LiFe UnDeR a MiCrOsCoPe

Things that go unnoticed

2012-01-27T14:59:00.003+05:30

This edition of pictures feature the little things that we see or pass by everyday and yet don't give it a second glance. Like the colorful flags or the old stone side walk or even the footsteps on a recently tarred road.

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:) Peace

Walk the rope

2012-01-23T19:04:00.000+05:30

Ok some some of you who have added me on facebook may or may not have seen my latest photo album. I had gone to South Bombay recently with a couple of friends. And these pictures are a result of that awesome day.

So on the way to Colaba we came across these street performers. The second picture is of the woman who was playing the Dholak(Drums).

A random project at home

2012-01-07T11:51:00.000+05:30

This started off as an experiment and went on to become an awesome experience.
Stop motion is not an easy task, nor is any of the post production. But i loved working on this.
It was a fun learning experience.
Hope you guys enjoy it.

The Horrible Blogger

2012-01-02T20:31:00.001+05:30

I have been a horrible blog owner. It's been so long and I think of uploading something everyday! Yet I fall short of words or pictures.
But I have been busy working on a personal project. I must have mentioned earlier about this Vintage Nikon I own. It's a film camera and I've never really been able to get the perfect results with it, mainly because automatic settings on my DSLR have made me too comfortable. This one needs a perfect study of the environment and the subject before clicking which helps in choosing the correct aperture and shutter speed settings. Also since it does not have a review LCD like all our new digital cameras do, I can only see the results after my 36 pictures are up and developed.
All these settings were an issue the first two times I've used this camera, but thanks the the amazing apple apps store, I found a Light Meter that reads the environment and subject and tells me the aperture and shutter settings. It's a free app that is extremely convenient to use in case your your struggling with an old Manual SLR. And it's fun to use if your an enthusiast.

So far I've clicked just 28 pictures so 8 more to go and I shall develop the album. Hopefully it's going to be a success.
So until next time.

Colorful crown and a rose in the book

2011-12-24T20:35:00.001+05:30

My current wallpaper :)

Things i do when im supposed to be...

2011-12-11T12:36:00.001+05:30

Doing boring coursework makes me a creative doodler. :)

I'm against bursting fireworks

2011-10-28T13:40:00.002+05:30

The title of this post is totally Hippocratic. Because even after trying my best at avoiding bursting any fireworks(like every year during Diwali), my friend had to buy them. Then she HAD to get them along while we all were just hanging out and then she HAD to make us change our minds about not bursting crackers.
It's customary to burst fireworks during Diwali, but it also affects the environment severely with all the smoke and the residue it leaves behind. I know that. But still I couldn't avoid it last night.
Well at least I didn't physically light any crackers. I was stuck to the thing I do best, and that is Photography. So I did manage to click a few snaps. Considering the horrible lighting, with most of them I just got lucky.

The two pictures with the colorful bulbs are not clicked by me. Both were clicked by two of my friends and i love both the pictures. So I've decided to include them here.

Happy Diwali!!!

2011-10-25T20:55:00.001+05:30

Its been too long since my last post.. This is an unofficial post from my phone...
Wishing all of you wonderful people a happy diwali!!!

Contrast

2011-09-21T23:48:00.000+05:30

Oh how I have recently fallen in love with the color Green!
Weirdly, before, many many years before, the color Green always reminded me of those Nickelodeon game shows which had the green slime falling on people :p
Now, I've grown up :D and Green is Fresh, Friendly and Beautiful!
Oh and also my current Wallpaper :)
Oh this is just an after thought, but Green is also... Psych :) (Love that Goofy show)

Life in full speed

2011-09-11T10:51:00.000+05:30

I didn't expect my final year of college to be so hectic. What with placements, projects, journals, lectures and important life decisions AND most of my friends moving out of the city, I just don't have the time to stop and think! Its sort of too much to deal with. I hope this year passes soon and everything just falls into place, because I'm already exhausted!

I clicked this picture during my vacation in Bangalore. it reminds me of ..... freedom and fun!

And the theme continues

2011-08-08T17:38:00.001+05:30

I wish i could go out clicking pictures everyday. But unfortunately the Mumbai rains are in full swing. I love this amazing weather. It makes me want pop in a great DVD, slip onto the couch with a blanket and lounge there forever. The funny thing is that it's been raining here for a while now and every afternoon after getting back from college, that's exactly what i did ;)

So that's one of the reasons why I haven't been posting regularly. The pictures following this are again some old ones.

And my dear readers, I appreciate each and every one of you who visit my page regularly. So please, any feedback or comments are welcome.
Until next time. Ta Ta!

Old and Ignored

2011-07-07T23:00:00.001+05:30

I clicked these pics when I'd gone on my very first photography assignment. While I was browsing through my old files I found unedited versions of these pictures, which I think look great now.

Personally I think the whole Black and White effect make the pictures so dramatic and give them character. What say?

When i helped to bake the Cake

2011-07-01T17:20:00.001+05:30

Yesterday was perfect.
I am extremely satisfied with the end results and the pictures came out great too.
So presenting *drum roll*

Opening slide :)

Sugary Buttery Goodness.

Separating the yolk from the whites.

Perfect for a short life full of cholesterol and other heart problems :p

Fluffy whites

Mixing everything together

Heaven!

Why didn't i take a picture of the cake in the oven? Ahh well, the end result with sugar-cream filling, sprinkled with icing sugar looks like this.

Randomness at home

2011-07-01T00:42:00.000+05:30

In the previous post I introduced the Discoball. So obviously i had to do some 'keedagiri' with it :p
I've used a regular flashlight to reflect light on the discoball. The magazine used is Lonely Planet(India) because it has the best Travel Photos.

Light painting 2.0 and introducing the Discoball

2011-06-24T17:52:00.000+05:30

If you haven't already read my previous post on light painting then check it here

So in the picture is my sis who is helping me out with a pin-point torch (you can use a laser beam, it's easier).

The shutter speed is around 35 seconds.

That shiny globe is a home-made disco-ball made by my sis. Cool eh?

Going Rural.

2011-05-07T19:27:00.000+05:30

Ok seriously.
I officially SUCK at blogging regularly. I tried and it just doesn't happen. So I'm done trying. It just doesn't feel the same as before. So from now on, NO PROMISES. At least not on this page.
These next set of pictures are from the last road trip to Lonavala. Mostly a village backdrop.
I actually asked a few locals to pose for me. Something I'm not really used to. But the results were really good. Thanks to all the help I had. :)

Of course there is an animal! It's my blog after all :)
Until my next brain wave :P

In awe of traffic?!

2011-03-18T20:22:00.000+05:30

I'm a car person. Yup, I love cars. The whole late night drives with the soothing music in my ears ( loud music while driving is just too distracting and irritating for my taste, which i have made clear rather rudely to a few of my friends. Sorry ^_^ ) and the fact that I'm in charge.

In life sometimes we just don't know where we're heading. I'm at such a place right now. So the feeling of knowing what I want and where I'm heading is something I need.

So I got to admire a few of the all time famous and gorgeous beauties in January. Just admire.

This one's just cute. ;)

p.s. Does anyone still read my blog anymore?! If you do then please comment. I need a reason to keep writing and clicking.

p.p.s- my laptop's hard disk crashed! :( I lost all my photos and data!!! But luckily all the pictures that i had previously uploaded on my beloved blog are safe on my picasa web albums. All thanks to my blog! Coz I only put up the best out here :D

Blogger no Longer?!

2011-03-10T18:38:00.001+05:30

I detest social networking! Er, sometimes.
I say this because ever since I've joined facebook, I've become less active on Blogger. But I'm not the only one! Apparently the popularity of blogs has drastically reduced after all the rise of social networking. WTF!
But why is it affecting me?
The very purpose of me creating a blog was to anonymously rant away about crap! Then I told a few close friends about it... Then a few more friends and then i made a facebook account! Now i spend time surfing the crap on my facebook wall rather than ranting on my blog!!! Why?
I need to come back to blogging. Somehow i'm sane when i blog.
So until next time... soon

Sea Dragon

Lil Fish

Yes there's more

2011-02-16T23:41:00.000+05:30

I didn't forget to post the next collection of pictures, I was just waiting for more comments. Now I'm just restless. So presenting to you - More Singapore

The lil kids out there were just too adorable! Felt like stealing one of them off!

Awesome Holidays and more

2011-02-05T00:08:00.001+05:30

I'm Back!
Back to blogger that is. After a long long long long break. So the things that I've been up to :-
Chilling after a month long mentel torture i.e. exams.
A 10 day trip to Singapore and Thailand :D Oh yeah!
Chilling at home again and enjoying the feeling of joblessness :P
Then first few days of the new semester. And now I think it's high time I put up the awesome pictures I clicked on the vacation :)
So I have a collection of a total of 579 pictures and unfortunately it's not possible to upload all of them so obviously i'm uploading them batch wise.

I'd like to call this edition "The hip Orchard Street". All these pictures are taken on Orchard Street, Singapore.

This one has a special name- It 'does not' happen only in India!

How could I click pictures and not have pigeons in them!


Fooooooooood

This ends the first edition. I understand that I've not been a faithful blogger recently but I plan on being one for the next few weeks. So please comment and humour me :D

Home made Ad campaigns???

2011-01-08T16:46:00.000+05:30

This morning I gathered all of my dad's small liquor bottles, set up a white background and started randomly arranging the bottles and clicking. The thing is, my dad travels to Europe a lot. So when my sis and me were kids, he used to get a lot of little toys or souvenirs for us which were really cute and gave us an idea about the place he had just visited. So we have a whole set of shelves dedicated to all the things he's got back for us.

So while I was randomly trying to be creative my sis got a brilliant idea. You see she's the more artistic one amongst us. So she gathered a few things from the 'ol shelves and this is what we came up with. It's kinda silly but in a cute way. :D

We were thinking, they would make great posters for a 'DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE' ad campaign. What say?

Aren't those lil things so cute?

2011. Click on New Post

2011-01-07T12:21:00.000+05:30

Happy New Year.
It's never too late :P
So this year started off with a lot of drama and on my end. But now things are going back to normal I guess.
This year I plan on dedicating my free time to Product and Stock photography and concentrating on the future :|
Yeah it's about time no?
So I do have a few pictures to show off. Nothing great but it's something.

Like it? Hate it? Suggestions on something you guys would like me to shoot? Please let me know :D
Until next time.
Adios

Back with an 'Almost' sound head :D

2010-12-30T11:34:00.000+05:30

The problem with taking a huge break from blogging is that every time I open the 'new post' window and the empty text box stares at me, I go blank. Everything that I'd decided to blog about escapes from my unreliable memory. AND the fact that my sister just hijacked the laptop to check her Facebook Wall (REALLY?!) is not helping my case.
Okay so the point is, I've gotten rusty at this. Bloody exams for two friggin' months have crapped all over my brains, but I guess I'm recuperating by watching all the movies I've missed, downloading some awesome music and helping in planning a kick-ass new year's party. :D
So amidst all of this obviously I've not been doing a lot of photography for which I'm feeling guilty. Today I was supposed to visit some decent areas of the city for photography but unfortunately 'some people' are just busy. So I guess it'll happen tomorrow night.
I really want to shoot the sea-link fireworks on New Years eve but I don't think that's going to happen because who want to drive to the sea link when there's a party to attend! Still I'll start feeding this idea into people's heads :p We could do a mid night long drive session, just for kicks :)
So that's all the update from my side for the month.
I'd like to wish all my readers a Happy, Awesome and Safe New Year! Have an awesome time.

Tag a Tag a Tag

2010-11-22T21:10:00.000+05:30

The Tough Ten not really...
However, i'm greatful of Abby for tagging me coz who know when my next post would have been...! So here we go... :D

1. Why did you create this Blog?
Ever since I was little I always was fascinated with my personal diary. But i never was able to maintain one due to my irregular habits. (almost seems like nothings changed :p ) So this one friend of mine mentioned blogging about some stuff and that's how i was introduced to blogger. Then i thought why not give it a try. And thus my blog was born. I had named it my.boringlife at first. Too obcessed about myself i guess. Then i grew up :p and changed the name to life under a microscope.

2. What kind of blogs do you follow?
The blogs i usually tend to appreciate and follow have to have a sense of humor or must have some creative touch to it. Can be from photoblogs to techie stuff. I like following blogs where people write about themselves and how they see the world. From their own perspective. Independent.

3. Favorite makeup brand?
Well I'm not someone who likes applying make up but there are a few essentials that i do use.
I don't have a brand in particular but i like the Body shop, MAC and Chanel.

4. Favorite clothing brand?
I don't have any loyalties towards any particular brand. I buy what I feel looks decent on me :)

5. Your indispensable makeup product?
My Chanel eye pencil and the body shop lip gloss.

6. Your favorite color?
I think its Green and Yellow this season ;) Though I have a loyalty towards Blue and Red. But sometimes Grey or Black is a life saver.

7. Your perfume?
I have a cabinet filled with perfumes and I'm not partial to any of them :p So today's flavor was Dior Midnight Poison.

8.Your favorite film?
I love the movies. This question is a difficult one. But I think all those old hindi comedies by Rishikesh Mukherji like Golmaal and Chupke Chupke I love :D

9. What country would you like to visit and why?
I'm in love with Europe. So anywhere in Europe I'd love to visit. Also I'm fascinated by the American culture. I'd probably do my Masters in the UK or US after two years, if that's what I'd still want to do after 2 years :)

10.Write the last question and answer it yourself: IF YOU HAD ONE WISH, WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?
I'd wish for a rockstar voice! A rockstar's life is always fascinating... And there's lots of travel involved \m/

Ok so I'd like to tag....
Choco..!
Ridds..!
Shreya..!

Diwali 2010

2010-11-08T18:35:00.001+05:30

This is what happens when I get too busy worrying about the future...! Getting lost in my thoughts and losing perspective in the present.
Anywho, coming back to the real purpose of this post... DIWALI :)
The festival of lights is the best time of the year for photography in our country, or at least that's what I think :) So, I finally got my camera out and went on a clicking spree :D
(Actually the real reason I'm posting NOW is because I have holidays for almost 20 days and I finally get to do my favorite things after a long time.)

Happy Diwali to you guys! (Better late than never right?)

P.S: How do you like my new template? Trying to keep it simple yet funky...