Face To Face With Greater Flamingos In Mannar Island, Sri Lanka

My First flamingo encounter, Mannar 2013

I had this fantasy for a long time to take some good pictures of flamingos because I had always been fascinated with pictures taken in Africa and by some of my fellow Sri Lankan photographers. Back in January 2013, I had my first stroke of luck with these elusive birds at the Mannar slattern. However the sighting was under extremely harsh lighting and at a very long distance, so I had to be content with a few record shots. However last year around March, I had a better encounter with these amazing birds at the Bundala Lagoon in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka. The sighting was good but approaching them was nearly impossible, as they were far from the lagoon. As Bundala was a national park the rules did not permit me to approach them by foot or to get closer. Again, I had to settle for some long-range shots.