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Born Traveler, Traveling places, living life and rest in love with mother nature .. remaining things that prevail in my life are my camera, my motorbike and my close ones..

I believe in life, I want to share the places I travel and want to take each one of my gallery visitors to that place through my pictures. I believe it is incomplete to share my pictures if they do not give you a feel of being present at that place and make you feel the emotions that picture has.

Bringing India to the world from a perspective of traveler who go places with almost very limited time in hand and touches everyplace he can. So far, Himalayas, and deserts of India only.

As of now its London and the rest of Europe.(2008 onwards)

Some more of the flicks on the flickr can be seen on ~M~

My Ramblings from past and present

Some of the Questions you may think :

What I equipment do I use ?
NIkon D70 + D700
50mm 1.8D
85mm 1.8D
105mm F/2.8G AF-S IF ED N
10-20mm Sigma EX DC HSM
18-70mm DX
24-120mm VRII ED
35-105mm AIS Manual
70-300mm VR ED
TC 20E II
SB700
I shoot on film too, which is not on flickr.

Do I travel alone ?
Yes, mostly my pictures depict my bike and the other things, as I m always behind the lens. I do shoot myself with the IR remote placing the camera on the Tripod, while I ride alone.

Do I sell my photos ?
Yes, I do sell them and most of them are not on flickr. You can ask me for the complete sets or you can email me at my email address mentioned below.

For those who want to use my photos, please contact me as anything that I come across being used without my prior information or without my visible name on the picture, I would take further action on them.

Thanks for visiting my profile...
~FreeBirD®~

Cheers, Thanks for visiting.
~m~

Just a visitor on this earth !!

Photos of ~FreeBirD®~ (8)

~FreeBirD®~'s favorite photos from other Flickr members (93)

Contacts (2,767)

Ghooran Ghooran Mahto
Sandra Toaldo No real name given
Eyes v/s Lenses No real name given
l i j Lijesh K
NChandra81 Nikhil Chandra
Pierre-Paul Feyte Pierre-Paul Feyte
Matt Alexander... Matt Rose
domyzio No real name given
psychedelic... No real name given
g.dhaliwal gurdish dhaliwal
gyerage No real name given
Matthew Post No real name given

Groups (50 50)

London photographers, models, stylists, makeup artists and other 2,660 photos, 747 members
Route to the Mountains 868 photos, 103 members
Hertfordshire 23,257 photos, 841 members
I AM NIKON 166,818 photos, 11,144 members
India 133,455 photos, 5,341 members
Getty Images Call for Artists 476,671 photos, 79,902 members
Himalayan Photography . 221 photos, 69 members
LONGEXPOSURE 14,622 photos, 1,208 members
Pictures of Motorcycle 16,643 photos, 535 members
Motorcycle leather boy 154 photos, 277 members
Yamaha motorcycles 7,853 photos, 1,009 members
Yamaha FZ6 Motorcyles 657 photos, 139 members
Women in leather on bikes 187 photos, 160 members
Winter Motorcycle Riding 449 photos, 104 members
Motorcycle On The Road - (Only bike with landscape, no racing) 8,494 photos, 952 members
Women and Motorcycles 1,171 photos, 315 members
ALL THAT IS HARLEY-DAVIDSON OR MOTORCYCLES U.S. 23,724 photos, 1,903 members
India at its Best 1,994 photos, 199 members
The world on a shoestring 13,374 photos, 691 members
Documentary of Human soul 21,249 photos, 1,127 members
BIKER LIFE ~ living and loving the lifestyle~ 81,835 photos, 6,427 members
FZS 600 Fazer Yamaha 134 photos, 26 members
Parkour 5,256 photos, 1,321 members
Harley-Davidson (old) 7,953 photos, 1,104 members
Kawasaki Ninjas 1,662 photos, 384 members
KTM Motorcycles 3,278 photos, 505 members
Londonist 152,542 photos, 4,790 members
Lets Travel Together 18,672 photos, 1,373 members
Nikon D700 184,148 photos, 11,736 members
londonbikers.com 1,964 photos, 133 members
London Photographers 126,910 photos, 4,996 members
Castles of the British Isles 6,848 photos, 1,355 members
Architecture UK 23,242 photos, 628 members
Strictly GeoTagged 176,861 photos, 7,169 members
Ace Cafe, London 2,238 photos, 198 members
Sensualidad en estado puro! 4,417 photos, 2,018 members
Global Photojournalism 305,880 photos, 20,922 members
London by Londoners 184,206 photos, 7,258 members
Long Shots 1,309 photos, 855 members
'COLORS OF INDIA' 4,270 photos, 1,019 members
London 575,082 photos, 28,562 members
Motorbike design 1,383 photos, 86 members
Adobe Photoshop CS (all CS versions) 179,003 photos, 12,928 members
Indian Himalayan Peaks 1,306 photos, 209 members
Me, myself and my camera 2,814 photos, 2,348 members
London Flickr Meetups 7,951 photos, 2,507 members
BCMTouring Flickr Group 321 photos, 62 members
Child Labour and Education International 1,614 photos, 552 members
Himachal 3,361 photos, 237 members
High in Sky (VOTE for the april contest!!) 1,634 photos, 534 members

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Testimonials (13)

Nachiket Joshi says:

"wonderful!!!
all of his images are really amazing!!! I got to learn a lot from you!!! you're 'the' favorite of mine on flickr!!!!
wondreful!! I hope I meet you if I come to Delhi someday & see all of your collections..!!!!"

14th June, 2008
Gursheel Singh says:

"What can I say about ~FreeBirD®~...he is an inspiration.

Love all your work!!

Your Friend
Gursheel Singh"

20th May, 2008
fredcan says:

"I've just been through ~FreeBirD®~'s stream again, on a trip to the Mighty Himalayas, and into his world. All i can to say is that his passion for those mountains, for his bike, for travelling, and for life can be seen and felt on every photograph that he takes, and every word that he writes. In this world of ours, where single thought and materialistic concerns have sadly become the norm, i can only come to the conclusion that such "free birds" are precious!"

12th May, 2008
i_am_durin says:

"Every day I get on Flickr I make a point of coming to Mani's photostream. I leave what is the humdrum of my local world and get to come into a place of majesty and grandeur that ~FreeBirD~ has shown through his artistry and composition. It always leaves me with a warmth and happiness.

There are times too, when it leaves me a bit jealous: Oh! to be able to ride and explore and photograph that places and events he does, makes me yearn to get out and explore the places that are close to me; and that is really the meaning of a true artist.

Mani, thanks for all the great images."

27th February, 2008
snehal searchin sky.... says:

"Mr mani..... a cool guy......truly speakin a genuine person who loves travel, nature.....he loves himself....that is what is important.....

not much now.......let me also explore...."

25th February, 2008
The Challenge says:

"~FreeBirD~ your shots are fantastic!"

19th January, 2008
ehgaeh says:

"Loving the journey...thanks for taking me there:)"

5th December, 2007
deepsha says:

"His photography is just amazing and inspiring. Keep the good work up and good luck and I hope you have room for more adventures."

14th November, 2007
f650biker says:

"With joy I look at your photos again and again.
You come to much around in her country.
By the net we have met. This is good."

22nd September, 2007
St_Tr_Verkhovensky says:

"Hallo freebird !
I am Giannis from Greece , and we are friends :)
When i was a kid (10 years ago) I believed that the best thing a man could do in his life was to travel. I use to dream of India a lot of times ...
i didn't want to stay in fancy hotels , i just wanted to see as many things as possible from a close distance. What scares me the most is that growing up i stopped having these dreams . It's like i betrayed my self.
I live in a city and whenever l travel someplace I can't stand a lot of days away from my piano....This scares me.
In other words i don't feel free.
That 's why I like your photos.I like your enthusiasm to travel , and when I see your photostream i feel that maybe the same enthusiasm will come back to me . I am spending to much time with things that don't fill my soul.
Thank you for reminding me some important things"

11th July, 2007
seek-er says:

"Extraordinary Pictures FreeBirD! Your love/passion comes through in each capture.. I think you have something special there! Hoping to see more... and that you get to share your 'priceless jewels' with a larger audience!"

7th July, 2007
MoonGirlNYC says:

"Through your pictures I travel a place I have long to visit for so long.. and your images only compell me to make this journey as soon as possible. The life you capture is worth watching over and over. Thank you for sharing your world and as such a part of yourself."

4th May, 2007
Cmaj says:

"your work is amazing..
and I feel that all of those places shows you as a person.. as an ecellent human being."

21st April, 2007