Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @51mm, f9, Nikon Z 6 Sunset, October; Anhinga perched at the far edge, the flying raptor is crested serpent eagle, its silhouette is in the next shot (one minute later) but the colour has faded, and another anhinga (centre) Rajasthan
Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @68mm, f7.1, Nikon Z 6 Mid-morning, October; Demoiselle Cranes in wetland setting after the rain season. They give the scene the real scale. The birds that pair for life migrate from China and Mongolia to spend winter in India. Rajasthan
Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @70mm, f2.8, ISO 900; Nikon Z 6 Arti by the Ganga; not quite a celebration as we understand it. It rather is acknowledgement externalised via several aspects (of it) and then also in relation to the individual. The flower represents the earth, the element of wholeness, firmness and strength. If we try to trouble our western brain a little and expand this view of elements to our current times (problems), we could see an imbalance between that earth and its opposite side the air but in a reverse way to what used to be typical for the past times/ages when the air element was lacking. Today the imbalance is caused by its excess and by lack of the solid ground (the groundedness). Happy fools will be quick to offer “that” but the truth is it needs to be rediscovered first (it intrinsically is of passive nature) before it can be realised more and before this equation can help us again. That would have become about as difficult and mysterious as it was since the Palaeolithic ‘with the air’. So, no quick fix that I could see. It was a lot of hard work in those days.
