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Probably the question that I read and hear most often, online as well as on my workshops, is —How did you get that shot?! Man, you were really lucky!
Actually,luck, which we usually think of as —fortuitous things happening on a random fashion— has little to do with it. A definition of luck that I much prefer is "preparedness in the face of opportunity".
In this brief essay I'll explore the making of one successful recent photograph, and see how much of a role luck had to play. I will also look at the tools that were used (preparedness) and what lead up to theopportunityto take it.
Not a Moose
Vertical Landing — Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. June, 2003
Photographed with a Canon 1Ds and 500mm f/4L IS lens. ISO 200
Though our primary subject was to be have been moose, when one is in a wildlife habitat likeAlgonquin Parkthere are many other subjects available as well. We had gone toAlgonquin Provincial Park, in north-central Ontario, because the yea...

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