Indian Purple Swamphen: Porphyrio porphyrio

Indian Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio



Indian Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio

There are times when I become lazy with the shot. This is one such occasion. A combination of sleeplessness, travel weariness and impression of commonness of the bird concerned dulled my faculties. No excuse of course if it is a hobby, but happens sometimes. Penalty is an opportunity wasted. Now I regret it. Just couldn't be bothered then to climb down the wall and rocks and wade through slush to get closer to them at that point of time. Such was the hard ride into Jodhpur that evening in the summer of '13. If only I had. But then they might have scattered, or flown away! Ah well...



Those legs look like hyacinth stalks. (In the first picture)

 

Photographed near Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

 

Camera used: Nikon D5100 DSLR with AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm VR Lens