female – Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
Nature Photography
Bird of the Day: Little Cuckoo (Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador)
Bird of the Day: White-rumped Vulture
Kabini Backwaters, Karnataka
Odd Architects And Other Natural Wonders Brought Into Better Focus
Photograph: Arco Images GmbH / Alamy/Alamy
The Guardian is preparing us for 2014’s new lineup of nature shows on television by highlighting the role of technology in bringing us a closer view of all things wild, including more than one of the types of amazing creatures we like featured in the photo above:
An unusual line-up of stars will make their names on television next year. They include the gigantopithecus, a huge extinct ape – resurrected through the wonders of CGI – which will frolic in 3D with David Attenborough in Sky’s Natural History Museum Alive.
The south-east Asian tree shrew and the dung beetle will bear testimony to the hardships that the world’s tiniest animals endure, in BBC1’s Hidden Kingdoms, while Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, also on BBC1, will reveal the intimate lives of wild cetaceans through the use of cameras fitted to robot fish. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Social Flycatchers (Ek Balam, Mexico)
Liking the Light
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
Bird of the Day: Crested Serpent Eagle
Kabini, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Yucatan Woodpecker РEndemic (Celest̼n, Mexico)
Sambar Waterplay
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
Bird of the Day: Greater Flamingo
Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
Bird of the Day: Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
El Cuyo, Mexico
Urban Owlets
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
Bird of the Day: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
female
Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
Blackbuck Photo Op
Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat is a paradise to photograph blackbucks in their natural habitat. They are photographer friendly and will pose for you.
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
Bird of the Day: Double-toothed Kite
Pipeline Road, Gamboa, Panama
Bird of the Day: Ruddy Ground-Dove – Female (El Cuyo, Mexico)
Bird of the Day: Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka)
National Geographic Delivers
Image Courtesy: national geographic
Once again, National Geographic delivers mesmerizing high definition captures of nature in its new film documentary “One Life;” always looking out for ways to demonstrate the awe-inspiring power present in the natural world, “One Life” is bursting with unbelievable slow motion shots and incredibly detailed images.
Bird of the Day: Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Gamboa, Panama
Exploration Invitations
During travel to national parks and wildlife areas, apart from concentrating on mammals, birds and local fauna, it’s always good to absorb and document the flora and habitat as well. Kanha is a very beautiful park and the habitat is what makes it special. The early morning mist especially provides a lot of opportunities to make creative images. Continue reading
