Trip Reports

Hide Location My fav shots happen when I am waiting on the location. This one below is one The exit from the nest shots are hard. The left/ first image is shot with my Z5

Its been a long break in birding. My last “outing” was to Karnala for the Heart Spotted Woodpecker , in Jan 2024. Five months and no birding or nature outing

Ive been wanting to do this map for a while now. I am not aware of one place where on can get this information. So here goes. Here is the list of places you can do “

My first Heart Shaped Woodie was in Dandeli on my first ever trip, sometime in 2008. Since then I hadn’t got a chance to see this beauty up close, until now. High D

We broke a rather long hiatus of not going out chasing birds by taking a trip to Karnala to get some Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher shots. The location was a small stream and

Air Show Photography Tips Here are the pics from this years show

The airbus 320 Neo touchdown at Jabalpur was super smooth, barely felt it. Getting out of the aircraft got into a quaint small terminal to collect our bags. Jabalpur air

The Mumbai birding group had a few pics of this wonderful bird and I asked if someone knew where to go and see this bird. The Great Hornbill has been on my list for a whi

I have a old iconic Nikkor 500mm reflex mirror lens borrowed from a good friend sitting in my lens lens cupboard. Every time I picked lenses, I will fondly hold the lens

Had an opportunity to shoot some sailing in Mumbai. Great fun and the Nikon Z50 with the kit lens worked really well ! Met up with Glen Rebello who was shooting the event

I did a Bhandup after a long time. I just didn’t want the usual shots. So I went in for slow and arty compositions this time. Just no shoot of the usual, was my res

I was stuffing myself with cream rolls for breakfast at Shirshupal just after an enjoyable birding session with a European Roller and thats when this blog title popped up

I had some old pending amount with Anup since my last attempt at Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher attempt at Panvel with Doc Bedekar. That attempt was a washout due to super hea

Location 1 – DPS Lake view point ( Best for mornings since sun would be from the east and you are facing west) Location 2 – Vanashree View Point ( Best for ev

Akshi beach birding photography

How to get there ? Migrating Amurs reported being spotted around Lonavala and many pics showed up on the net.  A staging halt before the Amurs crossed the ocean into

Nikon Z50 (Cropped Body) + 600mm + TC17 Manual, ISO 500, F7.1, 1/25th Manual, ISO 800, F8, 1/125th File Type – RAW Manual White balance 4500K Active D Lighting R

The Khanapur – Ramagar route is a mess due to road construction. And avoid going through Belgaum city. The best route to The Old Magazine House is via Hotel Gajaraj

Finally broke the lockdown birding hiatus. Went to Bhandup pumping station along with Sundar for a spot of morning birding. Great company and glad to get out into the ope