Visiting Responsibly
Ethical wildlife viewing in Indian forests
Plain rules of thumb for watching wildlife in Indian forests and reserves: distance, noise, food, night lights, bird calls, geotags and elephants on the road.
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Rohan Varghese
Rohan photographs forests and the animals in them as a long-running hobby. He writes about cameras in humid weather, packing, ethical viewing and keeping notes in the field.
Field Notebook
Photographing wildlife in rainforest light
Camera settings, focus habits and lens care for photographing birds and animals under a dark evergreen canopy and from a boat on a humid Western Ghats lake.
Visiting Responsibly
What to pack for the Western Ghats
Muted clothes, leech socks, a rain shell, 8x42 binoculars and a dry bag for everything: a practical packing list for four days in the Kerala hills and forests.