A Happy Accident

Did you ever take an accidental picture?

You know, you're trying to take a picture of something in particular and you know exactly what you want it to look like. Your subject is right there in front of you but illusive - you can't quite get it centered, and it keeps moving around. You turn the camera this way and that; and you move forward and then move backward. The wind is blowing and the light changes. You check the camera settings, then you try agin to focus on your subject. No, no, this isn't right! you think, and you briefly drop the camera to your side and oops! You accidently hit the shutter button.

Oh crap! A wasted picture!

Then, later, when you get your pictures back - hey! What's this? I don't remember taking this one... That's how this picture came about.

And I like it.

In spite of the fact that I took a photography class in high school, more photography courses in college, later a correspondence course, and later still, a refresher course at a local cummunity college, guess what? Accidents happen, and can bring surprising results.