It was still early evening
the sky clear and blue
a robin landed high in the tree
hopped branch to branch
settling in the centre of the tree.
Trying to hurry and be still
I willed this bird of spring
to sit still while branches waved.
Birds, animals and little children
do not settle in one spot too long
so regardless of fading light
I clicked the button on my phone,
His red breast, hidden in the poor light
only showed off in black and white.
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.”
~ Elliot Erwitt, documentary photographer
(1928 ~ 2023)
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