Bird in a scape

In bird photography, frame filling shots, showing the bird in all its glory, every feather, every color on the bird popping out of the frame, making the viewer fall in love with it, are awesome, there’s no doubting that. However, it’s my personal opinion that bringing in a bit of the bird’s habitat into the frame adds a few more pixels of aesthetic value to the image. There could be various reasons for this thinking of mine....

September 5, 2015 · 4 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

River terns - a fishy tale

It’s all about a ‘FISH’ for these wonderful water birds called the River Terns. Fish, not only constitutes a major part of the bird’s diet, but also has a very pivotal role to play in the bird’s life cycle. Birds of the Tern family, these River Terns , as their name implies, are mostly confined to the fresh water areas and are resident breeders along the inland waters in most parts of India....

April 24, 2014 · 4 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

Wildlife Photography Workshop @ Bhadra - Part III

Here’s the third and the final installment of my post on the wildlife photography workshop at Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary organized by Darter. You can read the earlier posts here… Part I & Part II We were getting back from the evening boat safari enjoying the beautiful sunset over the Bhadra backwaters, with the waters glistening in the golden yellow light of the setting sun. The wind had picked up and our boat was rocking big time, with water splashing thick and hard....

May 25, 2012 · 7 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

Wildlife Photography Workshop @ Bhadra - Part II

Here’s the second installment of my post on the wildlife photography workshop at Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.You can read the first part here, Wildlife Photography Workshop @ Bhadra - Part I The morning boat safari on Day 2 of the workshop came to a close. As we headed back to the resort, we had a feeling that it was a kind of a mixed bag. Had some good sightings but less to photograph due to cloud cover and bad light....

May 22, 2012 · 5 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

Wildlife Photography Workshop @ Bhadra - Part I

Having developed a serious interest in nature photography early last year, have always wanted to start a blog to share my experiences. Haven’t really been able to get it going. Finally, looks like the time has come… :)Just returned from a wonderful wildlife photography workshop at Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, organized by Darter Photography, was thinking, what better way to kick start my first blog post than to do so by describing my experiences from this jaunt of mine....

May 16, 2012 · 7 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy