I’m not sure how it happened. I was working through some images from 2009 taken at Inniswood Gardens when I discovered these two images. It seems I did very little with them at the time and most likely because I had shot a lot of images that day. It was a cloudy, overcast day with light rain and I’m in this beautiful garden, why not. For some reason I found the only keyword I had entered for either of these images was Inniswood Gardens. There was no keyword for dragonfly or plants or leaves or rain. Nothing. How the heck am I suppose to find them without keywords, unless I’m just browsing? I suspect slothfulness or skipped them because other images were more appealing to me. I could have skipped the dragonfly because it is a bit out of focus.
However, this time around they caught my eye. They also reminded me of those rainy, overcast days that provided such wonderfully diffused light while I lived in Ohio. It also reminded me of how often I came home with wet pants (from the knee down) when it was raining or just rained. I played with them a little, and for my taste, I like the way these two images turned out. My post processing included exposure, tone and contrast. Pretty simple actually. Why I did not play with these five years ago, I don’t know. But, five years ago something within urged me to press that shutter button. I must pay more attention to the urge.
Oh, and these flowers? Well, I’m going to throw them in because I have the urge too. 🙂
8 Comments
Paul
I find this same thing, Monte – a previously overlooked photo garnering a bit of interest much later. It may have just had to do with available time, perhaps it had to do with taking lots of pictures that day, an interruption, sleepiness, etc. Who knows? The possibilities are endless. It is nice, though, as you did here, to go back and browse. Unless you had tagged them specifically and been looking for a dragonfly photo, you might not have happened upon them. You found them now, as you did then, by browsing a bit. 🙂
Monte Stevens
I have more time to browse now. 🙂
John
It is nice to go back and review old images… even the ones without keywords or start ratings. We all somethings get in a hurry and skip over nice images. I guess your post proves that.
By the way, there is no rush… it is only August, but your copyright is stuck at 2013.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, John. I never noticed that before. I have it embedded in my image at input and that is correct. Exporting files for posting is not.
Monte Stevens
I went back to fix my preset, thinking that was what you were talking about. I’m now thinking you are talking about my footer at the bottom of my page.
John
I should have been more explicit… but you found it. Now you are all up to date!
Tom Dills
I’ve had periodic lapses in my workflow that have caused me to lose stuff. It’s aggravating but it happens. Glad you found these, though. I especially like the first one.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Tom. It’s my favorite also.