It’s quite strange to look through older images and then see the same composition pop up again and again.
Yesterday I was looking for a specific lion image when I noticed a couple of images which looked very similar. The two images were shot about four years apart. Different lions, different cameras, different light but very similar compositions.
Very similar hey? Even down to the the flies on the same side of each lion’s face! I never had any intention of shooting similar shots but it got me thinking about what we are actually looking for when we go out to photograph wildlife & nature. Is it purely coincidence? Does it stand to reason that of you spend enough time out in the field you will end up getting a few similar looking images or is there something more to it? It is not perhaps something more?
I am sure that every photographer out there, whatever their preferred subject, has certain images in mind that they would still like to shoot. Certain images you want to create. This is obviously a little easier, not much though, if you shoot in a studio but if you shoot wildlife & nature this becomes even more tricky. I have quite a few images in mind that I would still love to be able to shoot, not for the lack of trying mind you. Some of these images I have tried to capture again and again but I am still not happy with the results. And then there seems to be a few images, like these two lion shots, that just seem to happen and repeat themselves.
I have quite a few of these repeats that keep on popping up every now and then and this got me thinking. What is it that makes us shoot the same images, the same composition without trying? Is it a strong composition that you just cannot, should not let go or is it a lack of trying something new? Is it a winning formula that works or a lack of creativity? Still not sure so look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Tomorrow is Thursday which normally means guest post day. Not this week though. The guest blogger I had lined up had to cancel due to personal reasons and I wish him and his wife good luck! Exciting times but more on this when I get to introduce his guest post during the following couple of weeks. So, for tomorrow I will be doing a wildlife photography ‘guest’ post, still deciding what exactly, so make sure to pop in tomorrow!
See ya soon. 
Gerry
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