it seems i gotta make a visit to Bandipur soon! :)

beautiful.. gotta learn to pay attention to the birds..

Simply AWESOME!!!

Beautiful =D
Shandee <3

Amazing!!. thanks for the wall paper :).... we dont owe u royalty ... do we?

we dont owe u royalty ... do we?

of course no! I'd be more than happy to share what I see in the jungles in any form! :)

Thats a really good one ! Is there any website/link that lists simple techniques for taking good snaps. I am no photographer and I use an ordinary digicam.

First off, use your digicam as much as you can. Observe your pictures. See what could have made them better. It will be something like zoom, lighting, white-balance, etc. Then read the manual on how to adjust those. Rinse, repeat, recycle.

That, in short, is how to be a great photographer. :-)

And oh, before you reply back -- if it's not one of those, it's not the camera's fault anyway. ;-)

Hmm... With digicams the learning curve is very fast since we can afford "trial and error". Of course, looking at good photographs gives you ideas on compositions. Unfortunately, I do not know of any sites for these. :(

If you're interesting in wildlife photography, unfortunately, equipment plays a major role. For birds, you need "bazooka" lenses which cost thousands of dollars. The affordable ones are decent for sharing over the net, but no where close to quality of professional lenses.

However, modern digicams are excellent with the zoom they provide and the picture quality is great too.

I dont know of any sites which have tips regarding wildlife photography, but digital users can learn a lot from "trial and error" and also, looking at wildlife photos of professionals helps a lot in your compositions. But, for all of these, you've gotta know what your camera can do and what it cannot.

Some beautiful indian wildlife photographs are here:
http://www.indiabirds.com/
http://www.thejunglelook.com/

Hope this helps.

This is a seriously good shot, excellent lighting and decent composition.

On another note, all you digicam owners have an excellent tool to develop good technique - shooting thousands of images and learning from them. Film shooters will be bankrupt before they learn all the nuances :-(

- Kartik

wooooow! most awesome dude :))

Thanks !

that sounds easy :), but as any other hobby requires some amount of consistent effort to be good at, i need to spend some quality time on it..