{"id":264,"date":"2021-10-12T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2022-05-28T06:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T06:56:43","slug":"on-a-wing-and-a-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/?page_id=264","title":{"rendered":"On a Wing and a Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:70% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" data-attachment-id=\"262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/?attachment_id=262\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?fit=1068%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1068,837\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1184259472&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The pigeon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?fit=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?fit=1024%2C803&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=1024%2C803&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=1024%2C803&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=768%2C602&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=880%2C690&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?resize=220%2C172&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shruti.karandikar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-pigeon.jpg?w=1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Where are you going<br>On a wing and a prayer?<br>Your shadow following you.<br>Safe travels, take care!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">-Shruti<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great example of serendipity. My objective was to capture pictures of bats that hang out (haha) on a tree close to my house. I happened to capture this image of a pigeon in flight on the spur of the moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my entry to the YRE 2021 nature photography competition, for which I won the second prize!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are you goingOn a wing and a prayer?Your shadow following you.Safe travels, take care! -Shruti This is a great example of serendipity. My objective was to capture pictures of bats that hang out (haha) on a tree close to my house. I happened to capture this image of a pigeon in flight on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":856,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions\/382"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shruti.karandikar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}