636 - 20th - The blue insect

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 20th June'10

609 - 27th - The yellow ladybird

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 27th Apr'10

581 - 19th - Right at the heart

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th Jul'09

580 - 18th - The yellow pollen

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 18th Jul'09

579 - 17th - In absolute contrast

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 17th Jul'09

574 - 12th - Dew drops

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 12th Jul'09

565 - 3rd - The world inside a droplet

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 3rd Jul'09

553 - 21st - A flower and a bud

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 21st Jun'09

552 - 20th - The Black Beetle

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 20th Jun'09

551 - 19th - The orange grass

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th Jun'09

550 - 18th - The brown reptile

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 18th Jun'09

549 - 17th - Tiny violet spot

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 17th Jun'09

548 - 16th - The creepy crawler

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 16th Jun'09

503 - 2nd - Ready to fly

Originally clicked and upladed by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 2nd May'09

This insect was so small that I actually didnt notice it at first. I was trying to get a small flower in focus when I notice this shiny blue sky sitting on a dry leaf. I didnt have my macro lens mounted and changing the lens would have taken at least a minute; but still I decided to test my luck and quickly changed my lens. By the time I was ready I could still see the insect perched on the dry twig.

I could just see the bright color of the insect when I clicked this photo. Only after trabsferring it to my laptop and seeing the enlarged view, I could see all the tiny details. Click the image and see the full sized version; there are many interesting details hidden there :)

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502 - 1st - A little greenary

Originally clicked and uplaoded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 1st May'09

The crystal white sand at the beaches of Merida was almost blinding under the shining Sun. The vegetation near the beaches is scarce with only some protected species of a type of sea-weed growing here and there. I was searching for some shells and conchs when I noticed this small plant sprouting out of the white sand. Give that there were no other signs of life nearby and the absolute contrast the green color of the weed was giving with the white sand, it looked as if someone has deliberately placed a twig on the ground.

Amazing color combinations nature has in it's kitty :)

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499 - 28th - The grasshopper

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 28th Apr'09

I was checking out of the hotel in Celestun when my friend pointed out something perched on a nearby wall. At first glance, I was not able to recognize what it is but once I got closer I could see it was a grasshopper. I quickly unpacked my camera and tried to get some good close up shots.

The shots from the top didnt come good due to lack of enough light. But while the hotel staff was staring at what exactly I was up to, I got some really nice images against a bright background.

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497 - 26th - Conch among the waves

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 26th Apr'09

Unlike majority of the beaches where shells are the ones you can get your hands easily on, conchs were the ones you could more easily find on the beaches of Celestun. They were so many in number that for once I felt maybe the hotel has spread them across the beach just to make the place look better. There small ones and there were big. There were white ones and there were ones with shades of brown. Never in my life have I seen so many conchs spread out in white sand.

I collected many and gave to my colleagues in office when I returned to Puebla :)

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485 - 24th - A creeper in the sand

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 24th Apr'09

I was looking for some morning birds near the mangroves on the beach but finding them too quick to be shot, i gave up and started looking for something slower on the ground. There were shells, there were conchs and there were plants. The mangroves had all sorts of shrubs and creepers growing around. Small thorny plants, green and red crawlers on the ground and some beautiful purple flowers.

Of all those, two caught the attention of my camera. Here is one of them. The other quite similar to this one, would come up soon on the blog.

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483 - 22nd - Webs in the woods

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 22nd Apr'09

Just another abstract image I clicked through my macro. On a dry fragment of dead food, were hanging these small webs almost invisible to the naked eye. I was actually following an ant on the wooden log when suddenly this web came into focus. Immediately I changed my own focus to this setting and let the ant go on it's way ;)

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458 - 28th - New arrival

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 28th Mar'09

Another new flower bloomed in my garden this morning. I went out to open the water hose when I noticed this little fellow opening up slowly along with the first rays of the morning sun. I was expecting the bud to bloom for many days now, since this was the only plant left in the garden which didn't bear a flower yet. Finally, after a long wait of around ten days, the bud gave way to a beautiful little flower and tons of joy in my heart :)

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