One fine weekend, wondering where to go, we decided to go to Ranganthittu, a popular bird sanctuary just outside Bangalore. This was my first visit there. I had looked at lot of bird photos and was expecting to emulate them. On reaching the place, we started going around.
I was expecting action. I was thinking a kingfisher might just dive in and out, with a fish in its mouth. A crane or pellican might just land right next to me with a beak full of catch. A duck with its younger ones, just waiting to give a photoshoot. I was expecting all these. And what did i get..an eye opener.
There were birds all over, more than I could name. And all the birds were oblivious to me. And all of a sudden i started to feel insignificant. Where are the kingfishers, where is the hunting action. All seemed to evaporate. Were all the photos I had seen fabricated?
At best the birds were busy drinking water, or chattering with their relatives. And looking around I started clicking.
The only living creature which looked to be posing to me was the crocodiles, warming on the rock near by. They were happy to be warming themselves, but I was wondering where are the Nat Geo actions? or may be they occur only in Masai Mara. Here everything looked soo lazy, and not bothered to eat, feed, or just like time has stopped. May be someone just fed them well before i got there. Were they fasting??
Even the goat on the shore was so lazy to get up. Just a lazy sunday.
Finally after sometime, towards the end of my boating at the sanctuary, looking up, I thought of silhouette shot. Some bird, i could barely recognize was building its nest. I tried my best to think, how to get a silhouette, under expose (but by what amount?), focus on the bird, and what should the metering be?? (just forget it), under expose the image.
I was expecting action. I was thinking a kingfisher might just dive in and out, with a fish in its mouth. A crane or pellican might just land right next to me with a beak full of catch. A duck with its younger ones, just waiting to give a photoshoot. I was expecting all these. And what did i get..an eye opener.
There were birds all over, more than I could name. And all the birds were oblivious to me. And all of a sudden i started to feel insignificant. Where are the kingfishers, where is the hunting action. All seemed to evaporate. Were all the photos I had seen fabricated?
At best the birds were busy drinking water, or chattering with their relatives. And looking around I started clicking.
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| night heron |
The only living creature which looked to be posing to me was the crocodiles, warming on the rock near by. They were happy to be warming themselves, but I was wondering where are the Nat Geo actions? or may be they occur only in Masai Mara. Here everything looked soo lazy, and not bothered to eat, feed, or just like time has stopped. May be someone just fed them well before i got there. Were they fasting??
Even the goat on the shore was so lazy to get up. Just a lazy sunday.
Finally after sometime, towards the end of my boating at the sanctuary, looking up, I thought of silhouette shot. Some bird, i could barely recognize was building its nest. I tried my best to think, how to get a silhouette, under expose (but by what amount?), focus on the bird, and what should the metering be?? (just forget it), under expose the image.
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