Have you ever hated your own shot?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/09/2007 01:18:46 PM · #1

After entering my furniture entry, I'm starting to think "what the hell did you do?" so, please tell me some others have had the same thought after putting something up that you initially thought was "witty" or "going to kick ass."

thegrandwazoo

Nikon D750

03/09/2007 01:20:47 PM · #2

I am right with you in this furniture challenge. I thought I would kick ass but instead I am having my ass kicked! Just the nature of DPC. But I still freakin love my shot! Let not the haters get you down.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

03/09/2007 01:20:55 PM · #3

Heh. Wait a bit and you're going to have 200 people agreeing.

I think everyone takes shots they hate. Sometimes people even complain that a shot they hate winds up as one of their top scores.

And I've seen portfolio collections titled "What was I thinking?" or something similar.

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

03/09/2007 01:22:00 PM · #4

NEVER!!!! :-)

03/09/2007 01:22:41 PM · #5

Originally posted by levyj413:

Glad to see I am not alone. I think my concept was good, but my processing sucked! I was being witty by putting in an desaturate mask and then putting it back in the main subject matter - a good idea that looks like crap! And my score reflects it too. I'm just glad my alternative medicine entry is making up for it. I'm proud of that bad boy.

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

03/09/2007 01:22:44 PM · #6

Oh, yes! Several times; well, actually quite a few times; well realy rather often.... And I seem to be doing it more regularly with each week that goes past.

PHOTOKID

03/09/2007 01:23:23 PM · #7

Most of the time when I enter, I think my photo is pretty cool. But after the challenge had started and I started getting comments or a really low score and I looked at it closer I was like, well that was dumb.

Here are a few examples these are some of my worst, not however my worst, worst.

Do not feel bad it happens to me all the time.

Rich

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/09/2007 01:26:59 PM · #8

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:

Yeah Rich, you're right. Those are pretty bad. haha! No, just the first one is rather odd, but I like your landscape shot. Why aren't you happy with that one?

PHOTOKID

03/09/2007 01:37:58 PM · #9

Originally posted by dssagent88:

Originally posted by Hot_Pixel:
Most of the time when I enter, I think my photo is pretty cool. But after the challenge had started and I started getting comments or a really low score and I looked at it closer I was like, well that was dumb.

Here are a few examples these are some of my worst, not however my worst, worst.

Do not feel bad it happens to me all the time.

Rich

Yeah Rich, you're right. Those are pretty bad. haha! No, just the first one is rather odd, but I like your landscape shot. Why aren't you happy with that one?

It is not the shot that I am not happy with, it was the post processing on the last one. If you look at the tree in the foreground you will see a major halo that I didnt pick up and then with the tonality of the whole thing was shifted because I tried to get a look that was more warm feeling but made it horrible overall.

I reprocessed this once I got the comments on it to look like this:

Which is alot closer to the origonal and I think better than the one above.

Rich

Citadel

Nikon D7500

03/09/2007 01:40:56 PM · #10

I can't post a copy of the shot because I deleted every copy of it.

I had taken a picture of a grey plastic urn with smoke coming out of it for the Death challenge. It was horrid and what was worse it wasn't my style at all. I self-dq'd it and was happy to do so.

*ETA - This shot is find disturbing as hell and my fiancee hates it because it actually scares her:

I only keep it in my profile because it actually has two favs.

Message edited by author 2007-03-09 13:42:19.