Here is a photograph of hills of Sikkim, somewhere near Gangtok. I spent three days in this location, watching these hills from my balcony every morning. Just after monsoons, the weather was fluctuating and the mountains looked very different every morning. I spent a lot of time watching the scenery change with progress in the […]
One of the most important things about landscape photography is to be at location very early in the morning, or during sunset. The same photograph below would look very dull once the sun is high up. Photographing landscapes takes some understanding of the way light works in a open landscapes. Since we have little control […]
Bird watching has attendant insights too. As the photographer stood by the small tank where women washed clothes in the evening sun, the birds on the other shore busily stocked up for the night. There were flocks of Starlings, Baya Weavers, Bank Mynas, and Wagtails, and out over the water,Pied Kingfishers, Swallows, Cormorants, Grebes as […]
A crested serpent eagle, showing off! Photographed in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary by Radha Rangarajan, a Darter Traveller and also the photography expert for our upcoming wildlife photography workshop at Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Camera Data: Nikon D90 with 70-300 lens, Aperture priority mode, f/5.6, 1/320sec at ISO 200.
An evening in the tea estates of Munnar. You may have seen images of rolling hills and tea estates of Munnar in several tourist brochures and advertisements. Here is a close-up of one such estate, on the way to one of the highest tea gardens in the region that usually doesn’t see many tourists. The […]
There is so much beauty in this world! A photographer’s job is already half complete by just being at the right place at the right time. Of course, one has to work on the right compositions, lighting and perspective to complete the other half of the job. When I was on a Darter Photography Tour […]