Location: Kankaria Lake, AhmadabadDate: 15th August, 2008
Starting off with this pic...this is one of my favorites. The pic was taken at Kankaria lake, Ahmadabad. Sometimes just wandering in the weirdest of locations we come across some of the most beautiful moments of our lives. FYI, Kankaria lake area is one of the hottest locations in the evenings for all the odd couples; and here I was roaming around on a government holiday morning alone. Alone....not really.... I had my cam for my company. But then such are the times when you get into introspection and self actualization. Specially when you have no one around you to keep nagging you can actually look at the wonders of the nature. Okie...Okie... Coming back to the point. "Splosh" was what I heard for the first time.
And then it went again..... Splosh .....Splosh and this time in quick succession. Curiosity killed the cat, they say; but this time luck seemed to be on my side. Finally I located the source of that peculiar sound. It was a lovely crane with beautiful and slender neck, with a God-speed. The crane was on the hunt of some small prey. The sheer beauty of the bird captivated me for a whole of five minutes. And then it struck me. I had never been into professional photography so was not in that habit of keeping my camera ready for such situations. But as I said, it was sheer plain luck. I got my cam out without much of a noise and clicked. The first click and it went just quite right.
My interest in wildlife has been now quite for sometime. Long before I had my basic down-to-earth Nikon D40, I used to wander and keep clicking with my N73, the nokia phone. But today the list of the accessories for my Nikon has grown. And so has the photographs. Needless to say but if you do find them interesting lemme know of some of your own such exciting moments.
Till then aastalavista.....
