About Tumkur Ameen / Ameen Ahmed Tumkur  

Your attention please:
Though I often donate my images for people and organisations involved in nature and wildlife conservation, please do not use them without permission. I have enjoyed working my way up in life the hard way and will appreciate being contacted with any queries on licensing.

About me:
I'm a Senior Manager, Communications with WWF-India at New Delhi. When I travel, both on and off work, I document nature with my lenses and pen.

My subjects:
My images are reflections of my treks, walks and travels through Canada and my motherland India. Many of them are from my journeys in the heart of some of earth's most spectacular wilderness- the Appalachians of Canada, Western Ghats and Himalayas of India, to name a few. I picked up this journey in early 80s from the heroes of our wilderness, both sung and unsung. A journey so many of us have gone through. A journey that will be continued by the unknown lovers of nature, for as long as the flowers bloom and the birds sing.

Throughout this journey, I have met some wonderful human beings, both offline and online. Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Indians, Pakistanis, Americans...I have seen people rise above human-made boundaries and mental barriers to exchange their view with me. People from whom I have learnt a lot, people whom I respect a lot.

My published work:
> Winner, Greenpeace Canada 'Your vision of Canada' contest 2004. Winning pic used in Greenpeace Canada's 2004 desktop calendar.
> India's mainstream print media including Times of India, Deccan Herald, The Indian Express, The Hindu, Sanctuary Asia - Call of the Wild.
> Cover Page picture of Birdlife International's "Birds of Asia - A guide to Civil Governments of Asia"
> Government Tourism Departments' publications.

My gear now
Nikon D70 with 18-55 (non-VR) lens
Canon A95 compact

My gear 'then':
1993: first SLR, sturdy German Practika thread-mount manual SLR with a 58mm Carl Zeiss lens and a Practika Pentacon 200 mm F4 tele lens.
1995: Exchanged this gear for a Cosina C1s manual SLR and a 80-200 mm F4.5-5.6 Tokina lens.
1998: Nikon FM 10 with a Nikkor 35-70 mm
2000: Exchanged my used Nikon FM 10 for Nikon F50 with a Sigma 28-80mm and a Nikkor 75-240 mm Zoom
Oct 2002: F55 with a Tamron 28-200mm zoom.
Dec 2004: Went digital, a 4.1 MP Samsung Digital Point & shoot camera.

As salam (Peace :)