The Beauty of Unexpected Discoveries in Photography

HT2354 - Planning vs the Unexpected

I rarely find success when I plan a picture idea, especially when I do so to a fine degree of control. More often than not, it's the unexpected that produces the best opportunities. I remember once pulling the car over on a long dirt road to photograph a juniper tree and some foreground sagebrush. As I approached, however, it was the perfectly preserved and thoroughly unexpected coyote skeleton that became the photograph I treasured.

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