The Beginning

    I know I need to work on my oomph factor in case of catchy titles, it sounds like a bad horror movie title (so many are around these days,especially in Bollywood). Enough of rant, lets get to the topic on hand; today I want to share some photos from my first camera. It all began during the trip to M.P. in 2013 that I acquired the new camera. We started our journey from Jabalpur, visited Panchmarhi on the way and reached Pench Tiger Reserve...when you grow up watching Discovery channel and National Geographic, and hold more interest in wildlife rather than academics, you are bound to think....let's get some tigers,how hard can it be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  As I found out, the tigers apparently didn't know about their stardom, how famous they are on certain channels and all that. They behaved like snobby celebrities and hid in their homes..who cares? Well, I did..and thought, why not turn this opportunity to feel up those blank memory cards with other photos of nature, who needs tigers anyway!!!!

  The Kipling's Court in Pench is located in a very serene location and is surrounded by lush greenery. This attracted birds of many varieties, many of which I haven't seen before, and started shooting like crazy. But, my inability to handle the camera properly, resulted in blurry images. Only one or two turned out okay. Upon seeing those pics, I received a lot of encouragement which set me up for the phase of internet research. That's when I came across the term "BIRDING" which relates to watching and identifying different types of birds, which is becoming popular nowadays. I'm still heartbroken with the tigers, remember!!!! So I took up Birding and discovered the joy of it. The following photos are taken during the year 2013-14 in various places near Kolkata and Rishra.

fulvous breasted woodpecker

asian koel, kokil in bengali

common myna

oriental magpie robin, doyel in bengali

pipit

rufous treepie, harichacha in bengali

brown shrike

yellow footed green pigeon, harial in bengali

common hawk cuckoo, chokh gelo in bengali

red breasted parakeet

  Now, after all these years, looking back at these pictures, I realize, the camera is not at all important to enjoy this hobby or passion, one needs to have patience. Camera is just a tool..but, being a gear freak, I ended up upgrading my camera , which I don't regret, but, I could have used it. Anyways, holding whatever camera in my hand I always enjoy watching birds and other wild animals, and I will continue to do so in future. If you have made it this far, and read all my ranting, then you enjoy it too..keep your heart green, enjoy nature and let others enjoy it too. Happy reading