Of all the pictures I have taken this year I consider this one to be the finest example of what I have learned. Out of 160+ gigabytes worth of digital images, this one brought together all of the creative, composition and camera lessons I’ve been learning into one image. It’s worth looking at large, on black.
The glass was sitting on the beach, abandoned. T pointed at it and said, “Maybe you can do something with it.” I shrugged, started to pick up my stuff and happened to see him walking away, through the glass. The sun was almost down, but there was still enough light to get some interesting shots (as it turned out, the glass became a subject of about 50 shots…) This shot is completely in real time, not set up, not posed (but composed), just off the cuff.
Yet I don’t consider it to be a lucky shot, because I did think about framing it when I was looking through the viewfinder and setting the exposure and shutter speed to settings that optimized the image of T through the glass. I have pictures that are probably technically better, but this one is still the one that I consider my biggest triumph.
Dancergirl, the camera, and I are heading south to San Diego later this morning for Nationals. Think good thoughts — solos are 8AM Friday morning. 
