“the experience of hearing Judy Garland sing ‘Over the Rainbow.’ When the song and the credits end, I am left with the feeling that ought to be a paradise, and I am reminded of C.S. Lewis’s famous quote: ‘If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.’ We do not need to only participate in dark or troubling stories, but we do need to give priority to stories that haunt us, unsettle us, and expand us, whether through beauty and delight or tragedy. We also need to make time and space to interpret the stories through dialogue with others. Living in an atomistic culture, our default response to receiving a story is not to interpret it in community. We may have a personal opinion about it. We may tweet a 280 character review. We may debate parts of the story. But most of us are not inclined to take the time to slowly work through the meanings of the story and dialogue with one another. In other words, the prolonged, thoughtful, charitable dialogue about stories I’m recommending will not happen naturally. We need to intentionally pursue it.”
Alan Noble Disruptive Witness
The Big Guy’s distance estimation sounds a little like the Sine of the Sign, of something like that. But the pictures are WOW!
Jim T
Jim – Thanks!
Terrific pictures!
Tom
Tom – Many thanks. We were *so* lucky to see this. I think we hung around for 15 minutes for a repeat engagement but although the adult came back once, it had no fish and just veered off without landing.
“The Osprey Descending” deserves accolades similar to “The Lark Ascending.” The light in the third shot that illuminates the underside of the parental wings as well as the nest and its waiting offspring also is divine and invites other comparisons with Divine nurture. Another Sunday sermon delivered and gratefully received.
Laurna – Yes, again we had the luck with us for the position of the sun. I’m still waiting for similar luck with a loon photo. Usually I’m shooting up-sun, and those dark heads definitely need some sunlight on them: from behind the camera, not in front of it!
Nice captures Isabel!
Nice to see them in a “natural” nest (i.e. not on a human-made platform or pylon).
I always love the way they line the talons up with a fish so it is a streamlined position, but must admit I don’t recall seeing one with the fish tail first. (But then I don’t claim to have seen a statistically significant quantity of osprey bringing fish to their offspring)
Jim – Many thanks. I can see that this sort of thing could be addictive. Hanging around, always hoping for a better shot . . . better light . . lower angle.