My Photo Mistake by mcrc22: Didn't bring bag
It was a very beautiful day.The sun was shining so bright that morning. We went hiking,I casually brought my Nikon D100,my son brought his camera gears & his Nikon D70 and our friend brought his poin…
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My Photo Mistake by mcrc22: Forgot Memory Card
After a long road trip,we started to set up. He got his tripod etc mounted his cam.Lo and behold he blurted out "OH NO!". I asked what happened, I left the memory card!!!! We went around the area and…
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Forgot Tripod Attachment
Stupid idiot that I am, made a special trip to Whitstable from Canterbury in UK and hung around there for it to get dark. got myself some food and sat on the beach waiting for the right light. When t…
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Forgot An Important Piece of Camera Gear
I had to hold the camera up in the air and guess at what I was aiming at as well as set the focus for the approximate correct distance to the subject.I was extremely lucky to miss only a few shots du…
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Forgot to check my settings!
The previous night I had been out taking photos of the night sky, attempting to capture the milky way that was out while camping. I got up very early in the morning the next morning, and crawled out …
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Left Image Stabilization on While Panning
I bought my first-ever DSLR with in-camera image stabilization (IS). I was new to DSLRs but not new to photography, so I have a reasonable grasp on rudimentary skills. Still, I couldn't get sharp ima…
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Forgot Battery and Memory Card
I am a novice photographer. Everyone hears about photographers who forget some piece of equipment or forget to place a battery or sd card in their camera. I had an opportunity to go on a photo shoot …
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Loaded Film Incorrectly
I had carefully prepared my 35mm film camera for the big event. I even went to the trouble to clear my plan with the obstetrician so I could shoot in the delivery room. I took several pics of the bab…
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Forgot to check exposure settings
After shooting several fireworks displays I got home very late. The next day when I headed out of the office for a shoot I was sleepy enough I completely forgot to look at the exposure settings on th…
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Left the lens cap on
I was working with infrared photography near a busy road. After I set the camera on the tripod focused the camera without the filter I must have put the lens cap on to protect the filter (IR filters …
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