Ravi & his weekend habitat ;)

Ravi is almost a resident of Turahalli! Here is habitat shot!

Flowers & Plants

Till my wife Nanda joins me for all the outings, I'll have to learn how to identify some of these plants & flowers. She's the expert in biology. So I got to buy the book on flowers!

Lizards & Salt Gland

After seeing my pictures of the lizard, I observed that lizards has some strange glands. After searching on the net I found that they are salt glands. For info at http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/Lisa/Pages/research.html

Barbet & my mistake!

This was supposed to be the 1st actual test of my new lens. Unfortunately I didn't notice that I had not switched on the IS before shooting this Small green Barbet. Well, as long as I'm learning from my mistakes, I'm happy. 'coz I know I can improve my making more mistakes & learning from them

Oriental Honey Buzzard?

Kiran, Ravi & myself saw 4 Oriental Honey Buzzards at Turahalli today. Though I'm yet to clarify wrt identity of the bird, Kiran was very clear that they were indeed OHBs.

Turahalli - Gloriosa Superba!!!

I saw my first Gloriosa Superba the beautiful flower (called Gowri pushpa in kannada) today at Turahalli. What a change this place has undergone in last 5 years due to urbanization. Sad, 5 years down the lane, it'll be another concrete jungle. Here are some of the images I shot from Turahalli.

Got the new lens - Canon 100-400mm IS USM

Thanx to Guru & his father in law, I got my much awaited Canon 100-400mm IS USM yesterday night. I couldn't wait till the weekend and hence got the camera to office today. Myself & Murthy (who also got his 350D yesterday) went out for half an hour to shoot some pictures inside our office campus. Here are some of the results.

Sunset at JLR, Bheemeshwari

Ever interesting subject for a photographer. You never get tired of shooting sunsets!!

Grey Hornbill

There are plenty of Hornbills inside the JLR @ Bheemeshwari. This was sitting right infront of our loghut.

Wagtail Flight - failed attempt

I wanted to capture this wagtail in flight. However I couldn't react fast in time. Hence the result is a slightly unsharp photo of its flight.