Day: March 1, 2016

Tuesday (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur and Agra, India.

Power lines in and around Bharatpur, India. Modern to less than modern (including some DIY), but functional infrastructure. Check the images out in full screen mode. Notice the pile of cow pies drying under the transformer in the 2nd image.

Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur and Agra, India.

While waiting for our bus, I was taking pictures of butterflies in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden in Bharatpur, India. Then what I thought was a hummingbird showed up. It turns out that hummingbirds are not native to India. I think this is a Purple Sunbird. I will let others more knowledgeable about Indian birds confirm the ID. The Sunbird posed for several minutes.

Common Tiger Butterfly on a Yellow Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Yellow Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Pink Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Pink Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Red Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Red Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Purple Sunbird on a Rose Stem in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec) (David J Mathre)
Purple Sunbird on a Rose Stem in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec) (David J Mathre)