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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

"I waited for three hours to photograph the moment when I could get the perfect frame of that little bird and its baby along with the flowers"

A little grebe and her little baby in the water between water flowers, placed in the image centre, image elements get reflected on water surface in a soft manner.

After several hours of waiting patiently, award-winning wildlife photographer Mainak Halder captured this special moment, highlighting the little grebe and her baby through a shallow depth of field and a dream-like reflection. He tells us the story behind this shot...

"During the monsoon season of 2022, I was on an expedition at the Purbasthali Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. All of a sudden, I saw a mother little grebe roaming around in the wetland area and carrying her baby on her back. It was an adorable moment.

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