honorable mention
Baiju Patil india
Photo © Baiju Patil
title
Sharp Shooter
past few years of my work in the field of photography, I have never seen such unique action before!
It was very challenging for me as I had to do this photography on manual focus; auto focus was not
working for this fast action. Summer is the mating season for damselflies, and as they approach the
surface of the water, the fish target them.
Now the action is so fast that the subjects eyes are not in focus and the whole body is in focus
making it a very quick and tidy job. Their activity is slow in cloudy weather and occurs only in bright
after noon. The perfect combination of light, action and angle were hard to capture.
I have been coming here for the past six months to get the frame I wanted, every time I faced new
challenges everytime, like cloudy weather, not getting focus, not having proper depth of field,
shutter speed and exposure issues, I learned a lot from my mistakes. There were many and countless
difficulties. I had exposure issues where some of the fish were green, yellow and silver, and
sometimes the fish would jump but would miss the angle go left or right, which may be due to an
optical illusion because they view the flies from underwater . It happened many times when
everything was set up but no action happened. All I had to do was click thousands of frames for one
perfect shot! At that time I realized that no matter how advanced your camera gears are which top
end camera you use, but its your luck, hard work and a lot of patience that matters!
photography since 18 years for my pleasure and I have visited almost
all national parks in India. The variety, beauty, grandeur and of
course the 'action' in national parks and forests have given me some
of the most beautiful and cherishing moments of my life. It gives me
immense pleasure to be in a jungle. I always try my level best to
improve upon myself. My aim is to click at the 'best, creative and
unique' though I never did it for any kind of competition. Being an
artist, it helps me a lot when it comes to the selection of color
combination, background and light effects. Wildlife Photography is a
very tough and sometimes even risky job and for some people it may be
as going for a war. I become a part of the jungle whenever I am there.
I enjoy wildlife photography so much that, it does not matter even if
I have to climb a tree, walk in muddy waters and bushes or wait for
hours together in adverse situations of cold or rain for a good
shot.My book named WILDSCAPE has been launched recently at Raj Bhavan
in Mumbai by the hands of Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Dr. K.
Shankarnarayan and Business Tycoon Mukesh Ambani, published by M.D. of
prestigious printing media house Lokmat Mr. Vijay Darda. I have been
awarded from Environmental Forum of India,
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entry description
This photograph is from Dharur, a small place in Marathwada, Maharashtra state, India. Over thepast few years of my work in the field of photography, I have never seen such unique action before!
It was very challenging for me as I had to do this photography on manual focus; auto focus was not
working for this fast action. Summer is the mating season for damselflies, and as they approach the
surface of the water, the fish target them.
Now the action is so fast that the subjects eyes are not in focus and the whole body is in focus
making it a very quick and tidy job. Their activity is slow in cloudy weather and occurs only in bright
after noon. The perfect combination of light, action and angle were hard to capture.
I have been coming here for the past six months to get the frame I wanted, every time I faced new
challenges everytime, like cloudy weather, not getting focus, not having proper depth of field,
shutter speed and exposure issues, I learned a lot from my mistakes. There were many and countless
difficulties. I had exposure issues where some of the fish were green, yellow and silver, and
sometimes the fish would jump but would miss the angle go left or right, which may be due to an
optical illusion because they view the flies from underwater . It happened many times when
everything was set up but no action happened. All I had to do was click thousands of frames for one
perfect shot! At that time I realized that no matter how advanced your camera gears are which top
end camera you use, but its your luck, hard work and a lot of patience that matters!
about the photographer
Wildlife photography is my hobby and passion. I am in wildlifephotography since 18 years for my pleasure and I have visited almost
all national parks in India. The variety, beauty, grandeur and of
course the 'action' in national parks and forests have given me some
of the most beautiful and cherishing moments of my life. It gives me
immense pleasure to be in a jungle. I always try my level best to
improve upon myself. My aim is to click at the 'best, creative and
unique' though I never did it for any kind of competition. Being an
artist, it helps me a lot when it comes to the selection of color
combination, background and light effects. Wildlife Photography is a
very tough and sometimes even risky job and for some people it may be
as going for a war. I become a part of the jungle whenever I am there.
I enjoy wildlife photography so much that, it does not matter even if
I have to climb a tree, walk in muddy waters and bushes or wait for
hours together in adverse situations of cold or rain for a good
shot.My book named WILDSCAPE has been launched recently at Raj Bhavan
in Mumbai by the hands of Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Dr. K.
Shankarnarayan and Business Tycoon Mukesh Ambani, published by M.D. of
prestigious printing media house Lokmat Mr. Vijay Darda. I have been
awarded from Environmental Forum of India,
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