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I had made a quick trip to BR hills earlier this week and was fortunate to see a tiger in the night. Since I have been traveling mostly in the rain forests the last year or so, it has been almost 2 years since I’ve seen a tiger in the wild. The photograph and the sighting would not have been possible without Mandanna who was driving the vehicle and Giri Cavale who was spotlighting because of which both of them could not photograph. Hence the multiple copyrights on the image. Even though I have seen and photographed some very rare…

Since many people asked, here is the color version of the fetus image. Which one is better ? which one has a better impact ? This incident happened few months ago in the Anamalias. We heard news that a Lion-tailed macaque was hit on the road and we rushed to the spot. The image you see below was that. We took it to the local Valparai vet and when he was performing the post-mortem he found the fetus inside. Of course both the mother and fetus were dead. The doc put the fetus in a small plastic jar and thats…

The fetus of a Lion-tailed macaque. The mother died in a road accident.

The Chennai exhibit went really well. We had very good turnout from the Judiciary system and overall more than 700 people turned up during the course of the day. Most people came in during the first half of the day to attend the talks. Personally it was very nice to see my photographs, printed and framed and put in a spotlight. Being digital photographers, we tend to forget the special feeling of seeing the photographs in print. Here are some of the photographs Chief Justice of Tamil Nadu inaugurating the exhibit

Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) is organising a very special event on conservation in Chennai. We are gathering the lawyers and judges of the state make them sit and understand the wildlife and the conservation issues. Since most of these issues are handled at court level, this is a very rare chance to sensitise the policy makers. Not that they do not know the issues, but are surely not aware of the field realities of what works and what does not. The leopard issue will surely be on top of the priority. The photo exhibit is a showcase of Tamil Nadu’s…

Chamundi hill which is bang in the middle of the lovely Mysore city is a safe sanctuary for lot of wildlife. A lot of my friends from India Nature Watch mysore almost go there every weekend to photograph the wildlife and you can see the whole collection here and here. Its known not only for its great bird diversity but also a healthy population of leopards. If you see the link above, a lot of people have been photographing this lovely leopard even till few weeks ago… totally peaceful in its habitat. Yesterday one of these leopards came onto a…

After almost a year of inactivity, I’m back yo !

There area few seats left for this weekends photography workshop here in Bangalore. If you are interested, do drop me a line right away as the classes are almost full again till the year end.

For the last month or so, I have been busy with the wedding in my family. Its my only sister Satya’s marriage. The wedding happened the day before in Vizag in the traditional south indian style. After the wedding my sister left with the new family and she will move to singapore soon to settle down there. I have had a very funny relationship with my sister. Till I was 16 years old, we were moving places every 2 years or so and since moving is tough on your friendships, we had a very special relationship. (Btw she is about…

Heh.