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This photo got me to thinking it would be interesting to share shots that were not planned but perhaps turned out better than expected,

Case in point. I was kayaking on a fork of the Potomac river near the Lincoln memorial when I spotted a 757 headed down the river on a visual to runway 19 at DCA. I knew it would disappear behind some trees and where it would reappear. I was hoping to get a shot through the trees where it would reappear. What I got was so much more. As the saying goes "I'd rather be lucky than good."

So, what do you all have in your archives where a little luck made for a better photo.

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I am not sure if it counts as accidental, but this was a lighting test shot.

I was changing the scene for a shoot I was doing with 4 cousins. I was setting/testing my lighting and one of the girls was sitting. The original image was interesting, but I felt it needed a little more. I do not typically heavily modify my images like this, but I do enjoy how it turned out.

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Not sure if this qualifies as accidental but definitely all luck no skill. I was on a moving bus and spotted this guy at the very last second and basically fired my camera against the window without looking.

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Great idea for a thread! I have two, very old photos taken way before I knew anything about capturing motion. Both of the photos are of my late Doberman Pinschers when they were young. I took a lot of photos of them not knowing how the images were going to turn out.

#1 - I call this image "Kung Fu sparring day!"
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#2 - We never had our Doberman's ears cropped like some, but in this image the dog's ears appear like they had been cropped.
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JT
 

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