Standing out in the Crowd
Doesn’t this ant look very confident standing in the middle of a huge gathering? I had spotted a huge weaver ant nest in the middle of our relative’s garden in Sringeri. Many ants like this one were trying to scare…
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Hide & Seek
What do you think the thin green wire in front of the head of the snake is? It is a part of the serpent itself! When my father and I were visiting our relative near my native, Sringeri, we spotted…
Serene
I took this soothing image while trekking to the “Valley of Flowers”, in Uttarakhand, India. While we were on the final and most grueling stretch of the trek, I spotted this calming frame. I decided to rest for a while…
A Tribute
This image was named so since I felt this ant was paying tribute to the dead ant by carrying it on its shoulders. I really like this image since the ants are perfectly backlit, the background is very contrasting, and…
Get a hold
This is a Giant wood spider (Nephila), on a cloudy winter morning in my native, Sringeri. If you look closely, you can see thousands of dew drops on this delicate web. I love how the barren trees complement this frame.…
Thirst
One weekend, my family, a few friends, and I drove to Hampi for a photography trip. Early the next morning, around 5:30 am, we made our way up Matanga Hill to watch the sunrise. As the first light spread across…
Blue, Black, White
What do you think the blue glow behind this spider is? Whatever you guessed was probably wrong. It is a very bold, blue, building. This is a backlit signature spider inside another park near my home. Since this was a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…