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Best wishes Alkiro

It's just routine brain surgery, but still difficult to control the attendant anxiety that attaches to any surgical pricedure. Thank you, Alkiro.

I hope everything will be ok and you will be with your close family members very soon. Best wishes Alkiro

But I can sense the anxiety beneath the jovial demeanor.

I'm guessing that this piece is a photography project rather than a personal journey, but if I'm wrong I apologise. Nice technical skills and you've used the exposure and tonality to reinforce the emotions that you're attempting to convey here. The be lin... 

Either way, Thomas..........bold.

....yet most of the images are essentially monochrome. I did that once by accident and it worked out well. It adds a form of starkness to an image. Here the two-tone nature of the natural scene creates that starkness without the deliberate effort to do so... 

the first picture had a bit of saturation bump and heavier contrast increase (which tends to drain color) the second and third were mainly desaturation and light cropping. your comments are much appreciated affirmation for the success of what I was after.... 

No need for apologies. The pictures are a bit of both - a psychic pressure valve release; the eye catching photodocumentary opportunities - how often is one in an admitting room before a surgical procedure?; and some potential in the mind's eye for some p... 

.. a few for my late wife (cancer), and a few for myself (neuro-surgical). These are all traumatic photos for me, but it is important to have "valve" to vent, and that's why we are here. Ken

Hope all's well.

..you guys helped me out here and now it's your turn to rely on us. Cheers. Ken

these represent your family member undergoing treatment then I can easily feel a tremendous level of anxiety being conveyed through these images. Even if that is not the case the images convey a sense of urgency and anxiety as is usually the case with a h... 

The pictures could stand on their own, without context, touching a universal chord and allowing the viewer to project their own context after evoking a primal, emotional response, and that knowing the pictures were very personal and real only adds to thei... 

and the patient. I am reminded of the photo you posted some time back of the two empty chairs in the small hospital conference room.

the patient is home resting. thanks, Padj

without context, these pictures already are strong, but with the person they're tied to, even stronger... I wish only the most courage, strength, and calm optimism for the loved one facing this. Life is a gift, simple is that. Thanks for sharing these mom... 

and as part of an unfolding theme we have been following. Without the patient, the series becomes a larger story, and the unused bed and unused medical aids gives hint of a positive future. A lot going on and we can catch the focused nature of a personal ... 

...my son underwent emergency brain surgery at 8 years old...he will always have a titanium plate in his head to prove it. It was the most (to this day) traumatic experience of my life watching him wheeled into the operating room and trying not to let him... 

the connection and empathy shared of having been through something like this... thank you.

Keep strong my friend!!!!

It's a beautiful thing and the images do stand on their own. Without even knowing the background story, the viewer can sense the tension, and every other emotion that goes with these references. Thanks for sharing and best wishes to the patient for a spee... 

browsing forums as a diversion; venting through creative processes; keeing in touch with friends; even finding comfort at the bottom of a glass or bottle. thanks, Ping, your sentiments are much appreciated.