Thursday, October 24, 2013

St. Luke's Church, Bangalore

Via Flickr:
stlukesbangalore.org/

This is a 78 year old church in the heart of the city

EXIF: 1/25s, f1.8, ISO 1600, 50mm

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Surveyor of the lawn


Surveyor of the lawn, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

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"How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!"
- William Shakespeare, Tempest, Act II, scene 1, line 52.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna

Pigeon


Pigeon, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

Via Flickr:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Dove

EXIF: 1/400s, f/6.3, ISO 640, 225mm

Red-whiskered Bulbul


Red-whiskered Bulbul, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

Via Flickr:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-whiskered_Bulbul

From Wikipedia: This species was once a popular cagebird in parts of India. The species continues to be a popular cagebird in parts of Southeast Asia.

EXIF: 1/400s, f8, ISO 320, 250 mm

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Artwork - Threadwork on bottle

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A beautiful gift from an artist friend for taking her pictures. This is fine threadwork and requires very skilled and patient hands. A very beautiful reward indeed!

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Beauty speaks


Beauty speaks, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

Via Flickr:
This flower reminded me of the 'horn speakers' / 'conical speakers' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_loudspeaker)

Common Tailorbird


Common Tailorbird, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

Via Flickr:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Tailorbird

From Wikipedia: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", one of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories, includes a tailorbird couple, Darzee (which means "tailor" in Urdu) and his wife, as two of the key characters

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You can't take the sky from me

Via Flickr:
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me

- Joss Whedon, "The Ballad of Serenity" theme to Firefly, performed by Sonny Rhodes.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa


Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, originally uploaded by Saurav Pandey.

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From Wikipedia: Ramakrishna was a famous mystic of 19th-century India. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda. He is also referred to as "Paramahamsa" by his devotees, as such he is popularly known as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Read more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakrishna

EXIF: f/8, 1/400s, ISO 6400, 250mm,