Hey all,

I have moved my blog site to Posterous, and my photo@365 will continue from there. Please redirect to that site from now onwards. The link is below,

http://dchaitu.posterous.com/

Thanks!!

Krishna,

Day 47: Roxbury NJ.

Day 47: Roxbury NJ.

And, I keep wishing I had a proper macro lens...

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 500

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The skies over Roxbury!!

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Day 46: Roxbury, NJ

From the gardens of Fox Chase

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 1600

Day 45: Succasunna, NJ

SPRING.. or should I say Love IS IN THE AIR :p

Focal Length: 18.0 mm
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 1250

Day 44: Roxbury, NJ

Candle stand for Sweet sixteen.

The third candle from the top left is mine :D

Focal Length: 21.0 mm
Exposure: 1/30
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800

Ethereal skies

Focal Length: 21.0 mm
Exposure: 1/30
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100

Day 42: Roxbury, NJ

Waiting for Fall

Focal Length: 24.0 mm
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 800

Day 41: Denville, NJ

When you got to go, you got to go

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/5
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200

Day 40

Found this on the street the other day...

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/8
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600

Day 39: Roxbury, NJ

From the porch...

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/20
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600

Day 38: Roxbury, NJ

I don't know about you guys, but this pattern gives me a splitting headache every time I look at it.

Focal Length: 55.0 mm
Exposure: 1/30
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 250

Day 37: Roxbury, NJ

Our Princess!

Focal Length: 48.0 mm
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400

Day 36: Flanders, NJ

Reflections

Focal Length: 20 mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/125 sec
ISO: 125

Day 35: Flanders, NJ

The tree lined country road barely has two lanes
The serene path narrows and dips straight ahead
Inviting everyone with a silence that has no name
Captivated by nature’s beauty… my inner spirit is led

Sunbeams filters through branches that are interlocked
The glorious canopy spills patches of light on gr...avel
A breeze flutters through lush leaves… heat is blocked
Carefree visitors are protected as they leisurely travel

The peaceful scene is one that will forever remain
In memories that hold the splendor of quieter days
Today cars race on the highway… speed is maintained
The intense glare upon the pavement directs the way

- Theresa Ann Moore

Focal Length: 18 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/50 sec
ISO: 125

Day 34: Roxbury, NJ

Life makes me my enemy...

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure: 1/15 sec
ISO: 1600

Day 33: Roxbury, NJ

Regardless of how bad it may be, there is always a rope and bridge to pull you out.

Focal Length: 18 mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure: 1/20 sec
ISO: 1600

Day 32: Denville, NJ

These are three batches of placebos prepared for the experiment tomorrow...

Focal Length: 7 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/30 sec
ISO: 75

Day 31: Denville, NJ

The sun setting behind some trees casts an orange hue. Bluish night skies are racing towards the horizon to put out the light.


Focal Length: 18 mm
Aperture: f/14.0
Exposure: 1/500 sec
ISO: 100

Day 30: Roxbury, NJ

This is the best I could do without a Macro lens. Ladybug in focus, and about to fly off..

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60 sec
ISO: 1600

Day 28: Cambridge, MA

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark
- George Iles

Focal Length: 35 mm
Aperture: f/16.0
Exposure: 1/640 sec
ISO: 100

Day 27: HBS, Cambridge, MA

This is what I'm.
That is what I will become.

Focal Length: 18 mm
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure: 1/250 sec
ISO: 100

Day 28: Roxbury, NJ

The skies were ablaze today morning..

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure: 1/400 sec
ISO: 160

Day 26:

I found this weird monocot while walking down Fox Chase. The flowers were about 2 mm wide. This picture is a huge crop of the original shot at ISO 1600.

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/25 sec
ISO: 1600

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Day 26: I found this weird monocot while walking down Fox Chase. The flowers were actually about 2 mm wide. This picture is a huge crop of the original shot at ISO 1600. Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/25 sec ISO: 1600

Day 25: 

Aren't we all going the same way..

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/400 sec
ISO: 500

Day 24:

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”

- Orson Welles

Focal Length: 23 mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure: 1/20 sec
ISO: 1600

Day 23:

The heavens before dusk.. Another image taken on I-80. 

Focal Length: 39 mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure: 1/320 sec
ISO: 400

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Day 23 The heavens before dark.. Another image taken on I-80 Focal Length: 39 mm Aperture: f/11.0 Exposure: 1/320 sec ISO: 400

Day 22

I'm sorry but I cannot post today's picture on the blog due to privacy concerns. Please refer to my facebook photo365 page for the image. 

Thanks, and I apologize for the inconvenience

---

Krishna

Day 21

This is what I wake up to most days.

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/20 sec
ISO: 500

Day 20

The Beamer...

Focal Length: 34 mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/6 sec
ISO: 1600

Day 19

Spider man hung around here...

Focal Length: 51 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/160 sec
ISO: 100

Day 18:

Urban landscape...

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure: 1/200 sec
ISO: 100

Day 17

This is towards a cul-de-sac near 206..

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/400 sec
ISO: 100

 

Day 16

Near Brooklyn bridge. I'm going back to this place in two weeks for more pictures, so I may have something better next time. Pictures off Brooklyn bridge come out good, but it was way too sunny..

Focal Length: 20 mm
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/80 sec
ISO: 100

Day 15

“No, Jonathan, there is no such place. Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect.”

- Jonathan Livingston Seagull

I took this shot on Staten Island after getting off the ferry from Manhattan. Seagulls there are so friendly that they can eat off your hands... I used to imagine seagulls were small, like pigeons; the first time I saw them in Atlantic City, I was more than surprised... those things were larger then chickens. Nonetheless, adorable creatures, but they can get really annoying if you have food with you.

Do take the ferry from Manhattan (Hey, its free!) to Staten Island and explore the region. It is very beautiful and it ain't as congested and crowded as Manhattan; They view of the skyline from there is stunning too...




Focal Length: 47 mm
Aperture: f/18.0
Exposure: 1/100 sec
ISO: 100

The Indian street in Jersey City. Do I need to say more...

Focal Length: 25 mm
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/100 sec
ISO: 100

Day 13:

More snow!!! Can't really help but shoot snow since that is the only thing I see outside.. I'm going to the city today, so I should have some interesting pictures tomorrow and the day after..

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/125 sec
ISO: 1000

Day 12:

We were driving down frontage towards 80 when I got this shot off..

Focal Length: 25 mm
Aperture: f/20.0
Exposure: 1/15 sec
ISO: 100

 

Day 11:

I'm trying to get a picture which would look like it is from the 70's or 80s... faded colors with grain in and around the picture..

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/80 sec
ISO: 800

 

Day 10: 

The unimaginative and unforgiving life of a toilet paper roll. Who knows how many people had their way with him today :D

I didn't have a lot of time today, and I had to take a quick picture; the roll was kind enough to oblige.

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/13 sec
ISO: 100

 

Day 9: 

I was experimenting with water on leaves. I saw a similar picture on the Canon 50D group and I was attempting to take a picture similar to that. I couldn't get the shot I wanted because of two things, 

1. No adequate light outside (6:00 PM),

2. I don't have a fast Macro lens. 

Nonetheless, I could get such a close-up shot only after cropping the original. There is noise in the background, and I believe that is because of a) High ISO (1600) and b) Low resolution (3.7 MP)

Resolution: 3.7 MP
Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/25 sec
ISO: 1600

 

Day 8: 

This is a painting by Gayathri Rao, I'm just the photographer. I tried to reproduce the picture as much as the original was, but the beauty lies in the real thing. 

Focal Length: 34 mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/13 sec
ISO: 400

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Day 8 This is the snapshot of a painting by Gayathri Rao, no talent of mine taking a picture of a painting. All credit goes to her. Focal Length: 34 mm Aperture: f/4.5 Exposure: 1/13 sec ISO: 400

It was Holi today, so we played colors; I was playing after 3 years. It was fun, and a different experience; you don't always get to play Holi with colored snow balls. The way those kids pelted me, I probably have a couple of welts on my back :D

Nonetheless, it was fun - the usual good desi food and lots of sweets. Hot tea after a snow-fight is the best thing in the world; hot chocolate and marshmallows can take second place.

Focal Length: 34 mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/13 sec
ISO: 400

 

Day 7

Beads off Eileen's desk...

Focal Length: 30 mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/50 sec
ISO: 400

Day 6

Not a lot of action today, so I'm uploading a follow-up picture for yesterday's.

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30 sec
ISO: 200

 

Day 5

We had 14 inches snow by evening today. Another 18-24 inches predicted by tomorrow evening.. This is our neighbor's bench, and the way it is going to snow tonight and tomorrow, it will be so gone.. I will try to get a similar picture tomorrow for you guys to compare. 

So, I was trying bring the car up the driveway; It is a Minivan, front wheel drive. It went up fine for a bit alright, but it then hit an ice patch and started skidding. Now the interesting part is, when a car starts skidding, it behaves in ways totally unexpected; In my case, it started spinning like a top. I spun down the drive-way, in to the cul-de-sac, where I hit the snowbank and stopped.. However I try, I just couldn't get it up, so I threw my hands in the air and gave up. Rajukaka, with all his years of experience got it up with ease, while I was clicked this picture. 

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/40 sec
ISO: 1250

 

Day 4: Nixon Elementary

I took this picture while my cousin was playing Basketball at Nixon Elementary. It snowed really hard, and the snow flakes themselves were the size of baseballs. Weather tomorrow seems to be dicey, or so they say on the NEWS. 18 inches to 2 feet of snow with 70 MPH wind gusts.

Focal Length: 43 mm
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1.300 sec
ISO: 800

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Day 1 Eeka (Feather) of a Nemali (Peacock) Focal Length: 50 mm Aperture: f/2.8 Exposure: 1/13 sec ISO: 320

Day 3:

This is me usually at the end of the day; particularly today. The snow was bad.. we got about two inches in less than an hour... If it wasn't for the M, I would have either been totaled, got stuck in a ditch, or crashed into a snow bank. Cheers for the three pointed star!!!

Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/25 sec
ISO: 250

 

Day 2:

This is the cutest sign I have ever seen. I took this shot in Poco's Restaurant at Doylestown, PA. The food was not that great, or maybe it was just my quesadilla. Try eating a Cheese quesadilla with broccoli, zucchini and lettuce, and you will know what I'm talking about it. The strawberry margarita (Virgin, might I add :p) wasn't that great either.. too tangy for my taste buds. So it was Kishan Mama's birthday and we had the waiting staff give a hearty birthday cheer for him. The mud-pie they brought in was......can't really find the words to describe it. I wouldn't mind celebrating my birthday every week for that cake.

Focal Length: 48 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/5 sec
ISO: 1600

Here we go

Day 1:

This is the eeka (feather) of a nemali (peacock)..

The first picture of my photo-a-day. I hope I can pull it all the way. I will try to post as regularly as possible..

Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/13 sec
ISO: 320

I was getting bugged in Chinatown, so I was taking some random pictures