Photography
India · United Kingdom
Ashutosh Desai — Birds of
the Wild
Capturing avian life across India and beyond — from backyard sparrows to elusive species in the wild.
Gallery
Bird Photography
Common Iora
Aegithina tiphia
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
Oriental Magpie Robin
Copsychus saularis
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
Indian Pitta
Pitta brachyura
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Common Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis tickelliae
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Coracina melanoptera
Indian White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus
Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrina
Amur Falcon
Falco amurensis
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
Ceyx erithaca
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
Purple Sunbird (Iridescent plumage)
Cinnyris asiaticus
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatus
Beyond Birds
Other Work
Food Photography
Cheesecake & Mojito
Travel
Almudena Cathedral, Madrid
Astrophotography
Star Trails over Pune
Travel
Miyajima Torii Gate, Japan
Landscape
Full Rainbow over Maldives
Sports
Surfer — Aerial Maneuver
Landscape
Western Ghats — Monsoon
Landscape
Big Sur Coastline
Astrophotography
Orion Nebula (M42)
Food Photography
Strawberry Pyramid
Astrophotography
Milky Way
Travel
Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto
Travel
Pulteney Bridge & Weir, Bath
Travel
Roman Baths, Bath UK
Astrophotography
Crescent Moon
Travel
Kerala Backwaters
Sports
Kayakers, Mula-Mutha River
Landscape
Munnar Tea Estates, Kerala
Food Photography
Chicken Satay
Food Photography
Flatbread Pizza
Landscape
Goa Coastal View
Travel
Hilltop Castle, Switzerland
About
Light, Patience,
and Presence
I'm Ashutosh Desai — an amateur photographer based in the United Kingdom, originally from Pune, India. I've been chasing birds across the subcontinent since 2016. What started as weekend walks with binoculars has become a deep study in avian behaviour, light, and the slow art of waiting.
My work spans primarily the Western Ghats region in India, while I slowly continue discovering and photographing birds around me here in the United Kingdom. Birds are my primary subject, but the broader natural world finds its way into my lens when it insists.
I shoot with a Nikon D500 paired with a Nikkor 200-500mm lens for the birds, and a wide-angle kit for astrophotography and landscapes.
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