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Join us for a fun-filled Sunday morning at Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, with a wonderful group of like-minded photography enthusiasts. Learn from experienced DCP experts, sharpen your photography skills through hands-on guidance, explore the park’s rich natural beauty, and build lasting friendships. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced photographer, it’s the perfect way to spend your Sunday morning surrounded by nature, creativity, learning, and inspiration.
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The Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur Weekend Nature Photo Walk offers a wonderful opportunity to explore one of Navi Mumbai’s green urban habitats through the fascinating world of macro and close-up nature photography. Surrounded by lush vegetation and natural greenery, the park provides an interesting environment for discovering and photographing insects, spiders, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, flowers, fungi and many other small subjects that often remain unnoticed during a regular walk through nature.
During this guided morning photo walk, participants will be encouraged to slow down, observe their surroundings carefully and discover photographic possibilities hidden within the miniature world. The focus will be on understanding available natural light, choosing suitable shooting angles, creating clean backgrounds, improving subject isolation and using thoughtful composition to transform simple subjects into visually engaging nature photographs.
The walk will also help participants develop one of the most important skills in macro and nature photography: observation. Learning to notice tiny subjects, interesting behaviour, patterns, textures, colours and interactions within their natural habitat can dramatically improve both photographic opportunities and visual storytelling.
Whether you are taking your first steps into macro photography or looking to refine your existing field techniques, this photo walk offers an excellent opportunity to practise photography in real outdoor conditions while exploring the biodiversity and green spaces of Green Valley Park in CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai.
This is much more than a casual walk through a city park. It is a guided field-learning experience designed to help participants become more observant, thoughtful and creative nature photographers while discovering the miniature world thriving within an urban green habitat.
During the session, you will learn:
Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur
Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur, Entry Gate
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Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur, Entry Gate
Yogesh Chavan, a graduate from JJ School of Applied Arts, apart from being a visualizer, a poet, a writer and an actor, is a full-time Yoga trainer and Acupressure Therapist. He is also a skilled outdoor adventure sports trainer. He has authored the popular book Matheran - A Practical Guide. Many of his images have drawn considerable popularity in many publications including BNHS CEC and MTDCs quarterly magazine - Maharashtra Unlimited. He has sound knowledge of the biodiversity around him and is currently engaged at Saguna Baug on an Agro-Tourism outfit. He is associated in the DCP panel as a Panel Expert and Consultant in Strategy Team.
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It is a local event in Mumbai. However, if you are on a passing visit to Mumbai, you are most welcome to join the group. Connect with our admin team for any logistics coordination.
It is a local event in Mumbai. However, if you are on a passing visit to Mumbai, you are most welcome to join the group. Connect with our admin team for any logistics coordination.
The venue is well connected via roads. In case of any challenge faced, please connect with our admin team for any logistics coordination.
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Timings - 07.45 AM - 09.45 AM
Venue - Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur
Meeting time - 07:30 AM
Meeting point - Green Valley Park Main Gate, CBD Belapur
Theme - Nature / macro
DCP weekend photo walks act not only as an avenue for the budding wildlife photography enthusiasts to explore and refine their photography skills but also is an excellent medium for documentation of the biodiversity in and around the city life. Look forward to DCP projects on India Biodiversity Portal, iNaturalist and Project Noah to submit your photographic documentation of the urban wildlife captured during these photo walks and subject them to authentication by expert curators.
iNaturalist
iNaturalist helps you identify the plants and animals around you while generating data for science and conservation. Get connected with a community of millions of scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature!
We have a project on iNaturalist App called ‘Urban Biodiversity of India through DCP Photo Walks’ (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/urban-biodiversity-of-india-through-dcp-photo-walks)
If you are already an user of iNaturalist App, search for this project in the list of projects, join in and start uploading your observations. If you are new to iNaturalist, you may download the iNaturalist App from Google play store / Apple App Store, register yourself, look for this project and start uploading your observations.
Do join the project and be a part of the nationwide DCP team documenting urban biodiversity through DCP photo walks.
India Biodiversity Portal
India Biodiversity Portal is a unique repository of information on India's biodiversity. The Portal aims to aggregate data through public participation and provide open and free access to biodiversity information.
We have a group named “DCP Expeditions” in the portal.
If you are already an user of India Biodiversity Portal, then search for the group ‘DCP Expeditions’, join in and start uploading your observations and don’t forget to add the observations to the group ‘DCP Expeditions’. In case you are new to India Biodiversity Portal, you may download the App from Google play store / Apple App Store, register yourself, look for the group ‘DCP Expeditions’, join us and start uploading your observations.
Green Valley Park, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai
19.032311552020605 73.033499854725Since we have to obtain entry permissions and / or abide by local regulations, it is essential for us to receive your prior registration. Please do not forget to register yourself.
No. DSLR is not compulsory. You may join with your smart phone also.
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