Notes From Nowhere

I worked quite hard for this one, both when I took it and in post. So that’s an indication that, in the end, it may not hold its own: In my experience, the strongest images are always the easiest – you know they’ll work even before you take them. Well, I hope this one is going to be an exception, and I’ll know in a couple of weeks.

There is a lovely simple theory amongst locals in the Dolomites: If you fell off a mountain and you’re not sure whether you broke a bone, just see if you can get some sleep during the first night. If you can, nothing is broken.

I tested that theory and found it to be flawed. That is, the theory may be great, but there is this new-fangled thing called painkillers. 500 milligram of Aspirin (very effective, but also very stupid of me to self-administer right after the fall – stupid because, as I later remembered, you cannot have surgery after taking blood thinning Aspirin), and 1.200 milligram of Ibuprofen taken throughout the rest of the day, and I slept reasonably well.

I promise again that I’m not going to turn this into a medical blog – it’s just that currently I’m all too immersed into these physical things…

What can I say – my first two images taken with the left hand (more or less), and post processed with the left hand. (No worries, the broken arm started to heal, and I won’t bother you with more health references…)

I’m not sure yet which of these two I prefer.