Perpetual Chaos

No longer in Perpetual Chaos ...

2006-10-02T23:29:00.000-05:00

I have moved my photos over to Flickr. I tried to keep both sites going, but it just didn't happen. Please visit me at my Flickr, or click on the Flickr badge on the side bar. Keep the critiques and comments coming, and don't forget to bookmark me. You can sign in to Flickr using a Yahoo! ID and password. Thank you all for the support and feedback!

Windmills on Tirumala

2006-07-25T20:36:00.000-05:00

Distant Gateway

2006-07-25T20:33:00.000-05:00

From one mountain to another crossing 7 such mountains, the walk up Tirumala offered some breathtaking views.

Its all relative ...

2006-06-02T23:26:00.000-05:00

At the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, CO.

Rain to the rescue

2006-06-02T23:13:00.000-05:00

Welcome showers after oppressive heat.

Sitting Pretty

2006-06-02T22:58:00.000-05:00

At the Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC.

Catch me if you can ...

2006-05-23T20:34:00.000-05:00

The little fella' from Born Free is in hot pursuit of his mate. Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC.

Teen

2006-05-23T20:26:00.000-05:00

Born Free

2006-05-20T19:13:00.000-05:00

Yeah, summer's here! The kid is dodging between water fountains at the Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC.

Seaside Gossip

2006-05-14T22:36:00.000-05:00

Red Rocks and Green Grass

2006-05-05T19:46:00.000-05:00

The Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, CO.

A Postcard from Epcot

2006-04-23T16:24:00.000-05:00

Epcot by the night.

Streaks of Orange

2006-04-23T16:14:00.000-05:00

Epcot, Orlando, near the 'Finding Nemo' enclosure.

Magic Kingdom Fireworks

2006-04-15T08:43:00.000-05:00

Fireworks at Disney Magic Kingdom, with a silhouette of the Cinderella castle showing up.

Withered Beauty

2006-03-31T22:02:00.000-05:00

A couple of my friends picked this up and brought it to me to capture. I just had to come out of hibernation!

Just around the corner ...

2006-03-05T19:11:00.000-05:00

PS - I was featured on Orkut's media portal last week in the section for student photographers. Please take a moment to look through 16 pictures from the archives. Kamakshi - Orkut media.

TaGgEd :-)

2006-02-12T19:53:00.000-05:00

I have been tagged by Suyog.

Four jobs I have had:
Graduate Research Assistant - if you could call that a job :) Yeah .. I'm still a poor graduate student =)

Four movies I can watch over and over:
Kannathil Muthamittal
Philadelphia
Michael Madhana Kamarajan :)
Lion King

Four places I have lived in:
Madras - my home :)
Bombay
Augusta - Georgia
Hyderabad (don't recall it though..)

Four TV shows I love:
Amazing Race
24
Sex and the City
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Four places I have vacationed:
Garhwal Himalayas - Chamoli district - my most memorable trip ever!
SFO, LA and San Diego, California .. rocking :)
Savannah, Georgia
Madras - Dec 2005, and more nostalgia ...

Four of my favorite dishes:
Any kind of Chaat
Saravana bhavan Paper roast dosa
Mom's parupoosili curry and vendiya kuzhambu
Seasoned thair sadam with mango pickle :)

Four sites I visit daily:
Pubmed/Medline
Blogger
Orkut
Rediff

Four places I would rather be right now:
Home - Madras
Trekking in Ladakh-Leh
Australia
Backpacking in Europe

Four bloggers/photologgers I am tagging:
Shiva
Potpourri
Sunil
Deepak

Office imbalances

2006-02-12T13:08:00.000-05:00

Color color what color ....

2006-02-09T01:06:00.000-05:00

At an arts festival in Augusta - colorful glass shapes and colorful people too!

Under the spotlight

2006-02-05T01:57:00.000-05:00

My lab forceps under the microscope light. Also see this. Which do you like better?

Staircase geometry

2006-01-29T17:17:00.000-05:00

Experiments

2006-01-28T13:18:00.000-05:00

Experiments with selective desaturation.

Microwave MaNiA

2006-01-16T11:19:00.000-05:00

Yeah - that's the mesh on the microwave front door, and there's my coffee mug inside.

Aqua

2006-01-15T01:03:00.000-05:00

At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Awaiting spring ....

2006-01-14T09:14:00.000-05:00

Yeah their present form is depressing, but the future's bright and green!

Island meets ocean

2006-01-04T20:24:00.000-05:00

Hilton head island, SC

Inferno

2006-01-02T18:10:00.000-05:00

Fiery sunset in Hilton Head Island, SC.

Happy New Year!

2005-12-31T12:27:00.000-05:00

Have a great year ahead, everybody!

Frozen in tungsten

2005-12-27T23:20:00.000-05:00

Very ordinary picture, but shot this in tungsten. I felt it added a dramatic, cold feel.

Whirlpool

2005-12-27T00:27:00.000-05:00

Here's another one from the lab series ... a whirlpool inside a conical flask with solution stirring inside :)

Devil's Head

2005-12-25T15:58:00.000-05:00

This was at a place called Chimney Rock, en-route to Ashville, NC. Just as the sign points to, the devil watches over the whole place from the top of Chimney Rock.

Shadow's company

2005-12-25T01:34:00.000-05:00

Zig-zaggin' in the dark

2005-12-17T14:58:00.000-05:00

An attempt at shooting christmas lights in darkness with long exposure.

Getting there ...

2005-12-12T00:15:00.000-05:00

A photographer in training by his dad. He was taking a picture of his dad and his two brothers :) I added the blur on Picasa, and liked it this way, so kept it.

Ashville Sunset

2005-12-11T19:16:00.000-05:00

Sunset at Ashville, NC near the Biltmore Estate.

A Thorny Perspective

2005-12-10T11:48:00.000-05:00

Splash!

2005-12-07T00:47:00.000-05:00

I made my friends to throw pebbles into the water like a dozen times to get this one :)

Drowning

2005-12-02T18:42:00.000-05:00

Yeah .. you guess right .. in the lab again :) Cell-culture plates filled with water.

Brrr...

2005-12-01T17:36:00.000-05:00

Another one from the lab - the knob of a liquid nitrogen tank :)

A shot in the blue

2005-11-27T13:46:00.000-05:00

Alligator ... yikes!!

2005-11-23T00:11:00.000-05:00

A pair of dissecting forceps in the lab. Another one from the 'lab' series is here.

PS - Can anyone tell me how to post larger pictures? I made a wider template to post bigger pics, but can't figure it out with Hello or Blogger. What software do you all use?

The Wall and Fall

2005-11-22T01:25:00.000-05:00

Savannah Rapids again, where I also took this one.

Blurring away ...

2005-11-17T01:02:00.000-05:00

Garba

2005-11-16T00:56:00.000-05:00

An image from Navrathri last month. Garba and Dandiya are dances that go along with the festival - Navrathri (its a 9-day long festival, hence the name Nava - nine, and Rathri - night).

As for the picture itself, I did a partial desaturate for the background alone. The original looks better, but its too colorful and distracting, and takes the focus off the dancers.

Fall colors in GA!

2005-11-14T20:29:00.000-05:00

Amazing fall colors at the Savannah Rapids. It was nearing sunset, and the sunlight falling on the tree tops made them glow in reds and oranges.

Tips ... anyone?

2005-11-13T02:32:00.000-05:00

Lol .. spending most of my time in the lab, going out and taking pics had become near impossible .. so I decided to get some pics in the lab while I have some waiting time between experiments :) Here's a box of micropippette tips all neatly stacked up.

Silhouetted Spikes

2005-11-10T21:10:00.000-05:00

Savannah Rapids, Augusta, GA

Hello..!

2005-11-05T12:34:00.000-05:00

A good ad?

Neon Blinds

2005-11-04T20:02:00.000-05:00

Lights streaming into my room .. through the blinds again :) Don't know what the deal is with my fascination with blinds and light .. this is the third one so far. Also check out Blinded and Zebra.

Westin and Blue Sky

2005-11-04T08:17:00.000-05:00

Taken last week from the Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta. This is the Westin Hotel that forms part of the skyline in the downtown.

Zebra

2005-10-24T19:06:00.000-05:00

Sunlight making its way between the blinds onto the carpet.

Apothecary

2005-10-24T00:22:00.000-05:00

Orange

2005-10-18T22:52:00.001-05:00

I'm flying without wings!

2005-10-12T21:29:00.000-05:00

A hot-air balloon flying high during the arts festival in Augusta.

Blinded

2005-10-10T23:03:00.000-05:00

Am here again .. and hoping to stay around longer this time :) Will catch up with all your blogs tomorrow.

Sunrise over the Canyons

2005-10-01T12:04:00.000-05:00

Sunrise over the Canyons .. taken from the plane window.

I have posted the rest of the pictures from the Utah series. One post a day was not happening .. so here's everything .. in one go :) Hope you enjoy them.

Looking up

2005-10-01T12:02:00.000-05:00

Trail

2005-10-01T12:00:00.000-05:00

More blue skies

2005-10-01T11:59:00.000-05:00

Birch and Blue

2005-10-01T11:57:00.000-05:00

Blue skies again!

Canyons trail

2005-10-01T11:56:00.000-05:00

A real pretty trail - wish I had more time off from the meeting to actually go all the way up to the Lookout Peak.

More mountains and gondolas

2005-10-01T11:54:00.000-05:00

I liked the shade over a part of the mountains. There are the gondolas again!

Sporting goods' stores

2005-10-01T11:52:00.000-05:00

Sporting goods and accessories at the Sundial lodge.

Hazy Gondolas

2005-10-01T11:50:00.000-05:00

Taken from a gondola and thus the blur. Chantal wanted one such shot. I liked it, 'coz it had a haze-effect.

Trail flowers

2005-10-01T11:48:00.000-05:00

Pretty flowers on the trail.

Pristine

2005-10-01T11:47:00.000-05:00

I loved the gorgeous blue skies.

Ski-slopes

2005-10-01T11:46:00.000-05:00

Ski-slopes sans snow.

Divided

2005-10-01T11:44:00.000-05:00

On a trail.

Lampshade

2005-10-01T11:39:00.000-05:00

Tabegauche

2005-09-28T22:55:00.000-05:00

The burning glyph, Tabegauche watches over the Canyons, Utah as a symbol of revival, reaffirmation and reunion with family and friends.

Blind Dog grill

2005-09-24T11:45:00.000-05:00

I really liked the plates at one of the restaurants we dined in at Park City, Utah. This was all I could get from my seat without making it too obvious :)

Ride the gondola

2005-09-21T22:53:00.000-05:00

Here are some more gondolas riding up and down the Canyons in Park City, Utah.

Good morning, Utah!

2005-09-19T17:55:00.000-05:00

This was the view from my room's side door at Park City - Utah. Such a beautiful sight to wake up to!

Journey to the top

2005-09-19T06:55:00.000-05:00

We took these cable cars from the base to the top of Look Out peak for the opening reception. Man! Was I glad that I packed my warmest coats! I felt really silly while packing them, but surely, September in Georgia is way different from that in Utah :)

Scenic Utah

2005-09-15T19:01:00.000-05:00

I'm back .. though I'm still recovering from a mountain-hangover from scenic Utah! The biggest plus about conferences is the choice of location. I just got back from a few days at the Canyons Resort @ Park City, Utah. This is an aerial view of Salt Lake City from the plane. Will catch up on your blogs later today.

Chocolate

2005-09-05T20:40:00.000-05:00

Another patterns picture for you. This is an outdoor metal tabletop with the ash tray in the middle. I adjusted the tones in PS. You can see my friends' feet beneath the table vaguely.

Suyog said this looked like perforated chocolate .. it sure does now that he told me! I changed the title to 'Chocolate' .. it was 'Diamonds' earlier.

Illusion

2005-09-03T11:33:00.000-05:00

This picture is from the same series as Diagonal. Its an illusion here, you dont know if the bend is upwards or downwards. I did desaturation around the focal point with Picasa .. I really like the software!

Everyone in the US, have a great long weekend!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

2005-09-02T17:27:00.000-05:00

This was taken on my friend's birthday a couple of days back .. but it serves the purpose :) Red Velvet Cake .. straight from the South .. hehe.

Georgia scorcher

2005-09-02T05:44:00.000-05:00

Georgia Scorcher at Six Flags, Atlanta. Its a standing roller-coaster - one of my favorites :)

Bridge to bliss

2005-08-31T23:22:00.000-05:00

Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE.

Sun, stone and shadows

2005-08-30T23:59:00.000-05:00

Well .. there's atleast one thing good about the scorching sun .. we get to play with shadows :)

Potpourri had a similar post sometime back.

Brown and white

2005-08-29T19:21:00.000-05:00

I liked the light coloured carpets, white walls, brown and white wooden handrails and ethnic brown dining table.

I've been a little slack about blogging of late .. I'll visit your blogs soon :)

Linear reflections

2005-08-27T10:27:00.000-05:00

By the riverside.

Standing tall

2005-08-25T18:56:00.000-05:00

A view of Manhattan from my cousin's apartment window.

Diagonal

2005-08-24T17:48:00.000-05:00

I saw this one in my archives, played a little with saturation and liked it. Its a bench's back-rest against a wooden frame-work.

Yeee-Haaaw

2005-08-22T23:20:00.000-05:00

Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta. This was taken from my Saturday trip there and I still feel like I'm on a roller coaster :)

Thurmond Dam

2005-08-21T22:51:00.000-05:00

Thurmond dam in the Georgia-South Carolina border, along the Savannah river. Lake Thurmond, created by this dam is one of the largest manmade lakes in southeast US. Its a great place to chill-out, picnic and generally sit saoked in the water. Read more about Thurmond Lake and Dam here.

Could use some rest!

2005-08-19T17:42:00.000-05:00

This was taken near the Old Post Office Pavilion in DC. This week's been so draining .. I wouldn't mind stretching out on one of those benches. Have a great weekend everybody!

Zzzip

2005-08-18T18:38:00.000-05:00

I love road trips .. I can never stop clicking. I think I took this somewhere near DC.

Percussion

2005-08-17T19:06:00.000-05:00

Roadside entertainment in DC .. amazing percussion, simple equipment.

Bike wreck

2005-08-16T21:45:00.000-05:00

I'm in a 'blurs and shakes are cool' phase right now I guess. This scene in front of our car during my trip to DC was not really a bike wreck though it looks like one. It was a jeep mounted with 5 bikes at the back .. 2 adults' and 3 kids' .. a family biking expedition of sorts I suppose. It was raining like crazy on the drive from DC to NJ. Rain + moving car + some post processing soft focus can make anything look like a wreck :)

Speed

2005-08-15T20:47:00.000-05:00

Not a very good picture to get an idea of what it is, but any guesses?? I've given you a hint with the title. I'll post the answer tomorrow :)

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Answer - Some neat guesses there. Arunz was the closest followed by Kaleidoscope. This was taken in Atlanta airport through the front glass of the concourse train :) The streaks of light were from the yellow tunnel lights on the right and white tunnel lights on the left. You can see faint track marks in the bottom part of the picture.

Hakuna Matata

2005-08-15T00:28:00.000-05:00

My 4-yr old cousin Sahana. I just love taking pictures of kids .. they have such happy, worry-free expressions. And Lion King is her favorite movie .. so here we go - Hakuna Matata .. it means no worries.. :) Have a great week ahead, everybody!

Lines and stripes

2005-08-13T19:50:00.000-05:00

This is in the Medical College of Georgia, in a hallway in the Research and Education building, where my lab is located. This is how the place looks in the morning with the sun's rays. As I stood there to take the picture, people thought it was strange and came out of their labs to check out what I was clicking :)

As far as you can see...

2005-08-12T23:29:00.000-05:00

Brandywine zoo, Wilmington, DE. Check out the squirrel on the track.

Wheels of change

2005-08-11T18:51:00.000-05:00

Taken at the Machines Shop at the Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE. Its a duPont museum and this is where they first manufactured gunpowder for construction and ironically, also for destruction (World War II). Taken in B/W.

Looking up - color

2005-08-10T17:56:00.000-05:00

Aashish asked for a color version of Looking up .. here it is! Which one do you like better?

Looking up

2005-08-10T17:31:00.000-05:00

For a break, I thought I'd post a non-nature shot. My friends own a condo in the this building .. this is looking up through the sunroof at the entrance. Alexandria, Virginia.

Shades of nature

2005-08-09T18:09:00.000-05:00

Alongside the Brandywine river - Wilmington, DE.

Red loudspeakers

2005-08-08T18:14:00.000-05:00

I seem to be in a flowery phase as far as blogging is concerned. This one is better with respect to the background compared to the last one I guess. This was also taken the Brandywine zoo .. told ya, there were no animals to see!