Author: Sudhir Shivaram

Water Play

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What a privilege to watch the extremely playful cubs of the Sukhi Patiah Tigress enjoying in the Patiah water body at Bandhavgarh National Park!

We spent around 1 1/2 hrs with these cubs playing in the water. We learn so much about these tigers when we do the sunrise to sunset photo safari in the parks. For example, our understanding has been that tigers are active in the morning and late evenings. But these cats are smart, they become far more active after the regular safari timings. 
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Stripes in Focus

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Understanding Depth of Field

I get a lot of queries asking me how I blur the background in my images. First let me say that I don’t manipulate my images. There are some folks on the internet who do it regularly using photoshop…but in my case it’s mainly due to shallow depth of field by using a long tele lens and lower aperture number.

A lot of beginners feel that equipment is the main thing for good images. Not necessarily…though is plays an important role. The primary thing is understanding the key concepts of photography, which is as simple as understanding the exposure triangle: the combination of ISO, aperture and shutter speed and what kind of impact they have on images. Continue reading →

A Tiger’s Tail

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If you want to get a different perspective and a unique image, you have to be very attentive and keep your camera / lens / eyes focused on your subject.

This is Sonam, one of the Tigresses of Tadoba who had made a kill near a waterbody and likes to come down to the water to cool herself.

Her typical behaviour was to sit in the water for long time and finally get back to her kill.

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