Gaur caravan
Gaur on the horizon
Gaur diagonal
Kerala tribal woman
Signature spider

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the photo workshops conducted by pixetra, its fun to be in the wild with people who are very keen on photography and are nature lovers too.

Highlight of the trip is that I got a glimpse of a jungle cat (i’m 90% sure)

A detailed account on the second trip here on metroblogs by

And here are 2 more pics from the muthodi trip

Bird in action
Tall teak tree

Scarlet minivet – scape
Scarlet minivet – profile

For a while there was a lull in travel, Its about change now.

I’m in Thekkady tom and day after conducting a photo workshop, again on Nov 3rd and 4th I’m in Bhadra for the same. Might be in western ghats also in november! Needless to say, I’m very excited!!

In other news I’ve started shooting for magazines and my first shoot was for the first edition of “The Bengaluru pages” which has just hit the stands.

water falls near sharavati valley

Orb-weaver spider

Both shot in the western ghats.

Made a short birding session near bannerghatta yesterday morning with , and some friends.

And here’s the “Happy World Photography Day” postcard

Silverbills are mostly found in open areas, close to farm lands where it is easy to find seeds and grains which they predominantly feed on. They are always found in flocks and are known to be social with other birds of the same subspecies.

Had gone to look for Lion-tailed macaques, but well these were good too…

Vipers are venomous, and the malabar pit viper is endemic to the western ghats as the name suggests. These are nocturnal hunters and bask and laze around during the day. The pit vipers get their name from the pits (the holes that look like nose), which are heat sensing, which helps in detect warm-blooded animals like rodents & birds in absolute darkness.

Just got back from kudremukh, the place is just beyond words in the monsoon. Got tons of leeches so feet is still recovering. Got to shoot one of the most dangerous reptiles in western ghats, a viper. Had no luck on the Lion-tailed macaque, though we drove for 2 days on the park roads. Pictures coming soon

Truck loads of work is what is keeping me away from travel and posting as the product I’ve been working on is close to launch. I’m pretty kicked about the launch, everyone in Bangalore will get to use our service online once its launched, which I’m hoping will happen in a couple of weeks. In other news, finally got some time to process the long pending Bandipur photographs, where we saw wilddogs with a kill. Here they are

 
more about this picture here.

Wild dog resting, wild dog staring, More wild dog, elephant calf, wild dogs running, Oriental honey buzzard