So I am still dusting off some old files and found some from back when I was up in Alaska. This first shot and my favorite Bald Eagle shot of all time was taken out in Dutch Harbor, AK.
These next four were all taken downing Homer, AK. Now when I say these needed during off, they really did. When I went on this shoot my Mark IIn was all of about 4 days old ( I was still reading the manual the night before the first day of shooting ) and like any new camera it was plauged with what I call break in dust. Every small bit of dust that was shaken loose in that new body found its way to the sensor. At the time I had no earthly idea how to clean a camera, so most of these shots originally looked like the Balds were flying in a volcanic fallout. But thanks to some time and the healing brush said dust be gone and now I have some images again.
So back when I first saw this image I said forget it, and it has sat for the better part of 4 years on a hard drive taking up space. Now 2012 roles around and I am sitting at my desk and I see a file that says Lessons Learned.. A file that I started a long time ago with images that were pretty much the bottom of the barrel, I screwed something up somewhere, or I was temporarily insane at the time of shooting. But, I kept this file around so I could look back and see where I have been and what mistakes I had made so that I wouldn’t repeat them again.
