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 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

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