The Grass Project

I have been meaning to put these photographs up on the blog for a while but did not have the right words that would resonate my thoughts to describe them. I heard this beautiful song from the motion picture soundtrack of 'Away We Go' and thought was evocative of what I might would have wanted to say.

See the clouds are creeping towards the sun
and I'm slipping away
I'm seen by anyone
the light it turning grey
the day is done
The water is so cold
and heavy on my mind
I dreamed of walking with you
but I fell behind
looking for a road
I could not find
 

And now the ice is starring
and spring is near
there is no one calling
but the sound is clear
no, I'm not yet gone 

I'm still not here 

 

 

Retro Getty

We have featured images of the Getty Center on Lensored before, but not using retro photography. On a recent visit, I left the digital camera at home, and took only the analog Diana F+ and a cellphone with the 'Retro Cam' phone app. This is intended to be the first of two posts comparing 120-film black and white analog photographs (the real deal) to faux-retro digital photography (less authentic, but far more convenient and cheap and with instant gratification). The reason for this being an "intended" rather than "actual" post, is that 120-film takes a week to develop and frankly, I have no idea how the pics will turn out...

Assuming everything turns out fine, this may be how we settle the debate on which retro photography technique is preferable...or perhaps it will just get more heated.

Either way, here goes....

Retro NYC

The HTC EVO Android phone as I discover it is a thing of greatness. After suffering the setback of losing a classy Nokia E63 gifted to me by dear Adelphius Vikramis in an NYC yellow cab, I was needless to say, overcome with immense grief and guilt. That combined with a set of circumstances favouring my decision to go for an Android phone led me to the EVO. Which in turn led me to the awesomeness of Retro Camera. An app on the Android Market that does pretty much what Hipstamatic can pull off on the iPhone.
These are images I've been taking over the course of the past few days. Oft repeated NYC themes as you can clearly see, though refreshing when seen through the lens of the Retro Camera.
I virtually took no effort to take these pictures, nor time, which to the chagrin of many an SLR purist are both expended in the mere setup of the right frame. That combined with a nifty 8 megapixels of clarity makes for some pretty enjoyable photographing experiences.

http://www.urbian.biz/apps/retrocam/

Elephants

On our two most recent trips, elephants left a strong impression. Some we saw in the flesh, framed against East Africa's spectacular Amboseli plains and Mt Kilimanjaro. Others we saw set in stone, framed against Ahmedabad's equally spectacular Adalaj ni Vav.

149,043,219.....

149,043,219 is a unique personal benchmark statistic that understandably is of no value to many of you. Except for the 149,043,218 of you that visited Yellowstone National Park before me. Given its distinctively beautiful and often times dangerous geothermal features its that one place off the beaten path that you go to, to stay closely along the pathway as evidenced in the photographs. 

149,043,219 (contd.)

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The Hunter

On a balmy evening in the Ngorongoro, a Black-shouldered Kite caught its prey...

...ripped it open...

...pulled out a choice morsel...

...ate it...

...and preened for my camera!!!

So it goes in the wild I suppose...!