Lens-Artists Challenge #393 | Lucky Shot

Sofia introduced this weeks theme for the Lens-Artists Challenge – Lucky Shot! I love this, it can be interpreted in so many ways in photography. Sofia shared a stunning collection of images with us in her post. Her macro grass I just love, macro is so magical and it totally feels like the lucky shot ;) I am excited to see more beautiful examples from others as well!

This past weekend we spent in the city with our daughters hockey team playing in the provincials! The girls played incredibly well, we are so proud of them, they made it to the top of their pool and into overtime in the quater finals. It felt so bitter sweet, a very exciting time, and high emotions as for the majority of the team, this was their final time playing together. Also, my final time photographing their team. When people say kids grow up fast, oh my goodness – its fast!

When our daughter joined the team, I fell into my natural photo mama mode and began photographing the games, a little each time to ending the season this past weekend with two cameras on me. The girls gave me a gift and one part was one of my photos printed and framed with a mat that they all signed. My heart was truly touched. This I feel in my heart as a lucky shot, our daughter joined this team not knowing a soul, the girls and the parents were so very welcoming and encouraging.

While in the city we stayed at a hotel right by the airport, the irony how quiet it was, until the morning we were leaving – the planes were closer and going over our building, however the camera wouldn’t focus because the windows were so dirty haha! I did however capture this great one as we were waiting for an uber to take us to a near by hotel where family was staying. Love this shot, I heard the plane and acted quickly to get my phone out. I am very happy with it!

This photo was from two weeks ago, at our daughters year end championship tournament. This truly is my lucky shot. I was at the other end of the rink taking photos. I had JUST got to this corner and got my camera up and began shooting. Just as my daughter skated up and scored!!! Her first of 2 goals that game, the 2nd I missed ;) it was the last minute and I had just put my camera away!!!

This image is from back in the summer of 2014. I truly feel this was a lucky shot, I woke up at the right time, got down to the beach, they were lined up perfectly and a sea gull’s was flying overhead all while the sun was rising over the beach. <3

Macro truly feels so magical to me. Do you remember the movie, Honey I Shrunk the kids, its like a low magnified view and you are either pleasantly surprised or its abstract.

The frosty grass.

This bee allowed me to get so close, I talked to it the entire time, thanked it for allowing me to photograph for so long. It felt like a very lucky moment as bees typically are hit and miss – which is the opposite of this luck ;)

This image, the other side of bee luck, snagging focus and holding it when they move and zig and zag so much, I love this one, even the blown out flowers – I have learned to embrace. I wasn’t ready, opened my camera and didn’t do the test shots to get my settings, so this is also some luck it was usable!

This little guy I found when taking flower macro shots, he totally caught me by surprise, and stuck around for a photo shoot. So very tiny!

I love that I was able to capture this! Timing of the weather was on my side!

I hope you enjoyed my submission for this weeks theme “Lucky Shot”. Be sure to check back with the Lens-Artists members on Saturday at noon to see the next challenge announced.

“This week I’m inviting you to show us photos where luck played a big role. Photos you took when you went the wrong way and discovered something amazing, when you shook the camera unintentionally and it gave you something special. You tried a new camera setting, a new effect on the computer and were blown away. When the only thing you actually did was press the button and luck did all the rest for you. I hope you have fun recalling those lucky moments and share them with us. Remember to link back to this post and to tag Lens-Artists so we can all find you easily.” Sofia