Bad Shutter Curtain

'Bad Shutter Curtain' - 1991                                                                                                                                                 snake

Mistakes are almost always going to happen and they are almost always going to disrupt your quest for whatever goals you are trying to achieve. In this instance and without knowing, the shutter curtain on my Leica M-2 went out of sync. Most of the film was unusable, but I was able to salvage this shot. Processing film is not full-proof either. I’ve made mistakes in not winding the film correctly, which causes stains on the negative, as was the case in the photograph titled D-76 (Opening Day, February 1, 2012).

When bowhunting, mistakes usually mean not filling your deer tag.  On one particular hunt, I was (quite honestly) lazy and doing stupid things, which caused me to be late in getting to the woods.  While I was fumbling around with my equipment, trying to get set, a nice 8-pointer presented a shot just ten yards from me.  I figured that the deer would likely see and smell me…but it did not. Miraculously, I was able to nock an arrow and send it through the chest of the buck. 

Sometimes mistakes just work...but usually, you don't get that lucky.