GALLERY
Bird Watching
Sometimes I like to get my hands dirty (literally, but not intentionally) while I am out watching for birds. This photo of me was taken by my friend when we were searching for the Pacific Golden Plovers.
Macro Photography
Macro Photography is what keeps me sane, especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic. I fell in love with Macro Photography during the lockdown
Bug Hunting
Very often, I go out for bushwalks or just take a stroll in a nearby garden during the night with just a flashlight and my mobile phone. Nighttime is the best time to spot amazing bugs because the day-active bugs are sleeping/less active and the nocturnal bugs are active. I took this selfie in my backyard in Mumbai when I saw the State Butterfly (Blue Mormon) just casually resting on a plant with its wings spread.
A gorgeous Montane Trinket (Coelognathus helena) ready to strike.
A baby Long-nosed Vine Snake (Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha) trying to blend in with the background.
A perfectly camouflaged Bamboo Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus gramineus)
A drenched Forsten's Cat Snake (Boiga forsteni)
A Massive Vine Snake (Ahetulla borealis) in its habitat
A Travencore Wolf Snake (Lycodon travencoricus) in its element
Raptor of Mumbai the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) basking during golden hour.
A bold Female Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)
Female Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) giving me a look!
Entomophagic Fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) has completely taken over the body of this ant
An entomophagic fungus (Gibellula sp.) which has taken over a cute little Heavy-bodied Jumping Spider (Hyllus semicupreus)
A Bride's Veil Mushroom
(Phallus indusiatus)
A bright orange coloured mushroom (Agaricus Sect. Trisulphurati) that I saw popping out from the leaf litter.
A white mushroom popping out of a bark fissure
Jelly Fungus (Dacryopinax sp.)
Gills of a Mushroom
A Fishing Spider (Dolomedes sp.) feasting on a Water Strider
Jumping Spider (Telamonia dimidiate) feeding on another Jumping Spider (Asemonea tenuipes)
A female Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) patiently waiting for its prey.
A Two-striped Jumping Spider (Telamonia dimidiata) feasting on a Huge cranefly.
Asian Spinyback Orb-weaver (Thelacantha brevispina)
A female Tailed Jumping Spider (Asemonea tenuipes) resting in her retreat
A cute looking Heavy-bodied Jumping Spider (Hyllus semicupreus) staring back at the camera!!
A small Female jumping spider (Carrhotus sannio) posing perfectly for a portrait shot
A Crab Spider (Thomisus sp.) waiting patiently for its prey.
A Barking Deer in it's element
A majestic tigress from Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
An Indian Grass Mantis (Schizocephala bicornis) perfectly mimicking a grass blade
An Owlfly resting on the ariel roots of a creaper
A stick insect trying to act more like a stick
The Mantis curiously looking at my camera flash diffuser
Closeup of an endemic Damselfy Black-winged Bambootail (Disparoneura quadrimaculata). I was flabbergasted to see this in my backyard in Mumbai.
Closeup of a Corromendel Marsh Dart (Ceriagrion coromandelianum)
Closeup of a caterpillar of the Indian Nawab Butterfly (Charaxes bharata)
A Forked Orchid (Habenaria ovalifolia) from the Western Ghats of India.
An Endangered Ephemeral known as Vinca-leaved Ceropegia (Ceropegia vincaefolia) from Mumbai.
A monsoon ephemeral popularly known as Opposite-leaved Balsam (Ipatiens oppositifolia) from Satara, Maharashtra, India.
An Australian Native Plant (Viola hederacea) also commonly known as the Australian Violet from my backyard in Epping, NSW, Australia.
A female Common Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra) laying eggs on a leaf blade.
Indian Nawab (Charaxes bharata) feeding on a bird poop.
A mating pair of Common Cerulean Butterfly (Jamides celeno)
A Male Golden Angle (Abaratha ransonnetii) releasing pheromones through the extended hair-pencils.
A Sahyadri Oakleaf butterfly (Kallima horsfieldii) perfectly mimicking a dried leaf.
A Maskey's Burrowing Frog (Sphaerotheca maskeyi) resting on a leaf blade.
A Green Stream Frog (Ranoidea phyllochroa) trying to blend in with the green background
A baby Tree frog (Polypedates sp.) resting on a leaf
A Forest Lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii) munching on a Butterfly.
A smiling Goan Day Gecko (Cnemaspis goansis)
A Male Forest Lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii) in its breeding colouration.
Common House Geckos (Hemidactylus sp.) getting some action.
Best sunset of my life!!! This photo can't describe the beauty of the sunset. The tallest among these mountains is the Kanchenjunga peak.
Best rainbow I have ever seen. This was during the survey for the Goregoan-Mulund Link Road Biodiversity Impact Assessment in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
A FEW PEOPLE THAT I MET ALONG THE WAY
Shubham Soni and me at BNHS-CEC, Mumbai.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) internship gang
Shubh Patel and me after a good day watching hermit crabs and other intertidal invertebrates.
One with the Goregoan-Mulund Link Road Project Sampling team.
Meehir Pawar, Divya Reddy and me in Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Amitesh Dungarshi and Me at the top of Adsul fort near Mumbai.
Shubham Murlidhar Hadkar and me outside his office in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
Sumrit Lahot and me after a very successfly day of finding good butterflies.
Meehir Pawar and me after a nice walk in the woods.