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Hospital

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.

Comments and faves

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    Philip Watson, Bartekuli, cmbusch, sfoley_5, and 17 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Bob Small photography. (49 months ago | reply)

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

    --
    Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

  3. Guanatos Gwyn (49 months ago | reply)

    Where I was born... Nice!

  4. ILMV (49 months ago | reply)

    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!

  5. boliston (49 months ago | reply)

    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.

  6. DrumChannel.com (43 months ago | reply)

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  7. CFGuide (36 months ago | reply)

    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)

  8. andrew7767 (35 months ago | reply)

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

  9. AlexOslo (35 months ago | reply)

    Hi, there!
    I used your picture on our fronpage of www.nrk.no.

  10. Simon (33 months ago | reply)

    Many thanks for releasing this image under Creative Commons.

    We loved this image so much we used it to illustrate an article about hospitals on the Isle of Wight.

    Many thanks. Love VentnorBlog

  11. WNPR - Connecticut Public Radio (31 months ago | reply)

    Hi there!

    Just wanted to let you know, we LOVE this photo, and used it as a block photo for a story about Aetna's profits being up. Thanks so much!

    Best,
    Chion @ WNPR

    www.cpbn.org/article/revenue-and-enrollment-i ncreases-aetna

  12. kisstheelf (31 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for the great photo, I've used it in my article on Suite 101 about when to go to the ER for swine flu:

    patient-health-education.suite101.com/article .cfm/when_to...

    Let me know if you prefer a different citation. Thanks!
    Muxin

  13. injenuity (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for sharing this! One of our graduates used it in this guest blog post nwhit.org/2010/11/10-tips-for-project-manager s-transition...

  14. outmaturity (16 months ago | reply)

    Hello there! Very nice work!

    Just used on a posting on OutMaturity today highlighting new regulations for the health care industry.

    I did of course give you full credit and a link for your work!

    Thanks again for sharing!

    Michael
    CCO OutMaturity

    www.outmaturity.com

  15. Iván Bernáez Cobos (14 months ago | reply)

    Great picture. We used it here: www.savelives.eu/savelives/es/blog.html (Un hospital de Alicante formará a personal no sanitario en el uso de desfibriladores) and here www.facebook.com/salvemosvidas
    Thanks!

  16. Firstcall Photographic Ltd (12 months ago | reply)

    Great picture. The composition gives it lots of atmosphere.

  17. This photo was invited and added to the The Consumerist group.

  18. Eat. Sleep. Move. (9 months ago | reply)

    Can I ask a question?

    I am totally new to the flickr thing and am setting up a blog, I like this picture and want to post it. When I grab the html, does that contain all the info I need to be compliant with your wishes with regards to acknowledgment of the source of the photo?
    Do I need to put anything in the caption as well?

    Thank you
    (Great picture btw!)

  19. boliston (9 months ago | reply)

    I'm not totally sure, but try using the html to see if it works. Normally when people use this photo they add the text "photo by boliston" below the photo in their blog. The html code adds a link back to flickr as this is a rule they require for any hotlinks, (even for non creative commons pics)

  20. Eat. Sleep. Move. (9 months ago | reply)

    Thankyou!! I will add that attribution below as well

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