Building my Ender 3

20 September 2020 Starting the built of another Cartesian 3D printer. This will be the 3rd Ender3 that I have either repaired/built/calibrated. The first 2 belongs to friends. I decide to join the Ender 3 family and got one for myself. I want to make this 3D printer to print accurate, fast and with the […]

My OFFGRID Milestones

Update 20Sep2020: have decided to name these grids as OFFGIRD. It now comes in customized height. Back in 2011, I needed grids for my flashes/speedlight. Not just any grids, but a hybrid of a grid & snoot. I went on a hunt to look for such a product but there was none available that came […]

A Time for Evaluation

Things have come to a grinding slow pace with projects & travels halted. The practice of social distancing took a toll on the number of places I can visit to shoot. A friend of mine said that we should always try to approach a bad situation positively. This is the time to review and plan […]

Me & Botanical Portraits

My journey in botanical photography is coming to a decade, and there were many ups and downs. I enjoy finding strange and amazing plants to capture their beauty in my interpretation. I met a lot of amazing people who were willing to share their knowledge and show me plants that few in this world would […]

Announcement: Facebook, WordPress & Insta @ThrutheFrame

In order to streamline my botanical portraits and social uploads in all things related to the world of flora, I have created a new Facebook page called Botanical Portraiture Story. On that page, you will get to view some of my latest works and insights to how I capture my images. I will do at […]

Portrait of a Gentleman (Sigma 60-600mm Sports, MC-11 & Sony A7III)

He’s as sweet as a rhino can be. Patience with our presence, and was more inquisitive than aggressive. Constantly grazing, he raised his head once in a while for me to capture his portraits of a magnificent gentleman. Images shot with Sony A7Mk3 paired with the new Sigma 60-600mm Sports using the Sigma MC-11 adapter.

Baby of the Herd (Sigma 60-600mm Sports, MC-11 & Sony A7III)

A mini-series of a wild baby Indian elephants in Manas National park, Assam. Taken with Sony A7III paired with Sigma 60-600mm Sports

Into Kabini with Sigma 60-600mm Sports, MC-11 & Sony A7Mk3

I was excited when I got a call that my Sigma 60-600mm Sports had arrived. I have been looking for a telephoto zoom lens with a 600mm focal length, but hold back on the Sigma 150-600mm Sports for some reason or another, and when this “Bigma” was announced in Sep 2018, I knew I had […]

Botanical Portraiture using the Sigma 70mm F2.8 DG Marco Art

When the Sigma 70mm F2.8 DG Macro Art was announced, I had mixed feelings. I was used to the focal length of 90mm and 150mm for macro photography shoots. This new Sigma lens sits in the mid-tele range and I wonder how it will affect my images in terms of composition. Recently, Sigma India loaned me […]

Into Ranthambore with Sigma 150-600mm Sports, MC-11 & Sony A7III

In June 2016, I went to Satpura with Sigma 150-600mm C, Sigma MC-11 and Sony A7II setup. Exactly two years later, I headed into Ranthambore with an upgraded system. The Sigma 150-600mm S, Sigma MC-11 and the new Sony A7III. Sigma India has once again kindly loaned me the Sigma 150-600mm S for this incredible trip.