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Abstracts are beautiful! Some may disagree!

Often the formations and patterns that are found in various elements of nature evoke different emotions in us. The extent to which they touch depends on ones array of emotions and their life experiences! Its hard to ignore such instances when something around us has struck a chord of our emotion and made us think beyond just what is there in front. Such patterns and formations take our thoughts away from the scene quite instantly and within no time we would be immersed in the thoughts caused by the chain of emotions that has been triggered by the scene in front!

Different elements exhibit different patterns. The patterns that we see on the bark of a tree are completely different from the patterns that we see on a granite rock surface! The patterns of waves on a beach is different from the patterns of waves formed on the surface of a river by the breeze! The patterns of lichens on a tree bark are different from the patterns of moss on a rock surface beside a stream. They all are different from each other! Yet sometimes we feel they all are connected! Sometimes we feel they all are hinting something! Evoking certain feelings inside us and incepting certain thoughts in our mind!

The world of abstract is amazing!

Hope some of you are able to connect with at least few of these!

Cheers!
Ash

As the Spring makes way to the Summer...

Days are getting hotter and the scorching heat of the Sun is making the afternoon walks a tough call.

After a lovely and bloomy spring its time now to face the heat!

Leaves of Kusum Tree

But I thoroughly enjoyed the blooming season this time. I enjoyed my everyday drive through the avenues of Jayanagar while I was on the way to my office. I have witnessed blooming of Pink Poui (Tabebuia rosea) around Jayanagar Shopping Complex and the transition of a complete avenue containing African Tulip Trees from complete brown to wonderful soft green and then to dense dark green. Now it is the time of Jacaranda! As I am writing this blog there is still a blooming Jacaranda tree right in front of Maiyas Restaurant in Jayanagar. 

Last month we had been to Dharma Reservoir when we visited Yellapur. We took a shorter road which goes via few villages and through jungle. To our pleasure, we saw an entire tree with red bloom. It was a Kusum tree (Schleichera oleosa). Seeing the shiny red new leaves was a treat to our eyes.

 Kusum Tree

Flowers of Coral Tree

 
The forest was teeming with flowing trees and as the production was high so were the consumers! Tall and dry trees were having huge number of bee hives! In the time when the global population of wild bees is reducing at an alarming rate seeing such colonies of bees was a real treat! 

I am seeing bee hives not just in the rural jungles but in the urban concrete jungles as well! At my office on Brunton Road, every year when the Rain Tree (Albizia saman), which is in front of our office blooms we are having Bee hives to the structural blocks of the building. This is the third year now! 
 
After enjoying the bloom all across the city and outside, now it is time to face the Sun! Dry deciduous forest region in Dandeli gave us the glimpse already few weeks back!

Now when I visit Sirsi in the end of April, I know what can expect!
 

 
Cheers,
Ash

Monsoon is here, but I am still in the summer!

Life has been very hectic in past couple of months. I was not finding enough time to update the blog. Apologies for that.

Quite an experience I had during these two months. Visit to the places around Daroji – Hampi for a culture and portrait shoot, visiting Ooty in March and a small trip to Sirsi, which was primarily to attend some family functions but turned out to be fruitful from the photography perspective and few more such nice experiences. Unfortunately the images are lying in RAW in my hard disk. Struggling to find right time and mood to process them and share it across.

Meanwhile here are few images from my trip to Ooty along with my friend Shivakumar L in March!!!

Better late than never! :)

Gearing up for the monsoon… I am excited! 

Cheers,

Ash