Taming the Wildlife - A Lesson in photography

 Taming the Wildlife - A Lesson in photography 

The rules of Nature are the same, bold and cruel, 

benevolent and fair. 

Photos and Verses by Dr Abe V Rotor

 

Papilio butterfly resting on a jar of water.  At home, QC   

Caution, slowly get close to your subject,

     a blue butterfly sitting by the water;

like Narcissus admiring his own image; 

     through the lens you're a storyteller.   

Salamander, aquatic reptiles raised as aquarium pets. At home, QC 

Prehistoric in miniature, these reptiles are,

     living fossils frozen by time;

revealed by macro lens the past before human

     came to earth over the clime. 

Parrots and love birds in captivity offer a close photographic 

study of colors and plumage designs. At home, QC

The hardest subject in photography is wildlife;

     unless you study them in captivity;

adapted and acclimatized they yield to details,

     obedient sans freedom and natural beauty.  

A carp eyeing a potential prey across a glass wall. 

Two worlds apart these creatures live: 

    one in water, the other in air;

Yet the rules of Nature are the same,

    bold and cruel, benevolent and fair. ~