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As usual, when I was about to call it a day..this photograph happened. This is not the first time it is happening, very often the best happens  at an unexpected time, in an unexpected way. Be patient. Never give up. lumix fz200, iso 400, f2.5, flash on

“Time means little; I never notice its passing.” ― Stephenie Meyer

The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can. Evangeline Lilly

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Abandoned

“What I really love about them... is the fact that they contain someone's personal history...I find myself wondering about their lives. I can never look at a garment... without thinking about the woman who owned it. How old was she? Did she work? Was she married? Was she happy?... I look at these exquisite shoes, and I imagine the woman who owned them rising out of them or kissing someone...I look at a little hat like this, I lift up the veil, and I try to imagine the face beneath it... When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you're not just buying the fabric and thread - you're buying a piece of someone's past.” 
― Isabel Wolff, A Vintage Affair

“My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

Marine drive is the place to watch beautiful sunsets. This photo was done a couple of months back, towards the fag end of the monsoon, so some traces of the clouds were still present adding some texture to the sky. Canon 550D, Tokina wide angle.

“...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.” ― Simon Raven

This is one of those serious attempts of mine with a canon on a tripod, with slow shutter speed at the Marine drive Kochi, which is very near our backyard. 

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” ― Ansel Adams

“Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities".” ― James Fredericks

Clicked this photograph during one of those solo walks through the paddy fields behind my brother's home at Thrissur. Canon 550D.

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Dimple the chameleon @thebackyard

Today is the second time I came across this chameleon @thebackyard. She emerged from somewhere by around the sunset time, and posed for some photographs. This is the first one of the set of photographs I clicked  with the Canon 550D, and the 300mm lens. After this one, I clicked the rest with the lumix fz200, which has a more powerful zoom at 600mm. Will post those photographs clicked with the lumix later. Whenever I am at the backyard, I started searching for this chameleon, and today I named her Dimple :-), hoping to meet her again..

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Kathakali

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camouflage @thebackyard

 She was always hiding behind the opposite side of the tree for a while before posing for this one. One tip is to go right behind the chameleon than zeroing in from the front or sides :-). This is one of those instances when I consciously violated the rule of thirds. Lumix fz200 at f2.8, 600mm, maroumi PL filter

Sunset @Fort Kochi...

Fort kochi is very close to the backyard. This photograph was captured during one of my visits to Fort Kochi. I reached there slightly late, so the sunset was over, still some amount of ambient light was available for this photograph. Was it Christmas time?. See the christmas stars on top of the Chinese fishing nets. 

Puttu in the making

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