Portrait of a Malabar Gliding Frog
It was as if this Tree Frog wanted me to take an image of it. It allowed me to get very close to it, while it was perching on a huge leaf. While exploring and searching for frogs in our…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
Blue on green and red
This image won the award of “Highly Commendable” in the “10 years and under” category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021. Wildlife Photographer of the year is one of the most prestigious photography contests. It is often called “Oscars…
City Signature
This image won me the highly commendable award in Young wildlife Photographer of the year 2020. Wildlife Photographer of the year is one of the most prestigious photography contests. It is often called “Oscars of Wildlife Photography”. This award is…
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…
The Real International Air Travel
This is a Black Kite. It was a very fun day on our road trip. On a building, I spotted many kites. They used to fly down catch a rat in a dumpster, and come back up. I told my…
The Signature
Focus on Signature! This image was taken with a photography friend. We went to a park we just found out about. This Signature spider had built its web very near to the entrance. I tried many different compositions with this…
A Moth
I love this image because it shows us the fur of a moth! Once we went to the park that we regularly go to. I noticed that there were a lot of subjects compared to the earlier times. First I…
A Mosquito
One fine evening we went to a park where there were are lots and lots of interesting subjects to shoot. While I was capturing a Signature spider, I spotted this weird mosquito. I captured many images of it from many…
A SIGNATURE SPIDER 2
One cloudy and windy morning, my father, my friend, and I set out with our cameras to a park where we do not go regularly. This park has a big lake in the middle of it. We captured many images…
The Tunnel Spider
My family along with me went on a road trip to a famous mountain. There were tourists everywhere. So we had to rest for a while so that we could get some time for ourselves. We parked our vehicle on…
A Peep!
This image was taken at my cousin’s place, Alike. This is a spider hiding inside a flower, waiting for its prey. I was about to pluck the flower, just then a saw a spider inside it! I ran home and…
Alone in the sky
This image was taken when I was traveling from my Native, Sringeri to Bangalore. While we stopped for lunch under a tree we spotted some birds on 3 electricity lines. After we finished our lunch, we went to photograph these…
Dome Home (Blue Car Background)
I took this image at a theme park that houses upcycled old/used car parts and old cars. These are the letters of the script of the language Kannada, made using old/used car parts and they have been placed adjacent to…