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This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.

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The Langar of Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

Every gurdwara has a Langar, or kitchen, that prepares food which is given freely to anyone, no matter the gender, colour, race, religion, creed, caste, age, or social status, and in doing so, establishing equality. The food is prepared by gursikhs and an army of volunteers. The volunteers do everything from chopping, preparing and cooking. Anyone can volunteer, any one can be a part of this system, anyone can be a part of the community. 

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What you need to upgrade!

I am frequently asked to advice people on what and when to upgrade camera gear. There is no short answer, but generally I consider several reasons to upgrade. So if you find yourself fitting into any of these categories, my recommendations are there also. 99% of the time I would suggest people to upgrade lenses BEFORE cameras...

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My travel kit

The point of having a interchangeable lens camera is the ability to adapt it to the exact situation you. Your camera can be a portrait beast, a wildlife monster or a street chameleon, just by changing the lenses. Previously I have talked about my wildlife kit, but here I am going to go through my choice for travel!

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The cameras behind the images

The World Press Photo winners were announced last week, and they are some amazing images there. I strongly suggest you to go and check them out! :) Let me know if there is one you particularly love or hate in the comments!

But this post is not about the image themselves, but the camera used to capture them. Quesabesde.com used the EXIF data from the images to create the following graphic of cameras used by the winning shots!

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5/7 Nature photography challenge

Day 5/7 #‎challengeonnaturephotography and something a little different for me, a snake. This is a little bronzeback tree snake I saw scurrying around the undergrowth in the Western Ghats on the boarder of Goa and Karnataka. Wildlife is everywhere in the western ghats, you just have to look! :)

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YIME - Ravi and the sea!

Hey guys, I have been completely overwhelmed by your response to this series, and I am very sorry I won't be able to do all the images submitted. Thanks for your enthusiasm, and I hope you are finding it useful! :)

My next "Your image, my edit" (YIME) is of a seascape by Ravi Nookala, based in Bordeaux in France!

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4/7 Nature photography challenge

Day 4/7 of my #‎challengeonnaturephotography and I am going to continue on the theme of recent images. Here is a rare sight indeed, 5 malabar hornbills in a single frame... It was taken in the western ghats in northern Karnataka, and the picture does not give justice to the sight we saw. There were actually 10 hornbills, fleeting from tree to tree in a flock.

I would like to nominate Fiona Johnson to take up the ‪#‎challengeonnaturephotography‬! :)

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3/7 Nature Photography Challenge

Day 3/7 of my #‎challengeonnaturephotography and I am going to continue on the theme of recent images from Kabini, Karnataka. Here is one of a Langur sat up a tree...  nothing special, but I really liked the autumnal colours and lighting...  No matter how 'mundane' something is I am always striving to make better and better images of it, it is the only way to keep pushing yourself to improve! :)

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