Field Notes from Iceland
A few weeks back, I stumbled upon a conversation the author Anne Lamott had with David Perell. The thought provoking...
Field Notes from Iceland
Serengeti. Say the word, loudly. Doesn’t it roll off the tongue in a manner that conjures up images of something...
Field Notes from Iceland
I have just returned from a trip to Iceland. We had gone to Hornstrandir, a peninsula in the north, to...
Field Notes from Iceland
Time – this is the third and final installment of my three part series on how I looked at Mara...
Field Notes from Iceland
This is the second of three posts on what I tried to capture in my last visit to Masai Mara....
Field Notes from Iceland
I so distinctly remember the feelings, the emotions that I went through the first time I had come to the...
Field Notes from Iceland
I put my camera down. The scene was too amusing to remain detached and focused on mundane things like composition...
Field Notes from Iceland
I am not sure exactly when this question started bothering me a lot more than it had in the past....
Field Notes from Iceland
My daughter looked up at me across the dining table, over the remnants of her dinner. Her eyebrows arched up,...
Field Notes from Iceland
I was in a bit of a funk. A vague sense of restlessness had crept up in me. For a...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ Fox in Socks, our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of fun, sir” – Fox in...
Field Notes from Iceland
"In art, everything is possible. But everything is not necessary." - Arvo Part A photograph is the capture of a...
Field Notes from Iceland
In 2025, it is estimated that we humans will take around 2 trillion photos. As of now, all of us...
Field Notes from Iceland
‘ How did you feel when you saw 80,000 birds in Norway at once? Did the sound of those birds...
Field Notes from Iceland
Have you climbed up stairs that are more than a century old ? We had come to Jigokudani to photograph...
Field Notes from Iceland
How cold will -25 deg C be ? I will be able to give you an idea in my next...
Field Notes from Iceland
I looked up in awe. There he stood, tall and majestic, unconcerned about all us puny beings scattered around him....
Field Notes from Iceland
I froze. Even the slightest movement from me could destroy the moment. To my right, around ten to twelve feet...
Field Notes from Iceland
Things have changed. There used to be a time when I would approach a trip in a blasé manner, insouciantly...
Field Notes from Iceland
Wildlife photography trips are full of long hours with nothing to do. Our ship was steaming away to the next...
Field Notes from Iceland
There are times when you watch a scene unfold in front of you, right from the start to the very...
Field Notes from Iceland
I’ll tell you how the sun rose - A ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news...
Field Notes from Iceland
Continuing with my aim to get guest posts for you each quarter, I had requested Shreeram MV, an ace photographer,...
Field Notes from Iceland
How do we take a photograph ? No, not the physical act of focusing and pressing the button. As we...
Field Notes from Iceland
Why do we do it ? Why do we take a painfully long flight trip to reach a country that...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ Bear in the water…behind us !!! “ That line set up an unprecedented, scarcely believable few hours for us....
Field Notes from Iceland
“ This is a graveyard for drones” Jens, our guide, announced with a chuckle. This was in 2022, during my...
Field Notes from Iceland
Phototrips can be bloody tiring. I reached home a little after noon. A journey that was a tale of delayed...
Field Notes from Iceland
I had recently written about how I had run into problems with accessing all my images which were scattered across...
Field Notes from Iceland
" We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents" -Bob Ross Disaster had struck. My desktop was not reading many...
Field Notes from Iceland
It doesn’t happen suddenly. It also doesn’t happen at the same time. You first notice it in the waters. One...
Field Notes from Iceland
Bharatpur is bewitched. At least, in winter. Here, you don’t tumble out of a cupboard into a Narniaesque world. Instead,...
Field Notes from Iceland
I saw one of those standard Insta reels the other day where the photographer walks across to a complete stranger...
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Pushkar. I can’t remember exactly how Pushkar got imprinted on my mind. Of course, it was a usual quiz question...
Field Notes from Iceland
Yeah, it’s that time of the year. The moment I almost dread. But also a useful exercise . The process...
Field Notes from Iceland
Our chopper swung sharply to the left, after speeding ahead of the running zebras and, as a single unit, the...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ I just want to see them. I don’t care if I can’t make a good photo. I just want...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ Are those elephants ?” “ No…just a mirage.” Followed by a chuckle. That was our guide, Lenny. “ What...
Field Notes from Iceland
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night...
Field Notes from Iceland
On July 26th, 2023, the Forest Act was passed in the Indian Parliament. Predictably, with no discussion. Predictably, ignoring most...
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I admit, I felt a sense of both, deep satisfaction and relief that night as I went over my images....
Field Notes from Iceland
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was writing...
Field Notes from Iceland
There are occasions when it all neatly falls into place. Where you don't need words to tell a story, to...
Field Notes from Iceland
Its difficult when you get overwhelmed. Your mind gets crowded up, you are unable to think straight, you are looking...
Field Notes from Iceland
I am back home. From near zero and sub zero degree temperatures, straight into the boiling cauldron that Bangalore has...
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I am back in Norway. This time focusing on wildlife on the other end of the size spectrum to polar...
Field Notes from Iceland
"Life is short, break the rules." ~ Mark Twain I was mildly confused. I was standing at the Mandovi beach,...
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We speed on the highway. A weary landscape lies around us. It lies vast and unattended, hot and searching for...
Field Notes from Iceland
If, from my work table, I move slightly to my left and stretch my arm to a rather neatly arranged...
Field Notes from Iceland
Out in the wild, the drama is constant. Every minute is a sequence in the never ending dance for survival....
Field Notes from Iceland
With photography, I always think that it’s not good enough” – Lynsey Addario I agree. Still, one should look at...
Field Notes from Iceland
"Chongo might have crossed the river with his brothers!!" That was the news that we heard. From a fairly reliable...
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There are 19 species of marine mammals in Svalbard. 3 species of terrestrial mammals. And a whopping 237 species of...
Field Notes from Iceland
A bird, a curious mix of dark grey ( or is it more brown ? ) and white – brownish...
Field Notes from Iceland
It’s a rather unremarkable bird to look at. Visually, there are birds that are far more striking than the Arctic...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ Its unlikely that, that bear will survive. It looks tiny in size. There is no ice around the island...
Field Notes from Iceland
First off, sincere apologies about missing the last scheduled newsletter. I was far away, in a desolate place, totally disconnected...
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“Mara ? Again ? ” How does one explain ? Of course, no two visits to the wild anywhere in...
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“ So, do you live here or are you visiting ? “ “ I have come for a visit.” “...
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Which of my photographs is my favorite ? The one I am going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham In...
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Totally out of the blue, breaking the stillness that surrounded us, a party of peahens took off from near the...
Field Notes from Iceland
Kung Fu Panda, the movie, was a runaway success. As a series, the movie grossed over $1.8 Billion and is...
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“ You know, this is the first time that soon after a trip, you have not yet shared any wildlife...
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The message on my phone, blandly said,” To date we have distributed : Non perishable bi weekly and monthly rations...
Field Notes from Iceland
The eloquence of light Straight off…the heading for this post is not an original one. A few days back, while...
Field Notes from Iceland
When we first saw them, they were two tiny dots, one much smaller than the other, in a sea of...
Field Notes from Iceland
Southwild Pantanal Lodge. Our last stop. It is located a little off the Transpantaneira, on the banks of the Pixaim...
Field Notes from Iceland
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. I could feel a tiny rivulet of sweat start its journey from the back...
Field Notes from Iceland
“ We got a sighting.” The handset crackles, voices exchange messages and those are the magic words from Fabiano, uttered...
Field Notes from Iceland
Transpantaneira. The highway to nowhere. For some reason, the story of this highway has always fascinated me. Somewhere in the...
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“ Shhhh….!!!” “ Was that an alarm call ? “ All of us froze as our jeep crunched softly to...
Field Notes from Iceland
The term Kumbh comes from a mythical pot of nectar, but it is also the Hindi name for Aquarius, the...
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“ I am planning to go photographing birds in Goa” “ Goa ? “ “ Yes.” “ For BIRD photography...
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The driver took a sharp left turn, off the tarred road and onto a narrow mud track. I closed my...
Field Notes from Iceland
The trip to Kenya was long in the ‘must do’ list. A couple of years we had made all the...
Field Notes from Iceland
Masai Mara. I was finally here. I have been planning this visit for at least five years. I have read...
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‘ Yay !! We did it !!” We exulted in the sheer delight of having crossed the last big rapid....
Field Notes from Iceland
We had finished a fascinating few hours at the ‘living fort’ at Jaisalmer, roaming around the place, gazing in admiration...
Field Notes from Iceland
I paused for a break. Ahead of me … steps. Lots of steps. Downhill fortunately. Going downhill can be hell...
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