Waiting To Take The Shot

When I first started exploring photography I said, "I'll never be one of those people who waits around for hours for the twenty seconds of perfect light or who painstakingly sets up a shot." I am an everyday photographer, capturing life as it happens."

I lied.

I sat in the garden today waiting for the shot.

I saw it yesterday, but it just didn't pan out.

Today while pulling weeds and planting cucumbers, I saw it again. This time I was going to be ready.

I grabbed my camera and lens, still attached to the tripod after yesterday's attempt. With extension tubes in my grubby fingers I set up in the garden, about two feet away from my broccoli.

I waited.  I attempted some shots. Waited some more. Attempted again. It was not cooperative, but then, we began to work as a team.

Everyone in my house has a favorite. Which is yours?