Some photos only reveal their merits and secrets with time.
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These aren’t the obvious images – neither the most exuberant nor brilliant.
They will not shout, “Look at me!”
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Instead, these pictures wait their turn, hiding in the open as they cede the field to their more dynamic brethren on my first, my second, and even my fifth turn through a batch of fresh scans.
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But then around the tenth close examination of new images something interesting begins to happen.
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Those love-at-first sight – obvious frames start to stale as the quieter ones whisper to me, beckoning closer inspection.
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And I can find universal lessons hidden for me in plain sight:
look again
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/30541_16.jpg?resize=970%2C642&ssl=1)
closer
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give things a chance to breathe – to work on you
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and listen for the quietest messages
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Keep your eyes (and ears) wide open,
Debbie
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This resonates with me so deeply! These are so beautiful!
Oh my goodness, how I love this. Pictures that “wait their turn”. Sigh….
Yes, always.