This image reminds me of a couple of things. First, at times it’s hard to beat the Iowa sunsets. This late-day shot was taken after a day of rain and thunderstorms. This however was not the photograph I had expected to get.
To the north of this location, lies a shallow marsh and pond, that at the time, was loaded with blooming lilies. The storm clouds over this pool looked very nice and my intention was to go to the marsh and shoot that if it looked good…and it did.
While I shot away though, I did actually look around a bit, and behind me I saw the golden orange clouds and light taking shape, so I thought it might be worth it to run down a tree line to an open area and see what developed. And this image is what came from all that.
It’s just a good reminder to always keep an eye on the scene behind you. I can get so locked in to just working with what’s in front of me, that I forget everything else. How much might we miss by doing that?