balls...

well, sometimes, that's what it takes...and some classic examples came to me in the form of photography today...nothing great at work, it was a relatively easy day today. farside might have figured it out already as he received more than usual number of emails from me today during work hours...most (or maybe all) of the emails were to do about photography though...

...that brings me to the two LOTDs. first is a Boston.com Big Picture series on 2010 Winter Paralympics. I was totally awed at the series. The photographs are good beyond doubt but it is more about the stories behind the photos. These athletes have some series balls! The kind of things they're doing, are beyond what many of we 'normal' ones have ever done (or will do) in life! I just tried to visualize and imagine the the effort that each of these tasks will require - and I could just applaud in admiration. There's a roar or courage and determination behind every face there!

the other link is about a wildlife photographer who stood in a waterhole for 3 months in the middle of a jungle in Africa to get a few good shots of the lions in their habitat. In the process, he contact many lethal diseases but survived to tell the story, and probably go back to the jungle some day...now what degree of passion and commitment forces one to take such extreme steps...the pictures that came out of his perseverance are just amazing!