Siddhesh Sali
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Field Notes

Birds and small things, almost all at 300mm — mostly campus and the scrub around it, over three years.

15 frames · open one to explore

The head and neck of a peacock in sharp detail, iridescent blue against a dark background.
01240mm · 1/200 · f/6 · ISO 400View photograph 1: The head and neck of a peacock in sharp detail, iridescent blue against a dark background.
A peacock head in close-up, crest feathers raised, beak open mid-call.
02300mm · 1/500 · f/6.3 · ISO 640View photograph 2: A peacock head in close-up, crest feathers raised, beak open mid-call.
The head of a turkey filling the frame, its bare skin mottled red, blue and white.
03300mm · 1/60 · f/6.3 · ISO 3200View photograph 3: The head of a turkey filling the frame, its bare skin mottled red, blue and white.
An Indian golden oriole, bright yellow with black wings, perched among green leaves.
04300mm · 1/320 · f/6.3 · ISO 400View photograph 4: An Indian golden oriole, bright yellow with black wings, perched among green leaves.
Two rose-ringed parakeets on a thin branch, one leaning in towards the other.
05300mm · 1/500 · f/6.3 · ISO 320View photograph 5: Two rose-ringed parakeets on a thin branch, one leaning in towards the other.
A small yellow-green bird with its feathers fluffed out, perched on a bare branch.
06300mm · 1/250 · f/6.3 · ISO 640View photograph 6: A small yellow-green bird with its feathers fluffed out, perched on a bare branch.
Four mynas spaced along the bare branches of a flowering tree, water behind them.
07300mm · 1/500 · f/6.3 · ISO 400View photograph 7: Four mynas spaced along the bare branches of a flowering tree, water behind them.
A black drongo dropping onto a branch with wings and forked tail spread, another bird above it.
08300mm · 1/500 · f/6.3 · ISO 1000View photograph 8: A black drongo dropping onto a branch with wings and forked tail spread, another bird above it.
A black drongo hanging upside down from a thick branch, gripping it with both feet.
09200mm · 1/125 · f/5.6 · ISO 160View photograph 9: A black drongo hanging upside down from a thick branch, gripping it with both feet.
A blue rock pigeon standing on a broken stump, its neck feathers green and violet in the light.
10300mm · 1/320 · f/6.3 · ISO 400View photograph 10: A blue rock pigeon standing on a broken stump, its neck feathers green and violet in the light.
A pigeon in close-up against soft green, every feather on its folded wing separated.
11300mm · 1/500 · f/6.3 · ISO 400View photograph 11: A pigeon in close-up against soft green, every feather on its folded wing separated.
A white egret in level flight, small against an otherwise empty blue sky.
12300mm · 1/1250 · f/9 · ISO 200View photograph 12: A white egret in level flight, small against an otherwise empty blue sky.
An Indian palm squirrel on a branch, striped back towards the camera, head turned to one side.
13300mm · 1/320 · f/6.3 · ISO 320View photograph 13: An Indian palm squirrel on a branch, striped back towards the camera, head turned to one side.
A garden lizard clinging vertically to a tree trunk, head raised, against dense green.
14300mm · 1/320 · f/6.3 · ISO 250View photograph 14: A garden lizard clinging vertically to a tree trunk, head raised, against dense green.
A dragonfly at rest on a grass stem, banded wings held flat and translucent.
15300mm · 1/320 · f/6.3 · ISO 320View photograph 15: A dragonfly at rest on a grass stem, banded wings held flat and translucent.

Almost all of this is the same lens — a 70–300mm zoom, wide open at the long end, which is why so many of these are a bird and a wall of soft green.

Three years of walking the same few paths and looking up.

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