Contest: Post your worst images with your best gear

[Apple fanboy]

ImageD610, 14mm, iso800, f/16, 1/400s

I often wondered if not buying a full frame Nikon was holding me back or if my pictures were suffering from not having the right gear.

Clearly I needent of worried....

 

[monokakata]

I think we need more autofocus fails.

I'll see what I can find.

 

[kallisti]

Not enough bad flash photos!

This is from the initial series I shot when I was thinking about starting this thread:

Puts the second photo in my original post into context.... It could have been *much* worse

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Angry swan is coming to get you. I will admit to squealing like Homer J. Simpson and running like a little girl from this possessed bird...

 

[monokakata]

Angry swan is coming to get you. I will admit to squealing like Homer J. Simpson and running like a little girl from this possessed bird...

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The great poet Yeats:

Leda and the Swan

A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.

How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?

A shudder in the loins engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower[20]
And Agamemnon dead.

Being so caught up,

So mastered by the brute blood of the air,
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?

 

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for your viewing pleasure

 

[Meister]

for your viewing pleasure

You indeed have a hard time with bad pictures.
Again those are not bad per se but merely out of focus.

You still have to present something that has bad composition, bad lighting, a boring subject and maybe slightly off focus. All your images have this flaire of talent surrounding them.

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Angry swan is coming to get you. I will admit to squealing like Homer J. Simpson and running like a little girl from this possessed bird... View attachment 476151

despite the lack of focus this is bad all the way. Well done!

 

[needfx]

You indeed have a hard time with bad pictures.
Again those are not bad per se but merely out of focus.

You still have to present something that has bad composition, bad lighting, a boring subject and maybe slightly off focus. All your images have this flaire of talent surrounding them.

oh so chopped heads, crooked angles, white balance misfires, indoor to outdoor-from lit to dark; reflection infested images are not bad enough for you?

boy, do you know anything about bad photography?

 

[VI™]

Photos like this bug me. Sure I used a $500 speedlight, but it was the wrong type of equipment for the shot, so the subject is under exposed and I over processed the sky with some hope of compensating for it. But when you're traipsing all around town to shoot, it's not practical to carry the big lights. I need a little red wagon with really big tires.

 

[Meister]

oh so chopped heads, crooked angles, white balance misfires, indoor to outdoor-from lit to dark; reflection infested images are not bad enough for you?
boy, do you know anything about bad photography?

The bar has been set pretty low. i am trying to keep it that way

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Photos like this bug me. Sure I used a $500 speedlight, but it was the wrong type of equipment for the shot, so the subject is under exposed and I over processed the sky with some hope of compensating for it. But when you're traipsing all around town to shoot, it's not practical to carry the big lights. I need a little red wagon with really big tires.


Image

This image is flawed, but come on! I am sure you can do worse.

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Not enough bad flash photos!
This is from the initial series I shot when I was thinking about starting this thread:
Image
Puts the second photo in my original post into context.... It could have been *much* worse

... Now thats what I am talking about! Simply terrible

 

[monokakata]

Miscellaneous flawed images.

MK-01: not only WTF is going on, but just about everything else.
MK-02 and MK-05: landscape photography requires careful attention to light, composition, and focus.
MK-03: because before you saw only one of my feet
MK-04: because what's really important is how nicely-woven the shirt is.

 

[Meister]

Miscellaneous flawed images.

MK-01: not only WTF is going on, but just about everything else.
MK-02 and MK-05: landscape photography requires careful attention to light, composition, and focus.
MK-03: because before you saw only one of my feet
MK-04: because what's really important is how nicely-woven the shirt is.

Thank you for sharing! Those are just horrible!

 

[kenoh]

Photos like this bug me. Sure I used a $500 speedlight, but it was the wrong type of equipment for the shot, so the subject is under exposed and I over processed the sky with some hope of compensating for it. But when you're traipsing all around town to shoot, it's not practical to carry the big lights. I need a little red wagon with really big tires.


Image

Man that picture screams "this is gonna hurt...". The perspective makes it look like he is about to wipeout on the grass mid twist. It isnt even close to being bad enough to feature in this thread... IMHO.

 

[Meister]

Man that picture screams "this is gonna hurt...". The perspective makes it look like he is about to wipeout on the grass mid twist. It isnt even close to being bad enough to feature in this thread... IMHO.

I didnt want to be as blunt, but you are right.
His image is better than a lot of other peoples good images.

 

[CharlieBrandt09]

I was trying to get a close-up of a bee on my screen. Not only is it way blurry, but I realized after shooting that the bee was dead!

 

[VirtualRain]

You guys crack me up! There's certainly some horrible examples here

Let me add to the collection... something I haven't seen yet in this thread... an example of what not to do during a long exposure

5DM37252 by Virtual.Rain, on Flickr

 

[Meister]

I was trying to get a close-up of a bee on my screen. Not only is it way blurry, but I realized after shooting that the bee was dead!

Out of focus, morbid, gross... damn thats messed up. God-awful shot!

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You guys crack me up! There's certainly some horrible examples here
Let me add to the collection... something I haven't seen yet in this thread... an example of what not to do during a long exposure
[url=https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14419342891_39b7bb3bfb_c.jpg]Image[/url]5DM37252 by Virtual.Rain, on Flickr

Good example of bad photography! Thanks for sharing!

 

[kallisti]

Maybe it's just me, but normally any of my more horrible RAW files never see the light of day. I either delete them on the camera, or when I load them to Lightroom I will delete them.

I tend to save most of my photos, even the bad ones. I have a little bit of a hoarder in me--sometimes the bad photos just serve as a reminder of a point in time and I can recall that specific date and place when looking at them. Sometimes the bad photos serve as reminders in a different sense--what *not* to do. Very rarely they serve as an inspiration to try something new.

I often wondered if not buying a full frame Nikon was holding me back or if my pictures were suffering from not having the right gear.

Clearly I needent of worried....

I think you posted this tongue-in-cheek, which is fine. It made me chuckle when I read it. Not because you posted it regarding your images, but because there is truth in your statement which has applied to me at some point(s) and I think also applies to many others....

 

[Apple fanboy]

I tend to save most of my photos, even the bad ones. I have a little bit of a hoarder in me--sometimes the bad photos just serve as a reminder of a point in time and I can recall that specific date and place when looking at them. Sometimes the bad photos serve as reminders in a different sense--what *not* to do. Very rarely they serve as an inspiration to try something new.



I think you posted this tongue-in-cheek, which is fine. It made me chuckle when I read it. Not because you posted it regarding your images, but because there is truth in your statement which has applied to me at some point(s) and I think also applies to many others....

Just before I bought my D7100 I read a lot of stuff online that basically said don't bother get the D610. I'm sure it is a nice camera, but for me it's just a hobby and would have meant spending a lot of money for not a lot of gain (in my hands).
And yes it was tongue in check!

 

[kallisti]

You guys crack me up! There's certainly some horrible examples here

Let me add to the collection... something I haven't seen yet in this thread... an example of what not to do during a long exposure

[url=https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14419342891_39b7bb3bfb_c.jpg]Image[/url]5DM37252 by Virtual.Rain, on Flickr

While I agree that "painting with light" during a long exposure can produce some horrible images, it can also be a fun thing to play with.

While this might be seen as equally bad (or possibly even worse!), it holds a soft spot in my heart as one of my favorite abstracts. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

 

[monokakata]

And sometimes the "light painting" is accidental, as when I was making some pre-dawn shots and my neighbor came out of his driveway (across the street) and swept my field with his headlights.

 

[Apple fanboy]

While I agree that "painting with light" during a long exposure can produce some horrible images, it can also be a fun thing to play with.

While this might be seen as equally bad (or possibly even worse!), it holds a soft spot in my heart as one of my favorite abstracts. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Image

I like it.

 

[someoldguy]

Bird's quicker then me , forgot to compensate for the curvature or the earth..

Continuous autofocus doesn't work quite as well as I would like...

Can't say much good about this ...