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Stalking sunsets

Stalking Sunsets – the art of burn

February 27, 2018 Sandy

The order of events of a sunrise meter out like a well-written piece of poetry. The sunset is just a sunrise turned upside down on its head, a perfect mirror image. Continue reading Stalking Sunsets – the art of burn

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Skies threaten of a storm

Chasing a Sunset

September 16, 2015September 13, 2015 Sandy

When a sunset that seemed improbable only a moment ago bloodies the sky, it becomes the fulcrum balancing idle desolation and mad euphoria. A photographic meditation Continue reading Chasing a Sunset

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Monsoon romance: Birds love rain, rain loves birds

July 3, 2013January 18, 2015 Sandy

Rain drives some of us indoors. But a Green Ogre loves nothing more than to step out, get wet and click madly. Uh, let’s go see what the birds are up to. Continue reading Monsoon romance: Birds love rain, rain loves birds

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Encounter – Plumbeous Water Redstart

July 2, 2012September 16, 2012 Sandy

Married to foaming mountain streams, the Plumbeous Water Redstart is a constant companion to the trekker in the Himalaya. As cattle egrets are to grazing bovids, mynahs to figs, and flowerpeckers to Singapore cherries, Plumbeous Water Redstarts (Rhyacornis fuliginosa) are married to Himalayan streams. Continue reading Encounter – Plumbeous Water Redstart

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In flight

Encounter – Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

June 6, 2012September 16, 2012 Sandy

After every birding trip there is always one bird that occupies our thoughts after we return. For me, it was the Yellow-billed Blue Magpie As a voracious reader of Tintin, my first impression of a magpie was a rather plain, … Continue reading Encounter – Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

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Download the June 2012 calendar wallpaper

Download the June calendar wallpaper!

June 2, 2012June 3, 2012 Sandy

It’s already June, eh? We’re pretty hung-over, having just returned from the Great Himalayan National Park, where we spent most of the last week of May … Continue reading Download the June calendar wallpaper!

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Download the December wallpaper

December 7, 2011May 9, 2012 Sandy

December is seven days old and we’ve been sluggish. Blame it on the cold! Here’s our last wallpaper of the year. May the lemony yellowness of this Oriental White-eye light up your holidays. Seasons Greetings! Photo: Sandeep Somasekharan DOWNLOAD THIS … Continue reading Download the December wallpaper

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Download the November wallpaper

November 2, 2011May 9, 2012 Green Ogre

A misty morning in Dandeli revealed this surreal spiderscape. Bring it alive on your desktop. Yours, with our compliments. Happy November! DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER FOR YOUR DESKTOP >> Photo: Sandeep Somasekharan in Dandeli, Karnataka Continue reading Download the November wallpaper

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Arachnography: A photo essay from Dandeli

October 25, 2011June 3, 2012 Sandy

As a child they were the stuff of nightmares. My spider sense still tingles, but no longer in fear I remember having always kept my distance from Arachnids as a child. Quite often have tarantulas turned up in the toilet, … Continue reading Arachnography: A photo essay from Dandeli

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Slow Deterioration

October 15, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

We arrive at Bedni Bugyal, but only barely. Food, shelter and rest are in pitifully short supply. Add to that the prospect of two long, cold, terrifying nights at 11,000 feet. An hour later, Bijoy comes up to us to … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Slow Deterioration

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Encounter: Indian Silverbill

October 11, 2011June 3, 2012 Sandy

If coochicooable was a word, it would fit the Indian Silverbill  My first memories of fellow Ogre Sahastra are tied to a photograph he posted in the Infosys photography club. The first was of a group of tiny, brown birds … Continue reading Encounter: Indian Silverbill

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Download the October Calendar Wallpaper

October 4, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

Raptor on the road. DOWNLOAD THIS IMAGE AND SET IT AS YOUR CALENDAR WALLPAPER Continue reading Download the October Calendar Wallpaper

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