One of the most valuable tools in life is learning from our mistakes. Sometimes retrospectively we would have preferred to learn in another way. However, a hard learned lesson is like a gift that keeps on giving, you remember these lessons long after you've made the mistake.
If you haven't already read my blog I posted on May 9, 2009 ("Composition and Position are Very Important") do. But just to summarize, so this will help create the connection; while on self assignment photographing the Green Hawaiian Sea Turtle, another opportunity presented itself and I failed to take complete advantage of the situation. My composition was correct but my positioning was not where I would liked to have been.
The photographs shown above illustrate what I'm trying to convey. The first being my initial shot, and the second a redo at a later time and date, show similarities but are very different in my positioning. In the first photograph the top right 1/3rd edge of the photograph you can see a small portion of the cross beam high line wire pole. I erased the high line wires using photoshop, but as you can see this was not necessary had I positioned myself in a different spot.
With that said I do like my second photograph but the first photograph was taken during a hazy day which added to the character of the photograph. unfortunately this was something I could not duplicate in the second photograph.
I learned from that, "Lessons Learned Continue to Teach". As always please make any comments or observations on this or any of my blogs. Happy photographing!
The photographs shown above illustrate what I'm trying to convey. The first being my initial shot, and the second a redo at a later time and date, show similarities but are very different in my positioning. In the first photograph the top right 1/3rd edge of the photograph you can see a small portion of the cross beam high line wire pole. I erased the high line wires using photoshop, but as you can see this was not necessary had I positioned myself in a different spot.
With that said I do like my second photograph but the first photograph was taken during a hazy day which added to the character of the photograph. unfortunately this was something I could not duplicate in the second photograph.
I learned from that, "Lessons Learned Continue to Teach". As always please make any comments or observations on this or any of my blogs. Happy photographing!
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