rewatched aragorn’s coronation scene and i just realized you can see elrond’s heart breaking as she goes to join aragorn
like, that is the face of a man who was promised eternity with his daughter, a reunion in the west no matter what happened, only to lose her forever to love
I really don't understand the behavior of birders and wildlife photographers that risk an endangered species. But then when you look at Instagram you see that there is a tendency to post rare birds and animals in very close-up perfect pictures. And even in birding there is a quite substantial amount of birders who see birding as a kind of competition about who sees how many species with rare birds giving extra points. Just two month ago I encountered some of those in a bird hide and they immediately left after they only saw he "usual" birds, because they were only looking for rare birds that were on their list. That is not birding for me.
I just don't get it. I mostly take pictures of birds in my neighborhood that are used to being around humans, but I also visit wildlife reserves and love good bird hides that allow you to see birds up close without disturbing them. I would never stray from the allowed path to search for rare birds. Humans already take away so much from natural habitats that the remaining one should belong to the wildlife without human disturbance. And there are so many interesting things to see without disturbing nature, like wildlife in the city that is used to be around humans. You can make so interesting observations of behavior and take so nice pictures (and make crow friends) without endangering a rare species.
What’s everyone’s first race they remember? Mine is Singapore 2017 for sure, I have that first lap crash totally encoded in my mind, even though I remember the 2016 season as a whole. It has to be a memorable race, right? Nobody remembers like, the French GP of 2021.