I try to find new and different places to shoot whenever possible, but I have been known, and will continue, to shoot places I have been to more than once? Often, it’s because the last time I just wasn’t satisfied with what I shot, or a change of season will make a place look way different from the last time I saw it, or now that I shoot exclusively in RAW format, a few places I have shot were when I shot in JPEG format, or I just didn’t shoot enough or get as good of a shot the last time?
Some places are always worth repeat visits (the Grand Canyon, Arches Nat. Park, and the Maroon Bells come to mind), yet some places or sites that I have been to, don’t need many repeat visits, as I feel I got what I needed or wanted already? Having said that, some places I have been to, Buda has not seen, and thus I like to take him to some of these places even if I myself don’t need to go back? This past Saturday, Buda talked me into going shooting some place close, and some place he had not seen before, and two places came to mind, the Paint Mines Interpretive Area and Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.
For me, I had seen these places enough that I didn’t feel a need or desire to go back, unless there was a fresh snowfall, for which I have no photos of either of these places in that condition? We went, we saw, and I did come away with a couple of nicer shots of the Paint Mines than I had previously gotten before, but this time around, I seemed to have gotten better light and sharper color, and decided to post them in the Landscapes section on the website?
Given the fact that I got a few nice shots of a place I had been to before, made me realize that I am likely to go revisit many former spots in the future, either for Buda’s first time, or for when I get a camera upgrade, (Hello Canon 7D and Tokina 11-16 mm wide-angle lens) for I will want to see if I can match or better my previous shots from the last visit? Next up on the list of places to revisit…not sure yet?
