Monsoon
Monsoon in the western ghats is real and rare delight to nature lovers, especially in the foothills of gigantic mountains like Kodachadri it rains cats and dogs. One must be there to enjoy the serene beauty of the mother nature. Trekking to Kodachadri amidst this rain is a life time experience. In Simha Farms we...
King Cobra
Just 10-12 years back sighting of King Cobras was very rare. There were many myths revolving around these snakes. (It has a pearl on it’s head which emits light in the night etc.) But in the last 10-12 years the sighting and the King Cobras entering the village and domestic ares have been increased to...
Ants building the nest
It’s very interesting to see how the ants (or any insects like bees, wasps) build their nests. They build huge nests no where related to their size. I am always amazed to see how they choose certain set of leaves among thousands of leaves, how they bend those leaves, how they stitch those leaves etc....
Belligundi – Dream came true
You may remember my promise to explore Belligundi water falls made almost one and a half years back. We had witnessed a huge water fall called BeLLigundi when we went to Booralugundi water falls. Our team has decided to explore BeLLigundi that day. But for some reasons we could not make it. Finally after postponing...
Pleasant surprise
Today I received a mail from www.nwf.org saying my image “Damsel fly ” mating has won the Honorable mention in the 2010 National Wildlife Photo contest. It will be featured in a slide show on the National Wild life Federation’s website in the magazine’s Photo Zone pages in 2011.
Impressions
From the last a few days I am trying to make some minimalistic nature images, especially kind of abstract images. It is interesting to note that, majority of the nature photographers don’t like abstract images. We are a little hesitant to ‘look beyond the obvious’. Some time back I have posted an abstract image in...
Into the wild
The place where I live is surrounded by mountains and ever green forests of western ghats. After taking photography seriously I wanted to explore many those mountains and forests which are rarely accessed by human beings.Last week myself and my old friend Yogesh went for a whole day trekking to one of those forests. I...
Monsoon Raagas
As all of you know I am living amidst the thick forests of Western Ghats. It’s a place full of green, mountain, birds etc. Especially in the time of monsoon the beauty of the place reaches to it’s peak. It is my long time wish to make some images in the rainy days through...
3 birds this year
Last year I saw 3 rare birds-1.Black capped Kingfisher(Apr-2009)2.Oriental dwarf Kingfisher(Apr end 2009)3.Amur Falcon(Dec 2008)Though I had made record images of those birds this year I wanted to make some decent images. Unfortunately this year let alone photograph those birds,but I failed to have a sighting of the birds. I went to the same places...
Lizard acrobat
Couple of weeks back I was wandering in my farm with my camera. Suddenly a lizard(forest calotous?) jumped on me. Both me and lizard were shocked to see each other. Lizard made another jump. But it failed to catch the tree and stuck to a leaf. It was amazing to see how that succeeded to...
Philautus Neelanethrus
That morning I was sitting on the chair thinking of many things. It was mid April. Not even a single leaf was fluttering. Mercury level was rising very fast. No sign of breeze. It was really a boring day. Our cats ‘Gunda I.A.S’ and ‘Kempa I.P.S.’ were playing in the garden. It’s always a treat...
3 Birds
In the December 2008 We three – Adithya Biloor , Adithya U N , Adithya Shankar decided to go to Kodachadri by trekking. We stayed there . While coming from the top, next morning we saw Amur Falcons which were migrating from Siberia to Africa.Myself and Adithya U N made some good images of those...
