technically incorrect or flawed images you still like/love

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Hey. New here so maybe this has been done but...

I recently posted two pairs of photos that have technical/aesthetic issues, but that I still really like.

The second thread in particular was bastardized as despite my clarification that I was only looking to know how people responded to the images despite what I already knew were their flaws, members focused on telling me what was definitively and/or arguably wrong with them and how to make corrections or shoot differently. Sigh.

Frustrating enough to make me want to not post further. However, found this room and decided to go with making lemonade. Thought it would be fun to see shots of this nature (ones you like not just in spite of but even more so due to their technical issues) taken by other members--again, solely for the fun of it.

I'll start with a technically horrible in every way image of a black skimmer taken maybe 8 years ago with my then just purchased first camera, a Kodak 6490, when I knew virtually nothing about photography.

Still, have always somehow liked it...

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Your lighting is way off..... colors are off.... The water ripples are crooked!

Ok, just kidding.... I have many of these... its right now almost everything I have taken.

This is the only one I have, not that I haven't taken more than my share of bad images I had forgotten to change my setting from my last shot. I like the ghostly feel to it.

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Jelloneck wrote in post #12868219
This is the only one I have, not that I haven't taken more than my share of bad images I had forgotten to change my setting from my last shot. I like the ghostly feel to it.

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see i really like this image if this is the look you are going for but isn't that funny how art works obscure and technically wrong can look so good when it is intended but it depends on the purpose of the shot i like the stair case though does have the eerey presence.

to the OP i like the shot and it does happen where some of the best moments do not focus properly or quick enough or the lighting is off but you only have one second so you take the shot and hope for the best.

I'll play!

NYC. Missed the focus but I loved the shot anyway...

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Go on then, I'll play as well:

Don't worry - we're mostly a friendly bunch on this forum and I like all of your photo's so far

David

Glad to hear it, WW--particularly after the unpleasantness in the referenced thread.

And I was half hoping that someone would post as you did, DJ. Thanks for that. ; )

First shot is extremely cool, and very ghostly/spooky somehow as twice noted.

Second is, as these shots often turn out to be (and in a way that proficiently attained shots often are not), very evocative. Reminds me of something that might be on the back of a book's dust jacket to at once suggest a sense of place and the mood it inspires.

The wildlife macro... I feel your pain. I have a close-up lens that I use with my zoom and it's a complete nightmare, with virtually no focal length. Next year, maybe, Canon's 180mm macro--although I do like the challenge.

And thanks for playing our game...

I like the idea behind this thread : )

I'll play. A random snapshot of my dog after I got my 430EX. Had no idea what I was doing but I liked her expression.

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lost focus on the water spray i guess
still like the picture though

here's one missed up I waited a millisecond to long and took the shot it's a little to close and because of that I cut the rear of the car off a wider focal length would have helped also.

Taken 6 years ago, exposure and focus all wrong
My fave shot of our son Reece & collie cross Bonnie
Bonnie was around 14 in this shot and went onto the grand age of 16 1/2

jabtas wrote in post #12871665
I really like this thread, no getting holed up on perfection

Funny thing is I saw someone else make this same exact thread over in the General Photography section a while back. The only difference was that everyone thought it was a stupid idea and the OP got bashed. I think its a cool idea!

Woodworker wrote in post #12869258
Don't worry - we're mostly a friendly bunch on this forum and I like all of your photo's so far

David

You are most kind.

I, like many "newbies" here I guess, see some absolutely amazing photographs posted and one day I hope to be as constistantly good - that is the key worrd there I believe; "constistant".

Sometimes you can be lucky and get the image you envisage, other times (most times) the best result has to be worked for - I consider I'm still working (but I'm getting there, slowly).

Cheers
Lawrence