Went up on the roof to see if I could take some nice night shots. On one end was a waning moon….

On the other, a bedecked Mazaar, all dressed up for the 12th of Rabi ul Awwal……

February 15, 2013 | Categories: Architecture, The Moon | Tags: abdullah shah ghazi, Karachi, munira's bubble, MunZooms, night, photoblog, photography, rabi ul awwal, sky | 2 Comments


February 13, 2013 | Categories: Nature photography, Sky, Sunsets, View from my balcony | Tags: clouds, Karachi, munira's bubble, nature photography, photography, sky, sunset | 12 Comments
The view from my balcony. Some sunsets just make you run for your camera π





February 6, 2013 | Categories: Nature photography, Sky, Sunsets, trees, View from my balcony | Tags: february, Karachi, munira's bubble, photography, sky, sunset | 4 Comments

*munch munch*
September 28, 2012 | Categories: Animal, Nature photography, reptiles | Tags: crepuscular reptiles, Karachi, munira's bubble, MunZooms, photoblog, photography, tortoise, zoo | 11 Comments
What I didn’t get to see up close in the wild in a reserve called MikumiΒ in Tanzania…..

lion
It helps though, that I now have a much better zoom lens. π
August 13, 2012 | Categories: Animal | Tags: animal photography, Karachi, Karachi zoo, lions, munira's bubble, photography | 3 Comments
You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it’ll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it’s not even funny.
~Steve Irwin.

snakey wakey
(Seen in the Reptile Room of the Karachi Zoo, summer 2012)
August 11, 2012 | Categories: Nature photography, reptiles | Tags: Karachi, Karachi zoo, photography, reptiles, snakes, zoo | 13 Comments
…it would be this one.

I just have to slow down, or stop altogether and stare, if I chance upon an Amaltas on my jaunts around the city.

If this isn’t magic…what is?
August 6, 2012 | Categories: flowers, Nature photography, trees | Tags: Amaltas, flowers, Karachi, munira's bubble, nature, Pakistan, photography, trees | 12 Comments
Halfway to Sehwan, a truck adda for some chai.

bursting at the seams..quite literally.


keeping it in perspective…and oooh got a light bubble π
August 5, 2012 | Categories: On the Road | Tags: Karachi, munira's bubble, photography, Sehwan, truck art, trucks | 7 Comments
In a garden named after Gandhi, in the heart of the city….a remnant of a colonial past.


the light changed rapidly as the sun set…


dusk
August 4, 2012 | Categories: Architecture, Sunsets | Tags: Gandhi garden, Karachi, Karachi zoo, munira's bubble, photography | 13 Comments
Encountered early Sunday morning, 25th March, at the Burhani Car Rally 2012. This little girl was NOT too impressed by all this festivity and refused to crack a smile despite her mother’s cajoling π

Zahabiya and her pretty offshoot

'when in doubt, chew your finger'

*frowns*

Skepticism, y'know, is the first step on the road to philosophy π
March 26, 2012 | Categories: Babies, close-ups, People | Tags: babies, car rally 2012, Karachi, munira's bubble, photography, skeptics | 5 Comments

at the end of a beachy day at Sandspit, you back your car out and glimpse the sun through the reeds. must take picture. (completely unedited)
October 9, 2011 | Categories: Sunsets | Tags: beach, Karachi, munira's bubble, MunZooms, reeds, Sandspit, sunset | 3 Comments