Sometimes Pictures Just Happen
Once in a while you just get a jewel. I was out roaming the country side for features the other day and I decided to go to one of my favorite visual fishing holes. This one is on the Flint Creek near a little boat launch on the south border of Decatur right at the city limit. With fall upon us, there is usually some color here even in dry years like this one where it just goes from summer green to winter brown. I found a couple out paddling the creek in a canoe and shot a few pictures. They pulled up to the bank to chat for a minute and I saw this great face framed against the color reflected on the creek. I only wish the guy had not posed but even then it was still nice. This photo didn’t make the paper, which really didn’t surprise me, because the photo of them actually paddling the creek was probably a bit more interesting for the readers. Still, I filed this one away as one of those pictures that make me happy to be shooting for a living. I know I have it and now you know I have it and that’s enough. The joy is in the shooting first and foremost and the publishing is just a bonus anyway. I hope you all enjoy this guy as much I enjoyed photographing him.
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I have to admit, my first question is “Is this guy naked?” I know its a function of the crop, but definitely adds a (unintended?) dimension to it. The great reflection says “nature” so the jump to him being a “naturalist.”
Nonetheless, great image.