Photos: Highlights from life in Kerala’s rockpools

Jayesh Padichal, 40, was entranced by nature whilst a toddler. He needed to be a nature photographer, however didn’t have the means. So the son of small-holdings farmers in Kerala took up autorickshaw driving, constructed a superb life for himself, married, began a household. Then, with the blessings of his spouse and mom, he determined to comply with his dream. He offered his rickshaw to purchase a digital camera, made a nature documentary, and hasn’t seemed again since. He’s now working with the native authorities to guard what he so loves. Take a take a look at images from that first documentary, Pallom Oru Jeevabhayam (Pallom: An Ark of Life; 2017). learn more

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Self-taught nature photographer Jayesh Padichal, 40, spent 4 years capturing life round Kerala’s rockpools or pallom. (Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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These rockpools are pure our bodies of saved rainwater that kind in the hills of Kerala and help various ecosystems, together with small communities of native fisherpeople.(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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After promoting his autorickshaw and shopping for a digital camera to comply with his ardour, Jayesh Padichal made a documentary known as Pallom Oru Jeevabhayam (Pallom: An Ark of Life; 2017) on Kerala’s rockpools.(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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A spider snacks on frog’s eggs on the floor of a rockpool. Water had at all times fascinated him, says Padichal, the son of farmers and a former autorickshaw driver himself. (Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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An Indian pond heron goes about its day. The rockpools in Kerala's laterite hills might be over 800 sq metres in dimension. They act as pure sanctuaries and watering holes for hundreds of life varieties.(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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A bullfrog skims the floor, in search of prey. After the success of his documentary, which has been screened at a number of movie festivals in Kerala, Padichal is working with native authorities our bodies to attempt to shield the fragile ecosystems of Kerala’s rockpools. (Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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A blue-tailed bee eater in flight. “Jayesh’s film is a brilliant and rare creation. No one would believe the shots are by an amateur,” says senior wildlife filmmaker Suresh Elamon.(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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A jackal on the watering gap fashioned by a rockpool. Padichal has two more documentaries in the works. Chaal (Malayalam for Creek) tracks the Karyankodu river throughout seasons, documenting life alongside it in addition to its air pollution; Maram (Malayalam for Tree) is a take a look at the mango tree as symbolic of how intrinsically man and timber are linked.(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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The message is identical in every: Everyone has to do their bit, Padichal says. “When we enter into their environment, enter with a lot of care and consideration.”(Photo: Jayesh Padichal)

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