https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/564161#M8823 <P>The backstory makes this fine photo even better.</P> Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:32:55 GMT Jkarl 2025-08-13T16:32:55Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/563741#M8792 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Gautamwin_0-1754877361036.jpeg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69147i7D786FCAABCF08BD/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Gautamwin_0-1754877361036.jpeg" alt="Gautamwin_0-1754877361036.jpeg" /></span></P> <DIV class="xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">I was driving on a lonely country road when I noticed something that made me slow down. On one side of the road, there was a beautiful chicken farm. The fields were fresh and green, dotted with small yellow and white flowers, and inside the fence were hundreds of chickens. They looked healthy, strong, and well-fed, moving around like a cheerful crowd at a small village fair.</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">I parked my car by the side and stood there for a while, just watching them. Most of them were busy scratching the ground, chasing each other, and pecking at the grass. It was like they had their own little world, full of small joys.</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">But then my eyes caught something different. Away from the noisy group, one chicken stood alone. It wasn’t running. It wasn’t playing. It just stood there quietly, looking into the distance, as if its mind was somewhere far away.</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">Its body was healthy, but its eyes carried a strange heaviness. It almost looked like it was thinking about something important. I couldn’t stop wondering — maybe it knew something the others didn’t. Maybe it sensed that soon, its turn would come to leave this peaceful green field. Perhaps tomorrow, it might be taken to a butcher shop, never to return here again.</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">I felt a strange sadness. In life, we often see this — in a crowd full of laughter, there is always someone who stays quiet, lost in their own thoughts. Sometimes they smile on the outside but carry something heavy inside. Just like this chicken, they stand apart, watching the world, knowing something that others don’t.</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <DIV dir="auto">As I got back into my car, the image of that lone chicken stayed with me. It reminded me how precious every free moment is, and how important it is to notice the silent ones among us — because they often have the deepest stories</DIV> </DIV> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:58:37 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/563741#M8792 Gautamwin 2025-08-11T01:58:37Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/563796#M8797 <P>Was it going to cross the road. Very good photo, giving a bit of contemplation of the part of the chicken and the photographer.</P> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:50:17 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/563796#M8797 Tintype_18 2025-08-11T14:50:17Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/564160#M8822 <P>Glutamine,</P> <P>The vignetting is a nice touch.</P> <P>Steve Thomas</P> Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:27:03 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/564160#M8822 stevet1 2025-08-13T16:27:03Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/564161#M8823 <P>The backstory makes this fine photo even better.</P> Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:32:55 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Lost-in-Thought/m-p/564161#M8823 Jkarl 2025-08-13T16:32:55Z