Mistake Photos

[Ugly]

Usually the photos I take in error are of my feet, or video from my phone in my pocket (when I just missed recording what I actually wanted), -or all those ones out of focus or just plain crappy.

Once in a great while though, pushing the shutter at the wrong time works. I know many are smart enough to do this on purpose and get better results. But that is Definitely Not me.
The moon is involved here, so was adjusting my ballhead after accidentally pressing the shutter:


Anyone else have any mistake photos that actually turned out interesting? or maybe did not turn out at all.

 

[Titans]

Usually the photos I take in error are of my feet, or video from my phone in my pocket (when I just missed recording what I actually wanted), -or all those ones out of focus or just plain crappy.

Once in a great while though, pushing the shutter at the wrong time works. I know many are smart enough to do this on purpose and get better results. But that is Definitely Not me.
The moon is involved here, so was adjusting my ballhead after accidentally pressing the shutter:
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Anyone else have any mistake photos that actually turned out interesting? or maybe did not turn out at all.

Super cool photo and it could provide you with a fortune, if displayed in a fancy art gallery in a big city

 

[scatman]

Great idea @Ugly! I usually take a few of these kind of shots per hike/backpacking trip.



November wildflower.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Accidentally took this one while photographing ice climbers in Ouray.


Accidental Pattern by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Another happy accident when photographing colorful sandstone in Coyote Buttes North


Sandstone Abstract by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[SteveR]

Super cool photo and it could provide you with a fortune, if displayed in a fancy art gallery in a big city

Yes, but first he'd have to go to art school to learn how to write up a proper "artist statement".

 

[SteveR]

I ended up using the sharp take on the one below, but saved this one anyway as the unintended bit of motion blur seems to give it a chaotic feeling:

Being forgetful and not checking shutter speed actually worked in my favour here, by showing how being a bit dynamic was needed in Moonshine Wash:

 

[gnwatts]

I was photographing a beautiful rainstorm on Mt. Sopris from below our house in Carbondale, when lightning struck and kind of knocked me over when I pressed the shutter.

 

[Rockskipper]

The solstice that tilted too far:

 

[Janice]

This one isn't so much a mistake as a funky, unintended effect of the lighting. I was fascinated by it and used it as my phone wallpaper for awhile. (Cannon Beach from a few years ago.)

 

[mike_offerman]

I am not sure what is going on here, but I took this photo of this crazy bathroom in one of the steeples in the St Pierre Cathedral in Geneva. I took the photo through a little window in a locked room that was just big enough for the toilet. Never noticed the creepy hand until months later when it came up as my wallpaper on my computer. My wife and I were the only people in the empty room the bathroom was off of. Sorry for the sideways photo, not sure what is going on there.

 

[The Trout Whisperer]

Bigfoot statue in field. Got this pic.. daughter says ya yad one job and ya blew it. I laughed n said, nope i nailed it ! All bigfoot pics are blurry!

 

[Rockskipper]

Bigfoot statue in field. Got this pic.. daughter says ya yad one job and ya blew it. I laughed n said, nope i nailed it ! All bigfoot pics are blurry!View attachment 106004

All BIgfoot photos are blurry because BIgfoot itself is naturally blurry.

 

[The Trout Whisperer]

All BIgfoot photos are blurry because BIgfoot itself is naturally blurry.

Or invisible! But th elusive Ninja grizzly has never been photographed!