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Sri Lankan Blues – 2

October 27, 2016by umeedmistry 2 Comments

2008. A whimsical Skype chat with a friend. UM: “I wish I had gills.” BN: “Why?” UM: “So that I could swim out to the middle of the ocean, dive down to […]

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Photography lesson with Camille Mancion & Diya Das

May 23, 2014by umeedmistry 2 Comments

Camille Mancion & Diya Das did the photography dive of their PADI Advanced Open Water Course with me. After an hour-long theory and equipment orientation session, each of them spent […]

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Sri Lankan Blues – 1

April 7, 2014by umeedmistry 3 Comments

At about this time last year I visited the little island nation of Sri Lanka with ambitious intent. To photograph a blue whale underwater. From the perspective of a photographer aiming […]

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Diwali in Wandoor

November 6, 2013by umeedmistry 2 Comments

The festival of lights comes to most places in India with a BANG! Firecrackers herald the symbolic vanquishing of evil by good, dispelling darkness for swirling, popping, crackling light. It […]

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Photography Workshop – Mamtha Surendra

October 22, 2013by umeedmistry 2 Comments

Over the past 5 years I have given a few people tips, instruction and help in achieving better images, both underwater and on land. My first “official” underwater photography workshop, […]

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Panorama

September 30, 2013by umeedmistry Leave a comment

Sometimes a scene is too expansive to be captured within the confines of a film’s (or sensor’s) aspect ratio in a manner that does full justice to it and its […]

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Hawaii – Black & White

August 23, 2013by umeedmistry 1 Comment

More images from the beautiful island chain. Monochrome. Along the road to Hilo. Hawai’i Lava fields at Volcanoes National Park. Hawai’i The forest path along the edge of the crater […]

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Hawaii

July 30, 2013by umeedmistry 1 Comment

A selection of images from a recent trip to Hawaii. The islands are a nature photographers dream, and a must visit for anybody in love with the forest and the […]

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50 meters from my cottage

May 14, 2013by umeedmistry 3 Comments

I am fortunate. I live on an island, in a wooden cottage-on-stilts tucked away on a forested hillside. One of many benefits of doing so is that I have some exceptionally […]

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Raja Ampat

March 13, 2013by umeedmistry 8 Comments

Saltwater-logged cameras don’t take very good images. In fact, they don’t take images at all. No matter how much you stare at them when they are drying on a lungi in a […]

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