Accidental photo thread.

[qnr]

Well, the thread isn't accidental, the photos are.

Do you have any photos that you took accidentally that you feel like sharing? Could be of yourself, an object, a location - anything.

Here's a 'candid' photo of myself.. I was washing some sand off of my face in the restroom at Padre Island National Seashore after having done a lot of shooting from ground level on the beach. The remote for my camera was in the little coin pocket of my pants, and when I leaned against the counter, it fired by accident (I did flip the photo horizontally, due to the fact that there was some text in the mirror image).


Edit: s/due the the/due to the/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear qnr!

Here you go! I was at an outdoor Christmas party a couple of years ago, and this picture happened: I have no idea how it happened, though...

[qnr]

2. Wow - those light patterns are fascinating. It looks like synchronized lightning bugs

dancing around a flame.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks!

They had a fire pit out in the driveway, and I think I had tried to photograph it, even though it was in low light. The shutter stayed open several seconds after I'd given up the shot, yielding this picture...

I had let go of the camera and that caused the streaks. I think!

I'm glad you enjoyed it...

[bluesbassman]

3. It's a poltergeist!!

:rofl:

Cool shot Peggy. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Aw, thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[Phentex]

17. I see a tiny Jesus in the upper right hand corner!

He's sideways floating at the top!

This picture was meant to be, Peggy!

[Demoiselle]

20. It looks like fractal art. Beautiful.

Even inadvertently you're an artist!

[AmyDeLune]

6. Not sure how I managed to do this with a digital camera...

[qnr]

8. Very interesting. It almost looks like an impressionist painting.

I like the soft pastel colors. :thumbsup:

[Phentex]

19. That's very cool...

I like how the sun is still shining through.

[Demoiselle]

21. Looks like y'all have found the end of the rainbow. Very impressive.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Let me guess -- Country Fair?

:)

[AmyDeLune]

29. Faerie World Festival 2004

Loads of fun! I had to skip last year and the upcoming one this year due to (lack) of finances.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Yours is terrific, way better than mine...

The dogs: (Unfortunately, they move...) x(

[qnr]

9. How cute! That first one strikes me as funny for some reason - "Things to do -

gotta go! No time for photos!"

The second one is obviously of Secret Agent Dog; Master of 302 Disguises.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Thanks! The first one strikes me funny, too...

I think that Charlie was still pretty anxious, having just returned from the groomer. The groomer had to put him in the car for me and he shifted me into neutral three times, even on the short trip home... x(

As for Jack, it didn't take him long to get wise to the flash, so he usually turns away from the camera. For him, it's easier to take pix outside... :D

Better pix of Charlie and Jack... :loveya:

[qnr]

15. Ah, they're lovely :) funny expressions here too n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Thanks! Though the best ones are spontaneous... :-)

Jack & Charlie, BFF :loveya:

[qnr]

28. Awwww ... that's adorable! n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

32. That's one of my favorites.

Every once in awhile, a good one comes along, catching them in action. They're the two extremes of the terrier world and you'd be surprised who usually wins... :D

[Skittles]

11. my cat morphed into a buffalo

[SeattleGirl]

12. OMG, it did!

:rofl:

[Skittles]

13. yes INDEED

:D

[qnr]

14. Whoa - impressive! When your leg gets stropped by that cat, you'd better be

braced against something.

[Phentex]

18. That is funny!

great shot!

[Skittles]

22. the original shot

was supposed to be a real cute one of him rubbing his face on the table leg - but as usual I took too long to postion and he got spooked; he is actually in spring-jump motion there. :D

[kimi]

24. Well, the photo wasn't truly accidental

but it came out so awfully. I was trying to take a picture of the "blue moon" on New Year's Eve 2009 in the rural area of southern Iowa and it was so darn cold that I could just not hold the camera still, I was shivering so much. I have no expertise with shooting photos like most of you all do, I can point a camera and shoot, and that's about it. So the moon looks very deformed. I took picture after picture, and the poor old moon just looked worse and worse. Yup, (s)he was sure blue that night. Me, too, with cold.

[qnr]

26. Hey, it's accidental, in the sense that it's not what you wanted. Actually, I kind of

like the look, you have three distinct moons, yet it's still dark enough that unless you look really closely, there appears to be only one landscape/horizon.

[RoyGBiv]

25. Hello ...

This actually is accidental. I was just screwing around with the camera, and he got his face in the right spot just as I clicked the shutter.

[qnr]

27. 'Scuse me, have you seen Buffalo Cat? I'm dressed up as Kimba the White Lion, and we're

going out trick or treating.

[Skittles]

30. LOL

:rofl:

[begin_within]

31. He looks like he's saying

[krispos42]

33. Looks like he's been watching too much MSNBC...

[From The Ashes]

34. Here's one:

We were taking a few pictures of my grandson, but on this one he moved suddenly. Looks like he was caught in the middle of a stretch!

[qnr]

35. Either that, or he's a potential fisherman ... "You should have seen it, it was t-h-i-s BIG!" :) n/t

[Mugu]

36. I don't have any photos that I took accidentally.

But, I have tons that didn't happen as planned. In this case a strobe was supposed to go off at the end of the exposure freezing me in place. But, I forgot to turn the strobe on so of course it didn't fire.

However, this was only an experiment for another photo that I plan on doing so the stub/lack of hand was of no real importance/consequence.

[qnr]

38. Fascinating - very interesting concept, and I like the limited color range. n/t

[guitar man]

37. this was accidental

Was going to shoot a photo of the crowd from the stage and accidentally hit the button and got my feet and my pedals :)

[qnr]

39. musical boots! n/t

[guitar man]

40. Lol

That sounds like it might be a song title :)