It’s hard to believe, as you negotiate the hurly burly of Agra’s traffic, that less than 2 hours away is a place that offers clean air and serenity. Yet that is exactly what you’ll find at Mela Kothi. Nestling amidst acres of woodland and pasture, the Mela Kothi was built in the 1890’s and was ideally located to serve as[…]
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Varun, our man in India, never misses a chance to escape from the office and head out into the jungle. He’s been particularly busy over the past 4 or 5 months, with numerous trips to tiger reserves like Corbett, Pench, Satpura and Ranthambhore. Luckily for us, Varun is a damn fine photographer and so we get share all his wonderful[…]
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Great Expectations Running photographic safaris throws up all sorts of challenges but one of the toughest to deal with is client expectations. With so much top quality wildlife photography on view in TV documentaries, online and in glossy magazines, a lot of people arrive for the start of their safari expecting that they will come away with equally spectacular photographs.[…]
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Photographing Birds in Flight Pied Kingfisher. 1/1250, f8, ISO 320. Nikkor 300mm lens + 1.4x tc The thing about birds is that they rarely sit still just to make it easy for you to photograph them. Sometimes you’re lucky and they’ll stay put long enough, but more often then not they will take to the air as soon as you[…]
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