The follow on.

Dr Haneef arrived at new government lodgings shortly after my *photograph (Walkley awarded photograph of Dr Haneef being driven from the Brisbane Watchhouse) was captured. The media was in a ravenous frenzy. They sprawled all over the front of the Wolston Correctional Centre and my beloved Landrover. The centre is near nowhere, which is about an hour west of Brisbane. Dr Haneef was considered a terrorist, the Queensland Government announced he would spend 23 hours a day in solitary detention.

The media snatched scraps of development in the story. Peter Russo is a politician. Back then he was Dr Haneef’s lawyer. He held court with the media because he held the scraps the media wanted, and revelled in that fact.

Dr Haneef’s treatment by Australian governments and agencies was unlawful. He was freed nine days after my *photograph was captured. He left Australia for India and his worried family there two days later.

I was amongst the media pack at Brisbane Airport. It had become a swarm, photographers were on every window as Dr Haneef was driven past us just once before boarding his plane. I felt the pressure was kinda on me a bit, the other shooters knew I was that fella that got that *photograph. Was I under more pressure than the others? Would I get the shot again with so much competition, was I a flash in the pan or safe hands? Where I chose to be was a great call, lucky, because Dr Haneef was facing away from the two photographers on the opposite window and this time with his head up, smiling proudly at his cousin and towards my lens. Technically this was a very different situation when compared to my other *photograph. Just one tinted-glass window. The result, it was as good as I could have hoped for. Perfectly exposed and in focus from front to back with expressions that said everything.