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

Travel - BRT hills
Photography, Travel, Wildlife John Rowell Photography, Travel, Wildlife John Rowell

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.

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Macro on the cheap...
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Macro on the cheap...

Want to try macro photography, but don't have the cash...  well here is an option!

Macro photography is fun...  but a good macro lens is expensive (as all good lenses are). So if you want to try it, but don't have the cash to do it...  just flip your standard lens around...  no, i'm not kidding! 

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