Just got back home after a wonderful week in North Sikkim, photographing birds in the cold heights of Lachen, Thangu… Read more A flock of the dazzling Grandalas
Tag: Sikkim
Blood on the snowline
A visit to Sikkim is incomplete without a sighting of the state bird, the Blood Pheasant. While the name is… Read more Blood on the snowline
A Grandala tree
What do you do when you find yourself in a 90-minute session with a flock of around 700-800 Grandala’s and… Read more A Grandala tree
An existential dilemma, resolved, maybe
There is this long-standing tussle that has been lurking around the edges of my mind which is probably well highlighted… Read more An existential dilemma, resolved, maybe
Sikkim Ace
And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful – Ruskin Bond Till recently, it hadn’t… Read more Sikkim Ace
Making low light work for you
One way of describing photography would be to say that it is akin to painting using light to tell a… Read more Making low light work for you
A spot of colour in a monochromatic frame
bokeh (/ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay[1]) (Japanese: [boke]) is that aesthetic quality created by the out of focus elements of an image produced… Read more A spot of colour in a monochromatic frame
Fire on the Old Silk Route
Dzuluk is a small village hamlet in the lower Himalayas nestled in the eastern part of Sikkim at a height… Read more Fire on the Old Silk Route
