It was a quiet day, I was sitting on a bench in a square and I could see the pigeons in the distance.
They didn't come closer, I think they were busy with something else, chatting among themselves and there seemed to be few of them.
But one thing I have learned, when one approaches for a reason, for example, food, there are too many of them everywhere. As if one calls out to the others.
But then the first one owns the food and scolds the rest to stay away from whatever tasty thing she is eating.
They understand each other, I guess.
I like the variety of colours the pigeons have around here, where I used to live they were mostly grey and the white ones were used for carrier pigeons and there were fewer of them.
The shades of colours are great, there are so many different ones.
A lot of people don't like pigeons, they say they are flying rats, because they bring diseases, but I don't know for sure, unless I'm sick I don't think anything will happen.
They were far away, I don't think they even noticed my presence, but I wanted them to.
I love to capture their movements and how funny they are.
That day I was drinking mate in a park and I was also carrying crackers, the crunchy kind.
I said to myself, at least one pigeon will come to me and so I broke a small cracker between my hands and threw just a little piece... the first pigeon came quickly.
But I don't know if they communicate with each other or if the others saw it, because another one came and then another one and another one, of the most diverse colours.
In a moment there were so many of them in front of me. It's part of nature and I love to admire it, even though many people don't like pigeons. It's as if they have a bad reputation.
Just one biscuit and a lot of them came and they were fighting to eat the crumbs.
It was a great opportunity to capture them with my phone camera, if there's a chance I don't miss it.
I had a lot of patience, because they didn't come, but after the first one came, the others noticed.
It is also true that I had to be very still and quiet and also wait for each shot, although they moved very fast as if desperate to get a crumb of a biscuit.
I think in life there are many situations like this where you have to be patient, keep quiet and wait, wait for the right moment, the opportunity and when it is there don't let it slip away.
Opportunities arise in life almost constantly and if we pay attention and are concentrated and silent, without any bustle in our mind, we can see them and take advantage of them.
Then time passes and we may regret not having captured that photo, that shot, that opportunity.
And we also have to take some crumbs or biscuits, take action, do something to make things happen, cause and effect.
Even nature teaches us great lessons in life, we just have to be attentive.
Thank you very much for watching and reading this far, I wish you a great Sunday.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.