Picture a desolate shrubland, ashen and dry as a bone – skeletal, in every sense of the word. A wilderness studded with pallid Tamarisk trees and jagged saline deposits as …
Bharatpur – A Wider Perspective
Keoladeo (pronounced ‘kev-la-dev’) National Park – the beating heart of Bharatpur – is known all over the world for, amongst many other things, its picturesque landscapes. However, sifting through the …
Nikon 500mm f/4e FL – A Long-term Review and Comparison with the 500mm PF
A while ago, I dropped my trusty old 500mm PF – a gem of a lens – onto hard concrete, decentring the optics and rendering it completely unusable. As a …
2022 – A Year in Review
Whew! The past year was a whirlwind. Time flies when you’re having fun, I suppose. As 2022 draws to a close, though, I figured this was a great opportunity to …
Greater Flamingos – Post-Processing Walkthrough
I haven’t done one of these post-processing blog posts in a long while, but I figured this photo deserved it. I shot this image of a flock of Greater Flamingos …
‘Fog Upon The Fen’ – Little Cormorants
“Little Cormorants – Flock on a snag”, is what I’d pencilled down in my diary while doing my due diligence on Bharatpur. This is the shot I’d envisioned of this …
‘Between Dusk and Dawn’ – Indian Scops Owl
I was the first person to enter the sanctuary on this cold, foggy morning. It was my last day in Bharatpur and there was one species I desperately wanted to …
‘Sentinel’ – Nilgai
While Bharatpur is well-known for its accessibility to wildlife, especially along the park’s main roadway, I find that very little is said about some of its smaller, untraveled trails. They …
‘Friend or Foe’ – White-breasted Waterhen
This is yet another shot I’d envisioned long before my trip to Bharatpur came to fruition. Besides the park’s spectacular Painted Storks and majestic raptors, there were quite a few …
‘A Mist Opportunity’ – Oriental Darter
When I was putting together my cheat-sheet of ideas and compositions before my trip to Bharatpur, there was one species that left me scratching my head on more than one …