Norway wildlife

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

– Anthony Bourdain

The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.

Oct 18

Nature

Getting to know the King of the North

Wildlife photography trips are full of long hours with nothing to do. Our ship was steaming away to the next place. We were in one of...

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Oct 4

Nature

High Drama at the Waterfront

There are times when you watch a scene unfold in front of you, right from the start to the very end. Like when you know that the cheetah...

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The Eternal lure of a Sunrise...and a Sunset

Sep 20

Nature

The Eternal lure of a Sunrise...and a Sunset

An ode to the timeless magic that a sunrise and a sunset create

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Aug 9

Nature

Why ?

Why do we do it ? Why do we take a painfully long flight trip to reach a country that is so far, to a climate that is the opposite of...

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Jul 26

Nature

A windfall of bears !

“ Bear in the water…behind us !!! “ That line set up an unprecedented, scarcely believable few hours for us. But, before I get into...

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Jun 13

Photography

Random Thoughts from a Ship's Deck

Phototrips can be bloody tiring. I reached home a little after noon. A journey that was a tale of delayed flights, missed connecting...

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May 31

Adventure, trekking

Hello, Arctic…here I come !

As you read this, I would have either just reached the northern most inhabited place on this earth – Longyearbyen – or set off aboard the...

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Dec 15, 2023

Nature

Picking my top 2023 images

Yeah, it’s that time of the year. The moment I almost dread. But also a useful exercise . The process of choosing my top images makes...

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Jul 28, 2023

Nature

The Gorgeous Photo that didn't happen

It started in the most innocuous way. It is often rather difficult to spot a polar bear. The distant white spot that you might see on the...

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Jul 14, 2023

Nature

Keeda

The other day I had a conversation about an image I had posted on Insta with my good friend R. R : That image you posted…the profile of...

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Jun 30, 2023

Nature

A lil' bit of Puffin love

I admit, I felt a sense of both, deep satisfaction and relief that night as I went over my images. It had been a long, long day and one...

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Jun 2, 2023

Nature

A Property Dispute

There are occasions when it all neatly falls into place. Where you don't need words to tell a story, to paint a picture, to spin a yarn....

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May 19, 2023

Nature

The Combat

His eyes were locked on his opponent. A cold, unyielding stare. He meant business. But, so did his opponent. He pawed the ground...

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May 5, 2023

Nature

The Problem of Hornoya's Abundance

Its difficult when you get overwhelmed. Your mind gets crowded up, you are unable to think straight, you are looking for opportunities...

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Apr 21, 2023

Adventure, trekking

Field Notes from Norway

I am back home. From near zero and sub zero degree temperatures, straight into the boiling cauldron that Bangalore has become this year....

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