Wave watching on Maravanthe beach

Our next stop on the Karnataka Coast was Maravanthe Beach. After a simply-perfect evening at Ottinene Beach, we headed inland to Kollur but the next day we were back on…

Catching light | Radiant clouds in Altamont

Caught: the sun having a lazy day in the summer sky. A pic with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 The week before last as we driving through Interstate 580 (I-580)…

A beach so unspoiled and simply beautiful

Simply Beautiful!I wouldn’t want to call it anything else. Decorative adjectives might steal Ottinene Beach off its pure, natural beauty.  Ottinene Beach — I must say — turned out to…

Catching the Light: Fountains and Shadows

Catching the light: Looking at the light falling on fountains.

Seeing Seattle from Space (Needle)

If you could see one thing in Seattle, go to that one place that shows you everything, suggests the brochure of the most popular structure of the city. Now, if…

Murudeshwar: Where everything seems to be massive

Just off what was popularly known as NH -17* (Edapally- Panvel Highway, now NH- 66), around 80 kilometres south of Gokarna is another temple town, known for its Shiva temple,…

Painted skies, silhouettes and warm glows

Sunsets are mesmerizing. What better way to end a day than watch a sunset? And even after the sun goes down, the effects are there, up in the sky. Look…

Happy 4th!

Here are some pictures from the 4th of July Celebration at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA a couple of years ago.  (Pictures from a point-and-shoot. July, 2013.) Happy…

Glimpses: Honnavar and the Sharavathi

Honnavar lies in Uttara Kannada in the state of Karnataka (in S. India). It is here that the Sharavathi River meets the Arabian Sea. If you remember the post on…

Catching some NorCal light

Caught: some afternoon (sun)light, North California. These pictures of the sunlight filtering through leaves, were taken on one of our trips between California and Washington. Location: one of the ‘rest…