Dragon Fruit Bloom

Cactus that blooms in the night

Shot during day
Cactus

Shot during day

Dragon fruit is a night blooming plant. Flowers last only one night. If you want to see the fully bloomed flower, see it well past the midnight.

Shot under my car's headlamp

Blooms only in the night

| Dragon fruit flower

Shot under my car's headlamp

GALLERY

Blooms only in the night

Dragon fruit flower

Shot under my car's headlamp

Cactus

Dragon fruit flower bud

Shot during day

2012

Chimpanzee

The many expressions of a chimp at the Mysore Zoo.

2009

Rashtrapati Bhavan

Here are a few photographs taken from outside the president's palace.

2013

Taj Mahal

Taj was closed on the day I landed in Agra. Just because of that I went around to see a different taj...

2021

Dragon Fruit Bloom

Cactus that blooms in the night

2004

Peafowl

A photograph from the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P52 days!

2004

Zoo Shots

A collection of photographs taken @ various zoos

2004

Elephants at Zoo

2004

Toda Hut

This photograph was selected as the 'Featured Picture' by the Wikipedia community.

2004

Toda Buffalo

A unique & native breed of buffaloes in the nilgiris.

2019

Ashtamudi Lake

Ashtamudi Backwater

2013

Orchid

Orchid with prime lense, mostly...

2008

Pondicherry

Pondicherry (Now Puducherry ) is a Union Territory of India.

2019

Cactus

A random collection of cactus photographs.

Photography at Ajanta

Photography in Ajanta Caves is riddled with that typical good-news bad-news tradeoff.

2013

Mamallapuram

My favorite is the 'Tiger Cave' rock-cut temple complex and the outcrops environs of Saluvankuppam village near Mahabalipuram.

2022

Lemon Cypress

A garden shot

2021

Stuccos in Lime Mortar

With a curious mix of italian and Rajput styles, the Stuccos of this palace are one of its kind in India.

2013

Nifty Fifty

EF 50mm f/1.8 II, the Nifty Fifty of Cannon lenses.

2001

Oil Paintings

Some of my paintings and sketches....

2013

Thirumalai Nayak Palace

The 17th century palace built by the Thirumalai Nayak ruler of Madurai.

2022

Glass Lamp Shades

Primary colors with lamp shades

2005

Belur

The 12th century duo of Belur & Halebeedu represents the cream of the Hoysala artistic exuberance, probably only to be rivaled by the 9th Century Khajuraho temples in central india. 

2012

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs of Edakkal are pictorial writings believed to date to at least 5000 BC, from the Neolithic era.

2024

Twin Temples in Nandi Village

The Bhoganandiswara Temple and Arunachaleswara Temple of Nandi Village.