These are, what I believe to be the best images of birds I have taken, IN THE WILD. They are also, concomitantly, a collection of my most favorite birds till date. I have the year the photos were taken in the watermark, as I… Continue Reading “My tower of song: birding and photography”
Category: Environment, Photography, tropical birdsTags: Amazon, Arima, Asa wright Nature center, Barred antshrike, Bearded bell-bird, birding, Blanchiseusse, Chestnut-colored woodpecker, Collared aracari reaching for a berry, Costa Rica, Double-striped thick knee, Endangered, Falcon, Ferruginous pygmy owl, Golden headed tanage, Green Honeycreeper, hoatzin, horned screamer, India, La Selva, Laughing Falcon, Nature photography, Northern Jacana, Oil-bird, Palm tanager, Peru, Photography, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Red-legged honeycreeper, Rufous sibia, Tiger heron, Tobago, Tortuguero, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad piping guan with epiphytes, Trumpeter swan, Water-birds, White-necked jacobins in the rain, White-tailed nightjar, Yellow-headed caracara, Yellowstone National Park
Posted on August 14, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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Our next stop in the Andamans, from Port Blair, was Havelock, a promise of a lot of water activities, snorkeling, coral and colorful fish. Also, the day my mom needed her anti-rabies booster, after being bitten by a feral dog three days before our… Continue Reading “Coral present: The Andaman and Nicobar islands (part 2)”
Category: Environment, Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Andaman and Nicobar islands, Army, Beaches, birding, birds, Branching coral, Brown Shrike, Coral fish, Corals, Dolphin boat ride, elephant beach, Fringe coral, Grooved brain coral, Havelock Island, India, India travel, Living coral, Makruzz ferry, Marine life, North-Bay island, Parakeet, Radhanagar beach, Rose-breasted parakeet, Shrike, Snorkeling, sunset, Travel story, Travel tips, Traveling with parents, TSG blue resort, Undersea walking, Undersea walking rules, White-rumped munia
Posted on August 8, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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If you are an anthropologist, or if you are a student of colonial rule and its effects on the natives, or someone into scuba diving, or maybe someone in love with corals, or simply someone who likes the wild and untamed: the Andaman and… Continue Reading “Coral past and present: The Andamans (part1)”
Category: Environment, Photography, Politics, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Aborigines, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Archipelago, Architectural photography, Barracks, British army, British infantry, British Raj, Cellular Jail, Church ruins, Colonial rule, Forest, Freedom fighters, Great Andamanese tribe, Historical photographs, Independence Day, India, Indian freedom struggle, Islands, Jail, Jarwas, Kala pani, Light and sound show, Nationalism, nature, Nature photography, Old photos, Onge, Patriotism, Photography, Port Blair, Presbytarian church, Revolt, Ross Island, Ruins, Sentinelese, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook package tours, Tips for India, Travel planning, Travel tips, Tribes, World war II, WWII
Jodhpur, the less celebrated of Rajasthan’s cities, founded by the lesser known Rathore king: Rao Jodha (at least, lesser lored) in 1497, still holds its own in the extravagant cultural and historic agglomerate, that is Rajasthan. The most famous of the kings who lived… Continue Reading “2 days in Jodhpur for the brave”
Category: I think.., Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Art, artist, Baoli, Black-winged stilt, Clock tower, Cousins, Family trip, food, Gift shop, Havelis, Hotels, Igneous rocks, India, Indigo, Jewel palace, Jodhpur, Mehrangarh fort, Miniature paintings, Moti mahal, Pal Haveli, Patronage Devi of Marwar, Phool mahal, Rajasthan, Rao Jodha, Restaurants, Sheesha Mahal, Street photography, Terraces, Travel, Travel India, Travel story, Turbans
Posted on March 11, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India has its characteristic blue- the indigo that reminds me of laundry blue (or neel, as we used to call it in India) that was supposed to make whites bright, but often just turned them blue. It is not the color of… Continue Reading “Havelis of Jodhpur”
Category: Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Blue, Haveli, India, Indigo, Jodhpur, Mehrangarh fort, Old city, Photography, Rajasthan, Street photography
Implicit Self 