THE JUNGLE BOOK STORIES art-code-NXS-045 The focus is so sharp

The focus is so sharp around the face

At the moment it is all a little fresh and the subject matter is sufficiently adrift from my normal work that it is difficult to find context

my experience is that the really cold conditions tend to be on cloudless days first thing in the morning

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In 1920 prohibition came into force in America and with it the advent of Speakeasy bars

THE JUNGLE BOOK STORIES art-code-NXS-045 The focus is so sharpRanthambore National Park, India 2013 There are only about 1,700 Royal Bengal Tigers left in India a frightening decline from the estimated 100,000 during the Raj. Therefore, to find a father and son bathing in the same pool in the jungle was statistically unlikely. Photographers cannot direct wild tigers and thus the positioning of the animals relative to the surroundings or each other is matter of luck. Overtime, luck will average out, but the