GraphikJam

The Red Boat

2008-05-22T18:01:00.001-07:00

1090

2008-05-15T11:35:00.001-07:00

brick.mortar.metal.lettering.contrast.awesome.

NeonGreen

2008-05-15T11:34:00.003-07:00

i like the neon, but it could have come out better.damn slr!

Westshire Place

2008-05-15T11:34:00.001-07:00

its a quiet neighbourhood.nice and cosy.

postbox

2008-05-15T11:32:00.001-07:00

it was raining today, and i decided to try the new slr i "got" .
i clicked some pictures of my gully.
more will come

Edwurd

2006-10-12T08:07:00.001-07:00

its one of hidden meaning photographs again.....(which isnt??..some may ask)
some may have seen the movie edward scissorhands.....and this is kinda my take on it.
edwurd scissorman!!...()yeah i can sound crazy sometimes...it runs in the family..)
its a collapsible scissor of my mini swiss knife...the bent metal spring suggested a head for the man!!

PS: Ive decided to stop tinkering my photos in photoshop for silly things like brightness and contrast...from now on it shall be pure 'what you see is what you get' clicking..

cybershot p8,natural light black and white mode.

Uprooted

2006-10-12T08:01:00.001-07:00

well i love this image...and i am not quite sure why...
to me it depicts a sense of misplacement,alienism...a feeling of not belonging.
that twig..the piece of dry and withered plant...once full of life...lies still on the cold,cracked floor....its does not deserve such treatment.

cybershot-p8,natural light,black and white mode

Spyder Sense

2006-09-29T10:55:00.001-07:00

a spyder in the forgotten backyard tank of our house....
caught my attention this hot afternoon...had to literally bend backwards to take this shot.
i love the contrast in this picture.

cybershot p8,natural light, b&w mode.

Idle Mynd

2006-09-28T09:41:00.003-07:00

first things first...i am not satisfied with the way this pic has come out.....but i couldnt get a better shot..so.
the bulb symbolises ideas,an active mind...etc.
while the cobwebs mean stagnation.
hope u get the picture.

u think i can get into advertising???

cybershot p8, natural light, b&w mode

Help!

2006-09-28T09:41:00.001-07:00

its jus a bulb....but when u look at the holes in the center ,they kinda make up a face...which screams "help!" whenever i look at this pic.....yep the man in the bulb is what i am talkin about.
then again...i might be hallucinating!!

cybershot p8, natural light, b&w mode

Revolt

2006-09-21T00:49:00.001-07:00

Avenger

2006-09-07T02:27:00.000-07:00

after a long time i have snapped a 'serious' self potrait.
i am supposed to look avengeful in this pic.hope i carried it off

dsc-p8,led light,natural color

Ambiguity

2006-09-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

my grandma,2006

dsc-p8,black and white,natural light.

WhiteWashed

2006-09-04T00:52:00.000-07:00

whitewashed walls of the staircase
notice the changing material , from bricks to granite blocks...the building was'nt built at a single stretch.it still is incomplete.

dsc-p8,natural color,natural light

'Stare'case

2006-09-04T00:50:00.000-07:00

the play of shadows and sunight on the staircase,
loved the pattern it made

dsc-p8,natural light

where to?

2006-09-04T00:47:00.000-07:00

staircase leading to the terrace of our house in hyd.

dsc-p8,b&w,natural light

Anachronism

2006-08-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

my tatagaru.....(grandad in telugu....the t's are pronounced soft)

Rainflowers

2006-08-31T11:24:00.000-07:00

ok i've taken too many flower pics...so no description for this photo..
the beauty is self explanatory :)

Placidity

2006-08-31T11:17:00.000-07:00

yet another rain pic.
kids were puttin boats into puddles.
couldnt get them on camera...instead got this.
love the boats refelection.

"Convers"ation

2006-08-10T03:35:00.000-07:00

My fresh converses!
in military green.
ive been desiring them from ages.
spoils of my recent trip to gurgaon.

cybershot p8,natural light, natural color.

Jasmin

2006-08-10T02:52:00.000-07:00

a fallen jasmin on our doorsteps after an
apparently, i am not tired of takin pics of flowers :)
not yet

cybershot p8,black and white, natural light.

Pots

2006-08-10T02:51:00.000-07:00

Pots of clay.for my mom's infamous indoor plants.
i loved the colors.

cybershot p8,1.3 ev, natural color.

Psykedelik Sunrise

2006-08-07T03:38:00.000-07:00

yeah a purple sun.
again altered using photoshop.
i love the color.my favorite after deep red.

Sweeter One

2006-08-07T03:37:00.000-07:00

looks like some ad.
this is my first major try with photoshop
the photo has been altered using the software to make it look the way i wanted it.
its shoddy work as far as i am concerened but nevertheless something i enjoyed doing.

cybershot p8,natural color,+2.0ev

The Artefact

2006-08-07T02:44:00.000-07:00

an aging guide at the taj waiting for the crowd to barge in, and then approach his clietele.

cybershot-p8,black and white,natural light

Innocence

2006-08-05T13:11:00.001-07:00

purity.a heart untouched by guile.a transparent face.devoid of intention to decieve.

a boy who shared an autorickshaw with me in agra.

cybershot-p8,black and white,natural light.

TimeTraveler

2006-08-05T13:11:00.000-07:00

travellling thru relics.of ruins of bygone splendor.into gray concrete today.

my friend vasu walkin thru an arch in the monument beside taj.(forgot what its called)

Trainspotting

2006-08-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

boy watchin another train/world go by.

it was the kid of a fellow passenger on the train to pune from hyd.

sony ericcsson k700i,black and white,natural light

Pebbled

2006-08-05T13:09:00.000-07:00

the kashid beach.in black and white.

cybershot-p8,black and white,natural light.

Kommunion

2006-08-05T13:08:00.000-07:00

i think the pic says it all.i have nothing more to say.

a man(perhaps jus back from his office) on a bench inside Osho teertha park in pune.

Forbidden,Forgotten

2006-08-05T13:06:00.000-07:00

the leftovers of yesterday.small pieces of architecture,overshadowed by something more popular (like the taj mahal,in this case).
this small structure lies in neglect in a park , a stones' throw away from the taj.
and no ....no ones allowed inside.

cybershot-p8,natural color,natural light.

Beachwood

2006-08-05T13:04:00.000-07:00

this isnt my first driftwood picture.i have kinda got used to expecting them on every beach i land.
this one was special.it was a part of a tree, not like a piece of wood or a log that one usually finds.and the setting was so right.as if it was waiting to be snapped.
on kashid beach.

cybershot-p8,black and white,natural light.

Arches of Time

2006-08-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

Its amazing how structures built centuries ago withstand the test of time.

its a doorway in the agra fort.i loved the lamp suspended at its center and the pigeon sittin on it.and of course, the reflection.
sony cybershot-p8,black and white,natural light.

InBetween

2006-07-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

living in between.
a young plant growin between hard ,cold tiles.
unexpected sighting...one rainy afternoon in hyd.

cybersht p9.b&w.

Man,Mother

2006-06-12T18:11:00.000-07:00

man and mother nature.
its actually a man exercising on the beach.i tried hard to get a god shot (took 13 takes)
but could only manage this.
still loved the way..the sun looks like the moon here.

dsc p9.b&w.-1.7 ev.

Onward ho!

2006-06-12T18:10:00.001-07:00

the fisherfolk venturing into the sea.
notice the clouds.
it took me 8 snaps to get this one.
totally worth the effort.
i took one more in the sepia mode but liked this one more (sucker fro black and white iam!!)

dsc p9.b&w mode.-0.7ev

Katamarans

2006-06-12T18:10:00.000-07:00

the catamarans used by fisherfolk.i loved their shilouettes.
taken this morn on the marina...

dsc p9.b&w mode.-0.7 ev.

Squalor

2006-06-11T02:09:00.000-07:00

the other face of monda market.
dsc p9.b&w mode.natural light

Master-o-Spices

2006-06-11T02:00:00.001-07:00

a spice merchant in monda market.loved the colors.

dsc p9.natural light.

Rang De

2006-06-11T02:00:00.000-07:00

the colors of monda market.hyderabad.
dsc p9.natural light.

Unwritten

2006-05-28T02:35:00.000-07:00

a product of pure boredom.(while studyin hard for exams!!!)

taken with cybershot p9.black and white.natural light.digitally modified RGB channels to get that bluish hue.
love the pic.

In the Dark

2006-05-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

Ammumma

2006-05-16T06:42:00.000-07:00

my grandma

Ammumma is telugu for mom's mom

Locked Shut

2006-05-13T01:25:00.000-07:00

The storeroom door in our 'ancestral' house in hyd.
contains artifacts from the yesteryears.
never opened.

dsc-p9,b&w,natural light.

Abused

2006-05-13T01:16:00.000-07:00

battered and left unattended.uncared for.

dsc-p9,sepia mode.natural light.

Xposed

2006-05-07T03:48:00.000-07:00

its a valve to regulate the flow of water.but observe the its condition.corroded and neglected.
i have a normal shot of it.but i liked this one taken in the negative mode.with +1.7 ev.
the rust (normally maroon/red.)turns to bluish color in this pic.

Intertwined

2006-05-07T03:47:00.000-07:00

i liked the manner in which the two creepers grew around each other.

dsc p9 .sepia.natural light.

Harsh Bloom

2006-05-07T03:46:00.000-07:00

one of the wild flowers which bloomed in the peak of summer.
unfortunately the plant didnt live long.

taken with cybershot p9.sepia effect.natural light.

Faultline

2006-05-06T01:44:00.000-07:00

fissures in the wall.seemingly harmless at sight.but weakening nevertheless.

cybershot dsc-p9.natural light.black and white effect

The Mithaiwalla

2006-05-01T02:33:00.000-07:00

its the guy who sells the soan papadi (i think.....i am bad with names of sweets!)....on the beach.

phone cam once again.natural light.

Pikture Perfect

2006-05-01T02:32:00.000-07:00

its the highway that leads to my college....been passing thru it for the past 4 yrs
the only time it looks so good/pikture perfect is when it rains....and the fields turn green

blame the quality on the phone cam.

Reaching for the sky

2006-05-01T02:31:00.000-07:00

yeah a withered tree.....i take too many of these i think.....
anyways the way in which the branches point upward caught my eye....

taken with my perpetually shitty nokia 6230 phone cam.natural light.night mode.

Hone do dil ko Fanaaaa

2006-04-25T02:49:00.000-07:00

the party we had last week....
the guys who helped me survive these 4 years....
as seen from the pics i got drunk and made a complete fool of myself
but had the best time as i always do!

2006-04-19T20:34:00.000-07:00

The Floral innards

2006-04-16T01:38:00.000-07:00

no ...i am not obsessed with flowers!......i love the flow of colors.....
again one of my moms prized plants...dont know the name of the flower though (bad with botany)......

taken with cybershot p9.yeah dads *sigh*

Green Revolution

2006-04-16T01:37:00.000-07:00

its green all the way....as green as it gets...i love the transition of the color diagonally light to dark and the curl of the leaf.

taken one lazy afternoon in hyd.....one of my mom's 'prized' plants...
an old pic....but one of my favorites

taken with cybershot p9 (my dads)

The Blazing Cross

2006-04-08T05:39:00.000-07:00

now dosent that make u god-fearing??
its a pic of a neon cross on top of a church,near our flat......an old pic

taken at night.with cybershot w5

Ivy

2006-04-03T07:30:00.000-07:00

beauty lurks in strangest and the most unexpected of places.......
thats a creeper on a moss covered wall jus behind our house (hyd)......i never noticed it before

the pic is taken in the negative mode.natural light

credits to cybershot p9

Turned Away

2006-04-03T07:29:00.000-07:00

its sad how sometimes the very people u are very close to...the very people who are like second nature to you...(like leaves and buds of the same plant)...turn you away...banish you from their(your) lives.
with this pic i tried to capture that feeling....of being turned away.

taken with cybershot p9

The Beauty of Survival

2006-04-03T07:26:00.000-07:00

survival....its what our lives come down to....(in simple terms that is)
it brings to fore new facets of your personality......some ugly and some beautiful.....and sometimes it enhances your appearance......provides the spectator with a new perspective to your life.

those are moth eaten leaves of the peepul tree outside my hyd home.

taken with cybershot p9.solarize mode.natural light

God ?

2006-03-23T08:49:00.000-08:00

its so easy...in the movies.....how they depict god (if one exists) with a very bright,blinding light...simple and convincing to most..........
while i wonder....isnt that jus a fucking bulb?

taken with cybershot w5

Vaxine

2006-03-12T00:33:00.000-08:00

i always notice how things in hospitals smell and seem different...so sterile....too clean....very isolated from the diseases surrounding them...

this pic is an attempt to capture that sterility...donno if i succeeded......btw thats jus a bottle of cough syrup in a fridge.

Knocturnal

2006-03-09T17:00:00.000-08:00

I was wondering how computers have increased 'social' communication in todays world.there has been a drastic change in the last few decades.
ever imagined how many ppl all over the world sit in front of their computers everyday/everynight jus to talk...to fight the loneliness??....must be millions of them.
its ironic how something as lifeless as a box of boards and circuits tries to bring humans closer to each other.

the person in the picture is my good friend satish who shud i say.... practically lives on 'social' sites like orkut and hi5.

Lit

2006-03-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

what can i say.... a powercut again!...

Warp Speed

2006-03-07T11:44:00.000-08:00

howzzat...taken from a car travelling at 20kmph....
unexpected results.

Speed Thrills !

2006-03-07T05:52:00.000-08:00

taken on the weekend....returning from a friends house late at night.the roads were practically empty and we were speedin on the bike.jus captured the moment.

taken on sony cybershot w5

Tangled in Love

2006-03-07T05:51:00.000-08:00

shows how we're tied to so many people by love,responsibility...etc.How complicated relationships can get.

one of my favorite pictures ever......its a pole to which the clotheslines are tied to at my house in hyd.

Black Hole

2006-03-07T05:50:00.000-08:00

one of the spookiest pix i've ever taken.....
its pic of a mirror...taken in negative mode..with flash and full exposure....i was so afraid that it would damage the digicam...but thankfully nothing happened.

Eternal Extasy

2006-03-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

thats what i call my ipod.....so finally it makes its debut on my blog....by popular demand that is ;)
the perfect solution to traffic jams,long rides,long walks,early morning jogs,boring classes and even more jobless afternoons....we are inseparable.

btw the pic shows the ipod as it is ,and when clothed in a rubber case which makes it look more purplish/brownish against its original pink.I like the latter.

P.S: As u wud have noticed ,my fingers are moderately thin but damn short.....which i dont like...but its my genes...so cant help it.but i absolutely love long slender fingers,wish i had them too :(

Land of the Setting Sun

2006-03-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

one of the best sunsets ive ever witnessed..... and it jus happenned when i was on the beach.....the only bad thing,....i dint have a fuckin better camera.....jus my phone cam!

but still love the pic and those clouds..dont get to see such sunsets in chennai often.so i must be damn lucky.

confession:i am in love with bessie beach now.

Heroes of Tomorrow

2006-03-02T08:42:00.000-08:00

these are my friends dilip and sid....they walked in late to besant nagar beach that evening.....and i clicked them with a near perfect background............like the shilouette effect.
nice contrast...gives them kinda heroic look i guess..

taken on my shitty cam phone once again

Behind Closed Doors

2006-02-28T11:11:00.000-08:00

My first mystery photo...(what else can i call it ?)....very 'hitchcock'ish.I find such half open doors intriguing...

a door in our normally hustly-bustly bachelor pad.taken with my friends digicam sony cybershot W5.

The Timeless Room

2006-02-24T18:02:00.000-08:00

when time stood still,frozen.

taken in my house at hyd....on a very hot sunday afternoon.

Brand New Day

2006-02-24T17:47:00.000-08:00

taken in hyd from my terrace....
i love watchin sunrises and sunsets, and clouds....and stars....pretty much the whole sky!

krimson kandle

2006-02-24T17:39:00.000-08:00

yet again, taken during a powercut.....its funny that lack of electricity sparks off my creativity...lol
anyways...i loved the reddish hue around the flame...so captured it.has a warm kinda glow....

The Test of Time

2006-02-20T10:14:00.000-08:00

is it the tree thats withered or the religion?

A view of a tree in the temple courtyard of kanchipuram....taken on a not so recent visit

Salty Spirits Revisited - Going Nowhere

2006-02-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

a fisherboy, jus watchin the sea..... before he ventures into it for his daily grind.

its one of my old pics....sorta forgot abt it....stubled upon it today...

Diseased

2006-02-13T05:52:00.000-08:00

My mom's prized money plant,now in a life and death situation.

The Lone Flame

2006-02-13T05:48:00.000-08:00

jus a flame,deep red, by itself.

got this pic when i was playin around with my dads laser pointer and the cam.quite unexpected !

Azaadi Dil Ki

2006-02-08T01:50:00.000-08:00

the kite is symbolic of all our desires.....of our freedom.....freedom of our heart and soul.

captured on the beasant nagar beach...with my phone cam

Circle of Light

2006-02-08T01:46:00.000-08:00

keeping that flame alive in urself is difficult, its so hard to keep it going....

captured at home...one jobless night...and during a powercut

Writer's Block

2006-02-08T01:44:00.000-08:00

The Writers block....Illustrated!

captured in college...today morning.....one extremely boring morning.

klorofyl

2006-02-03T11:04:00.000-08:00

jus green leaves....thats it....i liked their color against the sunlight.

p.s: i deleted the previous post...cause i found it too 'dark'........dint wanna include it on the blog

The Silent Spectator

2006-02-03T07:20:00.000-08:00

Its a beautiful mosque overlooking a busy road.....near the place where i live.

looks like the grandeur of the past is just looking on ,while the present jus whizzes by ,ignoring it.nobody cares.

Stairway to Heaven - An Offer You Cant Refuse

2006-01-27T23:52:00.000-08:00

not long ago....i was stuck in a hotel room for a full day with nothing to do....(boredom by choice...i call it).....when i opened the minibar out of curiosity, i find this green bottle of expensive wine..although tempted to try it...sadly i couldnt (it would show up in the bill...to be paid by dad...and would definitely lead to loss of reputation apart from a long lecture...)

so anyways...i jus clicked away to my hearts content...till i got this shot.
kinda puts the wine in the spotlight, like a silent temptation.

Stairway to Heaven - How Green is my Vyne

2006-01-27T23:49:00.000-08:00

another view of the greenvyne...i also have a black and white version of this photo...but i like the color one.

Waves of Joy

2006-01-27T22:33:00.000-08:00

one recent morning ....i find myself driving along the marina...and jus cant resist getting my feet wet in the sea and the feel of moist,spongy sand......
so headed to the beach and rolled up my pants...and stood there,feet in water and gazing at the vast ocean...
the feeling of sand between my toes ,the fine mist of seawater hitting my face and the cool gentle breeze was enuf to put me at peace and make me fall in love with my world all over again.

Matchstik Man

2006-01-19T22:09:00.000-08:00

the matchstik man ...delicate, short tempered, always ready to fire up.....on the brink of emotional breakdown

The Wonder Years ?

2006-01-17T09:48:00.000-08:00

a picture of my friend taken on the way out of the college.I modified the actual picture digitally to make it look darker and blacker.The picture to me depicts the people disillusioned with the struggle to gain a proper education.because what they expected from college life was too much , and they got too less.

Nritya mudra

2006-01-05T20:55:00.000-08:00

This was taken in the Ellora caves , Aurangabad about a year ago....this particular pose of the god Vishnu struck me. He is depicted as merciless ,omnipotent.....and very angry.one of my favorite pics of ellora.

Illuminated past

2006-01-05T20:51:00.000-08:00

Its an empty corridor in the daulatabad fort near Aurangabad.built by the king mohammed-bin-tughlaq........long ago.(i am bad with remembering dates and stuff !). It was to be his capital city but he changed his mind too soon.The fort remained unused and was later forgotten .Now it has an indifferen feel to it ....Like it was robbed of its place in history that it deserved.

Salty Spirits - Lone Equestrian

2006-01-03T22:08:00.000-08:00

This is first in a set of pics i took one early morn on the marina.It was jus after the tsunami so they were still the police patrolling the beach on horseback.

Salty Spirits - Lead the Way

2006-01-03T22:06:00.000-08:00

Another one on the marina.The father leading his daughter to watch the waves

Salty Spirits - Ode to the Sky

2006-01-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

Its the wooden pole the fisherfolk use to tie up their boats to. It looked like a memorial to the tsunami and the brave fishermen who survived.