Amateur Photography

Washington Park, Seattle

It is so difficult to get a perfect picture, especially for an amateur photographer.  They may have the equipment, talent, experience, will, endurance, and creativity for good pictures, but they
don't t have the time and resource.  They would need luck to fill the gap, sometimes. I was watching these canoes passing by under this almost perfect lighting, and I held on to my camera, watching for the perfect alignment of the canoes, trying to freeze the highlight of the actions, hoping that they just came together in one frame.  I can nitpick a lot of imperfections with this shot, but I said to myself: this is part of the joy of photography, that you hope to get an even better one next time!  For now, I'm happy.