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Sometimes a place just doesn’t talk to me. I’m never sure in these cases whether I’m just having an off day, or if the place is just not photogenic. Maybe the light is not matching up with the subjects I’m thinking of, maybe things are great but I just can’t see them. I still take photos, and work that much harder to try to get a good photo, but in the end I still feel let down. Ironically, some of my better images come from these outings, but I usually don’t find them until I’ve had a chance to distance myself from the experience.<\/p>\n

Last week I went out to Ministik Bird Sanctuary<\/a>. I’ve been there a few times before, but this time I tried a new access point (it is a pretty huge area) recommended to me by a friend. I had a good hike, but struggled with the photos. As it turns out, you don’t have to be inspired to take photos.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes a place just doesn’t talk to me. I’m never sure in these cases whether I’m just having an off day, or if the place is just not photogenic. Maybe the light is not matching up with the subjects I’m thinking of, maybe things are great but I just can’t see them. I still take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[739,40,738,729,730],"tags":[1444,801,1443,1450,1445,1446,1447,1448,328,1441,1442,101,1449,1451],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-2","category-composition-photography","category-flowers-2","category-forest-2","category-macro-2","tag-better-images","tag-bird","tag-bird-sanctuary","tag-experience","tag-good-hike","tag-huge-area","tag-inspiration","tag-lack","tag-light","tag-ministik-bird-sanctuary","tag-new-access-point","tag-photos-2","tag-thinking","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t