A Mistake. You've taken a photo, you were rushing, you hadn't checked your settings, SNAP, it came out all wrong - but you like it. I'm sure we've all got a whole hard drive full of these - let's see your best MISTAKE. For this contest, you can draw on your back catalogue (in other words, for once, you can use a shot you took three years ago) but you need to
explain why it was a mistake.
Heaven knows I've made a lot of these! Unfortunately, I've deleted most of them because I rarely like them. But looking through my archives, I noticed this one. It wasn't at all what I planned to take. I wanted bright pink petals against a rich blue sky. However, my sky was totally blown out (taken near noon) and the dof was a little too shallow, leaving me with lots of blurry flowers (it was a bit breezy, too). But the lighting made the petals and leaves almost translucent. So I added a touch of sharpening to the main in-focus branch to help it stand out and a bit of curves in Photoshop to bring out some depth and color, plus a little cropping, mostly to cut out lots of blurry branches. Despite the overly light sky, I liked the final image, so I kept it.
As you can see, some editing can make a mistake acceptable.
As always, the rules...
Please note the change in closing time.
Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.
1. Your original image you submit should be taken between
ANYTIME (check your archives) and the 15th of July. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition.
Don't wait until the last minute to post!
2. Your post must include "Assignment: A Mistake" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).
3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.
ALSO, THIS WEEK, EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS A MISTAKE.
4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.
5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px on the longest side).
6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).
7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the
DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) and
here.
Next week,
Humor. I need a bit of a laugh and I'm sure you do, too.