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**CLOSED** JANUARY 25: Photo I Almost Didn't Take/Keep

Here's mine! I have an abundance of crappy photos to choose from because 1) I take an insane number of photos and tend to keep them all, and 2) I love them anyway because they bring back memories!!

The ones here are all super blurry except the bottom right one, which was a selfie I took of Todd and I in the tent at night, and it's super underexposed.

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moc 2026 day 25
 
I read today's challenge and hoped that I might find an appropriate photo in my January 25 triage activity today. I've been removing unsatisfactory photos from my photo roll for three months now making finding a photo harder than it would have been last year at this time! This is, after all, a good thing. As soon as I looked at the photos for today's review I saw these three from 2019. I remembered nothing about them and could not imagine why I would have kept these distortions. Was I using Capture Your 365 prompts then? I had no idea so I checked. It all came rushing back. The prompt was prism and most everyone was sharing rainbows from refracted light. I was traveling, I had no prism, I almost decided to take a random photo aka "a photo I almost didn't take" . Later in the day, I found one of those solid glass ornaments hung in windows. Still no rainbows but I then used it as a distortion prop.

Since I almost didn't take these photos in 2019 and I almost didn't keep them today in 2026, I decided they met today's challenge twice and used them for this layout with them. Hope you agree...

Saved by Serendipity

Saved by Serendipity

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MOC13 Day 25 - Photo I almost didn't Take/Keep
 
Bad photos

Bad photos

JANUARY 25: Photo I Almost Didn't Take/Keep
A couple of years ago, hubby had taken an awesome photo of Zoe at The Christmas Factory festival. She was eating a huge colorful cotton candy, the zoom was perfect and the lights in the background were out of photos, creating a magical scene. This year I tried shooting the same photo at the same place. Only problem is that my phone sucks at night. The lights are awful, I couldn't get it to zoom on my kid, and she at some point got fed up with me and walked away! But the good thing is that we had a great time there! 28-11-2025
 
The photo I would have excluded is the slanted "This Building is Exactly Level" photo on the bottom right, because it is blurry and the words got cut off (we were actively riding the train so I didn't have a chance to retry the photo!) I'm glad you gave this challenge though, because I do think it was a fun part of that trip, so I appreciate the encouragement to include the not-so-perfect photo!
Mt Washington

Mt Washington

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I was so disappointed in the only two photos I had of this city. I had intended to get some great photographs, but our trip was disrupted by lost luggage. I did a lot of doctoring of these photos, but they are still not what I was hoping for. I really dislike our selfie--the color is terrible and my husband's face is distorted. I actually got rid of the distracting people that were just over our shoulder. (Gotta love Photoshop!)

Day 25: Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Day 25: Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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I almost deleted these photos that I took of the holiday show at It's a Small World. The fireworks started at the same time and the smoke from the fireworks sent a cloud above the attraction. I wanted the perfect photo of the lighting and none of my pics looked nice because of the smoke.
25 - Photo I Almost Didn't Keep

25 - Photo I Almost Didn't Keep

MOC 13 Day 25: Photo I Almost Didn't Keep/Take
 
Thank you for the challenge! I think I got quite a good photo for this. Believe it or not, there is a cat in the picture! ;)

MOC 2026 Day 25 Photo I Almost Didn't Take/Keep

MOC 2026 Day 25 Photo I Almost Didn't Take/Keep

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Journaling:
On New Year's Eve, the cats hid under the sofa because they were afraid of the fireworks. However, this can only be guessed at from the photos. And only if you know that there is a cat hidden in the picture.
 
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