The One That Almost Got Away
p.1 #1The One That Almost Got Away
I finished editing my photos from our Iceland trip yesterday. I had them all backed up and was in the process of deleting the last folder of raws off my computer when I spotted this one that I had passed over on first, second, and third rounds of editing. The sky was totally blown with no interest, but I finally realized that cropping it out left a nice set of layers. This is when more pixels counts (Sony A7cr). I didn't notice the distant hikers until I shared it with my wife.
Landmannalaugar
Dec 08, 2025 at 08:22 AM
p.1 #2The One That Almost Got Away
Jim, that was a good idea to crop out the bald sky and emphasize the layers. Cool to have the hikers for scale.
Dec 08, 2025 at 09:07 AM
p.1 #3The One That Almost Got Away
I can never get enough of the wonderful Iceland hills... Great stuff!
Dec 08, 2025 at 09:50 AM
p.1 #4The One That Almost Got Away
High MP + cropping = great flexibility, almost a built in telephoto extender. As for the image, love the dark and light tones, together with the green highlights, and the two hikers top it off.
Dec 08, 2025 at 11:30 AM
p.1 #5The One That Almost Got Away
Jim Dockery wrote:
I finished editing my photos from our Iceland trip yesterday. I had them all backed up and was in the process of deleting the last folder of raws off my computer when I spotted this one that I had passed over on first, second, and third rounds of editing. The sky was totally blown with no interest, but I finally realized that cropping it out left a nice set of layers. This is when more pixels counts (Sony A7cr). I didn't notice the distant hikers until I shared it with my wife.
https://i.postimg.cc/wvnzF7Kb/Landmannalaugar-295.jpg
Landmannalaugar
Very nice.
And that’s why I rarely delete raw files, aside from the truly awful misfires — out of focus, totally awful exposure, shots of my foot…
Sometimes I don’t “discover” images in my raw files archive until a year or more later. It is always a weird thing to see them and wonder, “how did I miss THAT!?”
Sometimes I think that we initially have an idea of how we want to see a photograph, and when we first look at it we look for that concept and it doesn’t work the way we intended — so we overlook the quality of the photograph that we weren’t consciously thinking of another way to work with it.
Yours is a fine example.
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I’m thinking this morning of how things don’t always work the way we expect them to as I sit in my vehicle in the field, at a location where I photograph migratory birds in the fall and winter. This is a place that often is extremely beautiful, with luminous morning tule fog, huge flocks of birds, brilliant sunrises and sunsets. It is worth getting up before 4:00AM and driving 100 miles one way in he dark. But today? Gray, completely clouded over, drizzling lightly, and hardly any birds. There are two points on bell curve of beauty, and today I’m at the wrong end of that curve! It happens, but i’ll be back.
I finished editing my photos from our Iceland trip yesterday. I had them all backed up and was in the process of deleting the last folder of raws off my computer when I spotted this one that I had passed over on first, second, and third rounds of editing. The sky was totally blown with no interest, but I finally realized that cropping it out left a nice set of layers. This is when more pixels counts (Sony A7cr). I didn't notice the distant hikers until I shared it with my wife.
https://i.postimg.cc/wvnzF7Kb/Landmannalaugar-295.jpg
Very nice.
And that’s why I rarely delete raw files, aside from the truly awful misfires — out of focus, totally awful exposure, shots of my foot…
Sometimes I don’t “discover” images in my raw files archive until a year or more later. It is always a weird thing to see them and wonder, “how did I miss THAT!?”
Sometimes I think that we initially have an idea of how we want to see a photograph, and when we first look at it we look for that concept and it doesn’t work the way we intended — so we overlook the quality of the photograph that we weren’t consciously thinking of another way to work with it.
Yours is a fine example.
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I’m thinking this morning of how things don’t always work the way we expect them to as I sit in my vehicle in the field, at a location where I photograph migratory birds in the fall and winter. This is a place that often is extremely beautiful, with luminous morning tule fog, huge flocks of birds, brilliant sunrises and sunsets. It is worth getting up before 4:00AM and driving 100 miles one way in he dark. But today? Gray, completely clouded over, drizzling lightly, and hardly any birds. There are two points on bell curve of beauty, and today I’m at the wrong end of that curve! It happens, but i’ll be back.
Dec 08, 2025 at 01:08 PM
p.1 #6The One That Almost Got Away
Rightly selected part that presents the beautiful composition work
Dec 08, 2025 at 02:03 PM
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p.1 #7The One That Almost Got Away
Thanks for all the comments guys. Good lesson for all of us not to be too quick to throw out shots (except obvious flaws like Dan points out).
Dec 08, 2025 at 05:32 PM
p.1 #8The One That Almost Got Away
So many possibilities of crops in this one. The textures & colors in this area are amazing.
Like Dan, I don't delete files except for the obvious mistakes.
Are you thinking along the lines of, "well, next time...."?
Like Dan, I don't delete files except for the obvious mistakes.
Are you thinking along the lines of, "well, next time...."?
Dec 08, 2025 at 08:31 PM
p.1 #9The One That Almost Got Away
What am I doing wrong? I see no photo, just a tiny icon looking thing and nothing happens when I click on it.
Dec 09, 2025 at 12:14 AM
p.1 #10The One That Almost Got Away
tsinsf wrote:
What am I doing wrong? I see no photo, just a tiny icon looking thing and nothing happens when I click on it.
Today the photo is there. Suns spots?
What am I doing wrong? I see no photo, just a tiny icon looking thing and nothing happens when I click on it.
Today the photo is there. Suns spots?
Dec 09, 2025 at 11:51 AM
p.1 #12The One That Almost Got Away
typical story of rediscover old images. That is the very reason i hardly ever delate any image. The digital technology is so great that it allows practically no limit. The rediscovering of the wonderful image is a good example.
Bob
Bob
Dec 10, 2025 at 03:58 PM