The Indian cobra (Naja naja), also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of the genus Naja found, in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, and is a member of the "big four" species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in India.

The sun's rays are seen coming through its hood giving it an orange tint.

VOIGTLANDER APO-LANTHAR 125mm F2.5

This flower is part of the flora and landscape reproduced by at the grounds of the British Museum by Kew gardens as an addition to the Garden and Cosmos exhibition

Beauty fades.

Riches disappear.

The only thing that remains - are memories.

Mahatma Gandhi from INR 100 note.

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Single 580 EXII in ETTL mode triggered wirelessly. Speedlight was placed in a 60cm shoot through umbrella on the Camera's left.

Macro Photography trial.

At Kodaikanal, a hill station in Tamil Nadu

Lethe confusa, the banded treebrown.

03 October, 2021

OMD EM1X 300f4

1/640, f4, ISO1600

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Castilleja coccinea at Lynx Prairie.

It’s two bodies one soul, while mating even in insects. The warmer season is breeding time and despite the stink in the name stink bug, they do release pheromones to attract mates.

23 June, 2022

EM10 mk3 60mm 2.8f

1/125, f14, ISO400

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100 Rupee note in different languages.

Third from bottom is in my mother tongue (native language) TAMIL.

This is a 3D image. You will need your red/cyan 3D glasses on enjoy the 3Dness.

Macro Indian Pipes.

Indian Sunbeam ( Curetis thetis )-Male .Family: Lycaenidae, Wasgamuwa National Park , Sri Lanka .

Scorpion’s entire body, from the stinging tail to the crushing pincers, collects UV light from the environment and convert it into blue-green wavelengths. These signals could even pass to the brain via clusters of nerves that are spread throughout the animal’s body. It means that a scorpion’s glow could increase the surface area of its eyes by a thousand times. The entire scorpion would effectively be one big eye.

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f/11

1/50 s

ISO: 800

+4 EV

A difficult theme this week! Settled on this Indian visa in my (now expired) passport.

Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 with Pentacon extension tubes

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Cloves, cloves, and more cloves. Check out more @ www.abrowntable.com/2012/03/beef-pilaf.html

Despite all round pollution of human origin, it’s pheromones mediated behaviour and physiological responses that keep the species carry on eating, sleeping and mating in accordance with nature’s cyclical and seasonal pattern.

House fly in private moments.

EM10Mk3 60mm2.8fpro

1/250, f11, 0ev, ISO200

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Ghee Lamps arranged in dishes. Don't exactly know when or where they were used eventually.

One rupee coin, experimenting a macro shot

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Marigolds in a Blue Bowl @ Charu's place

The Same Plant a Week Later as the one in the comments below.

Macro - Indian bill

very windy and wet morning walk taken with Pentax K10D + Sigma DC 17-70 2.8-4.5 MACRO

Taken at my home garden in my hometown, in India

Woolly Indian Paint Brush (Castilleja martinii) are the red flowers and the purple flowers are Chinese Houses.

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The Spine-tufted skimmer, or brown-backed red marsh hawk

1 May, 2022

Purana Shalla, Gurdaspur, Punjab

OMD EM1X 300f4

1/2500, f4, ISO500

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Adenoon Indicum - a beautiful flower I met at Kaas Plateau, Satara.

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Golden orb weaver spider, builds largest sheets of high tensile strength web, that can trap even fast flying birds and reptiles.

Using a stress-testing machine to evaluate the strength of the spider silk, the researchers revealed that the golden orb-weaving spiders silk is up to a hundred times tougher than synthetic products currently being used for medical surgeries.

EM1X 300f4

1/500, f4, exp bias 0, ISO5000

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