Pogostemon deccanensis

This picture was taken at KAAS plateau near Satara. This place is commonly called as 'Flower Vally' of Maharashatra. The flowers were identified as "Pogostemon deccanensis"

a beautiful evening

This picture was clicked 2 months ago from my terrace. It was a lovely evening.

again an insect

Insects always attract me for MACRO pics. This was just another I found on Rohida fort at Bhor Near Pune.

beautiful night

This picture was taken at Rajaram Bridge, Sinhgad road, Pune on sunday night. It was taken at 9 pm.

Mimosa pudica (लाजाळु )

This picture was taken near nagpur in august, 08.

flying high

This picture was taken at Kamalgad trek. We've rested at this place for breakfast and tried some fun shooting... this is the outcome... :) This is Shrikant Ubale.

beauty of night

This picture was taken at shivajinagar, pune. Just 2 seconds exposure gives a beautiful effect to night photo. :)

dragon-fly

This picture was taken last year at Panshet dam.

moon or lamp ??

This is a lamp at one of hotel at Shivajinagar, Pune. The foreground of green leaves gave it a nice effect.

Glimpses of air show

This picture was taken on Sunday from my terrace. This formation was part of an air show organized for the Commenwealth Youth Games 2008.

skies again

This picture was taken yesterday from my terrace.

lonely drop

This picture was taken at Sinhgad valley. This was the first experiment with MACRO lens kit. :)

Its my bud

This picture was taken while returning from KenjalGad trek last year.

lunch time

This picture was taken at last weekend shivthar-ghal picnic. The background has created nice impact on insect.

flower bed

This picture was taken near Pimple-Nilakh, Pune.

You can't take me.... I'm free....

This picture was taken near Devghar dam last Sunday. This was a very beautiful but unidentified insect.

marbles

Looks like marbles, but actually are gelatin balls which swells after putting into water for some time.

big 'little' creature

This picture was taken at kachargad jungle trek, last year.

rock patch climbing

This picture was taken at kenjalgad trek. The person climbing is one of the member of our trek group, Niranjan. :)

fireworks

Taken this picture from my window. That was the last day of famous 10 days Ganesh Festival.

down to earth

This was the highest point on the kenjalgad fort. The person looking down is Aalhad Deshpande.

natural beauty

This picture was taken near Saswad, Pune.

evening skies

I have always been attracted by the cloudy skies, specially those in the evening. This is first ever sky landscape with my new SLR, at my new home. :)

sunset

This shot was taken from car while going to Chikhaldara, Near Nagpur earlier this year.

Skyline

This picture was taken on the Sinhgad fort, near Pune.

Bhaje caves

This picture was taken at Bhaje caves, which is near Lohgad fort near pune.

bhuleshwar

This picture was taken from the window at the backside of bhuleshwar temple near Pune.

'cat'chy thing

The color and texture on the cat's body was really attractive. But the cat was really tired to notice me take its pictures.

what a place...

This is the most amazing place I ever seen in real. This place is on top of Kamalgad fort near Wai, Satara.

Flowers of Jala-kumbhi or water hyacinth

These are beautiful flowers generally grow on water plants. This picture was taken at Kavadi near Pune.

Beautiful flower

This small yellow flower was found near the Panshet Dam. I like the small pollens fallen on the petals of that tiny flower!
Photograph by Pramod Hardas

Good Morning

This picture was taken at Chikhaldara, a famous hill station in Vidarbha Region in central India.

peaceful road

This is one of routes in the Pune university. I like it because the way in which it is covered with huge trees.

Black...

I wanted to do some 'advertisement' kind of photography, so clicked this. :)

Light Painting

This is actually the series of small lights generally used to decorate the roads in festive seasons. As the exposure time is more, I used to shake the camera in particular direction to get this type of pattern. This could be one of the very interesting aspects of photography. I love to do such things.

Use of New Gear

This is the first use of my DSLR with the extra MACRO lens kit. I forgot to remove the extra lenses from the kit and it resulted in very small depth-of-field.

morning or evening....!!!

This picture was taken in 7 am morning. But because of 'spot-metering' mode, the effects came out as of evening. :)

Just another experiment

The setup for this shoot is simple. The spider is between me and camera. :) While taking this picture I don't have any idea that part of me coming into the focus. It's a kind of Silhouette of a spider with me in background. :)

First MACRO

This is the first ever MACRO taken by me. The fly was kind of dull and I've taken advantage of that. :)

Rain Forest

Just another click from Rajgad trek. :)

A Bug's Life

This picture was taken while a trek at Rajgad fort on a rainy day...

morning glow

The picture was taken a long back. Although the picture didn't came perfect 'rule of third', but the beauty of flower attracts the attention... No color editing applied here.

Hide and Seek

Taken this shot from window of my apartment. Here I like the rays distracting from clouds.

reflections in a drop

This shot was taken in last trek to RAJGAD. The place is very beautiful. This is the first ever drop reflection I got.

rain drops

Again a MACRO. This picture was taken in rainy season at lonavala near Pune. It is one of the perfect macro shot for me.

An encounter with an eye

I was trying to take a MACRO of an eye. Although the reflections in the eye and the backlight does not supports the picture, but the results are satisfying.
Editing: crop, sharpen

Fisherman

Not much editing here. The shot was taken in early morning below a over bridge in Pune, India. The silhouette effect came as expected.

Fast motion experiment

I was trying to capture some moving objects from speeding car and got this as expected.

An Evening...

This is my first ever night capture... I like the colors here... I never seen such a beautiful sky before and after... :)

First post....

My first entry for photokatta....

this my most fav MACRO ever....