Watch Where You Stand

Coming across this Oriental Garden Lizard was a bit of a surprise really because I've never seen one on this lemon plant before.

Plus this plant has thousands of thorns so to me it seemed really difficult (if not impossible) for a lizard to make its way to the top of said plant.

Surprise! Surprise! This particular lizard did manage to do so. It was really shy but I was able to get a good shot before it decided that I'd gotten too close and then promptly running off into the depths of the tree. Yes, it actually ran and didn't just walk. If I were that lizard I'd probably have quite a few holes in my feet!

Against The Setting Sun

The sunset wasn't really spectacular that evening and neither were the clouds.

The clouds didn't really have definition and weren't dynamic either but they did server one great purpose. Due to the clouds the light in the sky was kinda like a gradient. Mostly saturated around the sun and then gradually changing colours as you moved away.

We have these palm-like trees in our compound and this particular part of the tree actually looked nice silhouetted against the setting sun.

Growing In The Light

Trees need sunlight to grow and carry out various functions and processes. That is something we all know.

Now that I am done stating the obvious I'll tell you a little about the picture.

These "palm" trees kinda grow wild in our compound. The fruits are plenteous and quite tasty. Ok it's just the sap that is tasty but still, it is sweet.

They can grow quite tall and are always very thing. They sway dangerously in the wind but never actually break.

Evening Call

I watched as two birds built their nest but it was a little too high so I knew I wouldn't be getting any pictures of the cute babies that would hatch soon. But one can always hope and I kept watching this nest everyday.

Sure enough I saw one of the baby birds one day but I didn't have a camera then so I just stood there enjoying the cute little thing.

Days later I saw this little birds sitting on the branch and calling out to its parents. I wonder whether it was calling for food or trying to draw their attention to the human with the weird looking "third eye". Or maybe it was a combination of both.

The sun was bright in the sky and as I mentioned in an earlier post - sunlight is not something that you have control over so you have to work with what you get.

It's In The Eye

There are a few coconut trees in my mom's garden and unfortunately they haven't been yielding fruit but I still don't mind then there. Why? The truth is because they attract a lot of birds. For some reason birds love to come a rest on the branches of these trees and you know that I love birds so this also gives me an opportunity to get a few good pictures.

There is a particular branch that is drooping and I think it's time for it too fall off. Every morning I just go to the balcony and look out at the fields, the sky and just everything in general so it is a bonus when I see a bird there. This spotted dove decided to sit on the branch that was drooping and this meant that it was closer to the balcony than usual.

I was able to grab my camera before it flew off and I was able to get this close up of the bird.

Notice that the eye is in focus. If it wasn't in focus you probably wouldn't be seeing this picture today because the eyes are very important.

Clear View

So I was cycling down this path and I came across these tiny little man made ponds. These ponds are bone dry during the winters but fill up during the monsoons. Fortunately we had heavy rains the previous day and the ponds were half-full.

I noticed this little branch that jutted above the surface of the water. I just loved the reflection too because it was so clear. I just couldn't help myself and I stopped right in the middle of the road to take this picture.

I think I've mentioned this before that people in this area act really weird specially when someone has a camera. So needless to say when I lifted the camera to my eye a lot of people stared staring at me as if I was doing some recon work or something or taking pictures that would later be used to hatch a sinister plot against them.

I got of there as fast as I could.

You may have noticed that most of my work is in colour. I don't usually convert pictures to black and white but there is something about reflections that really pop in black and white pictures.

That's it for today. Have a good one and thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I really appreciate that :)