There’s one picture in my galleries that I get more responses then any other photo and that’s my downtown Louisville skyline picture. The tragedy is that after a hard drive crash a couple years ago I lost the original and was left with only a low resolution copy from my website; a resolution too low to make quality prints. Well, after yet another request for a print of the image I decided last night to head to the riverfront and recreate the photo.

Bound and determined I grabbed my gear and got in my car. A bite to eat for some energy and I made my way to the river. But a disaster awaited me upon my arrival, the trees on the edge of the river had grown out and now completely obstructed the view of the water. NO! I couldn’t recreate the image without a view of the water! So I did what any good (and maybe somewhat insane) photographer would do… I got in the car and headed to Wal-Mart to buy a hacksaw. And, before you ask why, it’s because Home Depot was closed. (Cause I KNOW you were going to ask). But Wal-Mart was great ’cause I got to watch a fist fight break out between two older ladies. Oh, the fun at Walley World.

My girlfriend acted as my lookout as I braved my way down through the brush and thorn bushes, hacksaw in hand, to find and destroy, pulverize, demolish, and/or obliterate the trees that stood in my way from the perfect shot. Yeah, ok, maybe I’m being a little dramatic but you have to understand my determination here! The sight had to have been somewhat humorous to the people in their cars up on the hill. A grown man in flip-flops, standing in the water, cutting down a tree with a Wal-Mart hacksaw.

I got my shot! ..Just to let you know.

(You can check out larger version in our nature gallery here.)

And here is the original that I was trying to recreate;