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Fight or Flight

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Where: Woburn Estate, Bedfordshire UK
What: Mist, Park, Trees
When: March 2016
With What: Hasselblad CFV16II, 500cm, 80mm f2.8, + Fuji Velvia 50, f8/8th, tripod. Lens self Timer.

Popping out for a walk with our dog Fletcher I decided to take him a little further afield to the Woburn Estate. I took my Hasselblad Film kit with the digital back as back up.
Luckily the weather was very misty which did hide the fact I and the dog kept travelling off the beaten path into areas which, I think, were possibly out of bounds. Though in my defence, when I met the security guard on my way back to my car, I explained that the signs were shrouded in thick mist. Ahem.

I wondered around the Woburn Estate taking photos, every so often I’d stop and take some shots including a few derivatives. As I was enjoying the peaceful scene with some music playing on my headphones.
Mid way through changing my film to the digital back I had a hand tap on my shoulder, Fck!!! I jumped out of my skin.
I quickly turned round in shock to see another photographer looking at my pointing in the direction of the path in front of me.
Unplugging from my music and trying to slow my heart a little she asked again if I minded her getting in my shot as she passed and walked down the hill. Stuttering an acknowledgment was all I could muster as she walked off into the mist, apologising as she went. Had I had the presence of mind I probably should have taken a shot with her in the scene but I was still in fight or flight mode and it had totally fazed my brain.

The dog meanwhile was sitting there wagging his tail at me like he knew what was going on the whole time. I admonished him for not letting me know there was a person behind me and packed up to walk down the hill back to the car.

I hope you like it.

Converted to B&W in Lightroom, a selenium tint process added and a signature shoved on it.

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MatthiasHaltenhof's avatar
great image! love the simplicity.