Week 32 - Maya Ravan

Malayali Americans in the New England area celebrated Onam on 25-Aug-2007. (Actual Onam was on 27-Aug-2007). One of the events was Shobana's dance. Shobana and team presented a bharatanatyam dance ballet called "Maya Ravan". It is Shobana's own dance version of Ramayana.

Week 31 - Heavy wings

Photo taken from the Cambridge Caribbean Carnival. A carnival of African Americans in Boston.

Week 30 - Drop splash

I wish I had an assistant. It was very difficult for me to take this photo by myself. I kept the glass, filled with water, inside my lightbox. The light was kept behind the glass, pointing the background. A towel was kept around the glass to absorb the water which spills out during the photo shoot. I had another cup with water and a spoon, to drop the water droplets into the glass. In the camera, I used manual focus and a shutter speed of 1/500s. Held the camera in my right hand and kept the camera at a distance such that the glass was in focus. On my left hand, took the spoon with a little water and kept it above the glass. Pressed the shutter button halfway, dropped the water from the spoon and finally pressed the shutter in full at the instance the water from the spoon hit the water in the glass.

I could have taken it much better if there was someone to help me.

Week 29 - Caps and sunglasses

Caps and Sunglasses kept for sale on a pushcart shop in Boston. Two separate photos were combined into a single image. A dark red background was used and a white border was given to each photo.

Week 28 - A portrait

My roomate. (Can be seen in Week 23's photo also). I had another portrait session with him last weekend. Seems like he is really struggling to get a girl :-)

Week 27 - Pigeon

A guest on my apartment's balcony.