says shekar dattatri adding that such actually do harm and fragile habitats shekar dattatri has an outspoken and supporter of as a documentary maker he s won several prestigious international awards and has even been a member the national board for wildlife speaks us the new cult of weekend wildlife photographersgetting perfect of a tiger or a bird become a favourite these days and social networks have nurtured the hidden wildlife photographer in many what do you make of trend according to conventional wisdom people what they love going by that might assume that the growing number of nature photographers in india is good conservation sadly that s not the case today thousands have taken wildlife photography a thanks to high easy availability of camera better access to habitats and the ease with which they can their work on social media a proportion of number are in out of an intrinsic love of or concern for nature but because wildlife photography is seen as cool even macho thing to do the my is bigger your lens syndrome these who will go to lengths to get picture disturb or harass the creatures they are photographing fragile habitats youve said earlier that does nt benefit from photographs can you explain this nature photography can be a force for good because well shot photographs can be used numerous productive ways to educate and inspire the general however the majority of taken these days merely up on photo sharing websites for their peers to there is no attempt to understand nature the numerous conservation do anything to destruction the truth wildlife in india has become a form of trophy hunting albeit with a camera instead of a gun while the photographers get bragging rights and can stretch their legs or recharge their batteries in the of their hobby there s little benefit to nature or there even recent reports that photographers were ruining grasslands on the of bangalore yes a conducted by a small group of was able to quantify damage that rampant and photography was causing the fragile hesaraghatta grasslands near bangalore the photographers were found driving their all over grasslands with no regard for the birds that used it for or there is evidence that many photographers relentlessly chase their trophies until the are too exhausted to fly so that good close ups can be obtained some photographers tie snakes to with an fishing line that they can get action pictures of birds of prey killing and eating them this is the disgusting underbelly wildlife photography in india today what is conservation photography can