Q: why did many expensive lenses cross oceans, and the lenses’ owners then get up so very early on a crisp Rajasthan winter morning?
A: they wanted to secure a “good” position on a rooftop in an unassuming Thar Desert village.
The more meaningful answer has to be seen to be believed…as you will see in Pelican Yoga’s next two, lavishly-illustrated posts.
I took the photo at 7.20 am on 20 February 2020; my beloved and I were among a small group of Australians standing opposite, on another, even “better” rooftop.
At that moment the only animal behaviours within “shooting range” were the antics of eager, lens-wielding humans, and the more relaxed demeanour of their guides.
Our state of great expectation was thirty minutes away from its sudden fulfilment….