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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 10h

Brilliant as a candle, so 1 lumen 😉😁 Thanks!

Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 13h

Week #43 of 52Frames: Centered Composition!

Only a flame that calls us again and again, until nothing remains but its quiet light, centered, and center of our focus.

#52frames #52Frames_CenteredComposition #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A minimalist black-and-white photograph features a single candle centered perfectly within the frame, its steady flame rising vertically against a deep, unbroken black background. The composition is symmetrical and deliberate, every element converging toward the middle, emphasizing balance, calm, and focus. The candle’s body, slightly uneven at the top where melted wax has pooled and hardened, anchors the image at the bottom edge. Its wick, half-consumed and curved, burns with a sharp, elongated flame that fades softly from bright white at the core to gentle gray tones near the edges. The absence of any other detail amplifies the purity of the scene: no context, no distraction; only light, shadow, and form.
The photograph embodies the theme “Centered Composition” in its purest expression: a meditation on simplicity and alignment. The candle’s flame, perfectly vertical, divides the image into two equal halves, creating a sense of visual and emotional stability. The high contrast between the luminous flame and the dark void surrounding it evokes introspection, an image of focus and inner quiet. It feels like a visual breath, suspended in stillness. The symmetry isn’t cold or rigid; rather, it suggests serenity and presence, as though the image itself were an exercise in mindfulness. Each subtle texture, the soft gradation of light, the delicate imperfections of wax, contributes to an intimate visual rhythm. In its silence and precision, the photograph turns the act of looking into contemplation, inviting the viewer to rest their gaze at the center, where light is born from darkness.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 2d

Almost, yeah!

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha, thank you!

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 2d

Not the eye of Sauron! But a mesmerizing interplay of architecture, geometry, light, and shadows #Inside the Nordstrom atrium in San Francisco.

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #eastcoastkin #urban #city #sanfrancisco #blueskyartshow

A black-and-white photograph taken from the ground floor of the Nordstrom atrium in San Francisco, looking straight up toward the glass dome ceiling. The image captures the concentric architectural layers of the multi-level building, each floor forming sweeping elliptical curves that spiral upward around a central void. The symmetry is mesmerizing, an interplay of geometry, light, and shadow. The luminous dome, segmented like the petals of a stylized flower, glows softly at the apex, drawing the eye inexorably upward. Around it, the curved balconies, their railings catching highlights, recede into the distance, giving a sense of infinite ascent. The word “NORDSTROM” appears vertically on two sides, framing the scene and anchoring it in place. The monochrome palette accentuates the contrast between the illuminated ceiling and the darker edges, emphasizing structure over color and inviting contemplation. The perspective gives the impression of standing inside a giant optical illusion, both enclosed and infinite. A perfect metaphor for the theme “Inside”: being within a constructed space that feels at once protective and open, intimate yet vast. The photograph captures a moment of quiet awe, the architectural rhythm transforming the everyday interior of a department store into a cathedral of light and form.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 3d

I like this one a lot. The colors, the movement are a real match!

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 7d

Week #42 of 52Frames: Shadows!

A pumpkin glows unseen, its shadow grinning on the wall, light and darkness trading faces in a quiet Halloween reverie.

#52frames #52frames_shadows #photography #color #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A low-light, atmospheric photograph of a carved pumpkin, partially visible in the lower left corner of the frame. The focus is on its curved stem, softly illuminated by a warm orange glow emerging from within the pumpkin’s hollow body. The rest of the pumpkin fades into darkness, leaving only this fragment, a quiet suggestion rather than a full reveal. On the wall behind it, out of focus yet powerfully present, a large shadow looms: the distorted projection of a jack-o’-lantern’s face. Two elongated eye shapes, a rounded nose, and a broad, tooth-like grin are cast in pale, ghostly light across the dark background. The forms blur and ripple, more spectral than defined, evoking both playfulness and unease. The shadow seems alive, breathing slightly in the grain of the light. The photograph captures that fleeting boundary between the tangible and the imagined, where the material pumpkin gives birth to its own intangible twin. The interplay between sharp foreground and diffused background transforms the simple Halloween motif into a study of perception and duality: how light carves meaning out of darkness, how a shadow can be more expressive than the object that casts it. The composition’s restraint, the cropped pumpkin, the dominance of negative space, the soft gradation of tones, heightens the sense of mystery. It invites viewers to look beyond the familiar seasonal image and to see instead a meditation on presence, absence, and the ghostly echoes of light. The result is an image both festive and introspective, where Halloween’s mischief dissolves into quiet contemplation.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 14d

Week #41 of 52Frames: Time!

With a 15 minutes of exposure time, the clock dissolves into silence. Time no longer counted, only felt, fading softly into the white expanse of its own eternity.

#52frames #52frames_time #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A minimalist black-and-white photograph depicting a small modern clock placed on a smooth, almost luminous white surface. The clock sits in the lower left of the frame, its dark, geometric body contrasting sharply with the surrounding expanse of emptiness. The background fades softly from light gray to pure white, creating a sense of depth and quiet infinity, like a horizon made of silence. The clock’s circular face, glossy and dark, shows faintly blurred hands, the long exposure has erased their precision, leaving behind a spectral trace of motion, as if time itself were slipping away. The numbers are still visible, yet their purpose feels undone: they no longer mark measurable hours but become quiet witnesses to duration. Light falls from above and slightly to the right, sculpting delicate shadows along the clock’s edges and grounding it within the weightless space. Nothing else occupies the scene, no distraction, no sign of life, only this silent dialogue between black form and white void. The photograph feels meditative, almost existential, inviting the viewer to contemplate the passing of time not as something to be counted but as something to be felt. The stillness of the composition, coupled with the ghostly blur of the clock’s hands, transforms the mundane object into a symbol of impermanence, of the moments we try to hold yet inevitably lose. It’s an image that captures both the precision and futility of human attempts to measure eternity, a quiet monument to the beauty of transience and the serenity of surrendering to time’s flow.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 21d

Week #40 of 52Frames: Texture!

Texture as history, and not just as form, with this old address label on a century-old leather and wood travel chest.

#52frames #52frames_texture #photography #fujifilm #color #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A torn label clings to the century-old surface of the travel chest, the last remnant of an address once carefully inked by hand. Its paper, now brittle and frayed, peels away like skin remembering warmth. The faint, sepia lines of script, “Monsieur…” and a ghost of a street name, whisper of departures long past. The ink has faded into the fibers, merging with the dust of the years, while the surrounding leather darkens into deep earth tones, cracked and rough like dried riverbeds.

Side lighting sweeps across the scene, tracing each contour, revealing not just texture but the weight of time. The light grazes the edge of the paper, turning decay into relief, making the simplest crack feel monumental. What was once practical, a tag for direction, identity, destination, has become pure archaeology of human presence.

The photograph lives between memory and matter. It speaks of journeys before digital borders, when names were written, not scanned; when distance had texture and the unknown smelled of salt and rust. Every tear, every crease holds the echo of touch, the careful press of fingers gluing this label in place, the abrasion of countless miles wearing it down.

Now, only fragments remain: the ghost of a name, the breath of ink, the soft sigh of the past. The chest has become a reliquary of movement and silence, and the image, a meditation on endurance, how even paper, fragile as it is, can outlast memory itself. The photograph doesn’t simply show texture; it listens to what the material world murmurs when time itself becomes part of the surface.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 25d

Intense 👍

Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · 28d

Week #39 of 52Frames: Soundtrack!

Microphone and headphones poised in silence. Tools of a soundtrack waiting to fill the blank space with music, story, and sound.

#52frames #52Frames_soundtrack #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

This black-and-white photograph presents a stark, high-contrast portrait of the tools of recorded sound: a large diaphragm microphone suspended in a shock mount and a pair of closed-back monitoring headphones hanging alongside it. Shot in crisp silhouette, the image isolates the essentials of a studio environment, stripping away everything except shape, shadow, and form. On the left, the microphone rises like a vertical pillar of sound, its foam windscreen softly rounded at the top. The shock mount’s delicate metal arms form an intricate geometric web that contrasts with the smooth curves of the headphones. The headphones’ ear cups, padded and circular, tilt downward as though waiting to be worn; the label “Monitoring Headphone” appears in tiny text, grounding the viewer in the world of audio production. The entire right side of the frame is empty, an expanse of pure white negative space, visually echoing silence or blank sheet music, and at the same time offering space for album art text, a track list, or the artist’s name. This tension between the dense black shapes on the left and the open void on the right mirrors the experience of listening itself: the intimate world inside the headphones versus the infinite space of imagination. The theme “Soundtrack” resonates here not as a finished piece of music but as the machinery behind it, the quiet anticipation of the first note before the record button is pressed. The image invites the viewer to imagine the unseen artist, the unplayed melody, the as-yet unwritten score. It’s an homage to the tactile side of sound creation: microphone, headphones, wires, where music begins as vibrations and ideas, then fills the silence with story.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 27

A guidebook glowing like a talisman under electric light, promising encounters, detours, and memories to come on #TheRoad of a distant island...

#photography #color #travel #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow

In the photograph, a French travel guidebook, Le Guide du Routard - Madagascar, lies partly tucked into a dark denim pocket, its thick pages catching a cold blue-violet light. The bold word “routard” dominates the cover like a headline to adventure, paired with “Madagascar,” a name that conjures distant islands, winding roads, and red-earth horizons. The textured jeans, with their seams and folds, evoke rugged terrain and dusty tracks, as though the fabric itself were a map of yet-to-travel paths. The ultraviolet glow gives the scene an otherworldly feel, like neon light spilling from a roadside motel at dusk or the glow of a dashboard during a night journey. The cover photo of a person in a doorway, printed small beneath the title, brings a human presence and a hint of intimacy to the otherwise bold, graphic cover, an image of the everyday life one might encounter on the road. This combination of textures, typography, and lighting suggests the liminal space between preparation and departure: the quiet moment before the road trip begins, when maps are folded and guides are slipped into pockets. The photograph speaks to the theme “The Road” not only as a literal path across Madagascar but as a state of mind: freedom, curiosity, anticipation, and the soft hum of possibility. The angle of the shot, looking down at the guidebook as though seated in transit, echoes the feeling of holding your own belongings on a train, a bus, or at a remote roadside café, poised on the edge of movement. It’s a portrait of wanderlust distilled into a single object: a guidebook glowing like a talisman under electric light, promising encounters, detours, and memories to come.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 22

Week #38 of 52Frames: One Light Source!

When the news feels like darkness closing in, remember: one thoughtful light is stronger than a thousand flickers.

#52frames #52Frames_onelightsource #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A black-and-white photograph where darkness dominates the frame, interrupted only by a single glowing light bulb at the top and a book beneath it, as if spotlighted on a stage. The scene is composed with dramatic contrast: a square wooden surface with a small metallic screw protrudes at the top edge, anchoring the bulb’s base, while the rest of the background plunges into velvety black. Below the bulb, slightly angled yet perfectly legible, lies the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* by Mark Manson. Its bold black typography on a muted gray cover stands out starkly against the surrounding void. The book’s subtitle, “A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life”, is also clearly visible, reinforcing the theme of guidance or illumination. The lamp’s soft glow casts a faint pool of light around the bulb and the upper edge of the book, leaving the lower portion to merge into shadow. The composition creates a striking metaphor: the physical light source above suggests clarity, knowledge, and focus, while the book below becomes a “light source” for the mind. This interplay of literal and symbolic light evokes a sense of introspection, inspiration, and a singular moment of discovery, like an idea emerging from darkness. The photograph’s minimalist style, high contrast, and restrained geometry heighten the emotional weight, making the viewer feel as though they are witnessing a private ritual of learning or an altar to self-awareness.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 15

Week #37 of 52Frames: Out of Place!

A lone pen, out of place in a digital world, surrounded by fading screens, a relic of ink and (real) touch amid a world of glowing keys and pixels.

#52frames #52Frames_outofplace #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A stark black-and-white photograph where a single pen becomes the protagonist of a digital workspace. The frame is dominated by a wide expanse of pale desk, lit by a concentrated pool of light, while everything else recedes into deep shadow. At the center of this spotlight lies a dark wooden fountain pen with a silver tip and its cap detached, both angled slightly apart, like a pause in motion or a moment of abandonment. Behind the pen, the outlines of a keyboard and a tablet fade into semi-darkness, their screens and keys only faintly visible. The dramatic lighting isolates the pen as though on stage, transforming it from an ordinary writing instrument into a relic from another era. This striking contrast between analog and digital speaks of a forgotten tactile world amid sleek, glowing technology. The image captures tension and nostalgia: the smooth, reflective textures of metal and wood glint softly, while the plastic keys and glossy screen retreat into anonymity. Negative space amplifies the sense of isolation, as though the pen has been left behind, "out of place", yet defiantly present. It is a meditation on time, change, and the enduring weight of the written word in a landscape of ephemeral pixels.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 9

It’s many shades of shyness 🤷‍♂️

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 9

« From head to-ma-toes » 😂😂😂

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 9

Maybe he’s just shy 😁

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 8

Week #36 of 52Frames: Shoot From Above!

Bare feet on asphalt, shadow stretched with camera in hand; a self-portrait from above, where presence is defined by absence and light shapes identity.

#52frames #52Frames_shootfromabove #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

A stark black-and-white photograph taken from above, where shadow, texture, and human presence intertwine. At the center-left of the frame, the elongated silhouette of a person stretches across rough asphalt, cast sharply by a high sun. The figure is holding a camera or phone in their hand, the device raised, capturing the very scene we are now observing, a reflexive moment where subject and photographer collapse into one. Below, just outside the shadow’s reach, bare feet stand firmly on the ground, toes splayed naturally, grounding the image in both vulnerability and authenticity. To the right, the composition shifts: two stone tiles break through the dark patch of grass, squares of order interrupting the organic chaos of nature. The play of light and darkness defines the atmosphere: the shadow is deep and heavy, almost ink-black, while the textures of asphalt, grass, and stone emerge in crisp detail. Emotionally, the image speaks to self-awareness and presence, the artist revealed not by face but by absence, by shadow. It is a quiet meditation on perception, existence, and the intimate connection between photographer, subject, and the simple act of standing still to observe. The high-contrast tones enhance the surreal quality, turning the ordinary into a statement on perspective. This “shoot from above” is not only about the view downward but also about looking inward, confronting the delicate intersection between identity and the world beneath one’s feet.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you 🙏

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 7

Symmetry in steel, pylons framing each other like Matryoshka dolls.

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #xp4n #iphonephotography #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin #stunday

This black-and-white photograph transforms the rigid geometry of electrical pylons into an abstract study of symmetry. At the forefront, a towering steel structure dominates the frame, its latticework of intersecting beams forming a complex grid of triangles, diamonds, and lines. The lines are not chaotic but deliberate, each angle mirrored by another, creating a visual rhythm that pulls the eye toward the center.
Through this massive frame, another pylon appears in the distance, perfectly aligned within the opening of the first. The smaller structure echoes the larger one, its triangular arms and suspended cables repeating the same visual language but on a smaller scale. This layered alignment reinforces the theme of symmetry, not just in the design of the pylons themselves, but in their perspective arrangement, one nested inside the other.
The suspended power lines curve downward like measured arcs, adding softness to the otherwise rigid construction, their balanced sweep enhancing the sense of harmony in the composition. The background sky is pale and overcast, stripped of detail, so that the bold black lines of the pylons stand out in stark contrast, carving shapes into the emptiness.
The photograph takes something purely functional, an infrastructure of power transmission, and reveals its hidden elegance. What is normally overlooked as industrial becomes almost architectural art, where precision and necessity give rise to beauty. The symmetry here is not just mathematical but philosophical: a reminder that order can be found even in the utilitarian, and that human-made structures can resonate with a quiet, unintended grace.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Quebec City’s towers rise in shadow, framing a restless sky where clouds and light outlast the city’s steel and stone.

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #fujifilm #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin #cityscape

This black-and-white photograph presents a dramatic urban scene in Québec City, where the silhouette of tall modern buildings cuts sharply against a textured sky. The towers rise like dark, monolithic forms, stripped of detail by shadow, creating a canyon of architecture that narrows toward the horizon. Their geometric shapes, stark and unyielding, dominate the composition, reducing the human presence below to faint traces.
Between the vertical walls of these buildings, the sky becomes the stage. Clouds gather in thick, rolling masses, luminous against the darker tones of the city. Their soft, sculpted forms stand in striking contrast to the rigid, angular outlines of the towers. It is as if the eternal and shifting drama of the sky were being framed, even constrained, by the permanence of concrete and steel.
Along the street below, a line of cars can be glimpsed, headlights glinting faintly in the dim light. This thread of motion suggests the persistence of urban life, traffic flowing, people moving, the city’s pulse continuing, though dwarfed by the scale of the architecture and the looming sky above.
The image distills the atmosphere of Québec City into something both powerful and contemplative: a place where history and modernity overlap, where human structures reach upward yet remain dwarfed by nature’s immensity. The mood is almost cinematic, a study in contrasts between light and darkness, stillness and movement, solidity and ephemerality. The photograph captures not only a cityscape but also an emotion: the feeling of standing in the midst of the urban world and looking upward, caught between earth and sky, permanence and change.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Same area, yes, same shot or a variation of, nope 😉 I took one shot, and I’m satisfied with it so next time it will be different

Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 4

From the old fortifications, Rue Saint-Jean bustles below—an #UrbanGaze where history frames the flow of modern life.

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #fujifilm #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

The photograph, in black and white, frames a bustling view of Rue Saint-Jean as seen from the historic fortifications of Québec City. The stonework of the wall itself, solid and timeless, creates a natural frame in the foreground, its curved archway cutting across the scene like a window of history through which the present unfolds. Beyond, the narrow street stretches forward, flanked on both sides by rows of old brick and stone buildings, their facades lined with shops, cafés, and restaurants.
The eye is drawn down the cobblestone street to the throngs of people filling it, tourists and locals alike, their movements turning the corridor into a river of urban life. Small groups cluster in conversation, others stroll leisurely, while storefront awnings and signage add layers of texture and rhythm. The density of the crowd conveys vitality, the beating heart of a city alive with culture, commerce, and daily rituals.
From the elevated vantage point, there is a sense of detachment and contemplation. The viewer looks down onto the street, observing without participating, as if the fortifications themselves embody the act of watching, once guardians against attack, now silent observers of the passage of time. The old city walls, built to protect, now offer perspective: a reminder of continuity, of how life flows endlessly below while history lingers above.
The theme of Urban Gaze resonates here in the interplay between architecture and humanity. The stone arch becomes an eye, the city street its vision. What is captured is not just a street scene, but the layered identity of Québec City where fortifications once defined defense, and now define perspective; where the city is observed through a gaze shaped by history, heritage, and the timeless act of watching urban life unfold.

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Fabrice Lambert @lamfa.bsky.social · Sep 1

Week #35 of 52Frames: Reflections!

Two symbols of Quebec City. The reflection of the Château Frontenac, the city's iconic hotel, on the dark glass surface of a tourist bus.

#52frames #52Frames_reflections #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #fujifilm #minimalism #quebec #canada #eastcoastkin

$In this black-and-white photograph, two familiar symbols of Québec City meet in an unexpected dialogue. The image captures the reflection of the Château Frontenac, the city’s iconic castle-like hotel, upon the sleek, dark glass surface of a modern tour bus. The sharp turrets, medieval-inspired architecture, and heavy stone walls of the Château appear distorted yet unmistakable, bending slightly with the curvature of the glass. Their grandeur, usually towering against the skyline, here becomes a fleeting apparition, caught and reframed in the mirror-like surface of a vehicle designed for transience. The photograph contrasts permanence and passage: the Château, centuries old, rooted in history, prestige, and identity; the bus, temporary, utilitarian, in constant movement, carrying visitors who come and go. The reflection transforms the architecture into something ephemeral, as if heritage itself were only borrowed for a moment, seen in passing, refracted through the lens of tourism. The bricks and turrets, normally firm and immovable, ripple faintly, reminding us that even stone can seem fluid when seen through the mirror of modernity. At the edge of the reflection, surrounding buildings add layers, their darker silhouettes blending into the cloudy sky. Above, scaffolding or draped construction materials whisper of change and restoration, adding another contrast—heritage preserved and modernized. The composition thus becomes an allegory of Québec City itself: a place where old-world charm meets modern motion, where tourists arrive by the busload to capture fragments of a city defined by history, only to depart, leaving the Château unchanged, yet always refracted in memory. The theme of Reflections is expressed not only in the literal mirrored image, but in the deeper act of considering how a city is seen, through stone, glass, history, and the eyes of those who look only briefly.$

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