Aravind Venkatraman often called as AV in the photography circle is a passionate photographer from Chennai, India. A full time finance professional, I love to travel across the country to photograph Wildlife ( birds in particular).

It gives immense pleasure in sharing the winged wonders from the Indian Subcontinent through this forum. My work has been featured in some of the top wildlife magazines and in books on birds.

Some of the most asked questions to me are around the photography gear i use and the favourite locations , so let me add it here

Gear i use currently are Canon 7D mark ii and Canon 1dx bodies paired with Canon 600mm IS ii lens. It has indeed taken me time to move up to this and i did start only with the humble basic camera and lens

I love shorebirds and hence my favourite location is Pulicat backwater in TN for Shorebirds and Sattal in the eastern Himalayas for passerines.

Feel free to connect with me using any of the social network pages (User name : Birdsforever) .

Website link : www.birdsforever.in