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Baby’s Day Out by Shashank Jain
Sunday, 13th May 2007

Baby’s Day Out

by Shashank Jain

Red-wattled Lapwing (nestling) Vanellus indicus Manchinabele Dam Area, near Bangalore This dude had perhaps come out from its nest the first time. I don't know if it is a normal behavior or if it was out by accident. Its parents seem to be scouring the whole area looking for him with their non-stop did-he-do-it calls. But its pretty difficult to find a 3cm tall baby when its so well camouflaged. This baby could neither fly nor shout but boy, could he make a run for it! I got only a few shots with him running all around making it tough to capture on camera.
Shashank Jain
My interest in photography was in a dormant condition most of my life and then I got hold of a Nikon D70 in 2004 and haven't looked back since.

Baby’s Day Out by Shashank Jain was photo of the day on Sunday, 13th May 2007. It is tagged , . You can leave a comment below.

13 Comments

Pat Hartley

13th May 2007 at 10:06 am

Wonderful capture

13th May 2007 at 1:59 pm

Excellent capture of the elusive creature. I like the way he’s looking round at the camera and the shallow depth of field isolates him well.

David

13th May 2007 at 8:39 pm

Young birds get exhausted and dehydrated quickly in hot climes. I hope you did’nt cause too much distress.

Jas

14th May 2007 at 12:56 pm

Brilliant! What a dainty little fellow he is – I hope he got back to the nest safely

14th May 2007 at 6:14 pm

He looks like he’s toddling right along. You’ve chosen the perfect title for this image, Shashank. Very nice work!

16th May 2007 at 4:30 am

Perfect DOF! Outstanding focus and sharpness on the new arrival.

16th May 2007 at 3:25 pm

cute!

2nd August 2007 at 10:09 pm

Very, very cute and very well composed.

Anurag

9th May 2008 at 8:30 am

Great job – to have captured the nice pose, focus and composition.

yasmin

13th August 2008 at 10:34 pm

adorable!

su

12th May 2009 at 7:13 pm

Super shot of a fragile little thing,

Renee

15th September 2009 at 2:10 pm

so cute! ;)

13th May 2010 at 2:43 pm

So cute. Congrats!

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