Indian photographer Rajkumar Lahiri, 25, from Kolkata, was on a mission to capture on camera what has been highly coveted by bird photographers in the region of West Bengal of late. Several avid avian snapping locals have managed to win, or place highly in, prestigious international bird photography competitions for capturing one peculiar yet beautiful behavior of the nectar drinking sunbird; that is, taking luxurious baths in banana flower petals. Sound strange? Perhaps. But the breathtaking photos—and awards—speak for themselves. In the last year alone, Mousam Ray picked up the Bird Photographer Of the Year’s Best Bird Behavior award for his “Floral Bather;” while Rahul Singh won Grand Prize in Nature’s Best Photography Asia for his own shot of a female sunbird bather. And Rajkumar, an avid bird photographer since he first picked up his DSLR in 2017, had his sights on precisely that fantastical scene. His fellow wildlife photographer friend Pikasu Bose recently spotted a …