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Maybe a bit too dark, but I did not want to loose the atmosphere : a photo taken at ISO 100 with my small Canon Ixus, when invited into the guard's shelter as it was raining so violently in a splendid and peaceful garden.

First my eyes had to adapt, felt like a blind, could not see one thing. The guard was a rather silent person and so quiet, did not move much and therefore an ideal subject ; took several photos of him with various poses. It was so quiet and silent there, that the purr of his cat sounded like a loud machine, almost the roar of a lion !

He told me that he was 50 years old - younger than me I realised, but appearing so much older IMO and looking like a wise man, a sort of sage in his retreat... He had worked for more than 30 years for the government as a guard, also in the city for various ministeries, and he told me that he was very necessary in this garden as there were many thieves preying on lone women, losing themselves among the dense vegetation - but as it continued to rain when I left him, I did not see a soul around... A memory of perfect harmony !

another photo of him and the gardener here...

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Additional Photos by Catherine M D (noborders) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1623 W: 65 N: 3357] (14201)
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