honorable mention
ANEESH KOTWAL india
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Rarity of Mumbai
My contact details are aneesh.kotwal@gmail.com can provide photography services in very minimal charges
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Mumbai though its a concrete jungle it has some rarity in form of world of macros in certain patches like Ovalekar wadi butterfly garden, Godrej mangroves, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Maharashtra nature park, Thane creek, and Colaba nature park. In north of Mumbai at Ovalekar wadi butterfly garden Tawny Coaster and Indian Grizzled Skipper are found due to grassland of SGNP. Tawny Coaster ia a small leathery butterfly measuring in to 53–64 millimetres. Indian Grizzled Skipper is a hesperiid butterfly it is grassland butterfly and flies along the ground in sunlight. Godrej mangrove is good for rare insects due to dumping ground near by. One rarity of Mumbai fond here is acid spitting beetle Indian Blister Beetle. Similarly in other areas of mangroves of Thane creek where water gets logged after high tide one can find lot of flies and dragon flies which are dark yellow and turn red during breeding season due to pigments which they get from certain trees. Lot of research currently going on in Japan. Another rarity is Common Clubtail In photo I could capture the compound eyes not fully clear but some what ok.about the photographer
Project manager at Atos India an IT major, have a passion for photography with interest in wildlife and nature. Like to share the moments captured with others by means of a photograph.I love to have creativity as it is an evolving art and evolves from photo to photo. Basically I started photography with capturing images of birds and nature. But love to capture portraits and still life also. I feel photography is important as it is a medium through which society learns or understand messages effectively. Hence I feel its my duty towards society I should use it effectively and hence platforms like portrait photo awards is important to me and I am glad to be member here.My contact details are aneesh.kotwal@gmail.com can provide photography services in very minimal charges
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