Lucky Shot

No matter how many photographs I take on any given occasion, when I get them back from processing, there are only one or two "keepers." The rest of my pictures suffer from shadows, darkness, brightness, lens flare, blurriness (if it isn't a word, it should be), spots, streaks, dust, lens caps, thumbs, fingers, bad hair, heads half missing, eyes half shut, eyes wide shut, incorrect aperture or incorrect shutter speed.

Once in a while, I'll get it right, as in the picture above. I think even fellow blogger and snapshot artist Gypsybobocowgirl would agree. This picture I took last week at Agawa Canyon, where Algoma Central stops on its rail trek up from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.

I had to climb 321 steps to the overlook too. Many of the seniors aboard this color tour braved angina to get this glimpse of the gorge and park below. Although the view was worth it, I thought they should have relocated the first aid station to the top of the incline. Or at least supplied a defibrillator, oxygen, nurse or fresh beer for those of us who summited.