Ann & Dileep Bhandarkar: wonderful, love your new lens! Ann

--> Mahesh: Ann, thanks for the comment! The 600mm was a hoot to use. I've since sold it and am toting the 800mm now. :D

Dianna Wachtel: Mahesh, these are stunning as usual! Love the blue eye of the cormorant, and the languid pose of the male lion. Thanks for sharing.

--> Mahesh: Dianna, great to hear from you! I love that shot of the lion too. At the Wild Animal Park, they have a broken down Range Rover in the lion exhibit, and the male loves to rest on top of it. :D

Chris Budech: Really cool, I'm a bird watcher of sorts--like the White-Headed Lapwing. Audubon could have used your services! I just read a biography of him.

Bev: These are the best yet--I love the baby elephant, his face really is a baby face. Nice lens work.

--> Mahesh: Bev, thank you! It looks like you're an animal lover...nice! :D

Ann & Dileep Bhandarkar: spectacular is an understatement!

Kalpana Kanal: Beautiful as always! You were lucky to have all that sunshine.

Chris Budech: Mahesh, Great shot of Seattle in all it's glory. I'm considering the Panasonic DMC-ZS7. Amazon has a good price on it. I't not the GF1, but what do you think a good deal at a little over #300--what do you think of the GPS function is it intersting to have? Thanks, Chris Budech

Som Prabhu: The photographs are truly exquisite!

--> Mahesh: Chris, thanks for the comments and questions. I have no experience with the Pany ZS7, but I've heard some good things about it. I wish my GF-1 had a GPS function on it. Currently I carry around a the AMOD device which is a small GPS recorder. I sync the times of the AMOD and GF-1. When I download images from my camera, I match up the times of the two devices, and geotag all my shots. It would be great if the GPS was built into the camera already. So, I think the GPS function of the ZS7 is a great feature, provided it doesn't drain the battery too much and it's fairly accurate.

--> Mahesh: Som, thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad you enjoyed my shots.

Chris Budech: Mahesh, did you use layering in the digital darkroom to obtain the rich purplish water and golden sky in Glorius Seattle Sunset. I've never tried any layering. Do you use a layering technique quite a bit?

--> Mahesh: Chris, thanks again for the comment. I often use layers in Photoshop to blend multiple bracketed exposures. It's a wonderful technique to expand the dynamic range of a photo, without introducing noise.

Chris Budech: Hi Mahesh, quick question: I ended up getting the Panasonic Lumix Zs7 and had fun trying it out at my daughter's HS Graduation last night. I'm curious to see how the digital movie comes out. Anyway question is, do you download your pictures onto the software provided to you with your cameras, or do you download directly oto Photoshop. We now have cannon software and Lumix and also have the entry level photoshop, and not sure if the lumix software should be the default for Lumix and the canon default for Canon--and then choose photos to work on in Photoshop--or just go directly to photoshop. Sorry for what turns out to be longer question than thought. thanks, Chris Budech

--> Mahesh: Chris, thanks again! I think I answered your question when last we spoke, right? :D

Ray Still: Mahesh Very nice some great comps here a place I have to get to. FYI Sol Duc is running awesome right now was out there with Tim and Martin yesterday Ray Still

--> Mahesh: Ray, how ya doin' bud! Actually I visited Sol Duc last weekend also. I agree...the normally terrific 3 headed waterfall is an unbelievable 4 headed fall now!

Conrad Tan: Outstanding work as always Mahesh! Your images ROCK!

--> Mahesh: Conrad, thanks man! We really missed you up here...well that's not totally correct. We felt like you were right with us the whole time, especially given all the text messaging between you and Ant. LOL! Seriously though...you have to come in the late summer for wildflowers at Rainier. It's gonna be a blast!

Po Wu: Wow...that looks like a stained glass window reflecting that sunset.

Linda Lin: *Gorgeous*

--> Mahesh: Po, thanks for stopping by, bud! I had the same thought about the window reflection when I photographed it. Glad you saw it too.

--> Mahesh: Linda, thanks much! Glad you enjoyed the shots.

Victor Mellado: I cant wait to make it out to the northwest...great shots bud!

Khun Hans: Brilliant shot of the falls and water. Comes sure with overcasting/rainy whether. Like your website very much because of the style and particularly because of the Info button at every photo. Hans

Beverly Wood: Way to go, Mahesh

--> Mahesh: Victor, thanks for the comment, man! Let me know when you're here...we should go shooting together.

--> Mahesh: Khun, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you like the layout of my website. It took me a while to decide on how best to present my photos and share my knowledge. This is what I finally decided upon.

--> Mahesh: Bev, thank you! It's always wonderful to hear from you.

Bev Wood: Mahesh, you are an artist! Beautiful images.

--> Mahesh: Bev, thank you! I appreciate your kind comments.

Nicole: I love this one. When I first looked at it I thought I was looking at the ocean... Something about the way the sky looks with the rolling hills... Beautiful.

--> Mahesh: Goldie, thanks for the comment. Long time no see. I really like that image too. That color in the sky lasted for about 30 second, then it was gone.

Ann & Dileep Bhandarkar: beautiful, we loved them all but the silo really grabbed me. what side of Steptoe was that taken? Ann

Ann & Dileep Bhandarkar: Also, I love the falls perspective, where is the trail down? when we were there last October we couldn't find a trail down. thanks, Ann

--> Mahesh: Ann, thank for the comments. The silo shot was taken from the northwest side of Steptoe Butte, about 3/4 way up to the top. As far as the fall, there is a trail leading down from the South end of the state park, by the railroad tracks. On the day we were there, a local volunteer told us about the trail head. The path is a little tricky at a few places, but nothing you can't handle with a little care. Also, there is poison ivy along the way, so be careful.

Anthony Whitmore: Your unamed friends had a very good time : ) Still processing images and fighting it all the way... Hows the new Subaru buddy? Signed, Unnamed

--> Mahesh: Ant (oops, I mean Mr. Anonymous), thanks for the comment. It was our pleasure to show you around our beautiful state, even though the weather was less than ideal. Come back in the summer for the wildflowers of Rainier and the Olympic beaches. :D The Subaru is running great, BTW!

--> Mahesh: Khun, thanks for the comment! I didn't understand a word of it until I visited the site you listed and entered your comment into Google Translate. I appreciate the sentiment. Danke! :D