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| Fly away London, ON March 2025 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
As an example, I offer up this highly imperfect shot of random ducks ripping holes in the sky.
I didn’t set out to shoot them. Instead, I had been focusing on another flock quietly playing on a floating log when this other group of birds decided to ruin the serenity of the moment.
The camera wasn’t remotely configured for a spontaneous high-speed pic, so I shifted my gaze and did the best I could in the 1.2 seconds I had before they disappeared for good.
As you can see, it was mission only partially accomplished. The shutter speed is too slow. The composition is somewhat off. The entire exercise feels less than stellar.
Yet I love the image.
Not because it’s perfect. Far from it. But because it telegraphs a moment I don’t want to forget, where I went from zero to oh-my-GOD in a blink. Where it was just me and some demented birds playing with light in the late afternoon sky.
So what did I learn?
That perfection matters less than we think.
That successful storytelling is often less an exercise in technical precision than it is about seeking simple joy.
That the experience of capturing an image extends well beyond the resulting two-dimensional collection of pixels.
That looks matter, but feelings matter more.
Those demented birds sure know their stuff. I should hang out with them more often.
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