Manual focusing is better to rely upon when working with Sun Birds. At least this works for me all the time. 

2nd post of the year....

Common Krait

 

 Another session of snake wrangling.

Indian Grey Hornbill

Greater Flamingo at Aligarh....... WOW!

Pied Avocets in flight

Coming back to home on a foggy winter evening....

Not too afraid....

Chilled Sunday

Nature's Jewels

 

Every time Nature provides you with endless opportunities at the most tough days. This was clicked on a day laden with dense fog while conducting a Wildlife Photography Workshop on December 23rd' 2012. There were a lot of cobwebs with water beads in endless patterns but this especially attracted me due to the interesting pattern of droplets looking like some jewellery.   

Rufous back Shrike

All in a family

Sunday sky was full of Birds

After a long time something fresh..

Blue Bull at Bharatpur

Please see this particular picture in fullscreen mode.

Lotus Temple: Two views

Sometimes I shoot Man-made marvels too.

Light, Shadow and Colour

Bird singing for rains...

Water Abstract

"Kashmir Agama" at Gangoti National Park

Quite a beautiful creature with one of the most adaptive coloration with hues of bright blue, turquoise, emerald green, browns, yellows and orange. Just perfect camouflage for the rocky terrains. Shot taken on the way to Gomukh Glacier.

Turbulant waters of Bhagirathi

The aggressive waters of river Bhagirathi at Gangotri are quite turbulent and they actually flow with enormous force. This particular shot was taken at 11:45 PM with 45 seconds exposure at f-11. The lights were coming from a very faintly lit bulb on the other hand behind the North Ghats.

Shivling Peak as viewed from Gangotri

Star Trail at Gangotri

A very interesting image capture at Gangotri on June 6th' 2012. It was quite cool out there and the North pole was hiding behind the steep hills on North side, hence I had to estimate the location. An exposure of 30 minutes and additional 30 minutes of waiting for Image to be processed by camera seemed like eternal and I was not very happy seeing the result Image in camera, but after a little post processing the Image came out like this.

On a hot Sunday afternoon

Right now just enjoy the Picture of this handsome Black Buck, followed by the story later.

Repetition

Dangerous claws of Common Indian Monitor

There was this rare opportunity to witness and learn to rescue one of the Common Indian Monitor (Varanus Bengalensis), commonly known as 'Goh' and mistakenly by more popular name 'Vishkhapar' in rural india this Sunday. Immediately I was on the way to site from where this has to be rescued by the very expert hands of Mr. Omkar Singh, a very famous Snake-Friend of the area. He was there with no special arrangements, and asked us to block some holes in the crevice between two walls to restrain the escape, and grasped this first by it's tail and than by its neck. This is rumored that it is quite venomous and hence killed wherever ignorant people find it. Later he explained its characteristics and we took it away in a cloth bag with a moist cloth to maintain temperature. Later I got the opportunity to click some shots while this was kept for a while for stress relief. 

Later in the evening this alongwith another Common Rat Snake (Dhaman or Ghoda Pachhad) was released at a very suitable place in wild to lead the life their natural way.

Detail of an eye

Reflection in a Reptile's eye

Common Rat Snake