Regrowth
This magical image was taken on a trek to Gudibande Fort, which has a breathtaking view of the landscape below. Just as we exited a cave we explored, I noticed this lonely tree breaching the fort walls. I liked the…
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Dreamy
This is an image of two bugs mating on a leaf under the overcast sky in my native, Sringeri. I really like that there are only a handful of colors in the frame. When I was exploring our backyard in…
Ancient
I found this artistic dried bush in the middle of a trek to Gudibande fort. Yes, I did add the noise (grain) and the slight yellowish tint (sepia) to make this image look old. I tried to recreate the look…
Watercolours
This looks like a fuzzy dream, doesn’t it? I found this Signature spider with a wrapped prey on a field visit during the Saaliga Spider Workshop 2023. I tried composing this image with nothing in focus, to achieve this eye-catching…
The Feather of Luck
This image was taken on a quintessential Sunday morning in Bangalore. As I was searching for subjects in a park I spotted this fantastic white feather on a very nice leaf. I underexposed this image to make sure the part…
A Unique Home
These birds are just like humans. Why, you ask? The two parakeets that are flying look like performers and the two birds sitting on the chimney are the audience. (The bird sitting nearest to the performers has the VIB [Very…
Escape
Everyone run!! Er… I mean fly. Where do you think these birds are flying to? This was one of my favorite images which was taken at a CNP meet. (CNP is a photography forum that I and my father are…
The Unusual home
And.. the prize of “The most unusual house” goes to… This Signature spider! My father and I have noticed that many spiders live inside abandoned vehicles. An old taxi, was where I captured this spider. Since this car was located…
Divided
This housefly was sitting still for a long time. A very long time. Are you asking me the question “Why”? This is a natural behavior exhibited by houseflies, just after the sun rises. This habit warms their wings up and…
Abstract
What do you think this is? This is the out-of-focus image of water droplets on my grandfather’s car window! This lovely image was captured when we had set off in search of subjects in the flooded streets of Sringeri (In…
The Special Spider
Isn’t it so interesting that a spider can live in sooo many places? This was one of the first times, I had seen a spider, on a yellow board made of bricks! On one of our regular safaris to parks,…
A Limited Edition Storm
Can you guess what is this? The streaks around the tower are Rosy Starling birds. All the Rosy starlings in the city gather during winter to make formations. This behavior is called a murmuration. These birds make many formations for…
A Tear
A salty tear… Running down a window… Wait, what? A window? Yeah, a window. It was a grim cloudy evening in my native, Sringeri when we decided to set out in my grandfather’s car (and my camera, of course!) to…
Mosaic
What is this? Guess…. These are water droplets! When I clicked an out of focus image inside my grandpa’s car, I saw that image on my display. I noticed that some of the droplets looked like a mosaic. Later, I…
Hanging
Isn’t this beautiful? A spider, weaving its web in the cloudy sky… As always, this was captured at a park near my house! This was a cloudy Sunday morning when we spotted this Giant Wood Spider. In my luck, it…
The Maze
Happy World Environment Day, again! This Parakeet looks serious, doesn’t it? When at Venugopala temple at Hampi, I wandered around an old dry tree to find subjects. While looking, I saw this Parakeet landing on a branch. I wanted to…
The Orangutan
We went for an excursion in a park last Friday (Of course with our cameras), and, I spotted this! This was part of a tree that was uprooted because of heavy rains and wind. This orangutan was at a perfect…
Interlocked
If you’re wondering what is the pattern in the background, that, is the bark of a tree in Hampi. The red (blurred) foreground are flowers. I really like the pattern of this tree, because this is wierd and wonderful!
The Laddoo
Ohh! This laddoo is soo hot! It must be very very fresh! – Monkey in the Picture. This is one of my favourite pictures from our trip to Hampi. One early morning, we climbed a hill called Mathungha Parvatha. There,…
2 in 1!
One evening, at my native, I spotted these two flowers being illuminated by the evening sun. I switched my lens to manual mode and experimented with many different Depth of Field’s. This was the best image of them because we…
Coexistence
Look at this image. You will find a lonely branch and the gopura of temple Venugopala at Hampi. When at Venugopala temple, I wandered around an old dry tree to find subjects. I was sure to find something around the…
Reflections
This is a Grey Wagtail. It was captured right in front of my house. This wagtail was seeing its own reflection in the mirror of this vehicle! Usually, there are trucks parked beside my apartment. Every day, this wagtail used…
House of lights
During the break of my online classes, my father and I went to our backyard to click images. We noticed a lot of tunnel spiders on the ground. Upon closer inspection, I noticed there were a lot of Dewdrops on…
Reflection
This is a Grey Wagtail. It was captured right in front of my house. This wagtail was seeing its own reflection in the mirror of this vehicle! Usually, there are trucks parked beside my apartment. Every day, this wagtail used…
Dome Home
This image won me the “Grand Title Award” of Young Wildlife Photographer of the year 2021! This image also won me the award of “Category Winner” of 10 years and under in the Wildlife Photographer of the year 2021 competition.…
Eating!
Which colour did you see the first? Was it pink? was it black? or was it yellow? I saw the pink leaf first and then I saw the black ant, eating the yellow colour substance. One nice Saturday morning, my…
A Signature Spider
Look at how beautiful it has drawn its signature! This image was taken in my hometown, Sringeri. One energetic morning my father and I ran over to the backyard to capture images. Soon, I spotted this signature spider [by seeing…
Gecko’s Garage
This image won me the ‘Special Mention’ of the Young Photographer category of the Nature in Focus 2023 competition. This is a “Green Emerald Gecko”. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands of India. We were on vacation, in the…
Hanging
One day, we went to my school to capture images. After just 2 minutes of entering the school garden, I spotted this Oakworm moth hanging on a web. In every different angle, I could get different colors in the background!…
On the Edge
What did you see first? The Cycad blue butterfly? or the railings? We were coming back from our routine park safari. Halfway to our house, we had to stop because there was a traffic jam. That time, I spotted this…