Luck in Photography vers 3.0
This is the third installment of my “Luck in Photography” pages.
I was driving home on Hwy 96 in Northern New Mexico and was about three miles east of Youngsville. I looked at the horizon and saw this beautiful, colorful and brightly lit cloud sitting among darker clouds in the afternoon sky.
As I do when I see something like this dramatic cloud, I ask myself, “What can I put with it that serves as a main subject to draw in the viewer’s attention and create a photo with more than just a dramatic cloud in the sky?”
I immediately thought of the small church in Youngsville and sped up.
I assumed that I’d get to the church and the dramatic cloud were have disappeared, but when I arrived at the church the clouds was still sitting there in the sky.
I jumped out of my pickup and took four photos, which I planned to stitch together as a panoramic. After I had depressed the shutter the fourth time, the amazing cloud disappeared.
It confirmed my belief that luck (or timing), along with some planning, in this case me knowing the church was up ahead on the road and wanting to put it into the composition, combined for a successful photo.
I was driving home on Hwy 96 in Northern New Mexico and was about three miles east of Youngsville. I looked at the horizon and saw this beautiful, colorful and brightly lit cloud sitting among darker clouds in the afternoon sky.
As I do when I see something like this dramatic cloud, I ask myself, “What can I put with it that serves as a main subject to draw in the viewer’s attention and create a photo with more than just a dramatic cloud in the sky?”
I immediately thought of the small church in Youngsville and sped up.
I assumed that I’d get to the church and the dramatic cloud were have disappeared, but when I arrived at the church the clouds was still sitting there in the sky.
I jumped out of my pickup and took four photos, which I planned to stitch together as a panoramic. After I had depressed the shutter the fourth time, the amazing cloud disappeared.
It confirmed my belief that luck (or timing), along with some planning, in this case me knowing the church was up ahead on the road and wanting to put it into the composition, combined for a successful photo.
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