ATLAST, SITE IS UPLOADED

finally after few months, i had time to upload my site. gujrat images has been posted in the new images category and a separate gallery for my personal favourites. check it out

here is the link

http://www.ramnathshekar.com/new.htm


cheers,

ram

TREE

I sat down to write an article for my blog but i felt too lazy to finish it...when i was looking my archive i found a pic that made me think a bit. tell your views on how u view this picture...
Meanwhile trip reports and recent images will be uploaded in a day or two. stay put :)




somehow when i saw this pic i thought the bark of the tree is our heart and the top branches and leaves are the arteries and veins in our body. i guess i should catch up with some sleep :)
on a serious note, if we consider out body system important, please take steps that u can to protect wildlife and forests. every single step matters in conservation.

cheers,

ram

PERIYAR INHERITANCE

Dear friends,

Recently SANCTUARY ASIA published the book PERIYAR INHERITANCE. Its a brilliantly made book on Periyar Tiger Reserve written by Bittu shagal, Editor, sanctuary asia and Dr. Anish andheria. The book is dedicated for Periyar, Its wildlife and Its protectors. This is a very special book for me, for two reasons. One, i am one of the contributors for the book and second, its written on Periyar Tiger Reserve which i revere and love every second. If u get a copy this book, u can read about the fragile lively eco system in the south western ghats and help to protect it.





TO order a a copy of this book contact,

SANCTUARY ASIA
145/146, Pragati Industrial Estate,
N.M. Joshi Marg,
Lower Parel,
Mumbai – 400 011

PH:(91-22) 2301 6848 or 2301 6849

cheers,

RAM

current mood:

energetic

FUJI SUPER SIX LAUNCH

The fuji super six 2008 by jindal photo and fuji film was scheduled to lauch at the national center of performing arts ( NCPA),mumbai. i made a quick 6 hours journey to mumbai just to attend the launch. The exhibtion had a good response and lot of people turned out to see the works of six wildlife photographers. this is my first opening this year after a special mention at the sanctuary awards last year. i felt very happy to see my pictures exhibited with well experienced wildlife photographers of India.

lighting the lamp: from L to R: Hira punjabi, Adik Shirodkar, Amber paintal( Jindal photo),
kakubhai kotari( behind), me.

ME at the exhibition



A write up about me


As i was not at the exhibition for a long time i went again this weekend to address the media and to meet my friends. i just returned to chennai. next few months will be rejuvination time for me :)It has been a tiring year end last year and a beginning. i still haven started working on my gujrat images. hoping to catch up with everything in coming weeks. i will keep my works posted.


cheers,

ram

current mood: tired and happy

TIME FOR MY FAMILY

I had earlier planned to spend a week in Periyar Tiger Reserve for birding and macro work. But i just realised that i havent met my parents for a year. so i thought i can spend a week with them. life is after all about dividing time between work, academics, friends and family . so i am leaving to my native tonight for a week and i am travelling without my gears after 4 years.
i will start processing my pictures full time when i am back. fortunately my monitor started showing bandings when i came back from gujrat. so i am getting a lacie monitor with calibrator in a while. hold on for a while friends. see u after a week. happy makara shankaranti and for people in gujrat wish u a happy kite festival.

cheers,

ram

current mood: relaxed

FUJI SUPER SIX 2008

Dear friends, i am very happy to inform you that i am one of the six photographers for the " fuji super six".
fuji super six is organised by fuji film and jindal photo http://www.jindalphoto.com/fujifilm_supersix.html Their main aim is to promote the art of photography. So they choose six photographers from the country and exhibit their pictures in 7 cities this year. they promote these six photographers with the help of media and exhibiting their pictures.
for the year 2008 fuji has selected me as one of the six photographers.The other 5 are
1) Hira punjabi
2) Sanat shodan
3) Gul H gujrajani
4) SK. tiwari
5) S.U Saravanakumar

The inaguration is on jan 22nd at National Center for performing arts, mumbai. If u happen to be in membai on 22nd do visit the exhibition.

cheers,

ram

current mood: happy

WELCOME TO GUJRAT

After a 20 days grueling stint , driving 3000 kms from the grasslands of velavadar, to the lions of gir; the sea coast of jamnagar and porbandar, the lively deserts of great rann of kutch and little rann of kutch i am heading back to Chennai today. As I am waiting for my flight to Chennai from ahmedbad I already started missing the wildlife and forests of Gujrat.

In another few hours I will be in the noisy and dull capital of TamilNadu trying to get back to academics and to fix strained relationships. From now there is no golden light, lighting the grasslands and desert that stretches for miles, no wolves,no hyenas and no beautiful sunset. .it’s just people and pollution. The trip was overwhelmingly successful after working for 18 hours a day with wildlife. As I have 80 GB of images to process and lots of my experience to write, I assure that the blog will be completely active.Many visitors to my site and blog told me that its lying idle for a long time. friends, gear up for a treat from gujrat! J

Cheers,

Ram

Current mood: accomplished