Experiencing Photography In A Creative Way
In today`s world natural settings are rapidly diminishing. Preserving these natural settings and this wildlife can be rather difficult, wildlife photography is a type of photography that focus on taking photographs of wildlife or non domesticated animals. Wildlife photographers shoot photographs of wild animals in their natural surroundings, its a kind of very tough job as you have to wait for a very long time to take a perfect picture. Its hobby for some but its passion for me. As its gives a kind of satisfaction. Every photo needs a hard work,patience and yes commitment also. Of course i am not an expert on the subject and would never claim to be. This is an ideological submission in which i hope to capture something good and people might like it. More than anything, however, since wildlife can be as unpredictable as we are, a tremendous amount of luck is involved too......
Well, i hope my images here, taken both in the wild and in captivity demonstrate the beauty of life on Earth. I also hope they reflect on my commitment to capture wildlife in a way that invokes the viewer`s sympathy and compassion for the animal. Thank you for reading.
"Photography Is About Experiencing Nature In A Creative Way"
Sun Bird (Nectariniidae)
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This little bird known as Sun Bird and it feeds largely on nectar, buy also takes insects and spiders specially when feeding young. Flower tubes that bar access to nectar because of their shape, are simply punctured at the base near the nectaries. The sun bird have counterpart in two very distantly related groups, the Humming Bird of America and the Honey eaters of Australia, these sun bird are largely found in many parts of India, these birds are very active and generally occur in pairs or occasionally in small family groups. A few species occasionally gather in large groups and sun bird will join with other birds to mob potential predators.
This Jungle Fowl are mostly found in India the domestic form is kept globally as a very productive food source of both meat and eggs. While my safari in a national park i come to know that they are in plenty and there are many subspecies of jungle fowl that is found in Indian subcontinent.
This spotted Deer is also known as Chital in India the chital`s coat is pinkish fawn marked with white spots and its underparts the highest number of chital are found in the forests of India where they feed upon tall grass and shrubs, chital are primarily grazers and feed on short sprouting grasses. Their life spans are around 8 to 14 years. This shot was taken in National Park where these chital are grazing the grass, they look very familiar with humans as many peoples told me that they sometime come inside the premises also without hesitating of humans.
I recently get a chance to shoot this Black drongo bird as it is very less seen in my area but it is very common in other parts of India it is a glossy black bird with forked tail and small white spots at the base of the gape the iris is dark brown it feeds on insects. This species is also known for its aggressive behavior towards much larger birds. They are are capable of producing a wide range of calls but a common call is " tee hee" call resembling that of Shikra. This bird is mostly an aerial predator of insects. The Black drongo becomes active very early at dawn and roost later than many other birds.
This snap of rose ringed parakeet is taken in an orchid of guava they can easily find nearly many places of specially in villages of Uttar Pradesh and they live in flocks, they basically feed on buds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries, and seeds. Rose Ringed Parakeet are popular as pets and they have a long history in aviculture. Both male and female have ability to mimic human speech first they listen to its surroundings and then it copies the voice of human speaker.
Hoopoe (Upupa epops "Hudhud")
The sarus crane (Grus antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent and mostly in villages of Uttar Pradesh. The tallest
of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m
(5 ft 11 in),they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands. The sarus crane is
easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by the overall grey color and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans and
small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair-bonds and
maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that
include loud trumpeting, leaps and dance-like movements. In India they are
considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for
life and pine the loss of their mates even to the point of starving to death.
The bare red skin of the adult's head and neck is brighter during the breeding
season. This skin is rough and covered by papillae, and a narrow area
around and behind the head is covered by black bristly feathers. The common name of sarus is from the Hindi name ("sāras") for the species. The Hindi
word is derived from the Sanskrit word sarasa for the "lake bird",
(sometimes corrupted to sārhans). Sarus cranes forage in
shallow water (usually with less than 30 cm (1 ft) depth of water) or
in fields, frequently probing in mud with their long bills. They are omnivorous, eating insects
(especially grasshoppers), aquatic plants, fish (perhaps only in captivity),
frogs, crustaceans and seeds.
Indian Peafowl (Lavo cristatus)
The Indian peafowl (Lavo Cristatus), a large and brighty colored bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world. The male peacock is
predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers
and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colorful eye spots. These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a
display during courtship. Females lack the train, and have a greenish lower
neck and duller brown plumage. The Indian peafowl lives mainly on the ground in
open forest or on land under cultivation where they forage for berries, grains
but also prey on snakes, lizards, and small rodents. Their loud calls make them
easy to detect, and in forest areas often indicate the presence of a predator
such as a tiger. They forage on the ground in small groups and usually try to
escape on foot through undergrowth and avoid flying, though they fly into tall
trees to roost. Peacocks are a larger sized bird with a length
from bill to tail of 100 to 115 cm (39 to 45 in) and to the end of a
fully grown train as much as 195 to 225 cm (77 to 89 in) and weigh
4–6 kg (8.8–13.2 lb). The females, or peahens, are smaller at around
95 cm (37 in) in length and weigh 2.75–4 kg (6.1–8.8 lb).
Indian peafowl are among the largest and heaviest representatives of thePhasianidae.
Their size, colour and shape of crest make them unmistakable within their
native distribution range. The male is metallic blue on the crown, the feathers
of the head being short and curled. The Indian peafowl is a resident breeder
across the Indian subcontinent and is found in the
drier lowland areas of Sri Lanka. In South Asia , it
is found mainly below an altitude of 1,800 metres (1.1 mi) and in rare
cases seen at about 2,000 metres (1.2 mi). It is found in moist and
dry-deciduous forests, but can adapt to live in cultivated regions and around
human habitations and is usually found where water is available. In many parts
of northern India ,
they are protected by religious practices and will forage around villages and
towns for scraps. Peafowl are omnivorous and eat seeds, insects, fruits, small
mammals and reptiles. They feed on small snakes but keep their distance from
larger ones. In the Gir forest
of Gujarat , a large
percentage of their food is made up of the fallen berries of Zizyphus. Around
cultivated areas, peafowl feed on a wide range of crops such as groundnut,
tomato, paddy, chili and even bananas. Around human habitations, they
feed on a variety of food scraps and even human excreta. In the
countryside, it is particularly partial to crops and garden plants. Indian
peafowl are widely distributed in the wild across South Asia and protected both
culturally in many areas and by law in India . Conservative estimates of
the population put them at more than 100,000. Illegal poaching for meat
however continues and declines have been noted in parts of India .
Prominent in many cultures, the peacock has been used in numerous iconic
representations, including being designated the national bird of
India
in 1963. The peacock, known as mayura in Sanskrit,
has enjoyed a fabled place in India
since and is frequently depicted in temple art, mythology, poetry, folk music
and traditions. A
Sankrit derivation of mayura is from the root mi for kill
and said to mean "killer of snakes". Many
Hindu deities are associated with the bird, Krishna is
often depicted with a feather in his headband, while worshippers of Shiva associate the
bird as the steed of the God of war, Kartikeya (also
known as Skanda or Murugan).
Honey Bee
Sun Bird (Nectariniidae)
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Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)
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Spotted Deer (Axis axis)
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Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
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Rose Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops "Hudhud")
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This is very common bird in Indian Subcontinent and can be easily seen in villages and cities this shot was taken when i see this bird sitting in front of my farm house it was eating something from the grass and it give me chance to take shots as this bird ignore me and keep doing his work and i keep doing my work i take many shots from different angles. The hoopoe is a medium sized bird 25 to 32 centimeters and has broad and rounded wings capable of long flights, it also enjoy of taking dust and sand bath the diet of hoopoe is mostly composed of insects, reptiles, small frogs and seeds and berries.
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
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A honey bee (or honeybee), in contrast with the sting less honey
bee, is any bee that is a member of
the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and
storage of honey and the construction
of perennial, colonial nests from wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis. Currently, only seven species of honey bee are
recognized, with a total of 44subspecies, though
historically, from six to eleven species have been recognized. Honey bees
represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees.
Some other types of related bees produce and store honey, but only members of
the genus Apisare true honey bees. The study of honey bees is
known as melittology.
Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
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The Oriental darter or Indian
darter (Anhinga melanogaster) is
a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a long and
slender neck with a straight, pointed bill and, like the cormorant, it hunts
for fish while its body submerged is in water. It spears a fish underwater,
bringing it above the surface, tossing and juggling it before swallowing the
fish head first. The body remains submerged as it swims, and the slender neck
alone is visible above the water, which accounts for the colloquial name of snakebird. Like the cormorants, it has
wettable feathers and it is often found perched on a rock or branch with its
wings held open to dry. The Oriental darter is like all other anhingas, a cormorant-like species that has a very long neck. The structure of the
neck is as in other species of darter with strongly developed muscles about a
kink in the neck at the 8th and 9th vertebrae that allows it to be flexed and
darted forward with rapid force to stab fish underwater. The Oriental darter is
found mainly in freshwater lakes and streams. They usually forage singly, with
the entire body submerged, swimming slowly forward using their webbed feet
while the head and neck is moved jerkily above the water. They may sometimes be found along with
cormorants which share the habit of spreading out their wings to dry when
perched on a waterside rock or tree. They sometimes soar on thermals during the
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Soldier Beetel (Trichodes alvearius)
Trichodes alvearius is
a very hairy beetle with black head and scutellum. The elongatedelytra show
a bright red colour with black bands. This species can easily be distinguished
from Trichodes
apiarius by the black stripe down the middle of the
back (along the inner edge of the elytra) and the red apex, not reached by the
black terminal stain. It does not fly readily, relying instead on its warning coloration to
protect itself from predators. At the larval stage they are parasites of
several species of bees and wasps, as the
adults lay the eggs close hymenopteran nests or hives (hence the name
“alvearius”, the Bee-Hive Beetle), eating various stages of their victims.The
adults can be encountered from May through August on the flowers, mainly Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Crataegus species,
feeding on pollen. However, they
integrate their diet with small insects that they actively hunt, especially Oedemera, Psilothrix,Stenopterus and Clytus species.
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Indian Spotted Eagle (Clanga hastata)
The Indian spotted eagle (Clanga hastata) is a large South Asian bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the
family Accipitridae. The typical eagles
are often united with the buteos, sea eagles and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently it
appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks. The Indian spotted eagle is about 60 cm in
length and has a wingspan of 150 cm. It is broad-headed, with the widest
mouth of all spotted eagles. This species has a lighter coloration overall
compared to its relatives, with a darker iris that makes the eyes appear darker than the plumage (rather
than the other way around as in the northern spotted eagles). The Indian
spotted eagle is native in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal, where it prefers
subtropical and tropical dry forests to plantations and arable land. It is
vagrant in Pakistan. In Nepal, it is
resident and breeding in Chitwan and Bardia National
Parks, in Sukla Phanta and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserves and in some unprotected areas in the Terai. They can be seen
easily in all over Indian sub continent.
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Indian Pond Heron
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
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The Xylocopa
virginica, more commonly known as the eastern carpenter bee, extends through the
Eastern United States and into Canada .
They nest in various types of wood and eat pollen and nectar. The
eastern carpenter bee differs from other bee species in that it does not have a
queen. While typically bees have one queen which primarily reproduces and allows
the workers to forage, in Xylocopa virginica, this
method is replaced by a system in which dominant females are responsible for
reproduction, foraging, and nest construction. Carpenter bees are
not solitary bees, but are not truly social either. The weak form of sociality
they exhibit, with one female doing the majority of the work, and caring for
her sisters, may be a transitional step in the evolution of sociality. X. virginica survive
mostly on honey and pollen. Newly emerged bees don’t have food stored in their
nest, but they are occasionally brought honey. Each nest usually has one mated
individual. Mating occurs in April and is often
accompanied by a bobbing dance that involves about a dozen males and only a few
females. Males require female activity, specifically flight, in mating.
Occasionally before mating, the couple will face each other and hover for a few
minutes. When the male contacts the female, he mounts her back and attempts to
push his abdomen under hers. Copulation occurs at this instant, and it is
almost always followed by more mating attempts. If, during copulation, the
female lands, the couple will disengage and the male will hover waiting for the
female to take flight again. The male bee is unable to sting, though they will
commonly approach human beings, especially if they wave or move parts of their
body. The female, on the other hand, will sting if provoked While
the pain level of these stings is not well-documented, researchers have
testified that X. virginica will
sting if handled.
Good Work ...........kindly keep it up your snaps are really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks akansha for appraising.
DeleteReally awesome work sir i nearly like all the photos of yours.
ReplyDeletei am confused about the post processing and the equipment used by you !!! images are really great.
ReplyDeleteHi Nick you can check the "About" page for your query......and thanks for the comments
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