Shutter Mike Photography

Duck on the pond at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve

I took this photograph at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve back in August at about 6 in the morning.  It is an example of why I save all but the most obviously bad and unrepairable photos that I take (a large external hard drive helps).  I often go back through my images for these photo of the day posts and something that did not strike me at the time I initially did my downloading and sorting will stand out in an image.

This image is rather monochromatic, but the detail in the duck, including the drop of water coming off his beak, and the reflection of the early morning sun in the water make it an image worth a second look.  So my advice is to invest in a 500 GB hard drive (they are relatively inexpensive now) and save all your photographs.  You never know what a second (or third and fourth) look will reveal.