A big mistake

[martha36]

I was at a local farm yesterday to shoot some fall color and after shooting the pumpkins, I forgot I had my camera on manual. Oops. However, I kind of liked a few of the shots. I thought I'd post them hear to see if I'm just crazy!

You're not crazy at all....well at least not in a bad way I really like the shots you posted here especially the dried out sunflower one.

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Martha - this is a nice set ... for an ooops, these turned out very nice ... I love that first image .. focus and exposure are spot on .. and no, you're not crazy .. I shoot in manual 98% of the time .. it's fun

[fstopMike]

No matter the method, I like the results! Very enjoyable. I like the textures in your second one, and that makes it my favortie.

[WPCatfish]

Color contrast in the punkin shot is great!

[jakethepig]

This is a great set Martha, see, you found the inspiration and your photographs are excellent manual or not. I love the colour of the pumpkin in the first one and the other ones are great too and some nice detail in there as well. I never thought of dried up flowers making good subjects, but your post has told me different. I have plenty of dead flowers out the back so it's time to get shooting. Nice work Martha.

Dave.

[Dogtaggart]

I wish my mistakes came out looking as great as these! Love the dried out petals in the second shot, textures are wonderful

[martha36]

Originally Posted by Dogtaggart

I wish my mistakes came out looking as great as these! Love the dried out petals in the second shot, textures are wonderful

But if I had tried to blow out the exposure on purpose, it would have been a disaster. Funny the way that works sometimes!

[equilution]

The first and second ones are awesome! The best shots happen by accident!! So, accidentally, well done!!

[martha36]

Originally Posted by jakethepig

This is a great set Martha, see, you found the inspiration and your photographs are excellent manual or not. I love the colour of the pumpkin in the first one and the other ones are great too and some nice detail in there as well. I never thought of dried up flowers making good subjects, but your post has told me different. I have plenty of dead flowers out the back so it's time to get shooting. Nice work Martha.

Dave.

The sunflowers reminded me of Van Gogh's series of paintings, so I had to try to shoot them. I was lucky that some still had some color to them.