Category Archives: Wildlife Photography

Sunday Musings – National Wildlife Week

The National Wildlife Week is annually observed across India from 2nd to 8th of October every year to raise awareness about the importance of wildlife conservation and protect India’s rich biodiversity. Wildlife refers to living organisms, especially non-domesticated animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms, that live in their natural environments without human interference. It is crucial for biodiversity, and maintaining ecological balance within ecosystems. Examples include nativeContinueContinue reading “Sunday Musings – National Wildlife Week”

Golden Hour Photography

Picturesque Friday Spotted Hyena & Golden Jackel & Vulture The last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are known as golden hour or “magic hour” — a time when natural light is soft, golden and ideal for photography. This fleeting period allows you to capture vibrant, atmospheric images with minimal editing. LearningContinueContinue reading “Golden Hour Photography”

Picturesque Friday 4 – Spotted Owlet

The image features a Spotted Owlet. This is often referred to as Jungle Owlet. The Spotted Owlet is a small owl that breeds in tropical Asia, from India to Southeast Asia. This photographs are clicked at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by.

World Lizard Day

Fan Throated Lizard World Lizard Day, held every year on August 14th, encourages to enjoy the interesting diversity of lizards and the importance they hold in ecological systems. Be it bright geckos or ghostly desert creatures, some lizards are so rare that they seem almost like mythical. Indian Flying Lizard The image shows a IndianContinueContinue reading “World Lizard Day”

Picturesque Friday 2 – Plum Headed Parakeet

Plum Headed Parakeet is brilliantly-colored parakeet; males have a plum-colored head while females have grayish-blue head. Endemic to the Indian subcontinent where it can occur in any well-wooded area outside NE India and the high Himalayas. Similar to the largely non-overlapping Blossom-headed Parakeet, but shows a darker shade of plum or gray on the headContinueContinue reading “Picturesque Friday 2 – Plum Headed Parakeet”

Travel to Seven Sister States

What are your future travel plans? I love to travel and explore new places, new people and different cultures. Being a wildlife photographer, I have been travelling a lot across India especially to the tiger reserves and other wildlife reserves. But still my bucket list is full with many places to visit. And the topContinueContinue reading “Travel to Seven Sister States”

Photography – Grey Crowned Crane

Grey Crowned Crane @Masai Mara A spectacular, mostly blue-gray crane with a black-and-white face and a crown of golden-yellow plumes. Immatures are rustier than adults. Singles, pairs, and flocks prefer wetlands, flooded grasslands, and man-made water bodies, but they can range widely through other open habitats when foraging. Resident but may be locally nomadic inContinueContinue reading “Photography – Grey Crowned Crane”

परतीचा प्रवास – Magical trip to Masai Mara

आज सकाळी ९.३० वाजता आमचा परतीचा प्रवास सुरु झाला.  आम्ही पांच जण जीप मध्ये आहोत.  बाहेर पावसाळी वातावरण आहे. कधी ऊन कधी पाऊस असे चालू आहे. मन उदास आहे माहीत नाही वातावरणा मुळे आहे की मसाई मारा सोडून जातोय म्हणून आहे.  गाडीत ६० व ७० च्या दशकातले गाणे चालू आहेत. मन कधी त्या काळात जातेContinueContinue reading “परतीचा प्रवास – Magical trip to Masai Mara”

गणेशगुडी पक्षी निरीक्षण : एक सुखद अनुभव

Orange Headed Thrush पुण्यापासून साधारण 500 किलोमिटर्स वर Old Magazene House हे रिसॉर्ट Ganeshgudi मध्ये आहे. हे रिसॉर्ट जंगलाच्या एकदम मध्ये आहे. इथे पक्षी निरीक्षण आणि फोटोग्राफी ची अतिशय सुंदर व्यवस्था आहे. ह्याला Armchair birding असे देखील म्हणतात. कारण इथे आपण आरामात बसून पक्षी बघू शकतो किंवा त्यांचे फोटो देखील काढू शकतो. कुठे राहायचे गणेशगुडीमध्येContinueContinue reading “गणेशगुडी पक्षी निरीक्षण : एक सुखद अनुभव”

भरतपुर पक्षी अभयारण्य

Early morning view भरतपुर बद्दल थोडेसे भरतपूर पक्षी अभयारण्य म्हणून ओळखले जाणारे केवलादेव राष्ट्रीय उद्यान हे हिवाळ्यात पक्षी निरीक्षक आणि पक्षी छायाचित्रकारांसाठी देशातील सर्वोत्तम ठिकाणांपैकी एक आहे. हे जंगल फक्त २९ चौरस किमी क्षेत्रफळाचे आहे आणि इथे पाणथळ पक्ष्यांसाठी पाणथळ जागा तयार केल्या आहेत. आकाराने लहान असले तरी खूप उच्च क्षमता आणि वेगळेपणा आहे. महाराजांच्याContinueContinue reading “भरतपुर पक्षी अभयारण्य”

Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary

We visited Sonewadi Point of Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary. It is some 65 km from Sambhajinagar ( Aurangabad). I got the news that Greater Flamingos have arrived here so we visited this place for bird photography. We could see following birds here. Common hawk cuckoo Common Kingfisher Black neck Ibis Sanderling Location Sonewadi point is aContinueContinue reading “Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary”

Photography – My Passion

What activities do you lose yourself in? Loosing yourself in any activity means forgetting everything around and focusing completely on that activity. It can become meditation for self. I love nature and photography is my passion. Whenever we go out on photography expeditions I am completely lost in the activity. Not even bothered about timeContinueContinue reading “Photography – My Passion”

Photography: Beautiful skies

Today morning was special for me as a photographer. The sky was so beautiful that couldn’t resist clicking a picture rather pictures. There was good mix of clear blue skies and white clouds. The scene is so mesmerising that your eyes are locked on the sky.

World Wildlife Day

World Wildlife Day reminds us all of the need to maintain the world’s ecosystems and invest in their future, whether we are nature lovers, conservationists, or adventure travelers. Celebrated annually on March 3, World Wildlife Day is an international celebration of the immense variety of life on our planet and a call for the protectionContinueContinue reading “World Wildlife Day”

भिगवण : पक्षीप्रेमींचा कुंभमेळा

ग्रेटर फ्लेमीनगो मला अजूनही तो दिवस आठवतो जेव्हा मी पहिल्यांदा Bhigwan ला गेलो होतो. आम्ही सकाळी साधारण साडे सहा च्या सुमारास Kumbhargaon मध्ये पोहोचलो. Bhigwan Bus Stand पासून थोडे पुढे आल्यावर डाव्या बाजूला एक वळण येते तिथून Kumbhargaon चा रास्ता सुरू होतो. तिथून साधारण सात ते आठ किलोमीटर्स गेल्यावर आपण Kumbhargaon ला पोहोचतो. पोहोचल्यावर समोरचContinueContinue reading “भिगवण : पक्षीप्रेमींचा कुंभमेळा”

सिंहगड व्हॅली : देशी विदेशी पक्ष्यांचा मेळावा

पुण्या जवळचे पक्षी प्रेमींचे अतिशय आवडते ठिकाण म्हणजे सिंहगड व्हॅली. हिवाळ्यात येथे देशी विदेशी पक्ष्यांचा जणू मेळावाच भरतो. इथले स्टार अॅट्रॅक्शन म्हणजे Asian Paradise Flycatcher किंवा स्वर्गीय नर्तक. संपूर्ण पांढर शुभ्र रंग निमुळते शरीर ,मखमली चेहेरा व लांब शेपटी असे याचे देखणे रूप. याच्या मोहक हालचाली आणि पाण्यात सुर मारून परत झाडावर येऊन बसणे केवळContinueContinue reading “सिंहगड व्हॅली : देशी विदेशी पक्ष्यांचा मेळावा”

Bharatpur – Birders Paradise

Early morning view About Baharatpur The Keoladeo National Park, better known as Bharatpur, is one of the best places in the country for bird watchers and bird photographers during winter season. The forest is just 29 Sq. Km in area with created wetlands for wetland birds. Even though such a small in size but havingContinueContinue reading “Bharatpur – Birders Paradise”

Ganeshgudi – Birders Paradise

Black Naped Monarch Ganeshguid is heaven for Bird Watching or Bird Photography. If you love these tiny tots in vivid colours, you must visit Old Magazine House by Jungle Lodges & Resorts in Ganeshgudi once. It is popularly known as OMH. Its a well maintained property always ready to welcome these colourful guests. Even theContinueContinue reading “Ganeshgudi – Birders Paradise”

Blackbuck Aka Indian Antelope

The blackbuck, also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to 74 to 84 cm high at the shoulder. Males weigh 20–57 kg, with an average of 38 kg. Wikipedia In Maharashtra local languageContinueContinue reading “Blackbuck Aka Indian Antelope”

Sarada Superba : Fan throated Lizard

Male Fan Throated Lizard Sarada Superba is a species of agamid Lizard found in Maharashtra, India popularly known as Fan Throated Lizard. Deepak, Bhosale & Giri discovered 5 new species of this Lizard in Maharashtra and Karnataka in 2016 after a search of almost 3 years. The species name comes from Latin word ‘Superbus’ meaningContinueContinue reading “Sarada Superba : Fan throated Lizard”

माझी ताडोबाची जंगल सफारी

ताडोबा अंधारी व्याघ्र प्रकल्प हा महाराष्ट्रातील अतिशय सुंदर व सर्वात मोठा प्रकल्प आहे. भारतात एकूण ४७ व्याघ्र प्रकल्प आहेत त्यापेकी एक ताडोबा अंधारी व्याघ्र प्रकल्प आहे. हा प्रकल्प चंद्रपुर जिल्ह्यात स्थित आहे व नागपुर पासून दीडशे किलोमीटर वर आहे. ताडोबा हे नाव स्थानिक  आदिवासींच्या देवतेच्या नावावर ठेवले आहे व अंधारी नावाची नदी तेथून वाहाते म्हणूनContinueContinue reading “माझी ताडोबाची जंगल सफारी”