"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Ever since Albert Einstein uttered this, a vast majority of dumbheads have been using it to escape from the burden of knowledge.
Here is a story unrelated to the above quote.
The lazy photographer in me has always wanted to venture into the wild to capture the wildlife in its blissful glory. Every time when there is an urge to capture moments and show the world that they don't see very often, I pick my camera and rush to the.......Zoo! That is where you don't have to wait patiently for hours for the right action and capture it skillfully because the moments don't freeze for you. For those who are skill wise handicapped and impatient, a Zoo has its rightful place.
Animals in captivity make me sad though. I comfort myself that at least the kids get an opportunity to watch those animals outside the TV.
On a recent visit to a zoo with family, I went around looking for interesting actions in vain. After cage hopping for hours, we ended up with the last couple of cages of monkeys. With the frustration of having captured no real pics to satiate the inner urge, I stood watching the monkeys.
One of those monkeys was as frustrated and bored as I was. She was just sitting motionless and gazing hopelessly.
And then she let out a wild yawn, bored of boredom. That was the wildest thing seen the whole day and I captured that too.
Ever since Albert Einstein uttered this, a vast majority of dumbheads have been using it to escape from the burden of knowledge.
Here is a story unrelated to the above quote.
The lazy photographer in me has always wanted to venture into the wild to capture the wildlife in its blissful glory. Every time when there is an urge to capture moments and show the world that they don't see very often, I pick my camera and rush to the.......Zoo! That is where you don't have to wait patiently for hours for the right action and capture it skillfully because the moments don't freeze for you. For those who are skill wise handicapped and impatient, a Zoo has its rightful place.
Animals in captivity make me sad though. I comfort myself that at least the kids get an opportunity to watch those animals outside the TV.
On a recent visit to a zoo with family, I went around looking for interesting actions in vain. After cage hopping for hours, we ended up with the last couple of cages of monkeys. With the frustration of having captured no real pics to satiate the inner urge, I stood watching the monkeys.
One of those monkeys was as frustrated and bored as I was. She was just sitting motionless and gazing hopelessly.
It looked like she was posing just for me. I continued taking more pics going around knowing well that most of it will be redundant and end up in the trash.
And then she let out a wild yawn, bored of boredom. That was the wildest thing seen the whole day and I captured that too.
She went back to her Buddha pose and we moved on to the exit.
While at the editing table, sifting through the pile of stale pictures, I thought of giving a little twist to the yawn by cropping and obscuring the context to make it look more like a war roar to reclaim the planet of apes.
With this little tweak, our furry friend turned into a fiery beast with frightening fangs. Now that was good enough for social media.
Titled 'King Kong', this was the most deceiving picture I have ever posted on Facebook besides my heavily edited selfies ;-)
