Repeated movement is information, not background noise.
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Behaviour is built before it peaks.
A dramatic moment usually announces itself early. I look for repeated signals, tension, direction, and small changes in body language before the obvious frame arrives.
Chapter 02BehaviourThe moment, anticipated.
- Lead
- The huddle
- Place
- Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
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Behaviour
Reading what the animal is about to do.
Lead frameKeoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
How to read this chapter
The decision behind the pictures.
The right frame should not cost the animal its ease.
The shutter matters less than the second before it.
Second reads
Frames that extend the thought.
Read 2
In the moss garden
A red panda looking up from a moss-draped branch in the canopy, on the Nepal side of the Singalila ridge
Read 3
The catch
A black-headed ibis with a snake catch in its bill in a green wetland, Mangalajodi
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