What you cannot see ...

Hiroshima, Japan, 12 October 2025

What you cannot see when looking at this photographs
are the many attempts I made when taking it. In other words,
this is one version of many. Why I decided to post this one here
I do not really know (I'm not into post-rationalisations) yet I find
the taking of pictures one thing, the selecting process afterwards however 
quite another.

 

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