About Rajan Desai
I got interested in photography when my uncle presented me with a simple point-and-shoot camera when I was just 15 years old. I have dabbled into landscape and travel photography since then. But I became serious about photography when I read the book Photography for the Joy of It by Freeman Patterson and then had a chance to meet him in person.
When my daughter was two years old, we put up a bird feeder in our backyard, which got me interested in birds and bird photography. Wildlife, especially birds, fascinate me. I completed Mass Audubon’s “Birder’s Certificate Program” to learn about birds, their habitat, migration patterns and more.
Featured Work
NANPA - How I got the shot
Least Tern Courtship: How I Got the Shot
NANPA Expressions 2022 Magazine
Expressions 2022
Bird Photographer Of The Year - Collection 7
Collection 7
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 32
Portfolio 32
Awards
🏆 Wildlife Photographer of the Year 58
Highly Recommended in Behaviour: Invertebrates
The Atlantic Article
🏆 Nature In Focus - Finalist
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2025
Judge's Choice: Birds
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2022 - TOP 250
🏆 Share the view 2021 - TOP 250
🏆 Kingbirder - A pair or greater competition - Superlative winner
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2022 - TOP 100
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2022 - TOP 250
🏆 Share the view 2021 - TOP 250
🏆 Wild Art POTY - Commended
🏆 Wild Art POTY 2022 - TOP 100
🏆 Wild Art POTY 2022 - TOP 100
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2022 - TOP 250
🏆 BPOTY 2022 - Commended
🏆 Wild Art POTY 2022 - TOP 100
🏆 BPOTY 2022 - Commended
🏆 Wild Art POTY 2023 - TOP 100
🏆 NANPA Showcase 2025 - TOP 250
🏆 Nature In Focus 2024 - Finalist
🏆 BPOTY 2024 - Commended