Purple Moorhen

[Mrudul Godbole]

Photographed it in a field near Ranganathittu.

Canon 50D, 100-400mm, ISO 400, f6.3, 1/800, hand held

Comments and critiques welcome..

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image.This bird with beautiful plumage wandering on grassland.Glimpses of the edges of waterbody,I would have liked even more.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

You got good eye contact. Did you click from car? Did you sight many or only a few birds?

I have a softcorner for this bird. I remember trying hard to click full frame images of this bird in bharatpur and chilika and finally getting it in the swamp behind our place in bhubaneswar. In Chennai, I was told that the people set fire to the reeds to trap and kill these moorhens and other birds. Most of the people don't notice as they think that some garbage is being burnt.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image .Light seems good.They adapt well and are flourishing in most wet lands....

TFS
Roopak