I often flick through my images a couple of weeks after my initial trawl through, sometimes I get a different perspective because I am more removed from the taking stage. This one gave me cause for pause (I like that phrase – cause for pause) – it seemed to invoke something a little more than a simple tourist shot. Had the idea come to me at the time, I might have waited until the boat was a little further up the frame, to give a greater sense of distance travelled – I’ve cropped some sky off the top which has improved things a little.
—-Stephen—
Stephen G Hipperson 
It’s heading straight for the canoe. Is one a Chinese and one Vietnamese?
🙂 – in this case I think it doesn’t matter as they will come to an amicable agreement on which side to pass.
I often don’t work with my photos for months after taking – you’re right about sometimes getting a different perspective on the shot, picking up on something that you weren’t originally aware of.
🙂 – of course, this can promote the idea of ‘poke and hope’ – where we take a shot on the off chance we might be able to make something from it later, though I like to think of it as making something other than my original ideas (ie i had an idea before I took the shot.)
Beautiful.
Thanks!
’cause for pause’ love that phrase! And yes it is worthwhile going back over images at a later time. The attachment to the taking can be quite strong immediately after the event particularly if it involved a long hike, difficult terrain or just a wrong looking at the time of download. Glad you refound this image.
Oh, the emotional attachment we make to the taking process (evidenced by the slightly blurry, camera shake images I hang on to …. simply because of what they mean.)