Share a "bad" pic that you like and will probably keep . . . . .

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

We ran a thread like this last year and it was fun.

Say, 2 pics max per person per day?

This one was a mistake, the narrowboat was only doing around 3 knots but I did not notice that the shutter speed was 1/20 sec:

So, do you have a good bad pic to share? . . .

Mike

kernow · Sep 19, 2009

Saw the cat on the window ledge above my bed, she was staring at the moon. This is a quick grab that I probably should have deleted. Too low an ISO and too low a shutter speed, plus lousy metering combined.

Here's another one that isn't very good, but for some reason I like it. Taken early evening whilst driving, of course I just held the camera up without framing so my other hand is seen on the wheel.

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Oll an gwella,
Jim

Edge Guide to Cumbria · Sep 19, 2009

Does it have to have been taken with a Panasonic?

Ed

kernow · Sep 19, 2009

Mike, your shot is great. I have never seen a narrowboat go so fast. If a gale had been blowing everyone's hair back to the right it would have been even better!
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Oll an gwella,
Jim

kernow · Sep 19, 2009

Edge Guide to Cumbria said:
Does it have to have been taken with a Panasonic?

Ed

I hope not. The old thread was any camera. BTW, my worst shots are always with other brands.

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Oll an gwella,
Jim

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

kernow said:
Saw the cat on the window ledge above my bed . . . .

Thanks Jim, those two are certainly likeable, especially the mysterious cat.

Mike

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

Edge Guide to Cumbria said:
Does it have to have been taken with a Panasonic?

Sorry, should have said "any camera".
Mike

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

kernow said:
Mike, your shot is great. I have never seen a narrowboat go so fast. If a gale had been blowing everyone's hair back to the right it would have been even better!

Thanks Jim, I wish I had planned it that way!

Mike

trevmar · Sep 19, 2009

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This image was taken with a Kodak V1073 pocket cam. The flash is abysmal, some skin features are washed out, the background was not composed, nothing was 'done right'. However, it is the only time that our pet rat and our pet cat were engaged in such a close-quarters, friendly, face-off, and is therefore a treasured memory.
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artisanat · Sep 19, 2009

There is a group on flickr with this sort of theme (there are probably 100 groups on flickr with this sort of theme). It is called "Your photo isn't all that great":

http://www.flickr.com/groups/yousuck/

I tried posting one to it once but either it wasn't good enough or it wasn't bad enough (probably both).
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Cheers
Art

artisanat · Sep 19, 2009

Here is mine:

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Cheers
Art

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

trevmar said:
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This image was taken with a Kodak V1073 pocket cam. . . . . .

I agree, it's a once-in-a-lifetime shot!
Mike

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

artisanat said:
There is a group on flickr with this sort of theme (there are probably 100 groups on flickr with this sort of theme). It is called "Your photo isn't all that great":

http://www.flickr.com/groups/yousuck/

I tried posting one to it once but either it wasn't good enough or it wasn't bad enough (probably both). . . . .

LOL . . . they don't appreciate you like we do over here . . . .

Mike

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

artisanat said:
Here is mine: . . . .

Friendly kind of shot, is it you?
Mike

Voe · Sep 19, 2009

I took a shot from the hip without having the time to zoom out (LX3) focus, as they were just passing by.

Number 13

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/voe/

artisanat · Sep 19, 2009

Mikedigi said:
Friendly kind of shot, is it you?
Mike

No, it is a work associate taken after a conference dinner. The pink hair was deliberate. There was a coloured spotlight behind him, but I might have had a glass of wine or two (or three) by that time and I completely botched the focus.

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Cheers
Art

rfdandrea · Sep 19, 2009

Among many bad pics I have taken.

First, I was covering a town hall meeting with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter for my blog. I was shooting indoors without flash with my FZ28. The Governor, well, talks with his hands a lot.

Next, I was sneaking around the local railroad yard looking for interesting rail pics. It was a very hot day, and the FZ was zoomed to the max so I could stay out of the way and remain undiscovered. The heat made everything, even quite solid things like GE locomotives, look quite wavy. I can sort of remember things looking like this once or twice back in college.

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

Voe said:
I took a shot from the hip without having the time to zoom out (LX3) focus, as they were just passing by.

Looks like a good example of framing that somehow draws you into it, breaking all the rules . . .

Mike

Mikedigi · Sep 19, 2009

rfdandrea said:
First, I was covering a town hall meeting with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter for my blog. I was shooting indoors without flash with my FZ28. The Governor, well, talks with his hands a lot.

Yes, the lips are in focus but the hand isn't . . .

rfdandrea said:
Next, I was sneaking around the local railroad yard looking for interesting rail pics. It was a very hot day . . . .

I love heat haze, I remember a road scene with cars showed by Entropius here a while ago. Very atmospheric.

Mike

Edge Guide to Cumbria · Sep 19, 2009

Here's mine.

Took this in March of '98 on an Olympus OM40 with 28mm @f22 1000th/sec on Kodak iso100

I only had a cople of shots left on the roll so I took this as a way of getting to the end of it - the exposure meter was flashing like mad and it had no right to turn out OK but despite the poor exposure I kind of like it.

Ed

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