Off late, I just felt like exploring
my long kept DSLR camera. All thanks to Anurag Sir. When I looked at his mesmerizing
pictures, I always thought that photography is about capturing the right
fleeting moments and he surely was good at that. I reasoned I could try my
hands on it too. Obviously, I do get it, it’s not as easy as he makes it sound.
But undeniably interesting.
Obviously during this pandemic, I cannot
really travel anywhere. So here I was, sitting on my terrace exploring the
clear blue sky. It surely looked grand and felt serene sitting under an
umbrella of the unruffled stillness.
Technically, when I was a kid, I had
figured out why sky was blue? When
sunlight falls on the atoms that make up the air, some of the light bounces off
and Shorter-wavelength colours, such as blue, are scattered more effectively — making
this firmament look blue — while the remaining sunlight that falls to our eyes
is slightly yellowed by the loss of some of its blue. Simple.
But with the sun setting down, this
simplicity was seemed much more complex to me- the brilliance of colours was
splendid - something so very captivating. The pink crimson rays alluded more
than its literal meaning. The orange haze splashed a warm sensation onto me,
and the calmness flew by with the wind making me heart stop for a second. Oh
wait! Was I seeing this all from my own terrace?
The chirping birds flying like free
souls through the canvas of dusk amidst the infinite azure space. These heavens-bound
birdies looked so happy together relishing the play of colours from zenith to
the horizon flaunting their confidence and happiness like they knew it all.
And here we are so reluctant to let
ourselves be- so fearful of change- so fretful for handling any pressures. Isn’t
life also the same? Don’t we get brawnier and stronger with every darkness that
we sail through. Don’t we gain all the optimism to fly higher with each passing
day? Don’t we just become a better version of ourselves with changing shades of
life? Just a few minutes on the terrace brought in so much introspection. Bliss
it was.
Straight up, even after so much
reflection, I don’t know if I am yet ready to try on the newer shades. All I
know is that after today, I plan to go more often to my terrace looking in
peace and whenever I sit down to tint in
with my brushes next, my sky might just be pink and not blue for a change.
Reminds me of my daughter’s status that
read a few days back “Great things never came from comfort zones.” Right my
sweetheart I promise to take you very seriously.
