Gaurav Pathak

A Wood Sandpiper (f4, Canon RF600mm) Photography isn’t always about capturing every detail clearly—often, it’s about knowing exactly what...

The plane banked low over a sea of emerald just before touching down. From above, the fields looked soaked and waiting, the way land does before monsoon bursts open. Arunachal Pradesh had long sat on the fringes of my birding dreams, remote, unpredictable, and teeming with promise. This was to be my first trip to the Northeast, a land long imagined, its names carrying the mystique of borderlands, of birds seldom seen, and of cloud-laced valleys that held stories in their silence. We landed at...

Great bird photography isn’t just about timing—it’s about understanding. From mid-air flycatchers to snake-mimicking woodpeckers, here’s how decoding bird behaviour helps me frame moments that would otherwise be missed.