Dear Nature Lovers,
Since a long time I am into the field of wild-life & nature photography, & still growing & learning. I have come across hundreds of wild-life & nature photographers; I am observing & learning lots of things out of their images.
May be I am too small to talk about it, but I have concluded that many wild-life photographers & Bird watchers are now searching for more & more ‘rarity of species’. Many of us have so many rare species in our wish list, and dreaming about photographing them into their habitat in wild. Many times this critical race of checklist becomes problem for these rare ones, now-a-days this electronic media has made it so easy to collect information of their locations at the same time. So many times huge bunch of people visits habitats of rare species very frequently, knowingly or unknowingly sometimes we disturb them just to get a glimpse of it or just to get a record shot of it. I have seen so many forums where nest photography of birds is strictly prohibited, even many wild life photography competitions have been banned such images which is a great step towards awareness.
But still rare species have to face many binoculars & lenses approaching them. And I am sure that, most of the times, rare once are not the most beautiful amongst their communities, although they are in hit list. Common species which are very beautiful many times but they are neglected just because of their availability all the time. Peacock is the most beautiful bird I have seen till date, but still we demand for Great Indian Bustard & we travel 1000s km for that, just because it’s rare. And I think there, we can differentiate between ‘photography as an art’ & ‘photography as documentation’.
I am not urging anybody to restrict one’s self to common species but, this is my small appeal to all of us; whenever we are approaching any species, we must make sure we are not disturbing their habitat or their routine. ‘Because we are the most unwanted part in wild-life, I suppose.’ We should be first conservationist, and then photographer or birdwatcher. If we are careless about conservation and at the same time we love wild-life & nature, then it’s a pure exploitation of Mother Nature. We should take examples and learn from nature, but please forget the sheep flock!! We have so many other infinite beautiful and fascinating things to capture! Why all should run after one bird and miss other easiest and finest creatures?
I’d like to put here a small but sweet example.
First three images are of very common stuff seen around your house, and last two images are the rarest birds of India in Little Rann of Kutch & Great Rann of Kutch, just think over once from your heart and say which images look more attractive and appealing, photography point of view!!!
The choice is OURS whether to torture so-called RARITY to non-existence or to preserve it for the next generation (our children, do you want them to blame you?) and rather capture other infinite gorgeous creatures on the earth, or may be somewhere else?! Ha ha…
Regards,
Saurabh R. Desai,
Aroma Outdoor Art Photography
Enlarge Nature’s Inheritance
Since a long time I am into the field of wild-life & nature photography, & still growing & learning. I have come across hundreds of wild-life & nature photographers; I am observing & learning lots of things out of their images.
May be I am too small to talk about it, but I have concluded that many wild-life photographers & Bird watchers are now searching for more & more ‘rarity of species’. Many of us have so many rare species in our wish list, and dreaming about photographing them into their habitat in wild. Many times this critical race of checklist becomes problem for these rare ones, now-a-days this electronic media has made it so easy to collect information of their locations at the same time. So many times huge bunch of people visits habitats of rare species very frequently, knowingly or unknowingly sometimes we disturb them just to get a glimpse of it or just to get a record shot of it. I have seen so many forums where nest photography of birds is strictly prohibited, even many wild life photography competitions have been banned such images which is a great step towards awareness.
But still rare species have to face many binoculars & lenses approaching them. And I am sure that, most of the times, rare once are not the most beautiful amongst their communities, although they are in hit list. Common species which are very beautiful many times but they are neglected just because of their availability all the time. Peacock is the most beautiful bird I have seen till date, but still we demand for Great Indian Bustard & we travel 1000s km for that, just because it’s rare. And I think there, we can differentiate between ‘photography as an art’ & ‘photography as documentation’.
I am not urging anybody to restrict one’s self to common species but, this is my small appeal to all of us; whenever we are approaching any species, we must make sure we are not disturbing their habitat or their routine. ‘Because we are the most unwanted part in wild-life, I suppose.’ We should be first conservationist, and then photographer or birdwatcher. If we are careless about conservation and at the same time we love wild-life & nature, then it’s a pure exploitation of Mother Nature. We should take examples and learn from nature, but please forget the sheep flock!! We have so many other infinite beautiful and fascinating things to capture! Why all should run after one bird and miss other easiest and finest creatures?
I’d like to put here a small but sweet example.
First three images are of very common stuff seen around your house, and last two images are the rarest birds of India in Little Rann of Kutch & Great Rann of Kutch, just think over once from your heart and say which images look more attractive and appealing, photography point of view!!!
The choice is OURS whether to torture so-called RARITY to non-existence or to preserve it for the next generation (our children, do you want them to blame you?) and rather capture other infinite gorgeous creatures on the earth, or may be somewhere else?! Ha ha…
Regards,
Saurabh R. Desai,
Aroma Outdoor Art Photography
Enlarge Nature’s Inheritance
