I am so very fond of bird photography. It is just that I am not fond of getting up early in the morning with the sun and the birds. And the birds like to give ‘darshan’ (audience) either early in the morning or in the evening. This time at Srinagar I did manage to wake up early morning on day 2 of the trip, to visit the floating vegetable market at Dal Lake.
And that day I managed to click some birds too. So, for this lazy Sunday I bring you a sparrow at Dal Lake playing among the lotus leafs. If you ask me, it is mandatory to get up early one morning while you stay at the Dal Lake. The character of the lake is quite different early morning.
The early morning sun gives the lake a glow. It should have been a golden glow but there were too many clouds. But there was a glow none the less. In the mornings, the lake is less crowded. The trade and tourist traffic picks up as the day becomes old. It is much more serene in the mornings. You can stand in the cool breeze and take it slow, preferably with a cup of kahwa.
Then there are the food and flower shikaras gliding through the waters early in the morning. They sell flowers to tourists and house boats. Similarly the foo shikaras sell breakfast to tourists who are up and about at that hour. I regret that I did not try any foodstuff from the shikaras. They go from house boat to house boat in the morning hours.
An added bonus was watching the birds as well. There was a time when I clicked a lot of birds, not of late. Time to try and get up early at least on one morning of each trip!
Brilliant photograph.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Tushar.
Wow! This is an amazing click 🙂
Thank you Anmol.
Cute fellow frolicking around!
Yes it was also searching for food 😀
Great click !!
Have a nice day:)
Thank you Veena.
Nice. I spot so many lovely birds… but haven’t managed to capture any through my camera. I think its so hard to photograph birds – it needs some special skills.
Chaitali the skill is also known as patience 😀 and a zoom lens.
Beautiful capture!
Thank you Beloo.
Aweee! so cuteee! looks like a baby sparrow <3
Thank you Ankita.
Beautiful capture 🙂
Thank you Deepa.
Wonderful shot Mridulaji! Loved it!
Thank you Sindhu.
Stunning Click 🙂
Thank you Avinash.
Stunning click mam. Nice to connect with you here too.
(bookahotel twitter guy) 🙂
Same here Bhavesh, nice to connect again.
Sparrow thinking something..!
I too think that is the case 😀 😀 😀
One word. Beautiful. 🙂
Thank you 😀
Such a cute bird. Nice shot indeed!
Thank you Renuka.
Cute sparrow musing!
Thank you for stopping by.
The sparrow looks so thoughtful..may be it’s a philosopher sparrow…. 😀
Maniparna trust me all it was doing was eating eating and then eating some more!
now that is a lovely photo 🙂
Bikram
Thank you Bikram.