The 'Light' Side of the LoafOf the many little things I could've noticed around my house, I couldn't help but noticing the crisp, oven-fresh french loaf lying around in the fridge. There it was, in pristine condition beneath its white wrapper, and as I ran my hands over its baker-etched grooves and glazed surface, I saw my camera!. A little voice rang inside my head (My little chef?!?) "If it's too good to be eaten, atleast keep it fresh in your memory!". What better way to do so than by clicking a pic?. (I'd have preferred to keep the actual thing fresh that long, though that would make it too good to be not eaten :P).
So the first pic was taken, and for some reason beyond my understanding, the flash shutter was stuck!... The pic was perfect, bringing out every fine detail of that gorgeous golden loaf. But without flash!, how could that happen? no no, it HAD to be redone!. This led to the second click, after taking the necessary measures to prevent another shutter stuck-er. Picture perfect again, this time with the glow reminescent of flash-illuminated pictures. As I shuttled back and forth between the two, a rather interesting thought passed my mind. Lighting and color differences galore!, one was the light side of the loaf, the other was its dark side!
The 'Dark' Side of the Loaf
I figured this thought of mine could be dismissed as a trick played by a mind saturated with Star Wars, but no!. Looking at the pics a while longer, they seemed analogous to the two sides of the same coin, or rather like the same thing viewed from different perspectives (or more suitably, viewed in a different light ;)). Quite a nice thing to ponder over if you think about it!. Especially with infinite time on your hands. Who knew bread could be this effective when it came to killing time?.
Just for you anxious readers who are thinking "Fine fine, light side, dark side. What happened to the loaf, the bread!?!". Well, unfortunately our loaf isn't loafing around any longer. It was just perfect with the soup we had for dinner. Guess it finally served its purpose served alongside the soup... Bon Appetit!
To wrap it up in typical Star Wars style; In times of hunger and boredom, may the 'loaf' be with you! :).
5 comments:
nice dude.....enjoyed readin it.. :)
the 2 pics triggered quite a thought.
one way of interpreting it is of course as u said like 2 sides of a coin, loaf of bread can hv a dark side yes :D... u can also interpret it as 2 ways of looking at things.. i.e there is always somethin good and bad in everything... so its for us to see what is we want...
Another interpretation of it could be that there is no clear right or wrong in some cases and it entirely depends on the instance ( the lighting here )
so u can either see all of the above* or jus a loaf of bread taken with flash and without flash :D
* fortunately or unfortunately i am born with a philosophical eye so i see all that in a loaf of bread :)
@ confirmed psycho-
Thanks man :) that's nice to know :)
@ kaushik-
I agree with your interpretations :)... the list could go on and on. Yes sometimes there's more to a pic than meets the eye! :) it's great your philosophical eye could see it all!
food,sets the alarm bells rigning..:D..and lighting..awesome man....Nice work 'Enlightening' the loaf:D
@ michael mortetti-
Yes it set my alarm off too :D that's why it went into my bottomless pit :)... Enlightening indeed ;) sometimes I wonder whether I'm the god of all my pics :)
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