Let Us Save Birds
We all are aware that Birds population is declining very fast, particularly in urban areas. The best & easiest way to save birds in urban cities, in my opinion, is to fix Nest-Boxes in & around our houses.
I have designed nest-box designs for some birds. I feel that we should fix nest-boxes for House-Sparrow on top priority.
I have designed nest-box designs for some birds. I feel that we should fix nest-boxes for House-Sparrow on top priority.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Monday, August 12, 2019
Happy Birthday greetings
It is very appreciative gesture when we post a beautiful greetings on WhatsApp / Facebook to our freind / relative on his / her birthday.
Nature elements e.g. cute birds, colourful flowers, butterflies, trees, etc. are most desirable subjects.
I wish to provide such readymade greetings cards for you.
Please let me know your opinions.
Thanks..
- Anil Mahajan
Nature elements e.g. cute birds, colourful flowers, butterflies, trees, etc. are most desirable subjects.
I wish to provide such readymade greetings cards for you.
Please let me know your opinions.
Thanks..
- Anil Mahajan
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wild flowers for birthday
wishes
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| colourfull roses for birthday wishes |
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| purple flower for birthday wishes |
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| violet pony bunch for birthday wishes |
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| pink rose for birthday greetings |
Original Beautiful Good Morning images for WhatsApp - 2
Beautiful flowers and nature elements like birds, butterflies, wild flowers, rivers, trees, mountains,etc. are most favourate subjects for good morning posts on whatsApp / Facebook. These photos make our morning refreshed.
I have added fresh and original beautiful nature pictures, ready for WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.
Best luck, - Anil Mahajan
Best luck, - Anil Mahajan
Friday, July 12, 2019
Flower Photography
Flower Photography Tips
Photographing Flowers is real fun. Flowers give you immense possibilities & opportunities to use your creative ability. But to get best out of them, we need to keep in mind some points. Let's discuss some...
1. Avoid distracting backgrounds -
If necessary put a screen of dull & dark colour, way behind so that it will be out- of-focus.
2. Use shallow depth-of-field, so that everything will not be sharp. Our focus should be on main object. Aperture may be 4 / 5.6 and lens around 100 mms. Wide angle gives everything sharp, cover large area & may produce distortion.
3. Use tripod to avoid shake. The picture may be blurred if camera is handheld.
4. If the background is dark & flowers are light, exposure on Auto will be over for flowers. So, shoot 1/2 or 1 stop under depending on the contrast. Or you can measure exposure for flowers, by spot reading & lock it.
5. The sunlight should not be very hard. Overcast conditions produce soft light, which is best for soft shadows. We can use reflector or flash to fill in shadows.
6. Backlight gives nice effect, translucent petals glitter & border light isolates main object from the background.
7. Composition is important. Don't place main object in the centre. The stems should not be straight vertical.
8. If you go very close to the flowers, use macro mode. Focusing should be very precise.
9. Use ISO as low as possible & picture size (resolution) as large as possible, to get high quality results.
10. For special effect, you can put water drops by dropper at suitable places.
11. Don't place variety of flowers in one frame. It destracts the attention of the viewer from main interest.
12. Photoshop the picture a little. Cropping, a little adjustments like brightness, contrast, colour, etc.
Enjoy taking photos of beautiful flowers. Best luck..

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Nesting of Magpie-Robin
Nesting of Magpie Robin
It is very interesting to see that Magpie-Robin pair has occupied the nest-box for their nesting during this monsoon season. The nest-box was actually designed for house-sparrows & they did used it for 4 nesting periods. But now, magpie-robins have successfully breded their young in the same best-box and feeding activity of the young by the parents is vigorously on.
The nest-box was fitted in the balcony of our II floor-flat 4 years back. I have observed that every 5/6 minutes, either male or female feeds the young, male making more number of trips.
I think we have become much used to them and they do not seem to be disturbed with our presence except a little noticing. I could take their photos from 10 feet with due care & camouflage, not disturbing their activities at all. I have also attached the previous house-sparrow nesting photo.
I would like to appeal all nature-friends to fix nest-boxes in your house premises & enjoy their activities. This will definitely help increase birds' population in urban cities. I have designed nest-boxes for some birds. You can contact me if you are interested in fixing them in your premises.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Blue Rock Pigeon
Blue Rock Pigeon
It is a very common and familiar bird even to urban people due to its adaptation to human city life. The shining metallic green colour around its neck and red eyes and legs give it very charming look. We can hear its repeated call, 'gootr-goo gootr-goo' in densely populated places.
It makes a nest in windows, holes in walls, ceilings, wherever it finds suitable space in our or around our houses and large buildings. The nest is loosely collected small tree branches and other scrap material available in the area.
Its food is pulses, seeds and any thrown away food. If we keep a feeding-table in our balcony and put rice or wheat grains, they will be attracted. You can enjoy its nice company. Never forget to put a pot of drinking water near the table.

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