Digital Curiosity — Photography with a Sony DSC P72 Digicam

A gallery of photographs shot with my first digital camera.

In 2004, everyone seemed to be buying pocket digital cameras, which had finally become affordable. After resisting for a long time, I too took the plunge, out of curiosity, but also for the sake of convenience. Bought a basic 3 megapixel point-and-shoot ‘digicam’: a Sony Cyber-shot DSC P72, which became my introduction to digital photography.

Coming from a fully manual film SLR (see previous gallery Colour Film Days), I did not consider the digital camera as a serious photography tool. But enjoyed using it off and on and carried it on birding trips. Am pleased to share in this gallery a few images taken with the P72, between 2004 and 2005.

Lone bird sitting on wires passing above hills — Bird on a wire, near *Nahargarh* fort, Jaipur (Rajasthan, India)

A creeper of bright green leaves over a bed of deep pink Bougainvillea flowers — Bougainvillea colours and fresh leaves, Jaipur

Tree trunk on a tiled pavement with red and yellow flower petals scattered all around — Fallen Bougainvillea and *Amaltas* (*Cassia fistula*) flowers at Rajasthan University Campus, Jaipur

Many birds flying over old fort walls with the city faintly visible in the background — House Swifts above ramparts of *Nahargarh* fort, Jaipur

Heavily textured and scarred rock face in shades of orange colour — Stone quarry abstract, outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan

A barren tree above a cluster of beautiful natural rocks, with clouds in the background — A rockscape at *Samode*, Rajasthan

Several slender trees with thin leaf cover, close to one another, in black and white — Scrub forest veil, at *Sariska* National Park, Rajasthan

Branches with dry leaves, of a tree, above algae covered water — Leaning towards the lake, at Hauz Khas, New Delhi

Red flowers of a Bougainvillea creeper on a Eucalyptus trunk, surrounded by trees — Colours in the forest, at Rose Garden, New Delhi

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