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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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What makes a good day in the field ?
“ A good photograph must be waited for. You don’t chase it, you let it come to you. You just need to be attentive, present and open.” I...
4 days ago
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The Joys of being Surprised
The place looked straight out of a fairytale book. I walked down the gently sloping path from the ticket counter. Slowly. I looked...
Apr 4
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Finally. It is here !
‘ How did you feel when you saw 80,000 birds in Norway at once? Did the sound of those birds flying at the same time remind you of some...
Mar 22
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Field Notes from Hokkaido
Have you climbed up stairs that are more than a century old ? We had come to Jigokudani to photograph the snow monkeys and were at the...
Mar 7
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Off on a NEW ADVENTURE !
How cold will -25 deg C be ? I will be able to give you an idea in my next newsletter. Right now, as you read this, I will be flying to...
Feb 21
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The Magnificence and the Tragedy of the Rhino's horn
Last year, a rhino was killed every 15 hours. Let’s zoom out and find out what that actually means. At the start of the 20th century,...
Feb 7
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The Oddity that is the Giraffe
Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction. Geraldine Jewsbury A giraffe IS such...
Jan 24
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Born to be Wild and Free
“ The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth.” – Marlee Matlin A couple of months back I made a much looked forward to...
Jan 10
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Craig, the Gentlest of Giants
The thrill of coming close to a gentle giant, Craig, the super tusker
Dec 13, 2024
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Keep that camera aside !
I froze. Even the slightest movement from me could destroy the moment. To my right, around ten to twelve feet away, there was a...
Nov 29, 2024
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Well...Why Not ?
Many had asked me over the last year or so. I used to recoil at the suggestion. Me ? Now ? At this stage ? Nah…of course not. I...
Nov 15, 2024
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Preparing for a trip
Things have changed. There used to be a time when I would approach a trip in a blasé manner, insouciantly setting off with the biggest...
Nov 1, 2024
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Getting to know the King of the North
Wildlife photography trips are full of long hours with nothing to do. Our ship was steaming away to the next place. We were in one of...
Oct 18, 2024
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High Drama at the Waterfront
There are times when you watch a scene unfold in front of you, right from the start to the very end. Like when you know that the cheetah...
Oct 4, 2024
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The Eternal lure of a Sunrise...and a Sunset
An ode to the timeless magic that a sunrise and a sunset create
Sep 20, 2024
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Look around you
Continuing with my aim to get guest posts for you each quarter, I had requested Shreeram MV, an ace photographer, a good friend and one...
Sep 6, 2024
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Conversations in my head
How do we take a photograph ? No, not the physical act of focusing and pressing the button. As we watch a scene get ready to unfold...
Aug 23, 2024
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A windfall of bears !
“ Bear in the water…behind us !!! “ That line set up an unprecedented, scarcely believable few hours for us. But, before I get into...
Jul 26, 2024
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Flying a drone...my first time
“ This is a graveyard for drones” Jens, our guide, announced with a chuckle. This was in 2022, during my last trip to Svalbard. I...
Jul 12, 2024
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