Apr 21 - R for Reflection #AtoZChallege

Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2012: Truck
Picture of the day in 2011: Bird's Paradise
Picture of the day in 2010: Phantom of the opera

Apr 19 - P for Pattern #AtoZChallenge

Camera: Sony RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2013: Stopping time/motion
Picture of the day in 2012: Game 
Picture of the day in 2011 Red velvet cake

Apr 18 - O for Over Exposed Photo #AtoZChallenge

O for Over Exposure Photography.

Camera: Sony RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Food styling
Picture of the day in 2012: Empty
Picture of the day in 2011: Flower show
Picture of the day in 2010: Roses

Apr 15 - M for Monochrome #AtoZChallenge

M for Monochrome photography. Monochrome photograph is where the photograph has a single hue. It includes all forms of black & white photos; sepia, cyan, browns and all hues of gray. To do it is black & white.

Camera: Soney RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2016: Tulip
Picture of the day in 2012: Rocks
Picture of the day in 2011: Midtown skyline from the park
Picture of the day in 2010: One of the busiest places

Apr 3 - B for Bokeh #AtoZChallenge

B is for Bokeh. It is pronounced booke, boo as in bow and ke as in kettle. Bokeh is derived from a Japanese word boke which means blur. In photography, bokeh is the affect of the blur that is created in parts of the image that are out of focus. There are many definitions to bokeh and one of them is "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Visual affects of a bokeh depends largely on type of lens and it's fastness.

Most common examples of bokeh are holiday lights where out of focus area forms bubbles or circles. My first image doesn't have any circle/bubbles in the out of focus parts of the image but it does have a nice blur. Not sure if this is a good bokeh or a bad bokeh. By the way, cherry blossoms are just beginning to blossom in Central Park and this year they are late. Looking forward to my walks in the park when the blossoms are in full bloom.

Below are more examples of bokeh from the archives, though non with holiday lights :(

This image is from last May. Natural light coming through the leaves created a bokeh effect, white circles.

This image is from 2015 summer

All the above images are with Sony Mark 3 Rx 100. As mentioned above, the shape and size of bokeh depends on the lens used. A prime lens is usually recommended and mode of shooting should either be manual or aperture priority. Always try to use an aperture of 2.8 or below. The below image is from my food blog, I shot with my Nikon 5100 using a 50mm prime lens f/1.8. Here I used an aperture or f stop of 3.5. You can see some white circles on the left top corner and in the center right of the image. Below image is also an example of B for backlight, where the source of light is behind the subject.

Camera: Sony Mark 3 RX 100
Picture of the day in 2013: Bridges
Picture of the day in 2012: Grass
Picture of the day in 2011: Tax documents

Mar 18 - GapStow Bridge

Gapstow bridge in March.
Camera: Sony RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2012: Abstract
Picture of the day in 2011: Spring is almost here

Feb 28 - Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow bridge for the month of February.
Camera: Sony RX iii
Picture of the day in 2013: Symmetry
Picture of the day in 2012: Flower
Picture of the day in 2011: Leftovers

Jan 22 - Gapstow Bridge

Hello everyone, wish you all a happy new year!! I know I am late in wishing you all. This blog as been silent for sometime and may continue to be so as I am not very not motivated to take any pictures. However, I shall try to update the space, whenever possible.
Though I have not posted my Gapstow bridge pictures for the last two months, I did take them and will try to update them soon and yes, I am still doing the seasons of Gapstow Bridge project. I took my last month's picture very late and delayed taking this month's picture as I wanted to give some gap between the two photos. This is this month's picture.
Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Decorated pots
Picture of the day in 2013: Looking Through
Picture of the day in 2012: Symmetry
Picture of the day in 2011: Spring??

Dec 24 - Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow brodge for the month of Dec as part of seasons of Gapstow Bridge, P12M.
Picture of the day in 2011: Winter afternoon
Picture of the day in 2010: Dior Lady

Nov 3 - Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow bridge for the month of Nov, Seasons of Gapstow bridge.
Camera: Sony RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2014: Different colors and textures of leaf
Picture of the day in 2011: Bowl of pomegranate
Picture of the day in 2010: White Ghost

Oct 5 - Gapstow Bridge

This is Gapstow Bridge for the month of October. Check the pictures of Gapstow bridge I post for P12M.
Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Close Up # 2
Picture of the day in 2014: Chickpeas crackers
Picture of the day in 2013: Glass # 1
Picture of the day in 2011: Towed away
Picture of the day in 2010: It was..

Sept 5 - Gapstow Bridge

Today I got to take a picture of Gapstow Bridge in teh afternoon on a sunny day. All the previous pictures were either on cloudy days or in the evenings. You can see all the pictures of Gapstow bridge I posted for P12M.
Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Spicy Curry
Picture of the day in 2013: Design - different perspective
Picture of the day in 2012: Exploring
Picture of the day in 2011: Sabudana khichdi
Picture of the day in 2010: Yellow hibiscus

Aug 5 - Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow bridge in August. This is for P12M, seasons of Gapstow bridge.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Leaves
Picture of the day in 2012: Day 5 of 4 colors
Picture of the day in 2011: Random picture
Picture of the day in 2010: New sandals

July 13 - Butterfly

Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Hibiscus
Picture of the day in 2012: Light/fire painting
Picture of the day in 2011: Protein for the day
Picture of the day in 2010: Fountain show at Bellagio

July 12 - Gapstow Bridge

Gapstow bridge in July, for P12M under the theme, Seasons of Gapstow Bridge.
Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Lower Manhattan
Picture of the day in 2012: Economy
Picture of the day in 2011: Flora
Picture of the day in 2010: Sierra Nevada Mountains

July 8 - Raccoon

This again is a picture from last month.
Location: Central Park
Camera: Sony RX 100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: From one World Trade Center
Picture of the day in 2013: Architecture # 1
Picture of the day in 2012: B&W # 9 - Texture
Picture of the day in 2011: Red cherries
Picture of the day in 2010: Airborne

Jun 7 - Gapstow Bridge

This is this month's picture of Gapstow Bridge for P12M, changing colors of Gapstow bridge You can check the pictures I have posted so far for this project here. There is lot more greenery this month, compared to last month. I wanted a different angle this time and went low to take this picture. I placed the camera almost on the ground, bent low and held the camera few inches above the ground.
Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: City skyline from Lincoln tunnel.
Picture of the day in 2014: Self portrait
Picture of the day in 2012: Connecting the world
Picture of the day in 2011: Street performers
Picture of the day in 2010: Pigeons

Jun 4 - Reflection

Camera: Sony RX100 iii
Picture of the day in 2015: Puerto Rican corn fritters
Picture of the day in 2014: Self Portrait
Picture of the day in 2013: Beat the heat
Picture of the day in 2012: Wet leaves
Picture of the day in 2011: Marina
Picture of the day in 2010: Gifts to UN

Jun 1 - Victorian Gardens, an Amusement Park in Central Park

In Spring and summers when Wollman Rink in Central Park is closed for skating, these rides are set up to utilize the area year around. These rides are open from May to September, until the skating rink reopens in October. I took this picture this past weekend. I was in the park today but could not take any pictures as my camera battery was not charged. Here is an Instagram picture from this morning.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Coriander mint chutney
Picture of the day in 2013: Chocolate and more chocolate
Picture of the day in 2012: Shoe on the side walk
Picture of the day in 2011: Badami nurgh
Picture of the day in 2010: Archived picture

May 29 - An Evening by the Pond in Central Park

This picture was taken yesterday, when I went for a walk in the park. This view is from Gapstow bridge.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Statue of Liberty
Picture of the day in 2012: Summer in the Park
Picture of the day in 2011: Balloon center pieces
Picture of the day in 2010: In Chicago