It wasn't that I was brave, Horatiu--it was more like quick reflexes! I didn't move toward them--they jumped out in front of me. I had my camera set with my finger on the shutter in case I wanted to get a picture without my subject knowing (as I do occasionally), and in this case I snapped from the hip not for secrecy but because there was no time to lift it to my face. I guess the small number of comments fits with what I wrote about in
this forum thread. Thanks for your comment, though. Regards, Ken.