Image by Tiago Ribeiro
My
camera has auto focus; switch it on, point, press -
It
focuses on its own
All
you have to do is to press down all the way.
Of
late, the auto focus doesn't work.
I
pull the focus ring manually, forward and backward
It
never focuses sharply.
This
is the only camera I have; guess I will have to live
With
images blurred.
To
buy a new one is not an option
Till
the next life, if there is one.
But
I do take out my camera everyday
Brush
it and blow away the dust
Tweak it here and there
Imagine
sharp and clear images.
One
day, it might snap back to life.
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Balachandran V, Trivandrum, 19.11.2013
"One day, it might snap back to life". Until that day comes camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's world, as Susan Sontag said.
ReplyDelete:-) 'Camera' in this poem is a metaphor for my life... We always talk about ' how to be focused' in life. Today over a telephone conversation, a friend hinted at my lack of focus. :-) ; hence the poem!
Delete"This is the only camera I have; guess I will have to live
DeleteWith images blurred "
Wet my eyes my friend..
I hope manual or autofocus,
the 'blurred vision' will finally
make it's appearance there..
Coz'your kind hands and soul
would have 'touched' the camera
so very often..
But one day, I know, it will focus.... :-) Btw, Chena Molagoshyum was mouth watering.
DeleteThanks for the beautiful click as header there.I could sense how 'different' my Trivandrum looks now !
ReplyDeleteThank you. You wouldn't recognize MG Road now. Multi-storeyed Jewellery shops, Silk, shopping malls. You ever been to the 'Parakkovil' near Thirumala, from where you could a bird's eye view of Trivandrum? The once beautiful landscape is now marred with high-rise apartments...
ReplyDelete:) Haaa out of focus images form good bokeh images Balan. So enjoy your focus and out of focus moments :)
ReplyDelete:-D Yeah, esp;, when you have had a couple under the belt! You said it, I am kinda enjoying the current out of focus vision! :-)
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