Some days you can be walking along, camera in hand, feeling mildly depressed and uninspired by your surroundings, and wondering what on earth it was that persuaded you that it would be a good idea to commit to posting a new picture to your blog every day. Everything around you may look flat and familiar; there may be nothing there to catch your eye or ignite your imagination. You may be on the point of going home pictureless. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something lying on the pavement. It may be nothing, but you cross the pavement to have a look anyway. It turns out to be nothing but a bit of broken toy - the arm of a plastic policeman - but there's something about it that just works, on that grubby pavement, with the shadows being as long as they are.
Unfortunately, today wasn't such a day. I had a completely flat photographic stroll at lunchtime and came back empty handed, feeling hopeless. As luck would have it, I had this one in the wood because I took it on the same day I stumbled upon one of the Anish Kapoor pieces. So that's alright then.
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