Thanks everyone
This one feels just right to me.
Very nice.
You know what Eric, I totally agree with you, there is a sort of 'satisfying completeness' to this shot that I really like and is definitely what I was looking for when I took it.
You know I also do believe, that whenever you come across a scene that is worth photographing, that there is really only one perfect spot to take the shot from that satisfies something within us at that moment in time, but which can be different for each of us. And so the art (and craft) of photography, is to work out exactly where that spot is and then work out what lens and settings it requires and whether I can capture it to my own satisfaction. And the more that I do it, then the easier it is to find this perfect spot at any given location - and inversely, if I can't find the perfect spot to fulfil my own level of satisfaction, then I am probably not going to get any kind of worthwhile shot out of it, no matter how good the location or weather etc is.
Which means as a consequence I do a lot of wandering around before I even get the camera out of the bag and more often than not, I don't even get the camera out of the bag before wandering back to the car to drive on to the next location. Which amazes the missus, who can often be heard to say such things as "You mean we've driven for four hours to get here and your not even going to take one single shot of it?"
I thinks it's because I enjoy looking or hunting for a shot, just as much as I enjoy taking it if I can find it. So I can happily spend all day long looking for a shot and not taking anying, which again the missus cannot understand and thinks if I haven't filled at least half a dozen memory cards by lunchtime, then I can't be enjoying myself - Oh how wrong can she be?
Dave
