Bicycle
“Bicycle” / Nay Pyi Taw / Galaxy Note 8 / March 2018
Back to Basics. The other advantage of having a phone that has a good camera is, you can take a quick snap shot of almost anything at almost anytime. No digging inside a deep camera bag, no rush to attach the right lens, no heavy straps pulling down your shoulder. Just pull out the phone, swipe the camera on, find the right angle in your screen, then click. Voila!, you may already have a winner.
My hotel in Nay Pyi Taw has sprawling grounds by the lakeside, perfect for a morning walk, but I found this bicycle one morning as I went out of the hotel building. Instead of immediately riding it, I noticed and liked the long shadow thrown by the early morning sun of the bicycle. So, I pulled out my phone, a Galaxy Note 8, from my pocket and clicked this image before proceeding to my morning exercise. Easy. Captured an image I liked without so much of a sweat!
The drag of endless mental work in a strange land takes its toll. Fatigue can kill so petty escapades provide hopeful deviations from the brewing madness. An aging DSLR keeps good company to a walk around the neighbourhood, a short drive to a scenic place, or a silent recollection in a quiet nook granting that the host community and the elements of nature would allow one a safe passage to solitude and contemplation. Loneliness quickly turns to joy when something exciting gets captured by the cam’s shutter then set free into the laptop’s screen followed by electric words that rush from the fingers to the keyboard in an effort to describe the moment. Alas, the brain is alive once again!
Lovely image.
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