Images and post by Devi Sujathaa (Starscapes and Landscapes workshop participant) I have always enjoyed street photography because it offered a myriad of colors, emotions and movements to capture. So when I opted to join a field workshop with Landscape wizards, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was curious to understand how to …
Twists and Turns – Isolating landscape compositions in muddle situations
We often encounter cluttered / muddled environment especially in the tropics and at times in temperate ecosystems. Making a good landscape image, isolating the elements in such a scenario is not an easy task. Things get harder if it is your first trip to such a place. I encountered one such scenario recently during one …
Thought spring
Spending most of my time in close vicinity of urban landscapes, I have a magnetic attraction towards natural landscapes, specifically to western ghats. Since last few years, I visit the region at least twice a year. The greens , scent of fresh air, monsoon rains that creates unique streams has healing effect on my mind …
Rain forests and layered architecture
Layered Architecture – A term so common in software? Well, when seriously thought about, it was nature who had already created and we just copied the concept and contrived the ‘design’ ! What a wonderful analogy isn’t it? Non-software people – kindly excuse if you are unable to relate what I am talking here. IF …
Kumaraparvata at first light
Reminiscing on my past treks and ventures into the western ghats wilderness. It has been more than two years and I still have the vivid memories of my trek to Kumaraparvata. Pristine evergreen forest, music of the endemic birds of the Westernghats, tall trees, sunlight just manage to penetrate through dense canopy. As we navigate …
The magic of monsoons (July ’11) – Workshop report
Text copyright Ashwini Kumar Bhat. Image copyright participants of Landscape Wizards Magic of monsoons workshop It all started on a Friday morning when all the participants assembled in Sirsi, Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Post breakfast, adventure of walking the jungles of the western ghats had finally begun. The entire team of nature photography enthusiasts …
Trekking Kodachadri In Winter
Trekking Kodachadri In Winter Text and photography copyright Pramod Viswanath. All rights reserved Kodachadri ranges in the state of Karnataka are one of the most beautiful places of Southern India. Every year thousands of trekkers, backpackers, nature lovers and photographers flock this place to admire the scenic scapes of the Western Ghats. At the peak …
Magical Monsoons
Monsoon had set in. The land around was being transformed with a lush blanket of green cover and the streams had got their part of fresh water and started flowing amidst the forest floor. Western Ghats have come to life with lush green. Numerous streams emerge out of the small hills and mountains in that …
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