The essential essence of a photograph.

This is a section of a larger photograph (which is why it is not as sharp as it should be) but it points out what, to me, is the critical feature of a photograph. It bears study and the more you look, the more of the story you get. My attention had been elsewhere, so that at first the stain on the steps didn't even register. Going through the day's photographs again, it struck me how like a bloodstain it was. Bearing in mind the location on the war memorial and the surroundings of the other marks of loss and remembrance, I was overwhelmed by how poignant the stain was and how it symbolic it now became. This is a place where we remember the people who spilt blood for us.