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Hospital by boliston.
This was taken in one of the corridors at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

This corridor was a handy shortcut between the Q-Park Multi Storey and SCAT which is on the other side of the A38.

As it was raining a great deal yesterday shelter was at a premium, hence the indoor route!

As you might guess this was shot "from the hip" as I was experimenting with this style of photography, and I did not want to draw attention to myself as the chances are there is probably a ban on photography as is so common these days, even though I could not see any signs banning photography. There are CCTV cameras every few yards here!

The light was quite subdued so I had to use quite a slow shutter speed, hence the camera shake, but I quite like a bit of blur for this kind of shot.

I had my camera set to quite a warm white balance so that the natural daylight from the windows gave a nice blue contrast.

The floors are kept well polished to help reduce infection and even the ceilings are quite shiny and reflective. 
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cupra  Pro User  says:

Nicely done - I've tried 'shooting from the hip' but always end up pointed at the sky or floor!

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Guanatos Gwyn  Pro User  says:

Where I was born... Nice!
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ILMV  Pro User  says:

Looking at this photo, it seems as if it’s from one of those spy camera, of which reporters use to capture incriminating evidence of certain establishments!

Great Shot!
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boliston  Pro User  says:

Strangely enough I find that most of my "hip shots" seem to have a clockwise shift like this one, but are usually more blurred than this.
Not sure when you were born, but this bit of building is quite new. There is also the "old building" which is conveniently linked with a corridor.
The image has been tweaked a bit in UFRaw so is very different to what actually came out of the camera.
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CFGuide says:

Thanks for this great picture! I used it here: cysticfibrosis.about.com/b/2009/06/19/what-i- learned-from... (with attribution to you, of course)
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andrew7767 says:

Very atmospheric picture. We used it here: ajnoffthecharts.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/obam a%e2%80%99s-...
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