Shot through
I almost never delete an image. (Yes, that does require a LOT of storage.)
But here’s a good example of why I hang on to them. I made this image nearly three and half years ago; I was trying to photograph the way the water from the lawn sprinklers looked in the sun; when I made the images, none of them came out the way I wanted them to. There is a very good chance this was because I wasn’t all that sure about what I was doing. But I kept them: you just never know.
And then I spotted this while I was looking at some older stuff. Now, let me be the first to say that this still isn’t quite what I wanted to get. But, in a way, it’s better that what I thought I was after. The way that water is shot across the image and the way it obscures some of the markers are things I didn’t notice when I made the image. Or any of the other times since then that I’ve looked at it. It took until now for my eye to see what’s been there all along.
And that’s why I don’t delete images: because I have slow eyes.
Weaverville Cemetery
Weaverville, California
photographed 8.3.2012
Posted on December 16, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, cemetery, melinda green harvey, monochrome, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, weaverville, weaverville california. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.
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Nice image. I keep everything too as my 105gb cloud storage will show. 😄
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Thanks, John. These files sure do take up room, don’t they?!?
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I never delete images either…you just never know. Often I become so obsessed with a smallish problem, that I overlook the greater potential of an image. Glad you kept this one!
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Oh, yes, I do the very same thing. I notice all kinds of fatal errors early on that frequently turn into “smallish problems” after I let them rest for a while. There’s a very slight chance that I am my own worst critic….
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A true artist!
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Or a true neurotic. Sometimes the line between the two is quite blurry….
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Yes indeed!
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Something you might be interested in: http://nyti.ms/1GuKHIj
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I feel it every time I have a gallery opening…thanks
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My eyes are faster than my brain. Not good.
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It seems like, any more, a lot of things are faster than my brain.
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After I download a bunch of files I can tell right away which ones are the obvious losers and I send them on their way to pixel heaven. Sometimes I know the losers 1/250th/sec after I take the shots. This is not to say all the shots on my hard drives are good. They’re just not the obvious losers. They are the subtle losers.
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Subtle losers can also be subtle winners, right?
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Wait until you get my age. Even my camera is getting slower. Thing won’t even take a pic if I don’t turn it on. Think I’ll toss it.
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How’s your lens cap situation? Because I find I have to REMOVE mine before I can even see to make a photo. Clearly, that’s an indication of a problem with the camera, right?
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Maybe you have to wait for some photos to jell over time, but I bet you have the fastest slow eyes in the West. I like this complex image.
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Thanks, Vera. I compare it to writing, much of which benefits from some rest between writing and editing. I like the idea of the “fastest slow eyes in the west” – maybe I’ll get a t-shirt made!
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I often go back to images and find something in them that I couldn’t see before. It’s a good point you are making with this nice image.
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Thanks – it’s sometimes hard to remember why I didn’t like these images the first time I saw them!
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