"Whoops, how can I fix that photo?"

[Seltzer]

We all have our 'whoops' images I know, especially when starting out. What suggestions/ideas/images does everyone have to share about turning that 'whoops' into a 'wow'? One image that I really enjoy how it came out was back at this last 4th of July, less than a month after I purchased my Rebel XT and the first time I had tried using it (or any SLR) in the dark. With no Viewfinder and it being really dark I spent some of the time guessing. This particular image was about 3x larger and got cropped a lot to turn it into what it is. I like the colors and how everything else turned out so cropping seemed to be all that was necessary at the time.

http://johnwright.homeip.net/7-4-2006/people/images/IMG_5005.jpg

[Gromguitar4]

Except for that one really really white dot by the tree i think it is a great picture. Why fix it?

[Fraggleroxer]

lol. nice mistake...my mom says i was too

[Seltzer]

actually, that was the fix.. I didn't get too detailed on this fix, this was just a crop job where this section was basically down in the bottom right third or so of the picture. Just curious about some other experiences people have with 'whoops' pictures and how they handle them.

[Fraggleroxer]

actually, that was the fix.. I didn't get too detailed on this fix, this was just a crop job where this section was basically down in the bottom right third or so of the picture. Just curious about some other experiences people have with 'whoops' pictures and how they handle them.

the great thing about digital is that the shots are pretty much free. you dont waste film when shooting digital. i keep everything. i dont scan the back of my camera and delete thouse i dont want, waste of time. its alot cheaper to buy another 20 doller compact flash card then to delete the million doller shot by accident.

there was a picture that was published on the cover of time magazine of cliton and monica louinski (how ever u spell it) hugging at a rally years before the whole scandel. this man made mad money on that shot just because he kept every peice of film he shot.

long story shot, dont delete stuff, you might need it later

(obviously delete the ones that are black or white, lol)

say what?
zach :cool:

[Bail]

I see myself saving every photo that is not over exposed (To the point it's a blow out) or way under exposed. I also archive my photos when it reaches 4gb. I went out and got some archival quality DVD's and burned them. I also have a 250Gb External HD for my photos.

As for the whoops photos. I shoot in RAW when quailty is of importance. So photo's I don't think are great gets repaired very nicely in post processing. I love JPEG when just going out and messing but when I am being serious I switch to RAW

[henryscat]

I've found myself many times going back to an old photoshoot and wondering why I didn't use THAT photo the first time round!
It's amazing how some images just don't do anything for you at the time, but seem to have an appeal at a later date.
Hence I bin NOTHING unless it's black... which my flashgun seems to be a fan of...

I once took a photo of my mates band and the flash didn't go off, and I ended up with a great pic of a sharp stage with lots of blurry musicians on it! :)

[Seltzer]

Except for that one really really white dot by the tree i think it is a great picture. Why fix it?

fixed.. dot taken out.. :)