Alright, I’ll admit it, it was a stupid thing to do.  I could make excuses but in the long run I wasn’t focused on the task at hand.  I stopped on my way home from work to take pictures of a cannon on display in front of the town fire hall.  It was overcast and snow on the ground but the dark cannon would stand out nicely against all of that.

I grabbed 10 – 15 pictures from various angles and felt good that I would be able to create a picture for my 365 project from the images I captured.  When I got home I plugged the camera into the computer and started the process of transferring the pictures.  I don’t even remember what I did to distract myself and interrupt the process but I saw the pictures on the screen, unplugged the camera and proceeded to delete the memory card. As soon as I returned my attention to the computer I realized I never clicked the ‘Import’ button.  Aaahhhh!  What a bone head mistake!

I lowered my head, grabbed the camera and started wandering the house for a new subject.  My son just went back to college yesterday so his room was fairly empty.  I noticed this game on the floor and thought it would work as my new subject.  I liked how it seemed to jump off the blue carpet.  I stepped away about eight feet so the flash would not be as strong and clicked away.

After yesterday’s success at creating a landscape picture for my project and the Hobby Photographer’s Photo Theme I was looking forward to processing the cannon pictures.  I have wanted to stop and photograph the cannon for quite a while now but always seem to drive by.  Hopefully there will be an even better day soon to return and get the pictures I lost today.

Lesson learned!  No more immediate deletion of the camera’s memory card until I am absolutely positive I have the images on the computer…