Nature / birds / everywhere

One life.
1,322 species.

Bird photography and wildlife documentation by Himanshu Gupta — a software engineer by day, bird watcher and budding vlogger whenever the light is right.

Posting consistently since 2016Canon wildlife kit
1,322
birds
seen
Featured frameIndian roller · Ludhiana
1,322species counted
2016consistent posting began
24/7software / field split
“Our Mother Earth is home to countless numbers of species other than humans.”
Himanshu Gupta @himanshuguptapro

Nature & wildlife photographer · bird watcher · vlogger

Selected fieldwork

Birds, in their
own time.

A growing visual log of birds and landscapes from India and beyond. Three frames below are pulled from publicly indexed Instagram posts; the rest are placeholders ready for the owner’s archive.

No frames in this habitat yet. Try another trail.

Highlight map

Seven windows
into the world.

A visual index based on the place highlights visible on the public profile: travel, birding and the landscapes that keep the camera moving.

ColoradoMountain roads
wide-open country
YellowstoneWaterfalls
wild country
BirdingWith…Birding stories
highlight archive
BrasilChrist the Redeemer
city & birding
Costa RicaCloud forest
tropical fieldwork
CaliforniaGolden Gate
national parks
MumbaiCity field notes
India
Go farther.
Look closer.
Keep watching.

The setup

Good glass.
Better patience.

The public field posts consistently credit Canon equipment. One indexed Indian Roller post names a Canon 7D Mark II paired with a Canon 100–400mm IS II lens.

See the original field post ↗
01CanonWildlife camera system
027D Mark IINamed in the Indian Roller post
03100–400mm IS IILong-lens field work

Field notes

Look closer.
Stay longer.

From Delhi’s everyday birds to pelagic expeditions in South Florida, the work is a practice of attention — and a reason to keep travelling.

“

Before the shutter, learn the light. Before the light, learn the place.

Field note 01— HG
behind
the lens

The person behind the lens

Software
by day.
Birds whenever.

Himanshu Gupta is a nature and wildlife photographer, bird watcher and vlogger. His day job is software engineering; his off-hours are spent travelling, watching, identifying and photographing birds.

Since 2016, he has kept posting consistently, building a count of 1,322 species and documenting birdlife across India and the globe.