Creative imperfection...share em..

zoomer

I love this shot....now....but it also bugs me because the skyline cuts right through her head.
Sammi loves the shot...in fact the black and white version of this is her favorite from her shoot.

In processing I almost deleted this. SOOC was very blown out and no contrast and the obvious skyline issue.

One of the things I am really working on is to see the possibilities more creatively... the perfect version is not always best....sometimes it is that bad crop, uneven composition, blown out sky, bad white balance, uncropped out distractions....that give a photo it's character and make it interesting.

Anybody else have any Creatively Imperfect shots....if so add them to this thread....lets see em!
No critiques allowed .

kdog

Well there was this one shot I took for a blind recording artist. It required flash and a two-second exposure.


It was supposed to look like this, but I accidentally moved the tripod while the shutter was still open.


And of course look which one he picked to use!

zoomer

Good stuff! It looks like you planned it cause there is an opening in the zigs right where his head fits in.

I was taking pictures of a dancer last year and the flash didn't go off on one...made her look like a witch on a broom flying through the trees at night. Of course that has been on her facebook avatar ever since.
Ya just never know what they will like.

Qarik

kdog wrote: »

Well there was this one shot I took for a blind recording artist. It required flash and a two-second exposure.


It was supposed to look like this, but I accidentally moved the tripod while the shutter was still open.


And of course look which one he picked to use!

umm..how did he choose? haha

Foques

not sure if this one qualifies..

kdog

Qarik wrote: »

umm..how did he choose? haha

Good question! He has a bit of residual sight that allows him to see general shapes but no details and he has kind of a six-sense about what he's seeing. I believe he also relies on his wife's and other folks opinions on the shots as well.

briandelion

These two were underexposed and taken hand-held at low shutter speed due to limited lighting with a camera that has noise issues at iso 800. Talk about a recipe for a bad shot! But they had a dreamy quality that appealed to me so I did all I could in post processing to salvage them.

Z6I

How about this, sorry about the watermark-

zoomer

All good stuff, interesting to hear people viewpoints on why they like their creative imperfections.
Foques that shot has so much energy...with shots like that the technicals just don't matter.

Foques

thank you, Zoom