The Sunset And Unfortunate Shit

First of all, SHIT. I accidentally deleted a bunch of RAW files that I hadn't yet gotten to post-process. Unfortunate misunderstanding in folders.
Before I left to travel Madeira, I created a folder and transferred my photos from my cards to get them empty. In the main folder, I have two other folders with RAW files. I created a third folder for the pictures that I choose to post-process at any given time and delete the RAW-s afterward. Today I god damn deleted the wrong folder.

Yes, I checked before deleting it. There were raw files with some thunderstorm shots that I know I have already post-processed, I thought this is the folder that is meant for deleting, but these thunderstorm shots were left there by accident and I didn't check for any other shots. After coming back to the folders I opened the folder with my most recently processed photos, the fucking folder that was really meant for deleting, I immediately knew I screwed up.
I tried to recover these RAW-s with a software but it found a bunch of thumbnails and other shit I don't need. Yep, the photos are gone. I am not entirely sure what other shots were there but I know I deleted a camping trip shots I went to with my girlfriend, some really good shots and great memories. Well, I guess I can always go on another camping trip next summer 😞. Fortunately, I didn't delete the other wrong folder that had many more unprocessed photos in it.

The moral of the story is don't be like me. Organize your folders properly!

Here is a pretty cool sunset I captured on an August summer evening. I haven't photographed sunsets that much at all this summer, I guess the last summer had many more instances of special sunsets actually too.

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The sky almost looks like a painting. I love sunsets like this, burning clouds are essential.

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Manually curated by ackhoo from the @qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

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Really sorry to hear about that misfortunate turn of events. I got ransom-wared quite a few years back and had to get some forensic software to try and retrieve my 'deleted' files. I know your pain! These are some great shots though!

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I'm sorry to laugh 😅, but I feel them in my own flesh! hahaha I think most of us have screwed up like that at some point. At least, as you say, you'll be able to go camping again. Just in case, the wedding photos, birth of first child and such...well...they need to be secured more.
(true story of a friend who deleted all the photos from a wedding).
Beautiful sunset shots 😍.

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Yep, stuff happens. It was probably not a good day for your friend when he deleted these lol. In case on wedding or child birth photos I would definitely take more care of these shots.

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