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10. The great banyan tree

28 KMs west of Bangalore is situated this place.
 Read my blog for  complete info

http://my-roadtrips.blogspot.com/2006_04_23_archive.html

Majestic

9. Painted stork

 

Another one from Ranganathittu. Best season to visit and see these birds is June to November. Even during month of February there are a lot of birds.

The King

8. Crocodile

 

One of the most powerful animal on earth.  They have by far the strongest bite of any animal.

The snap has been clicked at Ranganthitu Bird Sanctuary. River Cauvery flows slowly around a small piece of land creating a small island near Srirangapatna ( near Mysore). This is the nesting & breeding place for various migratory birds from all over the world.

Rays of Hope

7. Rays

 

"Lets work together to keep the planet green" - eeshmengi

Snap clicked on the top of Nandi Hills

Crow - ready to fly

6. Crow - The Common Raven

A common-raven can easily be found anywhere in Indian sub continent. This picture is from the Marina beach - Chennai.

HDR

 

5. View from Sinclairs hotel - Ooty
 
Snap #4 and #5 are HDR images. HDR stand for High dynamic range imaging.

It is a process whereby one uses multiexposed images and blends them into one final image. I generally take pictures at +2EV,0,-2EV and use Photomatix to get the HDR image. Though Adobe Photoshop CS2 has also introduced the feature to generate HDRs. I find Photomatix better and easy to use.  There are good tutorials on HDR at the websites of Adobe Photoshop and Photomatix.