Herd of Sambar Deer
Sightings in the Periyar Tiger Reserve can sometimes be a difficult task owing to the rich flora of its landscape, but with the promise of water from the Periyar lake it is habitual for the animals to come near the lake hence giving an opportunity to spot them while they quench their thirst and rest. Here are a few such sighting on the lake shore. Continue reading
Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
At my recent Bharatpur National Park workshop we were working on composing eye level shots. When choosing a tripod for wildlife photography avoid tripods with the centre column, as you can see you need to flatten up the legs for eye level.
I’ve never said getting great images in the wild is easy and the participants were willing to follow my lead to get the shots. They got some great eye level photos of the jackals here. Continue reading
female – Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
Photo credits: Ramesh Kidangoor
Munnar is the highest point in the Idukki district of Kerala ranging at above 4,500 feet, it is also one of the major tea producing areas of the country and has now become the headquarters for major tea producers in India. Continue reading
Kabini Backwaters, Karnataka
One of the most frequently asked question I receive is about what settings to use to photograph a sunset or sunrise.
This image was photographed at Satpura National Park – an amazing place to capture both due to the beautiful watery surroundings. The open grounds offer the added advantage of being the habitat of mammals like the spotted deer so I planned to capture them in silhouette against the magical sky. Continue reading
Kabini, Karnataka
As a wildlife photographer and educator I have the privileged opportunity to give workshops in numerous national parks of India. At the Satpura National Park in Madhya Pradesh I witnessed this kind of behaviour from the Sambar Deer for the first time. It was playing by itself in the muddy water. It sunk its face in the mud, got up, ran around in the water and suddenly jumped. Continue reading
Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
El Cuyo, Mexico
Image Courtesy The Huffington Post
It’s no secret that icecaps are losing mass due to increased global warming; and one of the world’s safeguards against carbon emissions, the ocean, is working overtime trying to sequester anthropogenic gases. The ocean as a carbon sink has been well known for quite some time, although recently it seems as though it has been on the back-burner for many governments, organizations, corporations, businesses, etc.
Recently I had meetings at the Tata Management Training Center in Pune. It’s an amazing place, almost like a national park in the heart of the city. Fortunately, I had my camera bag with me, so I went walking around with my 17-55mm and 70-200mm lenses. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the Sigma 150-500mm nor was I carrying an extender. So 200mm was going to be my max zoom.
While I was walking around, hearing various bird calls and taking aim at some kites that were hovering above, I was told about some resident owls. I went looking for them and was fortunate to spot one of them almost immediately. This Spotted Owlet stared at me for a while and finding no interest (or threat) in me, closed its eyes and looked away. Continue reading
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Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
Exposure is a complex area of photography, but in situations like these where the habitat is open it is a bit easy to use the standard “sunny f16 rule”. Continue reading
Photo credits: Ramesh Kidangoor . Sunrise at Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari, or Cape Comorin, is the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent. The mighty Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal merge into the Indian Ocean here. Kanyakumari is famous for its glorious sunrise and sunsets due to being nearly surrounded by water. The unique location offers the possibility of seeing the moon rise and sunset simultaneously. Continue reading
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