Sometimes when you feel like you’re in an inspiration slump, all it takes is a short drive from home and a challenge to shoot the first thing you see.

On this occasion, I told myself to shoot the first animals I found when going for a drive. Of course the bug on the windscreen didn’t count, so I was very happy when I drove past an area close to home known as Youngs Crossing and found this Ibis (correct me if I’m wrong as that’s just a guess).

Not too far from this location was my second shot, which featured a couple of horses walking along the side of a small dam. I was quite surprised with the results for both of these shots, as at the time of taking them, I was less than pleased with my efforts. Sometimes inspiration slumps are just excuses we use for not shooting enough or not getting the results we expected when the shutter clicked.