Visiting a beautiful park in the city, on a beautiful sunny day, where no clouds were in the sky, something rather unusual happened to me.
I was enjoying the scenery, the huge artificial lake and the pleasant views of both the vegetation and the fauna of the place when I was standing still because I was photographing a landscape and a flock of pigeons suddenly started to emerge behind me.
There were too many of them, it was impossible to count them, but they seemed to be re-occurring.
I stood still, because I thought that if I moved they would collide with me.
The sensation was unbelievable, I felt that they were emerging behind me, and more and more of them. They were flying past me, but without even touching me.
I continued to stand still, they flew from the back to the front and landed on the ground in front of me. It was unbelievable.
Standing there, still, rigid, what I did was to capture photographs non-stop, one after the other. This opportunity doesn't come along every day.
So I watched what was happening through my phone. It seemed to go on forever.
It was an impressive number of birds, pigeons that slowly landed all in front of me, could it be an omen of something? Well, I don't know, but it was a marvellous event that I had experienced.
To feel their wings almost brushing against me, the air moving between them passing by me, the flapping of their wings without stopping. What brushed me was the breeze produced by the passage of so many birds together.
When a pigeon passes by, people scream and crouch down, I remained very still and silent, witnessing this marvellous spectacle.
What it means, I don't know, but they surrounded me and it was incredible, so much so that for a moment I felt part of them.
I don't think it is causal that in the city of the painter Picasso, for whom the white dove was declared a symbol of peace, this happened to me. I see it as something great and spectacular that happened to me and that I was able to capture it live and at every moment.
Have you ever had something similar happen to you? I would love to know and if you know the meaning of what happened to me too.
I was delighted to share with you this rare event. Best regards to all of you and see you next time.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own, taken with my phone
Separators created by me in Photoshop
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