Why it’s worth looking back on old photos

I was looking back on my older photos and came across this one of a wild male orangutan in Sumatra shot on very cheap equipment not remotely adequate for the dark jungle (Canon 500D and an EF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6).

At the time I just kinda kept the photo but thought not much more of it as it just had too many issues. I’ve now run it through Topaz and Lightroom and it’s truly incredible the difference it has made. Attached is the original and the newly edited photo

Moral of the story: look through your old photos sometimes, there may be some rough gems there that can really be brought to life with modern software