11 : Day 5 The chick is growing fast and has become restless. It is trying to jump around, and in the process has stumbled out of the small box a couple of times. So I cut up a large thick card board box and put the chick, its nest and water in it. In the morning. Notice the well...

here is a pano of by backyard. The gap is the balcony I shot from. From left the trees are - Papaya, Pomegranate, Lime, Curry leaf and Mango. The bird's nest was in the Mango tree and now the chair is under it.

2014-06-10 : Day 4 Early morning Chick is awake Where is the food I put a watermelon scooped and chopped the insides for the mother Initially it was on the same chair, but it could topple and crush the chick, so we shifted it Mother enjoying the fruit. New location for the watermelon...

014-06-09 : Day 3 Ever hungry Mama watching for other birds A respite from vigil. The bird bath is five feet away from the chick. Chick is growing. Some feathers are visible Mother's vigil continues. Today she was busy chasing sparrows End of the day

2014-06-08 : Day 2. In the morning We found the abandoned nest in the tree above the chair, and put in the box Mother perched on the chair guarding the chick. I took a lot of shots as the expression kept changing, while I was watching her from about five feet away. The chair...

Three days ago, I noticed the bird sitting bang in the middle of my back yard. On closer inspection I see a new born chick lying next to it. I decided to rehabilitate the chick and succeeded, after a lot of advice from the mother. In the mean time, I have spruced up the chick's home and provided...

Some butterfly shots. This was a relatively big one, around 1200 pixels across

Tried in camera HDR. . It uses only two exposures, so really high DR will not be feasible . The output is jpeg, it does not even save the RAW for future Though it does give reasonable image, it is fine when you want a quick fix, but comes no where near what you get with software on the...

Here is HDR as processed with Photomatix (I installed it today) Input Files HDR This is one case where the D3300 DR was of no help. The exposure range is about 8EV, and the displayed DR about 8EV (displayed), so the HDR was for about 16EV, while the sensor is 12.8EV. If I wanted to...

I too like natural colours. Here is what can be done to "spruce up". Though both the shots were taken with different lenses on different days, the colours were same. How the flowers look actually Colours and contrast adjusted

18-55 at 55. Contrast bumped up to the max

Today , I started playing with contrast to create "Vivid" images This is as it came out of the camera