Assignment: "A Mistake" ?-July 15

[nsalsabor]

I took this on Mother's Day 2009, from a bouquet of roses I bought my wife. It was under exposed but I liked the look of it.



Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
Date and Time (Original): 2009:05:03 15:11:15

[lizziebelle]

I took this with my Kodak Easy Share point-and-shoot, and just as I was about to snap the shot, a mosquito landed on my ear and I flinched, creating the movement. It's actually turned out to be one of my favorites.

[tkcom]

I took this on my week-old 50D, and as you might've guessed I hadn't got hold of the camera yet. I had the setting on fast burst mode and I thought perhaps the metering would be like shooting normally. It didn't. Instead, the reflection of the sun on the water was maybe too strong that it pushed the shutter speed almost all the way up and underexposed the subject. I liked the pose so much I rescued it with post.



Canon 50D w/ EF 28-135mm IS USM @ 135mm
f/8 1/5000 sec ISO 400
May 22, 2009

Anyway, please come check out my photoblog and don't hesitate to drop a comment!

[criterium]

Camera: Digital EOS Rebel XSi (Canon 55-250 EF-S IS lens)
ISO: 160
Focal Length: 250mm
Aperature: 5.6
Shutter: 1/500 sec

This was a mistake because I had switched my camera to full auto mode to take a picture that I was not experienced taking. I also left my camera in auto focus mode, so my camera focused on the flowers in the background rather than the ones close to the lens. I wanted to have the closer flowers to be in focus with the background to be blurred out. However, this photo turned out interesting, as if you are looking through the flowers in the foreground. I am still an extremely novice photographer and this is my first post. Hope it turns out well.

[EclecticMunk]

Assignment: A Mistake

This was taken at my wedding. It's one of the first night shots I've taken with an EOS 400D, and I bumped the tripod as I took the pic, causing everything to blur in one direction. I think it would have looked great without the bump, but still like the abstract quality and the colours caused by the bump. It sums up the theme of the wedding, which was "Midsummer Night's Dream"

Canon EOS 400D
f4.5, 1.3 second exposure



Bigger one here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/...1309301f_o.jpg

[suprspi]

Camera: Pentax Optio A10
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/10.8
Focal Length: 23.7 mm
Focal Length: 76mm
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV

Before I got my new super-zoom my wife and I had a pocket sized Pentax Point and Shoot. I had it on auto everything and snapped a picture of the pond while we were out for a walk on a warm day.

Well, It's accidently underexposed (that's a common theme in this thread, one I might have to explore creatively) but I like it. The super bright reflection makes the picture feel as hot as the day was.

I don't have a huge back catalogue of pictures to go through, so this was my best one.

[MOmilkman]

This is one of the first pictures I took with my new (or new to me) Rebel XT. I like how it focused on the snow flakes even though I was trying to focus on my dog. So I decided to keep it.
The composition my not be the best but since the snow ended up being the subject I decided it worked.

Taken 2-28-2009
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[hnikesch]

reflections
I was sitting in a restaurant looking at the dark mean sky, got up moved to a clear access to the window and shot, oops... Got a reflection Oh well not to bad
Canon SD 990 f4.5 1/10 sec. iso 200

[hurworld]

1st January 2009
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 1600

Yup, great start to the year. Classic mistake of not resetting the camera settings after previous use...ISO was stuck at 1600 and shutter speed was too low as a result of Aperture Priority and Centre Weighted metering. Took a quick shot of friend's daughter because she was pouting. It wasn't until I checked on photos later at night that I realised it was *quite* over-exposed. As I had shot in RAW mode, I pulled back some highlight details in post-process, cloned out distracting catch lights in her eyes as a result of camera movement, and fiddled around with the white balance and that's it. This turned out to be a rather nice high-key, suggestive portrait.

[snakeapple1948]

exif:

Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5700 S700
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 7.7 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

File Size: 2.3 MB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 2133
Image Height: 1600
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 200 dpi
Y-Resolution: 200 dpi
Software: Paint Shop Pro Photo 12.50
Date and Time (Modified): 2009:05:17 17:06:49
YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited
Exposure Program: Program AE
Date and Time (Original): 2009:05:17 06:52:12
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:05:17 06:52:12
Compressed Bits Per Pixel: 4
Brightness Value: -0.3
Max Aperture Value: 3.5
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
Light Source: Unknown
Color Space: sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution: 5376
Focal Plane Y-Resolution: 5376
Sensing Method: One-chip color area
Custom Rendered: Custom
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Sharpness: Normal
Subject Distance Range: Unknown
Compression: JPEG (old-style)
Viewing Conditions Illuminant Type: D50
Measurement Observer: CIE 1931
Measurement Flare: 0%
Measurement Illuminant: Unknown (0)

Maybe a mistake is a form of serendipity? My bedroom in the morning - I liked the light