cr@p photo's

[joeseph]

one our Kiwi photographers recently posted the question "Hey, do any of you ever take crap photos?"
well I certainly do & I'm sure there are a lot of others out there so here's a thread dedicated to the same.

This photo comes to you from the letter "F" and the letter "B"
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"F" = Forgetting to switch the flash on
"B" = Forgetting to ascertain the Background
(can you see a trend here?)
;)

[somethingsimple]

LOL i was thinking of other meanings of the letter F and B

i really must stop spending so much time around tim's posts ;-)

ive got one like that of my son holding up a baby shark: it was brought to me by the letters B and F-C - (even more dodgy combination) Broken Film Camera letting in light and way underexposing (used built in light meter which was way off and the big streak of white across the print finished the job)

[akiwi]

I'm sorry.. I really don't belong here as I never have and never will take cr@p pictures. The cr@p ones are classified as Art.;)
Your one would be titled "Faceless youth":lol:

[forsaken]

I'm sorry.. I really don't belong here as I never have and never will take cr@p pictures. The cr@p ones are classified as Art.;)
Your one would be titled "Faceless youth":lol:


I like the way you think there.

[DiscoLizard]

I belong here... I could be teaching classes :D

Peter, I think I need to hire you... 'You got the brains, I got the looks, lets make lots of money'...

[theflyingkiwi]

well I did post what I thought was a crap photo, however a couple of people liked it :confused:

however I got thousands of crap photos :)

[joeseph]

**Mr Burns voice**
Excellant, Excellant.
finally a competition that I'm really good at:
here's another real gem, brought to you by the letter "F" and the letter "H"
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"F" = Framing, or rather, the lack thereof - a tad too far to the left makes for a rubbish picture.
"H" = Head, isn't it obvious? (it might be Hat, but I may be mistaken)

[Flywing]

Usually these are secreted away for personal viewing pleasure only; can't bring myself to share the best "art" for fear that someone will use it without my permission.:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Master Mason]

Usually these are secreted away for personal viewing pleasure only; can't bring myself to share the best "art" for fear that someone will use it without my permission.:lol: :lol: :lol:

You could crop out that anoying fish and have your self a nice picture of the water there... See these things are easily fixed :)

[Master Mason]

And just to share the wealth... What would you title this litle piece of art?

http://gregghall.smugmug.com/photos/95086239-M-4.jpg

And no I didn't add the watermark to protect this in anyway, smugmug does it auto for me

[Mark Vuleta]

Oh its such a hard decision, select 1 or 2 out of 17000 roughies, man this is tough but as you started with flash, hears some more, "must remember to turn flash on"

The before & when I remembered:o

[DiscoLizard]

And just to share the wealth... What would you title this litle piece of art?

http://gregghall.smugmug.com/photos/95086239-M-4.jpg

And no I didn't add the watermark to protect this in anyway, smugmug does it auto for me




That's beautiful :D

I'd call it..... White thing with knees. But that's why I'm not in charge of the naming committee.

[Flywing]

You could crop out that anoying fish and have your self a nice picture of the water there... See these things are easily fixed :)

But I already have one:

[DozerLYP]

you gotta live this one.
brought to you by the letter "N" and the letters "LBS"

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/dozerlyp/IMG_8457.jpg

N: Not waiting for the flash to be ready.
LBS: due to the Low Battery Syndrome...

[ItsMike]

Where has this thread been? I can make a big Contribution to it!! :):):)

[joeseph]

But wait: there's more...
this one's called "cheap" as in cheap CF cards...
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[joeseph]

Looks like I'm winning this hands down,

"the moon"
at 1/30th sec, such stunning detail, such perfect exposure, not...
175033

[Jostel]

Who knows??!!!! nice, er, pole??!!

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/joanfstel/emt002.jpg

This one should have been deleted...:oops:

[DozerLYP]

here's an other one for me...
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/dozerlyp/IMG_0095.jpg

[Guineh]

Hmm... Well, I think the creative point of focus on this one is telling. I keep having to remind myself to focus on the eyes... Probably could have used a smaller aperture, to get the entire critter in focus. So, I'll call this one "A Clear Way to Bunny's Better Side"

[joeseph]

I really outdid myself today, producing this gem:
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I guess I did learn something from it, but am at a loss to explain exactly what though...

[NordieBoy]

I call this one...

Timing :D

[Guineh]

I really outdid myself today, producing this gem:
I guess I did learn something from it, but am at a loss to explain exactly what though...

So, how did you take that? on the way down from a tree, or did you tie your feet to a branch and hang. It's a masterful work of art, BTW... says a lot about how our world is turned upside-down.. :lol:

[joeseph]

So, how did you take that? on the way down from a tree, or did you tie your feet to a branch and hang. It's a masterful work of art, BTW... says a lot about how our world is turned upside-down.. :lol:
I broke my left arm at the wrist a few weeks ago so have an nice fibreglass cast on it. Basicly I can't hold a camera very well with only one hand but you can't say I didn't give it a go. I was trying to get close to waterline without dropping it in the tide and the only way I could hold it was upside down - suffice to say the horizon is not too straight and the direction of shot wasn't what I'd have liked either...

[asolie]

bad timing....

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/asolie/Birds/Craneresized.jpg

[naqs]

well I have nothing to contribute to this thread... haha naa I'm kidding, I'll upload something another day

[Extirpate]

Hmm... Well, I think the creative point of focus on this one is telling. I keep having to remind myself to focus on the eyes... Probably could have used a smaller aperture, to get the entire critter in focus. So, I'll call this one "A Clear Way to Bunny's Better Side"


haha.. great title!

[joeseph]

but wait, there's more :rolleyes:

"when taking shots of rally cars, having a car in frame is generally regarded as enhancing the image"
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"when taking shots of rally cars, having #8 fencing wire in frame is generally regarded as not enhancing the image"
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[EMarkM]

Great thread: I'm sure I've got too many "works of art" to mention...somewhere...but since getting the new SLR I tend to delete them at the first stage of processing now.

Gotta love joeseph's water "action" shot - looks like one of those dodgy reality TV shows gone wrong.

What did you fall over? ;)

[leitch]

yep. thought he was going to do a different trick, so set the flash up to suit that trick. when he changed his mind, i cut his head off in shadow. sweet! :oops:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7843/img0337qm6.jpg

[qtaran111]

I couldn't believe this guy with a lampost growing out of his head turned up and ruined my shot:

http://camdenphoto.smugmug.com/photos/190592687-L.jpg

[Primm]

Can I just say, that as an absolute beginner to DSLR photography, these shots have made my day!

Cheers

[Flo]

My Christmas tree on Heroin:rolleyes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/Copy1ofIMG_0018.jpg
ANd because one is simply not good enough:confused:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/Copy1ofIMG_0020.jpg

Apparently flash and exposure have something to do with the completed photograph:o

[Guineh]

I'd be more concerned about that thing in the corner about to go nuclear... ;)

[Flo]

I'd be more concerned about that thing in the corner about to go nuclear... ;)
Lol.............no kidding.

[notch]

Well i managed to find a deformed Elephant with a Giraffe growing from his forehead :lol:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/lyndon1965/Image15.jpg

[Flo]

Well i managed to find a deformed Elephant with a Giraffe growing from his forehead :lol:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/lyndon1965/Image15.jpg

And here I thought the elephanraffe was extinct...:)

[Guineh]

That's a funny horn on that elephant.

Wait .... are elephants supposed to have horns?

[Flo]

That's a funny horn on that elephant.

Wait .... are elephants supposed to have horns?

Only when they are celebrating New Years;)

[the_incubus]

wait one sec, ill post a link to my gallery :)

[Flo]

wait one sec, ill post a link to my gallery :)
LOL....then link it to mine ok?

[X-Warrior]

And the lesson learnt here would be:

- When you shoot pictures of the moon at 300mm (x1.6) with 4.5 seconds shutter time, do not try it handheld.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dplas/pics/IMG_0826.jpg

I've used is as a background for my website... :cool:

Lovely topic by the way.

[Flo]

And the lesson learnt here would be:

- When you shoot pictures of the moon at 300mm (x1.6) with 4.5 seconds shutter time, do not try it handheld.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dplas/pics/IMG_0826.jpg

I've used is as a background for my website... :cool:

Lovely topic by the way.

Lol..........looks like all of my moon shots!:confused:

[Myk]

i swear my wife gave birth to The Flash. 80% of the pics of this little girl in the last year are blurry, no matter what i do. *sigh*
http://www.mdubm.com/photos/potn/ashleeblur1.jpg
http://www.mdubm.com/photos/potn/ashleeblur2.jpg

[joeseph]

My Christmas tree on Heroin:rolleyes:

Apparently flash and exposure have something to do with the completed photograph:o
ooooh! these are really good examples... Liking the composition with the rule of thirds applied (presume the spoon indicates pudding?)

[Adrena1in]

Yay, a thread where I can perhaps excel!! :D

Photo of the moon, camera held up to the eyepiece of my telescope.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5355/img2006xh4.jpg

[Flo]

Yay, a thread where I can perhaps excel!! :D

Photo of the moon, camera held up to the eyepiece of my telescope.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5355/img2006xh4.jpg
I would be quite happy with that shot;)I cannot get a shot of the moon..that is actually loking like the moon, and not a headlamp.....

[Adrena1in]

...loking like the moon, and not a headlamp.....
Oh don't worry, I have plenty of shots, (or should I say "had" - I expect I deleted them), where it looks like a headlamp. :rolleyes:

[Nzshrimper]

right heres my only crap photo that i have ever taken - YEAH RIGHT....

playing with the tc's and a 300mm... :)

[Poindexter]

^wow - that's some dirty mess.

Before anyone says anything about how dangerous this shot is....I know, and I'm not going to sit here and tell you I'm a saint. No accidents occurred in the 1/8th of a second this shot was taken at. However, the shot was planned, but nobody told my right foot about the precision of the plan.

http://poindexter.smugmug.com/photos/4466712-M.jpg

Notice I'm at 5400 RPM and 56 MPH.

[Guineh]

Notice I'm at 5400 RPM and 56 MPH.

9000 RPM redline...? what were your driving?

(edit) Ooh, I just noticed both odometers read all 5's. Was that the reason for taking the shot?

[Poindexter]

9000 RPM redline...? what were your driving?

(edit) Ooh, I just noticed both odometers read all 5's. Was that the reason for taking the shot?

Yeah, I was trying to get all 5's everywhere. It would have been even better if I had a half tank of gas. That is from my old 2001 Honda S2000.

[Adrena1in]

Notice I'm at 5400 RPM and 56 MPH.
Don't worry, in half a million miles you can try again! ;)

[emma rose]

i have no idea what i was trying to do here???

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/594/oopafq4.jpg

[EMarkM]

i have no idea what i was trying to do here???

Tell everyone it's a photo of an unusually talented Chameleon!

[emma rose]

Tell everyone it's a photo of an unusually talented Chameleon!

INGENIOUS!

[emma rose]

D'OH A DEAR

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4711/dohwj3.jpg

I took ages sneaking up on this, and just as I was taking the pic, he startled and bolted! grrrr!

[Riverlander]

Gee - I wish i had not wiped my USB 80gig drive. But then again -- a week or so and I will have 20gig of stuff for this thread :(

[Flo]

Gee - I wish i had not wiped my USB 80gig drive. But then again -- a week or so and I will have 20gig of stuff for this thread :(
:lol::lol:

[Naturalist]

Here's my crappy photo !!!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/1361005411_b3f53bfa0e.jpg

This was taken a couple of weeks ago with a EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 II USM with the lens set at 300mm, the camera mounted onto a tripod and NO WIND.

Looks like some CA going on. I've used this lens for years when shooting transparencies and, of course, you cannot see the crappy quality when viewing a transparency with a 4x Schneider loupe. HOWEVER, you can really see the crappy quality when viewing a digital image at 100%.

So, needless to say, the 75-300 has been retired.

[skeeterbug]

lol this thread is great!

qtaran1111, you mean you weren't shooting a photo of that guy balancing a streetlight on his head????

emma rose, that is a great texture shot of concrete. just think of the background use someone could get out of that!!!

[Riverlander]

A dismal failure. If you must know it is a LED inside an ball of ice! The LED blew after this one shot - too many volts?

[joeseph]

A dismal failure. If you must know it is a LED inside an ball of ice! The LED blew after this one shot - too many volts?
possibly, but we'll give you points for effort!

[Adrena1in]

Here's my crappy photo !!!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1122/1361005411_b3f53bfa0e.jpg


Erm, photography noob here really...what exactly is wrong with that photo? Focus seems pretty good. Framing is alright to me, (though I'm sure some would say it might look better off-centre). Tiny "blob" infront of a leaf down the bottom right. But otherwise I think it looks fine. (I've just got myself a 75-300, non USM lens, and if you're saying it's crap because it takes photos like that then I think I'll keep mine! ;) )

[Guineh]

Erm, photography noob here really...what exactly is wrong with that photo? Focus seems pretty good. Framing is alright to me, (though I'm sure some would say it might look better off-centre). Tiny "blob" infront of a leaf down the bottom right. But otherwise I think it looks fine. (I've just got myself a 75-300, non USM lens, and if you're saying it's crap because it takes photos like that then I think I'll keep mine! ;) )

Just a stab.... DOF is too narrow, the leaves of the plant aren't all in focus, but should be <shrug> I agree... This far surpasses any of my cruddy pictures.

[joeseph]

Not sure if this deserves to be here or not, make up your own minds:

210098

there may have been an inadvertant problem with shutterspeed.:lol:

[Nzshrimper]

^ hey i have one of thous shiny side down..

crap phone cam taken a couple years back... !!

[naqs]

hey thats pretty cool... how did he end up on his roof anyway?

[3Turner]

How have I missed this for so long?? Gonna have to go find one of my shots to contribute.

[theflyingkiwi]

I got so many, where do I start. :lol::lol:

[lance v]

lol brilians thread

[Flo]

Looked great from this side of the camera in the horse drawn carriage:confused:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/IMG_2003.jpg

[Kraig C]

^ hey i have one of thous shiny side down..

crap phone cam taken a couple years back... !!You can use the previous example shot to explain how it got upside down HAH! You see, this camera has an extra button on the back with the "star" it means ZPE... when you press it, whatever your pointing your camera at will be locked in space time, a new kind of image stabalization technology, the only draw back is if you have too much camera shake, things go a little awery..

[Mediation]

GKPE mini :p
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1102/dohwc3.jpg

Hi. cant tame 14 photographers... haha

NOO DONT FOCUS ON THE OLD MEN!!! FOCUS ON THE HOT LADIES.. I digged the tall one :( real gutted.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4602/nooopp3.jpg

[Ferosso]

This got me really sad cause I only snapped 1 photo :(



http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c289/Ferosso/IMG_1695.jpg

[theflyingkiwi]

This got me really sad cause I only snapped 1 photo :(



http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c289/Ferosso/IMG_1695.jpg

see there's a lesson there, always take more than one shot :)

[BASmith]

Another all out of focus job.

I didn't know which insect I should follow, and in my excitement I pressed the shutter button.


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/gerbalhunter/Insects/FocusFailure.jpg

[joeseph]

all excellent work - make me feel much better! :-)

[Charles Richards]

back when I had just my Cybershot T1, I thought I could get a cool picture of Minneapolis by just setting it on the dash of the car ... not so much

http://images.charlesrichards.net/d/52010-18/DSC02115.jpg

[Nzshrimper]

We have not seen many shots from Duncan for a while .... Don' t say he is getting good at this .....

[GeoffSobering]

Gosh, according to the folks at airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/) and onexposure.net (http://www.onexposure.net/) all of my photos should win here! ;)

How about this one? I thought it looked kind of cool, but not so much for most other folks... :o

[GeoffSobering]

I thought I could get a cool picture of Minneapolis by just setting it on the dash of the car
I kinda like it.
(but then that's probably the absolute "kiss of death" recommendation for photos...)

Cheers,

Geoff S.

[stardrop]

Oh boy...can I ever contribute to this thread. I have about 10 shots just like this one, but from different angles. I definately have to work on my timing of BIF

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k42/stardrop_2006/butt.jpg

[Flo]

I think I have this night stuff nailed down.finally!:rolleyes:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/TonyBBQ/IMG_4773.jpg

[ilmk]

Man.. I could fill this thread up with my mistakes. LOL