Last evening, the moon loomed large and yellow over my hometown. I hurried home and took some shots from my first floor terrace. The best of the lot is given below. But it is still no way close to what I seek. Will I ever get the moon shot I dream of?
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Fuji Finepix S6500fd (28-300mm lens), 1/2.5, F11, 66.7mm, manual focus, manual exposure, ISO100, pattern metering
One fine morning my usual drill of getting ready for work was interrupted by an alarming amount of noise. More like many bunch of keys being shaken in a steel bowl. And the amount of emotion in the ‘voices’ only added to the drama. Making me rush to my balcony to find out what could be causing this uproar. And I find two groups of birds (of the same feather) in strong disagreement over something. They were really going for it. There were no obvious reasons in sight, like say food or younglings etc. Could this be to do with territorial disputes, or courtship or maybe world politics. I will never know…
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There is this abandoned antenna facing my balcony. A reminiscent of the days of terrestrial TV signals. And it is quite a favourite with birds wanting to perch. This specimen would not stop rotating its head in a most amazing fashion, making it disappear once in a while. Just watching the performance gave me the creeps… imagine humans doing it … in coffee shops, bookshops, at the marriage ceremony etc !!
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A few days back, on a moist and light evening, I saw this bird flying back. Alone in the vast sky. And, I thought of the pilgrim traveller. Alone but not lonely.
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Thank God I am not a cloth clip. Imagine being stuck with the same cloth line, hanging upside-down most of your life, weathering the sun and rain and not a word of gratitude from the people whose laundry you are upholding. Maybe I should go say “thanks!” to these bright things ….
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Guldasta 
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