Accidental Shootings......Post 'em here!

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH

08/31/2008 08:37:28 AM · #1

So.....I got this idea that maybe there'd be some interest in a place to post up those "Accidental Shootings" that happen to us in the normal course of life.

The idea is that you can post images, with a brief description of what, when, where, why, and how they occurred.

This occurred to me because I went to a local street fair yesterday, and got some shots of people that I liked and realized I really had nothing to do with them.

No rules.......if you got something that interested you enough to go to the trouble of editing and liking them enough to want people to see 'em, go for it.

So....

These are shots from the Corn Festival in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

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I love getting these accidental shootings.......it justifies/rationalizes dragging my camera EVERYWHERE I go......

If this doesn't take off as an idea, I'll probably keep it alive all by myself just to have fun with the captures of life that I get that don't really have a home.

Tell me what you think of the idea......either by your comments, or your images!

Mephisto

Nikon Coolpix A

08/31/2008 08:52:47 AM · #2

isn't that just called candid/street photography?

but cool idea for a thread, i'll comment and post some later today...

sherpet

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/31/2008 09:18:23 AM · #3

Here are some of mine when I accidentally tripped in my tropical garden and clicked the button and produced these ghostly images.

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emorgan49

Olympus E-5

Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko

08/31/2008 10:59:04 AM · #4

The back ground photo of some guys on the road in Sudan was the kind of picture you take when your elbow bumps the shutter and you dont know it till later. Even though it was OOF, I saved it thinking it might come in handy someday. And it did.

photodude

08/31/2008 11:02:41 AM · #5

Since this is Accidental Shootings, is Dick Cheney a DPC member?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

EBJones

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

08/31/2008 11:02:49 AM · #6

Great idea! I have plenty!

One that I was very tempted to use in the best of 2007. Taken during the St. Augustine GTG:

From the same GTG, and in the same vein as Jeb's shots, we have random person #5:

And random person #6:

Actually, this is one of the shots from that GTG that I really liked and it's not a random person at all. This is

idnic talking to her daughter on the phone.

And then a few from around Charleston:

Magnolia Plantation.

Shem's Creek.

Waterfront Park.

Caper's Island.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

08/31/2008 11:34:41 AM · #7

Here's a new one from me. This was in Montana in July.

This was found by "mining" an image for small bits that look like a photo.

I was about to shoot this crooked shed when the biker suddenly appeared and made it into a much better image.

Lunch time.

Message edited by author 2008-08-31 11:48:45.

08/31/2008 09:40:20 PM · #8

Like I said, I drag my camera with me everywhere.....this is how pretty that day looked out the back door of church.

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09/02/2008 08:56:00 PM · #9

So I'm headed home from dinner, pull up to the stoplight next to: [thumb]717649[/thumb]

LiamD2005

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

09/02/2008 09:14:59 PM · #10

The REAL photographer stepped in my way at a friends wedding and I got this shot here which is one I like.

bassbone

Nikon Df

Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS

09/02/2008 09:22:29 PM · #11

A morning at Watch Hill. My son was watching the water and the fishermen.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/11/2008 07:12:15 AM · #12

So I stopped in at a friend's gift shop, and this woman was in the hallway.....

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I love the strange kind of portraits possible with mannequins.

saltwatershots

Canon EOS-40D

09/11/2008 08:27:49 AM · #13

taken at pro surfing contest.you'd think someone sponsored by a
surfwear company would have a pair of boardshorts that fit.

09/12/2008 07:37:14 AM · #14

This is what I truly had in mind with my whole Accidental Shootings concept....

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This is from the shot below....

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I was playing around trying to get a shot of the dancers in *NO* light, and I didn't even see this strange glimpse 'til I went back and was examining this batch of images to see if I could gather any more to give to the mother whose daughter was having the birthday party.

I'd love any feedback....

09/16/2008 06:26:51 AM · #15

I love this whole highlighted in red thing with the title of the thread in the thread.....at least that's what it looks like when you open the thread from the search engine.

Another of my Accidental Shootings.....

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I was trying to get the effect that dusk and the full moon created last night at my daughter's soccer practice. The coaches just keep 'em playing 'til it's too dark.

Message edited by author 2008-09-16 06:27:46.

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

09/16/2008 09:18:09 PM · #16

So.....I'm driving down a road I've driven for at least three years now on a regular basis, and I see this lady scooping up her cat as she's rounding the corner of the barn.

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JulietNN

Canon EOS-7D

09/16/2008 09:59:37 PM · #17

You do know that that is not a cat right?

bradshaw

Spypen QX-O

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

09/16/2008 10:16:18 PM · #18

Originally posted by JulietNN:

You do know that that is not a cat right?

lol

smardaz

09/16/2008 10:20:14 PM · #19

was going to take a shot of myself in the car and as i was setting the camera on the dash i hit the shutter and got this gruesome shot:

09/20/2008 07:27:17 PM · #20

Originally posted by JulietNN:

You do know that that is not a cat right?

ROFLMSOAO!!!!

Umm.....yeah.....

That's what I meant that made me all but bounce myself off the steering wheel getting stopped. It's not unusual to see someone scooping up their barn kitty, and I didn't really think much about it 'til I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the "kitty" was kinda strange looking.

The silly 'coon was just like a combination of cat and dog with its interminable inquisitiveness and the way he followed her around. He was a nice boy....just about four months old and completely hand tame.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

09/20/2008 07:28:26 PM · #21

So.....at this point in my life, I'm at least reasonably comfortable with the fact that I'm weird. I have a question for you guys. Do you sometimes just feel this uncontrollable urge to photograph something that is just extraordinarily plebian, but something about it just forces you to take a shot of it and play with the processing 'cause something about it just struck you?

This stupid fire hydrant was just sitting there gleaming with a fresh coat of paint in this kind of faded neighborhood setting, so I thought I'd try and capture the incongruity of its gleaming-ness......

Did I?

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Is it kinda cool? Or am I that weird?????

LOL!!!

EBJones

Nikon D200

09/20/2008 07:55:14 PM · #22

You're just that weird. That's why we love ya around these parts, though. :)

Seriously, though. . . maybe some selective desat on the background and . . . make a separate layer for the background area and do some grunge overlay type processing on it to really drive home the gleaming fresh paint job vs grunge background thing.

Ok, maybe I'm too into this weird thing myself. . .

From the Pride night for the new Chief Petty Officers:

TCGuru

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

09/20/2008 08:01:59 PM · #23

Because I thought it was "hair"larious:

Because I just COULDN'T throw it out:

09/21/2008 05:09:27 PM · #24

The quintessential accident, DPC style. I just couldn't get B&W in Color out of my head!

So there I am, at 4:20 in the morning, shooting for B&W in Color........too bad that's NOT the current challenge!

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I like it, but it doesn't do me any good!