PhotoBlog
This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.
Quick tips - Where is it safe to chop off an appendage or two?
When taking a photo, where can you chop off parts of the model safely? Check this out to find out!
ps - I do not mean a dark alley, I mean cropping the image! :P
Travel - BRT hills
BRT hills (Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary), located South-east of Mysore is another Karnataka tiger reserve. I've only been the once for a couple of wet days during the monsoon nearly 2 years ago. Despite it not being the most prolific of wildlife trips, being in the jungle when it is so lush is such a pleasure, and inexplicably very memorable! :) Low light, mist and clouds, hills, tall undergrowth... it all adds the the mystic of the jungle.
News - International Tiger Day
Today (29th July) is International Tiger day! The point of this day is not to raise money (although that is nice), but to raise awareness! So, celebrate your tiger shots, share them and share the awareness!
Quick-tips - How to hold your camera, by Shelley Lake
Shelley Lake is an extremely talented photographer (www.ShelleyLake.com), but more-over she is a Chiropractor! So when she posted tips for holding and shooting, we should all take note... Great images and no personal damage... Shelley, our backs thank you! :)
News - Things get worse for the French wolf
Early this month I posted about a decree by the French ecology and agriculture ministry addressing the concerns of farmers and resulted in relaxed hunting laws for wolfs and increasing the number that could be killed this coming season. The news is not getting any better, with the french government landing on the side of livestocks. [LPO reports]
News - My exposure to animal-human conflicts
Thankfully, I have never seen any real conflict, but I have seen many animals on the state highways around and running through national parks.
News - Crowd Sourcing Science
A recent paper by Brewin et al. 2015 in PLOS looks at "the Potential of Surfers to Monitor Environmental Indicators in the Coastal Zone". In short, they demonstrated that by using the abundant surfer population in the south west United Kingdom (UK), they could generate ~40 million data points per year, overcoming the current inadequate sampling methods. This data would be invaluable for costal monitoring and management.