Slow Photography #75 Photo Friends are the Siblings God Meant to GIVE Us
"Hey, ain't it good to know, you've got a friend"
~ Carole King
" Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
~ Mencius
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| A merlin flies over the Wakodahatchee Wetlands near Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
One warm December day, three of us strolled the boardwalk of the South-Florida wetlands known
for its diverse bird life. Dark grey gators, orange iguanas and pure
white herons were at home in Wakodahatchee. Their bright hues drew our eyes and lenses. A banded
raptor flew overhead and my friend looked it up in his bird book. It was a small, fierce raptor called a Merlin.
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| Purple gallinule photograph Courtesy Glenn Kulbako www.kulbakophoto.com |
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| Iguanas are arboreal, and a five foot long male iguana can climb trees as quickly and smoothly as it walks on the ground, photograph courtesy Glenn Kulbako http://www.kulbakophoto.com. |
Below the boardwalk, a pair of purple gallinules were feeding. They hacked away at the roots of green plants with their long toenails. The battery died in one of our cameras, so we shared Nikon bodies and binoculars to get a closer look at these hungry gallinules.
Along the boardwalk, the soundscape was a mix of avian bird cries, alligator grunts and groans, and human Brooklyn accents. As we walked, we weaved around the other photographers and talked about dogs, books, movies, migrations, the environment, TV shows like Tina Fey's 30 Rock, and why male iguanas are orange yet the female iguanas tend to be bright green.
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How did it happen that their lips came together?
How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds,
that the dawn
whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the
quivering summit of the
hill?
A kiss, and all was said.
~Victor Hugo
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| Tricolor heron reflection at Wakodahatchee. |
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