Reminiscences of a Wildlife Photographer PHOTOGRAPHY
Reminiscences of a Wildlife Photographer PHOTOGRAPHY
Reminiscences of a Wildlife Photographer PHOTOGRAPHY
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He is his own stern critic ...<br />
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I have known Mr Perumal for over 33 years. We met by chance<br />
at Bannergatta which is about 12 miles from Bangalore. He had a<br />
gun in one hand and a bird, which he had shot, in the other. I was<br />
carrying a camera. I understood his shikaree’s urge quite well since I<br />
myself had used both shot-gun and rifle before laying these down<br />
to take up the camera for wild-life photography. He greeted me with,<br />
“You are Mr. Edwards”, and it sounded almost like the famous words,<br />
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume”. After this we met frequently and went<br />
out to photograph wild-life. His shikaree’s instinct began to be satisfied<br />
with and replaced by wild-life photography. At this he made rapid<br />
progress. Mr. Perumal is a mild-mannered man yet one who possesses<br />
the qualities which make for success. He is his own stern critic and is<br />
not easily satisfied with photographs which might pass muster with the<br />
less critical. His developing and enlarging technique kept pace with<br />
his improvement in tackling wild subjects. He gave up his job as radio<br />
engineer, and was employed by Mr M. Y. Ghorpade <strong>of</strong> Sandur as chief<br />
photographer <strong>of</strong> his “The Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Ltd.” As<br />
Mr Ghorpade himself is an FRPS and a very keen and accomplished<br />
wild-life photographer, Mr Perumal, in his company, has had the<br />
opportunity <strong>of</strong> seeing and photographing many wild animals both in<br />
India and in Africa. Thus he has an impressive collection <strong>of</strong> wild-life<br />
photographs <strong>of</strong> mammals and birds, and also a fine collection <strong>of</strong> colour<br />
slides.<br />
He has been exhibiting his work both in India and abroad in<br />
international exhibitions with much success. He has won numerous<br />
awards and certificates <strong>of</strong> merit.<br />
Mr Perumal is in demand by organisers <strong>of</strong> exhibitions in India as a<br />
judge for the Nature Section.<br />
His superb pictures <strong>of</strong> the Indian Great Horned-Owl were taken with<br />
electronic flash synchronised with the camera shutter and activated by<br />
the bird breaking a ray <strong>of</strong> connecting light. This device was <strong>of</strong> his own<br />
making.<br />
His distinctions: AFIAP in 1963, EFIAP in 1968, ARPS in 1978,<br />
FRPS in 1979.<br />
Preface 2<br />
Acknowledgements 5<br />
<strong>Reminiscences</strong> <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Wildlife</strong> <strong>Photographer</strong> 9<br />
Pictorial Photography 57<br />
Nature Photography—Black-and-white 69<br />
Nature Photography—Colour 155<br />
Notes to Pictures 306<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Digital Pictures 317<br />
Nature Photography in India: Past and Present 319<br />
T. N. A. Perumal: Pr<strong>of</strong>ile in brief 326<br />
—An Appreciation by O. C. Edwards ARPS, EFIAP, pioneer bird photographer <strong>of</strong><br />
India, on the occasion <strong>of</strong> a “One-Man-Show <strong>of</strong> Wild-Life and Nature Photographs<br />
from India and Africa by T. N. A. Perumal,” organised by A. P. Photographic<br />
Society and Max Mueller Bhavan Hyderabad in 1980.