India, Feb. 23 -- Is it a bird? Is it a butterfly? Is it a reptile? Whatever the answer, chances are you'll find it in The Photographic Field Guide: Wildlife of South India by David Raju (below, left), 40, and Surya Ramachandran (below, right), 35.
Originally self-published in 2021, the book has been updated and re-released by Notion Press. It is the authors' second one together.
Their first was a book on the wildlife of central India, which drew directly on their many years as nature guides at the Satpura National Park in Madhya Pradesh. This time, they decided to return to shared roots: Raju is from Kottayam in Kerala, Ramachandran from Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
"We have been watching and learning in the field for so long. We thought, if ...