1. MOVING NATURE
K.M.Xavier _ FSP 101

2. preface
My book is all about my experiences in nandi hills while exploring the arkavati basin. These photographs
gives a glimpse of the life in nandi hills. Looking through the lens gave me a different experience and a
zoomed in look of the nature. there is a lot to explore in nandi hills but as per my interest i chose capturing
flora and fauna.. I titled my book as moving nature because noting is static in nature…it keeps on
evolving…everything from a tiny creature to a giant tree or a complete landscape evolves and changes
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3. Nandi Hills forms
or Nandidurg (Anglicised
include Nandidrug and Nandydroog)
is an ancient hill fortress of southern
India, in the Chikkaballapur district of
Karnataka state. It is located just 10
km from Chickballapur town and approximately 60 km from the city of
Bangalore. The hills are nestled between the neighboring towns of
Nandi, Muddenahalli, and Kanivenarayanapura. The hills are traditionally held as the origin of the Arkavathy
river

4. The Arkavati
(also written Arkavathi,
Arkavathy) is a large
mountain river in Karnataka, India, originating
at Nandi Hills of Chikkaballapura district.[1] It is
a tributary of the
Kaveri, which it joins at
34 KM south of
Kanakapura, called
Sangama in Kannada,
after flowing through
ramanagara and
Kanakapura. The river
drains into the Chikkarayappanahalli Lake
near Kanivenarayanapura. Kumudavathi
and Vrishabhavathi
rivers are tributaries to

5. FLORAL
Its always intresting to capture pictures of flowers becuse though they are so stagnent in nature it can be interesting how the angles, light and tone make a difference in the picture .

9. THE WILD
The fun part of capturing the wild is in their behaviour which is untamed,natural and
expressive. Animals are always moving, they are fast and the difficult part is to
follow them. To get the right picture you need to catch them in their best movement, expression or behaviour.

19. THE LITTLE THINGS
There are alot of things in the nature that goes unnoticed because its small, little,
or just sometimes because of lack of obsevation. But these small beautiful things in
nature adds to the asethetic sence of the it and makes it alive .

25. GREEN RUST

27. ROUGH SURFACES
The amount of things nature provides us with is unbeliveable and even in its roughness we find beautiful textures which enhances the surfaces and the more you
capture the details the more variations you get.

36. OVERALL
What happenes when we bring together a lot of elemets of nature? It creates a
landscape which adds to the atmosphere and it makes the mood of the atmosphere more recognisable.