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I know these might not look like spectacular pictures, but they’re incredibly difficult to take. Ever heard the expression “quick as lightning”? So in the same split-second, you have to spot the lightning bolt in a sea of black clouds from 400 km above, aim at this minuscule white dot with your viewfinder and a big 800mm lens, focus (in the dark), and shoot. Needless to say this is impossible unless you figure out another technique… Oh well, maybe looking at the thunder striking the planet from above the massive night clouds doesn’t impress you, but I find it excessively beautiful and menacing, like swimming in deep dark waters at night and wondering what’s below you… Huge respect to Andreas Mogensen who only spent eight days on the ISS but still managed to capture a lightning strike and an even more elusive blue jet erupting upwards from it. His photo (well it was a video still actually) encouraged the "space storm hunter" ASIM facility that is now outside the Columbus module. It is purpose-built to take pictures like this, but they are not so beautiful as they use different wavelengths that are much more interesting and useful to scientists. Also it takes 720 pictures of our planet a minute... continuously, how can we compete with that? Come to think of it, Andreas must be an extremely lucky guy! ;) ASIM is revealing things nobody knew about thunderstorms, explaining new phenomena and discovering new ways of how lightning is interacting with our atmosphere and influencing our climate! www.esa.int/asim
Survolés de nuit, les orages sont spectaculaires, à la fois magnifiques et un peu inquiétants – un peu comme nager de nuit dans des eaux sombres sans savoir ce qui se cache dans les profondeurs... On devine la couverture nuageuse qui recouvre les lumières des villes et donne une texture ouatée au noir du sol, et puis de manière aléatoire, une espèce de boule de lumière s’allume ici et là et dessine les contours du nuage jusqu’ici complètement indistinct dans l’obscurité.
Pendant ma première mission, je n’ai jamais réussi à prendre d’orages en photo de nuit, pour la simple raison que la durée d’un éclair ne donne pas le temps de viser, faire la mise au point et prendre la photo… Cette fois-ci j’ai changé de tactique : je vise une zone d’orages intense avec une mise au point qui devrait être la bonne et je prends les photos au hasard en espérant avoir la chance qu’un éclair claque au moment où j’appuie sur le déclencheur (et que mon exposition et ma mise au point sont correctes). Pour une fois, après 5 minutes de mitraillage, je ne suis pas revenu bredouille de la chasse aux éclairs. Mon collègue et ami Andy Mogensen a quant à lui réussi à photographier des jets bleus jaillissant par-dessus un orage pendant sa mission en 2015, dans le cadre de l’expérience THOR, et a ainsi permis de lever le voile sur un phénomène jusque-là resté très mystérieux. A la suite de son cliché, l’ESA a fait installer l'équipement ASIM sur l’extérieur de la Station, capable de mitrailler les orages (longueurs d'ondes différentes et 720 photos par minute !). On a encore beaucoup à apprendre sur la foudre, notamment comment elle interagit avec notre atmosphère et influence notre climat.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Difficult shot to take because all that was running through my mind was.....shove him over the edge:))) Shame I couldn't find any foreground interest to add value to this image:))
Difficult conditions for photography but I always think of this as a challenge!
This is taken on top of the Quantock Hills in Somerset ... it was very misty but the dark outline of this small copse of weathered trees really stood out against the grey mist
Not sure if it works?
Large gives a better feel for the atmosphere
I was driving up to the Cascade Lookout at Manning Park. The road is very winding and hangs off the side of the mountain. I came around a bend and spotted this deer. It tried to cross over to the other side but it was a very vertical rock face and it went back to the edge which was a substantial drop. Fortunately there was no traffic and I pulled over to the right as far as I could and there was enough room for the deer to bound past me.
St Michaels mount is rather difficult to take with out first being cliché (it has been photographed so many times before) and secondly because the sun sets to the right here (this shot is taken facing south).
This particular shot was taken at about mid summer so the sunset was very late and it was a long drive back to where we were staying. Plus id managed to persuade Cathy and the kids to stay out and I felt under pressure to get back.
I really messed up here because we parked in a charity car park on your way in, and when I got back to get the car (Cathy was in the pub with the kids) at 10pm it was locked in! I was in deep trouble! I quickly began to take the gate of the hinges, in order not to break it and this bloke walks up to me asking what I was doing. He must have watched me walk back to the car and it was his responsibility to let me out. We exchanged conversation for a bit and luckily he opened the gate and I was on my way! Cathy didn’t show it but when we got back at midnight she was rather annoyed with me. The next day I made sure that I was extra nice and I think I got away with it but the shoot I really wanted to do, of St Just will have to wait till next year.
The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as “SAM”) is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA (from wikipedia).
Did I suggest yesterday that the weather in Seattle in February is not good? Sorry Ray. It was good enough for a nice walk in the downtown area without spending time in a museum. I was searching quite a while to find the right angle for this one and hope I got it. It was difficult because there were all these cables, the traffic lights, some lamps and the moving arm of this piece of art. I thought about enhancing the look from below by playing with PS perspective but feared it might be too much.
- Difficult solution ...... has the dilemma of cauliflower .....
Only one thing left to do .....
I fix it ......
- Dificil solución......, tiene el dilema de la coliflor.....
Sólo una cosa queda por hacer.....
Solucionarlo....
During these challenging and difficult times, show some love for our emergency services; out there doing their best to help and protect us. From fairies at the bottom of your garden to 'the borrowers' we are obsessed with the fantasy of little people in a
full-sized world. My 'downsizing' project, using model railway figures, food and everyday objects, is merely an
extension of those thoughts.
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For a dog who doesn't like to be touched & can find just being physically close to people difficult, it's always extra special seeing that happy grin, as Flynn races back to me when I call his name! Flynn's recall has always been reliable, since before he came to me - although we're continually working on *keeping* it good & over time he's definitely got more enthusiastic about coming back & sticking around afterwards.
My old Barney has a very good recall too - except if something scares him (usually a gunshot) & then he's capable of suddenly turning tail & running off. It's terrifying having your usually obedient dog go completely deaf to your calls & fleeing into the distance. Usually, Barney would return after a minute but once or twice, he has disappeared for longer, or I've had to hunt for him under bushes & in ditches, after he'd just decided to hide. Those occasional incidents where Barney's not listened have resulted in him spending much more of his life stuck on a lead, when he should have been playing free.
Flynn's never been scared of gunshot in the way Barney is but I've seen him spook a bit - at things like the squeal of a mountain bike's brakes, & I wouldn't put it past him to get into a panic, especially given his other issues. I was determined Flynn would learn that coming back to me is *always* the best option. We practice recalls regularly & he gets a treat party whenever we hear a potentially "scary" sound, or see something unexpected. Looks like the training has payed off - these days, if Flynn hears a bang or sees something weird, his automatic reaction, is to whirl back around & dash over to me.
Difficult to move in the garden at the moment without tripping over a baby bird of some type. These siblings were enjoying a little sunbathing on my patio while I kept watch for the local Sparrowhawks.
It's been a difficult week. Sometimes the pain almost brings me to tears. Fortunately, I can arrange to be by myself at those times. Makes for long, long days. And, my mom has ended up in hospital again. Unfortunately, my sister who spends half the year there, in Az.,returned to Canada yesterday. Any news I get now is third, or fourth hand. What a process. Anyhow, the grey flowers kinda represent how I'm feeling about now. I know many of you won't like the photo, but, that's ok. It is what it is.
Difficult to get across to many here. The food value- negative number. But people are distracted by other issues.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Honore de Balzac
It is difficult to capture the beauty of the blooming of the Red maple trees. It is everywhere as the tree is very common here but the color is delicate and the blossoms are small. I hope you get some sense of what it looks like.
And another interested onlooker!
Very difficult looking at these photos given the recent events up in Darwin with the crash of another osprey. My heart goes out to the family of the fallen marines. RIP heros❤️❤️️. You will never be forgotten.
It was so "difficult" to arrive at Hallstatt.We left Vienna very early trying to catch the train at 06:40 am.We should get off at Attang-Puchheim for a change, but we missed one station and got off at Vocklabruck.While we were consulting for the next train back to where we should be, my friend realized that she left her handbag on that train...God bless.We talked to those worked at the station, they found what we lost and left it at Salzburg.Then we travelled there and got it back.Later, all way back.It was almost 13:30 when we got to Halsstatt.Tired but excited.
After a difficult uphill hike - two steps forward, one step back - along the loose scree of the Caineville mesa, I had finally gained enough height to look over the otherwordly formation below me. The setting sun cast a wonderful yellow glow as my eyes kept following the countours below me, back and forth, over and over. A meditation of just me, and this strange land below.
Really difficult shooting conditions at Derby today (although I hate complaining about any sunny day!). At least, I thought, the reason for my visit would be at the right angle to the sun..........but, no, instead of following its booked path round the goods loop (perfect for the sun) it was routed through Platform 3. Grrrr! 59003 was working Tinsley Yard to Bardon Hill.
Difficult to make a picture in the Haupbahnhof of Dresden. Not a lot of cars that night and my bus was leaving, but I was lucky enough to get the tram in the picture.
Difficult to get this one right, 1 stop overexposed Kodachrome 64 slidefilm shot.
Minolta 7000AF - 100-200/3.5 - Kodachrome 64 slidefilm. June 15,, 1986
W/O August 26th, 1987.
Ex-US Navy F-4J Phantom BuNo 155510. Delivered 13/12/1984. Written off 26/8/1987: Flew into a slight ridge at Pant-y-Gwair, ten miles SE of Aberystwyth, Dyfed during low level intercept practice with two other Phantoms. Both crew - Pilot Flight Lieutenant Euan Holm MURDOCH and Navigator Flying Officer Jeremy Lindsey OGG - were killed. This incident was the only F-4J(UK) Phantom of 74 Squadron to be lost in operational service.
Source : aviation-safety.net
Hands down, the absolutely most difficult part of this build so far was figuring out Elendil's face. My client wanted it as close to the movie as possible and with a little back and forth, I think we have finally achieved that!
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Its difficult to believe that it has been 3 years since I built this model and finally photographed it!
To be fair, it was substantially rebuilt last year just before exhibiting it at Skærbæk 2019 in Denmark. The model has the following features:
1. Full interior lighting
2. Directional headlamps
3. PFx Brick sound effects
4. Dual 9V motor bogies with dedicated motor channels from the PFx Brick
5. Close coupling mechanism which elastically expands around corners and switches
I will be uploading some more detailed shots of the interior, lighting, couplers, etc. very soon for the benefit of anyone interested in those sorts of details.
A bit of a contradiction, but maybe the explanation will clear things up. One website says they are 13” long, but they seem much smaller when you see them from a distance and are difficult to spot….usually. This particular male was easy to find because he was busy calling for a mate and all I had to do was follow the calls. They usually don’t stick around and can walk though the branches of a reed like a hot knife through butter and disappear in the blink of an eye. This is a male photographed on Armand Bayou. Two shots here to give you some indication how small he is when seen from a distance in the reeds.
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Atop the Wonder Wheel. It was a difficult shot. I was in a contorted position and shooting through the screened-in cage.
Rides at Coney:
Today, the amusement area contains various rides, games such as skeeball, ball tossing, and a sideshow; games of shooting and throwing and tossing skills.
The rides and other amusements at Coney Island are owned and managed by several different companies, and operate independently of each other. It is not possible to purchase season tickets to the attractions in the area.
Three of the rides at Coney Island are protected as designated NYC landmarks and recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.
* Wonder Wheel. Built in 1918 and opened in 1920, this steel Ferris wheel has both stationary cars and rocking cars that slide along a track. It holds 144 riders, stands 150 feet (46 m) tall, and weighs over 2,000 tons. At night the Wonder Wheel's steel frame is outlined and illuminated by neon tubes. It is part of Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.[21]
* The Cyclone roller coaster, built in 1927, is one of the nation's oldest wooden coasters still in operation. A favorite of some coaster aficionados, the Cyclone includes an 85-foot (26 m), 60 degree drop. It is owned by the City, and was operated by Astroland, under a franchise agreement. It is located across the street from Astroland.
* The Parachute Jump, originally the Life Savers Parachute Jump at the 1939 New York World's Fair, was the first ride of its kind. Patrons were hoisted 190 feet (58 m) in the air before being allowed to drop using guy-wired parachutes. Although the ride has been closed since 1968, it remains a Coney Island landmark and is sometimes referred to as "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower." Between 2002 and 2004, the Jump was completely dismantled, cleaned, painted and restored, but remains inactive. After an official lighting ceremony in July 2006, the Parachute Jump was slated to be lit year round using different color motifs to represent the seasons. However, this idea was scrapped when New York City started conserving electricity in the summer months. It has not been lit regularly since.
Other notable attractions include:
* The B&B Carousell (that was how the frame's builder, William F. Mangels, spelled it). In addition to its unusual spelling, it is Coney Island's last traditional carousel, now surrounded by furniture stores, near the old entrance to Luna Park. The carousel is an especially fast one, with a traditional roll-operated band organ. When the long-term operator died unexpectedly, the carousel was put up for auction, and it was feared the ride would leave Coney Island or, worse, that it would be broken up for sale to collectors, being one of the last intact traditional carousels in the U.S. still in private hands. In an act of brinksmanship with the owners, the City of New York bought the B&B Carousell a few days before the auction. It has been dismantled and will operate in Coney Island; the specific location is still to be determined. All the other carousels on Coney Island are kiddie park-style.
* Bumper cars. There are three separate bumper car rides in Coney Island, located in Astroland, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, and Eldorado's Arcade on Surf Avenue.
* Haunted houses. Three traditional dark ride haunted houses operate at Coney Island: Dante's Inferno (Astroland), Spook-a-Rama (Deno's) and the Ghost Hole (independent).
This is a head of kale growing in the greenhouse at Lexington Community Farm. Once harvested, it will be sold in the farm's store or distributed in the CSA program. I'd been meaning to photograph these in the field, but breezes make focus stacks difficult. This one has 65 frames.
It's difficult to see on the small picture, but on the upper-right side there's a very common sight on Iguassu Falls: the "Andorinhão-da-cascata" (Great Dusky Swift) bird, and they are very brave as they make their nest behind the falls, and it's amazing to see little birds such as this one flying through the falling water of Salto Bossetti so naturally...
Thursday, October 15 was a day to remember. Long, hard, tension filled, and, I'm not even talking about work. It's the day our newest grandchild was to be born. Beth, our daughter-in-law, went to hospital early in the morning, and, the first news I got was at 11, that the Dr. had broken her water. Then, nothing for hours. Beth had had a very, very difficult first delivery with Jeremiah, where both became at risk. This time was even worse. Beth, and the unborn baby were in my thoughts and prayers all day. I was asked dozens of times (many of the teachers had taught both of them) how they were doing but, I had nothing to tell them. No word till 3:46 from my wife. Two words, in fact-"emergency surgery." Nothing more. Well, for a guy who tends to over think which pair of identical underwear he is going to put on each day, "emergency surgery" set my mind to rambling, and most thoughts were not good. I asked my wife if that meant C section, and she replied, "I guess." (We were texting, by the way.) At 4:26, I get (through a round-about message) "Baby is born. Laboured breathing. Working on baby," from my son, Jonathan. At 4:44, I was told that there had been blood, and the baby had inhaled it. Later, we found out that she had inhaled ,and swallowed, and that hear tiny little heart stopped more than once before birth. Unbeknownst to Dr.s, Beth had haemorrhaged into her uterus, and it was filled with blood. In the end, both mom and baby put up a grand fight, and came through. Baby is spending the night in Baby ICU, hooked up to more than any baby should have to, but, she continues to fight, and mom, Beth is doped up to the gills with pain meds. She is so hoping to hold her little one tomorrow. Baby was born at 8lbs, 3oz,, and apart from the obvious, ongoing breathing difficulties, I expect she will be strong and vibrant, like her brothers. Baby's name is Anna. That is my mom's name (though she hated it, and goes by Ann), and Beth's great-grandmother's name, so my wife tells me. I'm emotionally drained, but, can't shut my mind off. Seeing that little sweetheart in that incubator with most of her precious face covered with stuff to breath, was heartbreaking, and difficult to watch. Day one for Baby Anna, was a day of fighting for her life. What could the world ever throw at her that would be more difficult.
Difficult to shoot these at a distance especially when they are feeding by spinning around on the spot :0) Not great but my first encounter.
Rallus aquaticus - A very difficult species to see, remaining in deep cover most of the time.
[order] Gruiformes | [family] Rallidae | [latin] Rallus aquaticus | [UK] Water Rail | [FR] Râle d'eau | [DE] Wasserralle | [ES] Rascón Europeo | [IT] Porciglione comune | [NL] Waterral | [IRL] Rálóg uisce
spanwidth min.: 40 cm
spanwidth max.: 43 cm
size min.: 23 cm
size max.: 26 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 19 days
incubation max.: 22 days
fledging min.: 20 days
fledging max.: 30 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 6
eggs max.: 11
Status: Resident at wetlands throughout Ireland.
Conservation Concern: Amber-listed due to a decline in the breeding population. The European population is considered to be Secure.
Identification: A secretive and skulking species which is more often seen than heard. Can sometimes be seen when it emerges from dense wetland vegetation briefly before disappearing again. A small bird with a rounded rear to its body, which is slender and laterally compressed in order to help it slip through dense vegetation such as reeds. Has a long bill which is red on the adult bird. Legs are long with very long toes which help spread its weight on wet ground. The upperparts are dark brown with black spotting. In the adult the body and 'face' are blue-grey, the flanks and belly are barred black and white and the under-tail coverts (which are easy to see on the cocked tail) are whitish. The juvenile bird is similar to the adult but is whitish underneath (not grey), has a pale bill and a stronger patterning on the head. Has short rounded wings and when flying into cover dangles its legs.
Similar Species: Moorhen
Call: A distinctive call like a pig squealing coming from dense vegetation is a sure sign that a Water Rail is close by.
Diet: Eats both plant and animal matter. Feeds on land or in shallow water, will some times swim and will even, though rarely, dive. Food includes fish, insects, frogs, seeds and roots.
Breeding: Breeds in emergent vegetation such as marshes and reed beds. Most nesting territories recorded in Britain have a number of common elements:- static or slow moving fresh water, often open mud and invariably tall, emergent vegetation. The vegetation is often tall reeds, sedges, reedmace or rush, but they can also be found in damp field corners. Nest is built close to the ground, near or on water, usually in thick vegetation. Widespread in both inland and coastal areas. Ireland has a great abundance of Water Rail, which is no doubt due to our great number of wetlands.
Wintering: Widespread.
Where to See: A very difficult species to see, remaining in deep cover most of the time. Looking along the edges of reed beds, especially from the cover of a hide, will occasionally yield sightings. Easier to see in the winter, when they are more confiding and numbers are swollen by wintering birds from Europe
Physical characteristics
In 60% of nominate birds, variable number of greater and median upperwing coverts have white bars, black feathers, white markings may also occur on alula (bastard wing), primary covers and even remiges. Undertail coverts usually white but may have variable amounts of buff, and sometimes show black baring. female smeller with shorter bill.
Habitat
Any type of dense riparian and aquatic vegetation at still or slow-moving water. Breeding habitat includes reedbeds and other emergent vegetation of swamps, marshes and fens. Mainly lowland, but resident up to 2000 meter.
Other details
This rail inhabits wetlands in a major part of Eurasia, from Iberia, Iceland and southern Scandinavia to Iran, China and eastern Siberia. The birds of the south and the west of that area are largely sedentary. Those of northern and eastern Europe are migratory and winter in the south-west of the continent. Nearly all populations are adversely affected by the destruction of wetlands, and the species is showing an overall decline
Feeding
Diet many terrestrial and aquatic insects and teir larvae, worms, leeches, molluscs, shrimps and spiders. Small vertebrates, killed or as carrion, including amphibians, fish, birds and mammals. Plant foods include shoots, roots, seeds, berries and fruits.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population, including an estimated 290,000-730,000 individuals in Europe (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Seasonal monogamous pair bond, solitary nests, highly territorial while breeding. Both parents build nest and incubate eggs (range 5-16, average 6-11). Two broods normal and egg loss is followed by replacement clutch. Chicks precocial. Initially brooded in and fed in nest, taking food for themselves by five days, fledge 7-8 weeks, breed by one year old.
Migration
Mainly resident in west and south, migratory or partially migratory elsewhere. Present (at least formerly) all year in Iceland (race hibernans), more or less dependent in winter on warm water from volcanic springs. Degree of emigration uncertain, but has been collected Faeroes, mainly in winter; identified as passage migrant to Scottish islands and as winter visitor to Ireland. Nominate race believed mainly resident in North Sea countries, south-west Europe, Mediterranean basin, Turkey, and southern FSU, but migratory or partially migratory elsewhere in Europe, where continental climate prevails. Small numbers overwinter on west and south coasts of Norway, in south Sweden, Denmark, Germany southwards, and not infrequently in Oder delta (Poland), wherever ice-free water remains. Only exceptional in winter further east. Britain and Ireland receive birds from east to Sweden, Poland, and Czech Republic; migratory elements of continental populations also winter south to Mediterranean (including North Africa), Near East, Black Sea, Caucasus, and Turkmenistan. Thus withdraws south of total breeding range only to limited extent. Juveniles from early broods can begin dispersing in July, and adults also may move in late summer if their marsh dries out. In especially favourable habitats, passage birds may pause for several weeks, particularly in late summer to early autumn, for wing moult; flightless for c. 3 weeks. True migration begins in August, at peak in September-October, tailing off in November as winter quarters reached. In mild winters, return movement can begin late February, but northward passage mainly March to mid-April, and spring migration virtually ceased by end April.
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This is a short-long report I did this year, about the feast of St. Blaise which is celebrated on February, in the town of Motta Camastra (Sicily); St. Blaise was a bishop and martyr and always close to the humble. It is said that in life, he managed to save a child from certain death by suffocation due to a plug that had lodged in his throat.
Bluebell blue is notoriously difficult to catch. I rarely achieved it before digital. This morning I planned to catch the early light shining into the woodland under the tree canopy, so that bluebells in the shade were right next to the ones all lit up.
It hasn't quite worked how I hoped, as a was a bit late, and the bluebells are past their best. So I've added a photo taken at the same time, to the left, all in the shade, with a fallen tree, which is beautiful in its own right.
It was one of those magic times in the wood, and I got very excited. The pictures haven't yet lived up to that thrill. Sometimes they come good later.
This photograph was more difficult to capture than it looks. That is because I wanted the entire flower and butterfly to be in focus, but I did not want the background grassland to look cluttered. I used a Nikon 105mm macro f2.8 on a Nikon D810 full frame body with an aperture of f18, but I moved in quite close so this has very little cropping. I discovered recently that Chalkhill Blues (Polyommatus coridon) have disappeared from many of their downland localities. They need short-grazed turf with lots of their larval foodplant Horsehoe Vetch. But they also need the right kind of ants which thrive in short turf. Their relationship with ants is truly mutually beneficial as the ants protect them from predators and parasites, and in return the caterpillar exudes fluid with sugar and amino acids which the ants drink. The UK population declined by about a third (34%) between 1995 and 2004. Declines are probably attributed to loss of short turf when vegetation grows tall. This can be lack of agricultural grazing, or more likely rabbits, which suffer population crashes due to periodic outbreaks of myxomatosis. I photographed this male near the north of its British range in Cambridgeshire, although its foodplant Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) also occurs on limestone in the north of England.
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Volume II of my temporary files opens on a difficult period of my life, during my rehabilitation at the Saint-Yves clinic following a fairly serious health accident (see my series « Heart Passages » published last year)
It ends at work, and in the immediate vicinity of my company’s offices.
(Because yes, I also photograph at work :-) )