Last week end I visited Ramanagar in southern India to see my favorite vultures. There were a few roosting there and weather was very pleasant too (for a change). The blue sky and beautifully lit vultures offered me some nice possibilities. When I saw this vulture on the edge of the cliff first backed off quite a bit to get the perspective I wanted and made a couple of images. Later I thought of diagonally balancing the blue sky with a little darker region in the frame. I found an unlit tree and its branches which offered me some possibilities. With some difficulty I could make a few images through an unlit branch such that I get a kind of natural burning effect which resulted in the image below.
Some how I tend to like this latter image a little more than the former. In field we often don’t have time to think – at least we think so!!
PS : For better quality you may want to click on each of the images above.
Lovely set Ganesh…The second image does give a sense of depth (If i were the Vulture at the cliff). TFS!
Comment by Alwan.S — April 8, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Ganesh, this image along with many of your others are truly inspiring. I have been a big fan of your work since I laid first laid eyes on it a couple of years ago. The way you shoot is not just finding wildlife as a subject, then making a composition and shooting it. It’s more like two subjects (the light and the wildlife) then the composition.
Thanks for sharing!!!
Comment by Rick Gomez — April 24, 2008 @ 6:51 pm