What is something that absolutely blows you away about your own photography?

For me, how crooked shots are when shooting hand held despite how straight I believe I am shooting.

Go!


*EDIT, due to everyone mentioning it.

OK! Fine I have been using blown away incorrectly. I always assumed it meant something that makes you say wow. And really, negative and positive things make me do that.


Either way, I am owning up to my incorrect usage of the expression "blown away".

Let's move on please.

My very non-steady hands...Ugh.

I also forgot to mention....

I can have a 2000$ lens and make it look like a 100$ lens.

The fact the I can still underestimate my DOF more than I would like.

when i think i'm making the right adjustments and turns out i went the exact opposite. i'm still learning the finer ways of photography btw

My utter lack of PP skills.

That shots can look fantastic on the LCD at the time, but utter rubbish on a full screen later.

Max Powers wrote in post #15277831
For me, how crooked shots are when shooting hand held despite how straight I believe I am shooting.

Go!

Had that happen to me a couple times

Max Powers wrote in post #15278335
I also forgot to mention....

I can have a 2000$ lens and make it look like a 100$ lens.

That too, particularly in bad light, and when I just want to take a snapshot.

jra wrote in post #15278350
The fact the I can still underestimate my DOF more than I would like.

Often happens with the 85L

romanv wrote in post #15278559
That shots can look fantastic on the LCD at the time, but utter rubbish on a full screen later.

Those darn Canon LCDs! I only ever use the screen to check exposure/histogram nowadays.

As for my own quirk to add to this? I can take some pretty amazing photos when shooting at my own pace, and only for my own indulgence; but when I have to specifically shoot for someone else, using specified criteria, I'm completely horrible. I make an awful photojournalist.

My lack of skill regarding foreground interest in composition. I see absolutely gorgeous landscapes taken just feet from my own location, showing exactly the same subject but with wonderful leading lines of foreground.

my inability to emulate a tripod

How bad I'm with pictures where my wife is present.
Everyone else would have OK faces in the picture, but her... I always get it then she have closed eyes or else.

romanv wrote in post #15278559
That shots can look fantastic on the LCD at the time, but utter rubbish on a full screen later.

Luckily I own an early model 5D. Shots always look like crap on the LCD. lol

1Tanker wrote in post #15278404
My utter lack of PP skills.

This.

Also, how I often rely on PP to make bad shots look more interesting.

No matter how poor I think my basketball pics are, the kids still say they love them.