I've got in to the habit of occupying my time whilst sitting in conference calls. It's not a bad habit for which I could be arrested but I like to trawl through my hard drives whilst pretending to pay attention to the conference call I am part of. The participants in the meeting have no inkling of what I'm up to!
I sit at my desk and re-look at older photos I've shot to see if anything is salvageable. To be fair, the rejected shots are literally just that, rejected. I delete those but still end up stumbling across a failed lightpainting shot that somehow now appeals where at the time I shot it, I hated it and moved on or tried again.
This is a collection of my rejects. Shots that never made the cut.
An experiment with the wrong tool
They say a bad workman blames his tools but in this case it's true. I have three different types of camera rotation device and the one here was definitely the wrong one! Note to self for next time; turn up with the home made device with the windy handle!
I also rejected this shot because the Samyang 12mm fisheye lens I was using has a light leaky lens cap and my headtorch beam found it's way on to the sensor, whhhooooppss!
Alignment to drive my OCD wild!
For this shot I was very precise with the alignment and the accuracy of the spinning lights. No amount of obsession over the techniques could satisfy my OCD here and I gave up and drove home in a grump!
Freezing Fractal Failure
This was from a trip to Padley Gorge and sometimes I just don't feel inspired. This was one of those nights. This was about the best I got all evening and I rejected every shot that night!
Blink
For this kinetic movement shot, I asked the model to hold a colour changing RGB LED panel as I panned the camera across the frame. It didn't work as planned with the panel blinking suddenly towards the end. Wierd!
Scales of Light
Where possible I try to travel as light as possible. No need to lug many kilograms of gear most of which never gets used. On this night, I wished I had carried all the gear due to having one lens missing which was sorely needed!
This is a tripod swap image created in one exposure where I could have done with a longer focal length for the lens swap part of the process. The short focal length of the 20mm lens I was using couldn't get close enough in focus to make the image sharp. Bugger, I'll try again and take "all" my lenses next time!
Light Beam
To be fair, there's not a whole lot wrong with this image. My intention with this one was to stop the light trail on the top right hand third but I got carried away and overdid the pan! Oooops!
Spiraliser
Another example where taking the wrong tool for the job but trying anyways didn't work as planned. During the process I felt like I'd got it right but clicking the shutter was a disappointment! I'll be back with the right tool next time!!
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Cool man! I Like the photos
Thanks @cryptoknight12 :-)
An idea way to spend conference calls, liking that.
Your reject photos are pretty good, but I can relate to being focused on getting that shot. If none of it is workable, I do it again and again, until I capture what I'm after.
Freezing Fractal Failure is my favourite.
Thanks, I too do it again and again, 30 or 40 attempts sometimes!
LOLOL! I see we both have ocd tendencies. Seriously though, if you know you can reach further, do better, there's zero reason not to go for it. 😁
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