An interesting "failure"
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Cormorant in flight
Sometimes failed images aren't quite the losers they first appear to be. Case in point: today was yet another wretched one, weather-wise, but in the late afternoon, I decided to go for a long bike ride, stifling humidity and threat of end-of-the-world thunderstorms notwithstanding. As I got to the river, which is about two-thirds of the way through my 10-mile circuit, I spotted a young cormorant sitting on a log with a painted turtle nearby. It was a great photo op, and I got several fairly uninteresting pictures of the pair. Then, something spooked the cormorant and it took off. I tried to get a quick shot, but, at first glance at the terribly dark image, terrible appeared to be the right descriptor. But a little Photoshop work changed my assessment.