Nightscapes

Tooti Chowk, Paharganj, Delhi

For me the biggest advantage of transitioning (whether I wanted to or not) to a digital camera, is being able to see immediately if the photo I just took is successful, or how to make the next one better. This is especially true in low-light situations – shots I would have thought in the past were hopeless. I just have to remember to hold the camera steady.

Photos from the car window of wild elephants browsing at the roadside in the Wayanad Hills of south India, were still marginal at best. I wasn’t using flash, to avoid startling the elephant, and so once the headlight beams had gone past the elephant, I was on my own. It’s more vivid in my memory.