The world through my Lens

Have moved

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If anyone is still following my posts here. Here is an update. I no longer post / share my pics here. You can find them on Flickr / 500px

Cheers!

Vivek

~ My two pence ~

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~ My 2 pence ~

~ Gerbera B/W ~

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~ Gerbera ~

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~ Orange Gerbera ~

~ Yellow - PS edit ~

Goodbye! 2006, Hello! 2007

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'Wishing everyone a very warm, prosperous and successful year ahead. Hope all your dreams & aspirations come true in 2007'

~ Cat ~

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~ This one is edited in PS ~

Click on the images to get the best view

~ ThunderBird - Feels like God in the true sense ~

2006-12-09T17:57:00.000+05:30

~ ThunderBird ~

You can visit my album for more pix.

~ Flowers ~

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~ World AIDS Day ~

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~ Camera Toss ~

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~Abstract art~

~ 666 - Number of the beast ~

~ During Diwali ~

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~ A diwali light~

~ Backwaters @ GOA ~

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~ The coconut trees lined up along the backwaters on our way to Fort Agauda,Goa ~

~ Individual Reflections ~

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~ Look closely there are 3 of them in this image ;) ~
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~ Circle of Friends ~

2006-11-04T15:22:00.000+05:30

~ Life is a journey; in this journey friends are the ones who stand by you for everything you are. Without them, circle of life would jst be ZERO ~

~ GOA ~

2006-11-04T15:10:00.000+05:30

An artist's view of GOA

~ Xperiements with Photoshop ~

2006-09-28T22:06:00.000+05:30

~ Feather Effect ~

~ Self - Radial Blur ~

~ Nilesh - Color Spots ~

Am back & these are some of my experiments with Adobe photoshop; still trying to get a hang of it.

~ Rockz ~

2006-08-02T15:08:00.000+05:30

~ Interesting Pattern ~
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~ Water ~

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~ Water - One of the key essential elements in Life ~
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~ The Wall @ Stones Pub ~

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~ The wall @ Stones Pub ~
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~ The wall @ Stones Pub ~
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Store Room

2006-06-27T12:28:00.000+05:30

~ Store Room @ Coffee Estate,Kalathagiri.~
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Sunrise @ Kalathagiri Peak

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~Sunrise @ Kalathagiri Peak~
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Framers framed

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~Captured this sign board last month after guzzling @ Stones, while we were walking towards Cafe Coffee day in IndiraNagar~
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Birds Chirping

2006-06-27T10:40:00.000+05:30

~ On a lazy Sunday afternoon as I was sitting by the window of my room & reading, I was drawn to these birds sitting on an electric line and chirping ~
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Pencil Flowers

2006-06-22T17:49:00.000+05:30

~ You need to see these flowers in person, they have a very unqiue texture. I feel they are called Pencil Flowers, because the petals share the same pattern as that of pencil sharpenings ~
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Flowers

2006-06-22T17:40:00.000+05:30

'Captured these last week after the early morning showers'

P.S: I would be greatful to the person who would enlighten me with the the name of this flower.

Marriage Sign

2006-06-22T17:28:00.000+05:30

'Another colleague of mine fell into the ring called 'Marriage' '

Beatle Nuts

2006-06-22T17:20:00.000+05:30

'Shot them last weekend when one of our Neighbours gave us the "Beatle Nuts" which are grown in their estate in Chickmanglur'

Embryonic Life!

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Lilies in our garden

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A colorful visitor to our garden

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(Click to enlarge)

Trees

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'Watching these trees during dawn & dusk has always been soothing for me '

Bar Code Reader

2006-03-25T13:59:00.000+05:30

'Bar Code Reader' @ Bangalore Book Shop.

I knew lasers were used in a Bar Code Reader, but had never known there would such a complex pattern of laser beams Criss-Crossing taking place within the system.

What is Mathematics?

2006-03-18T15:04:00.000+05:30

I have always enjoyed Mathematics & still continue to love it. Captured this during the last week's visit to 'Bangalore Book Shop'

I am so lonely

2006-03-18T14:37:00.000+05:30

Captured this 'Lonely Coconut Tree' @ a construction site in Malleshwaram, Bangalore.
This reminds me of the song 'Lonely by Akon'

Hide & Seek: Between the Sun and the Clouds

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Macro: Flowers II

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Black Kite

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FZ30:Experiments (Aperture & ShutterSpeed)

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f4.0 1/60

f4.0 1/80

f4.5 1/100

My Art

2006-02-23T21:51:00.000+05:30

AUM on a Coconut Shell

Painting of a dried flower

Reiki Symbols

Abstract Shiva

The Morning Sky

2006-02-23T07:55:00.000+05:30

I have always loved the sunrise, as you get to see a lot of hues & shades in the sky. These two pictures were captured today morning @ UAS Campus, Bangalore.

There is slight difference in both the pitctures, the first one was shot without Image Stabilization (IS) & the second one with IS, click on the images to see the difference.

Macro: Flowers

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FZ30:Experiments

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Wall Hanging

Lakshmi Menon - 2005 Ganjam Calendar

Reflections

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Kakkabe, Coorg, Karnataka.

2005:Year In Pictures

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Here is a compilation from various news & photography sites who have hosted the best pictures from 2005 covering diverse subjects. I enjoyed viewing all of them, thought of sharing the same with rest of you.

National Geographic: Best Wildlife Photos | Best Science Photographs | Top Ten News Photos | Best Mountain Photographs | 17th Annual Photo Contest | Digital Photo Gallery

World Press Photo: View Gallery

MSNNBC: 2005 Year In Pictures

TIME: 2005 Year In Pictures

The New York Times: 2005 Year In Pictures

Yahoo: 2005 Year In Review

POYi: Winners Gallery

Macro I

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Camera: Motorola E-365.

Vivek Kondur | Photography

Trek-On-Tracks

2005-09-20T12:00:00.000+05:30

For all those who love to experiment, I feel you should be doing this trek. It's a different experience altogether, bridges, tunnels and one common denominator along the route is the 'Track'. Here are some of the snaps of the trek captured on Motorola E-365.

Cantonment Station,Bangalore.

Donigal Station, Chickmangalur.

The trek route.

Liked the color.

Endless track.

Just one of the *Bridges* which you would come across in your 19kms strech.

Entrance of the *Tunnel*.

View from inside.

Streams.

River Sita.

Deepak Reddy.

Bhusan.

You would also like to see snaps captured by my friend Nilesh who was also part of the group. Click here.

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Garden Revisited

2005-06-10T10:55:00.000+05:30

I liked the pattern on the leaf

Lillies

Camera: Motorola E365.

WesternGhats - Belligundi Falls - Backwater near Mangalore

2005-05-10T19:45:00.000+05:30

Following are some of the snaps from the 3-day trek we had been to in the month of March. Hope you enjoy them.

Back waters near Managalore

Sunset @ Maravante

Camera:Yashica.

Sunrise @ Savandurga

2005-04-15T18:27:00.000+05:30

Click here to see the panoramic view of the same

Cam:Motorola E-365.

Tree

2005-02-05T16:08:00.000+05:30

I shot this one on the way to Hoskote last month while trying out Para-sailing.

Cam: Mobile Motorola E365.

Garden

2005-01-05T10:45:00.000+05:30

Lot of flowers had bloomed in our garden in December and i captured few of them through my mobile camera. Well the last one is not a flower:).

Cam:Motorola E365.

Sunset

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Moments before Sunset.

We were on the way back to Bangalore travelling by bus when the Sun was setting, i did not want to miss the moment. So captured this from the moving bus.

Cam:Yashica.

Streams - Koosalli

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You get numerous streams all the way to falls.

Cam:Yashica.

Muradeshwar

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Muradeshwar beach.

Cam:Yashica.

Path to Koosalli Falls

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On our way to Koosalli falls we came across different terrains, here are few of them.

Endless hills

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In the second picture u can see Koosalli falls.

Cam:Yashica.

Honnemardu

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Honnemardu - All those who love camping need to visit this place atleast once.

Cam:Yashica.

Kodak moment

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Myself, Mathew and Raghu.

Cam:Yashica.

Misty Woods

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Misty woods is a cottage at the base of Thadiandamol, Coorg. Good place to stay at.

Cam:Yashica.

Abbey Falls

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Abbey falls, Coorg.

Cam:Yashica.

Trees

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Cam:Yahsica.

Streams

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This time around while we were trekking back from Mullayangiri we found lot of streams along the path. Here are a few of them.

Cam:Yashica.

Hill

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Cam:Yashica.

Endless paths...

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Cam:Yashica.

Panoramic View of the hill

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Well i love shooting panoramic views.
Cam:Yashica.

Panoramic View of Galikere

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Panoramic view of Galikere.I have merged two snaps as you can see that.
Cam: Yashica.

Silent stream

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Cam:Yashica.

Mathew

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Cam:Yashica.

Path - Tadiandamol

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Cam:Yahsica

Temple

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The temple on the hill of Kodachadri.

Maravante

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Wild Things

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It's amazing to see & capture nature in different forms.

pic:E-365.

pic:Canon 300V PicCourtesy:Naveen

pic:Canon 300V PicCourtesy:Naveen

Sunrise at Kodachadri

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Hills

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The hills on the way to Kodachadri.

Kodachadri

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Pic:Yashica.

The Palace Doors

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The Doors of the palace on the way to Tadiandamol,Coorg.
Pic:E-365.

Raghu

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I just shot this picture near the campfire during Honnemardu.
pic E-365

Flower

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Found this flower on the way to Honnemardu.
Pic E-365.

Marvelous entrances

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I always admired their architecture. Their structures do have some kind of meaning simliar to our temples.

Pics shot from Motorola E-365.

Monk

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A monk at the Tibetan settlement in Byleguppe, near Virajpet.

Pic shot from Motorola E-365.

Harangi Reservoir

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For the first time i have been to a Reservoir's foundation. The place where we stood was 40 ft deep and stretches for about 900mts. The best part was, the entire stretch is gaurded by one person.

Pic shot from Motorola E-365.

Welcome to Pixel-View.

2004-10-17T14:20:00.001+05:30

Its been a long time since i have had this in my mind to have a separate place for all my photographs. So finally have decieded to come up with a photoblog named pixel-vie, dedicated for photography.

It's only Photography that allows us to capture the moments of the dynamic world and seal time to a static state.

As the saying goes Pictures convey more meaning than what can be put in words. Well let me stop writing and let me give way for my photographs which have been waiting for such a long time.

Comments are always welcome.

Pleasant viewing for your eyes!

Adios.