As I got out of the car in the parking lot, I realized I forgot my extra set of freshly charged batteries at home. Damn.
Oh well, I should be able to use the set in the camera. And in any case I have my emergency set in my photo-vest.
I saw a good warm up shot, so I set up my tripod, framed the shot, pressed the shutter button ....
BEEP, BEEP Dead batteries. Ok, lets put the emergency backup set in.... nothing. Double Damn...
Luckily, my camera takes AA's, the same as my flash, and for some reason, I packed a flash in case I needed some fill. Pull the batteries out, put them in the camera. They are not full, but I should be able to get a few shots out of them...
It really reminded me of the old film days. I remember times when I was down to my last sheet of 4x5 film. I really looked at every possible scene to see if it was worthy of this last exposure.
Back to my trip today, was went exploring, shooting very sparingly if at all. (sort of the antithesis of digital)
But I really wanted a good image.
I came to a pond with some skunk cabbage, but they were all kind of ordinary, no great lighting. Maybe I should just turn back... Ok, lets just look around this tree.
There, in a small pond was a solitary skunk cabbage, backlit by a shaft of sunlight through the trees. I set up the camera took a shot, and as the batteries died. As a last resort I put the first set of batteries, and now they have lots of power. Enough to let me shoot a good half dozen shots at least.
The moral of this story? Never give up. There is always an answer. If you are determined enough, you will get what you want.
Either that, or never forget your extra set of batteries.
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