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Portfolio / Light

Five ways I return to the field.

This portfolio is arranged by decisions, not by species. Each chapter follows one force I use to read the field before making a frame.

Chapter 01LightWhen the light is the subject.
Lead
Heron in the fog
Place
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan · 2025

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Light

Working with natural light in the wild.

Reading: Against the Storm

A lone grey heron standing in blue dawn fog beneath a great bare tree, KeoladeoHeron in the fogKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan · 2025

Lead frameKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan · 2025

How to read this chapter

The decision behind the pictures.

Direction

Where the light comes from decides the shape of the story.

Duration

A small window of light can matter more than a long sighting.

Restraint

When light carries the frame, the subject does not need to perform.

Second reads

Frames that extend the thought.

The rest of the set

Small variations, same way of seeing.

A greater one-horned rhino silhouetted against a misty orange dawn at a waterhole, KazirangaStrength and SerenityKaziranga National Park, Assam · 2023A small gecko on a sunlit rock ridge reaching toward a single shaft of light in deep shadow, Thar DesertTouched by LightThar Desert, RajasthanGreater flamingos running across water in fiery golden sunset light, with glowing bokehDancing on the Edge of FireChilika Lake, OdishaCraig, an Amboseli super-tusker, low-angle in black and white against a sunburst and cloudsTusker, sunburstAmboseli, Kenya

All selected frames

A quieter index.

When you want to scan instead of step through a chapter, every portfolio frame is here.

A lone grey heron standing in blue dawn fog beneath a great bare tree, KeoladeoHeron in the fogKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan · 2025A toad-headed agama standing firm as sand blows across a dark desert, the TharAgainst the StormThar Desert · 2024Backlit translucent land snails glowing gold on a slender twig against darkness, AmboliLanterns in the RainAmboli, Western Ghats, Maharashtra · 2024A greater one-horned rhino silhouetted against a misty orange dawn at a waterhole, KazirangaStrength and SerenityKaziranga National Park, Assam · 2023A small gecko on a sunlit rock ridge reaching toward a single shaft of light in deep shadow, Thar DesertTouched by LightThar Desert, RajasthanGreater flamingos running across water in fiery golden sunset light, with glowing bokehDancing on the Edge of FireChilika Lake, OdishaCraig, an Amboseli super-tusker, low-angle in black and white against a sunburst and cloudsTusker, sunburstAmboseli, KenyaA black-headed ibis with a snake catch in its bill in a green wetland, MangalajodiThe catchMangalajodi, Odisha · 2025A Bengal tiger mid-yawn, mouth wide and teeth bared, resting in green undergrowth, TadobaThe yawnTadoba National Park, MaharashtraA Gee's golden langur cradling her pale infant among palm fronds, ManasMother and infantManas National Park, AssamA male lion striking out at a lioness with his paw at golden dusk, Masai MaraThe Claws of Compassion on a golden eveningMasai Mara, KenyaA troop of rhesus macaques huddled together for warmth in cold dawn light, KeoladeoThe huddleKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, RajasthanA line of southern white rhinos walking across the open grassland at Lake Nakuru, KenyaA crash of white rhinosLake Nakuru, KenyaAn Indian peacock in profile on a bare branch against a white sky, JhalanaThe blue profileJhalana, Rajasthan · 2025A young lion stretching in evening light on the open Masai Mara, a lioness watching from the long grass at far leftThe evening stretchMasai Mara, Kenya · 2025A white rhino grazing in the open at Lake Nakuru, KenyaWhite rhino at Lake NakuruLake Nakuru, Kenya · 2025A green vine snake's slender head emerging between backlit fern fronds, AmboliHidden in the GreenAmboli, Western Ghats, Maharashtra · 2024An intentional-camera-movement abstract of an Indian leopard dissolving into vertical streaks of forest light, PenchLeopard, dissolvingPench National Park, Madhya PradeshA toad-headed agama on rippled sand dunes, the Thar DesertSmall life on the dunesThe Thar Desert, RajasthanA green vine snake seen through the backlit holes of a leaf, Amboli, Western GhatsThe other sideAmboli, Western Ghats, MaharashtraA hoolock gibbon silhouetted in a lattice of bare branches against a white sky, KazirangaAmong the branchesKaziranga National Park, AssamA rhesus macaque sitting alone on a weathered log in soft high-key light, BharatpurA quiet momentKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, RajasthanA Bengal tiger resting among stones in a wide blue river, CorbettRiver restJim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand · 2026A gharial stretched almost from edge to edge across bright high-key white sand, ChambalEdge to edgeChambal River, India · 2025A male lion walking through green grassland under a soft blue sky, Masai MaraThe long walkMasai Mara, Kenya · 2025A crested serpent eagle perched on a bare branch against a pale winter sky, KeoladeoCrested serpent eagleKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, RajasthanA lone elephant on a green ridge beneath a vast dramatic storm sky, Masai MaraAlone but not lonelyMasai Mara, KenyaAn Indian wolf on open golden grassland with a clean background, VelavadarWolf in the openVelavadar, GujaratAn Indian wolf standing on a dirt track through golden grassland, VelavadarThe pathVelavadar, GujaratTwo plains zebras in a high-key white field with vast negative space, Masai MaraFar in the clouds a zebra haremMasai Mara, Kenya