The short dark days must be getting to me! With apologies to Shakespeare and Hamlet:-

To shoot or not to shoot - That is the question.

Whether tis better that my pride should suffer

Harsh comment and my peers derision,

Because I photograph in poor conditions

An image, that cries out to be recorded,

To live, to influence, to have existence:

Or that I leave my camera in its case

For fear I can’t achieve the right exposure

Or get the perfect composition.

That way my reputation photographic,

Stays intact, and not a word of criticism

Do I need to take. Except perhaps in quiet moments

Memories of opportunities I lost.