# Unexpectedly good photographs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570 "2006-09-05T23:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/21 "2006-09-06T07:23:46Z")
I invariably take crap pictures. However, I had my only good photo taking day ever during a visit to the Botanic Gardens at Mt Tomah in the Blue Mountians. I have no idea what happened. I was getting close to some things, further away from others, and these [two](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/PICT0025.jpg) [shots](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/PICT0024.jpg) I took just seeing if the battery was working in my camera! Here’s some more: [Bee!](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/PICT0015.jpg), [Succulent](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/PICT0013.jpg), [Poofy Flowers](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/PICT0007.jpg). And one of the World’s Sweetest Kitty [Samrys](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/liquidgrace/f2f7a26f.jpg) (and her human) which I had actually hoped would turn out better. ☹ Cheers, G ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/22 "2006-09-06T08:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] This is one of my favorites. There’s some lense flare or something in the background that gave the picture a nice effect. [Here.](http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meboomky1.jpg) 😃 [/QUOTE] Wow what is that guy’s deal? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/23 "2006-09-06T08:22:02Z")
[QUOTE=Eleusis] Wow what is that guy’s deal? [/QUOTE] (looks like a charlie sheen wannabe…😉 sorry just kidding bn) Now, this is a picture that takes into account the rule of thirds, saturation, contrast, etc… It truly rivals Ansel Adams! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/24 "2006-09-06T08:31:52Z")
Not so much for the image quality, but just for the pose: [Zazou](http://www.metrodemontreal.com/matt/personal/cats/bedbig.jpg) It was a complete fluke (I think he got his toe caught in the webbing under the box spring) but the expression and the pose perfectly express my cat’s personality. I use this photo everywhere (it’s my LJ default icon, among other things). ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/25 "2006-09-06T10:42:10Z")
I took this photo of Auggie at Xmastime last year. I think it’s the best “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME??!” look ever. [![](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0137.jpg) ](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0137.jpg) I took this one of the kttens, Snickers and Biscuit, becasue I thought it was cute the way they were looking out the window together. I only noticed their tails after I downloaded it. [![](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0338.jpg) ](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0338.jpg) This is my sister’s JRTs in a rate quiet moment in the sun. [![](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0622.jpg) ](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/katie1341/IMG_0622.jpg) I don’t take a lot of pictures of people… ---
**Author:** ![motomoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@motomoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motomoon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/26 "2006-09-06T11:14:05Z")
Playing with my Dad’s digital camera in the car. Night + no flash + moving car + long exposure time = instant acid trip! [My brother, possibly my favorite picture of the group](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/monkeyfisha114/HPIM0602.jpg) [My brother again more color in this one.](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/monkeyfisha114/HPIM0597.jpg) [My dad while driving](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/monkeyfisha114/HPIM0605.jpg) [Looking throught the rear window.](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/monkeyfisha114/HPIM0599.jpg) [I took this on a motorcycle trip with my Dad. it’s postcard worthy.](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/monkeyfisha114/HPIM0585.jpg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/27 "2006-09-06T11:42:39Z")
Friends were out canoeing on the lake; I was making the campfire on shore and getting s’more stuff ready. It is a little dark, but [I like this one with the boats and the calm lake.](http://static.flickr.com/53/155198996_c6ec063afb_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/28 "2006-09-06T12:19:11Z")
I took these yesterday at my SIL’s house. I assembled them in a Yahoo! calendar for her. I think she’s gonna love 'em. [http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karlen1956/album?.dir=82ebre2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3A//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my\_photos](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karlen1956/album?.dir=82ebre2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/29 "2006-09-06T12:20:15Z")
I forgot to mention that there is lots of kitteny goodness in that group of photos. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/30 "2006-09-06T12:50:37Z")
Wow, Opalcat those are fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/31 "2006-09-06T13:04:52Z")
[This](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11274629@N00/235925943/) is a picture I snapped in Hawaii. This little bird was walking down the beach. It was sort of a lucky shot. I always liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/32 "2006-09-06T13:08:02Z")
I have one…it’s on Photobucket so the glory has been shrunk a little. I was just fooling around, taking pics on my balcony, when I came up with this one: [Crabapples in bloom](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Elenia25/Misc/?action=view¤t=IMG_0703.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch5) I am no photographer, just do it solely for fun. If you could see the original version of this, the one that’s over a meg or whatever, you’d really see how surprisingly nice it came out! I have this as my desktop most days. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/33 "2006-09-06T14:30:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I forgot to mention that there is lots of kitteny goodness in that group of photos. [/QUOTE] That handful of four kittens is Cute Overload-worthy! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/34 "2006-09-06T15:19:31Z")
When I got married back in 2004, we got a nice gift from my new wife’s father: he set us up in an Eiffel Tower-view room at Paris Las Vegas, with a package that included some nice extras. Among the extras was a ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower (it’s only about half the size of the real one, but still). So, we went up at night. I had my faithful little 2 MP digital camera, and I didn’t expect any of the pictures to come out. For one thing, night pictures are hard. For another, the top of the tower is caged in, and there are only small holes you can barely stick a camera lens through for a picture. But, I tried a few. And one of them turned out to be absolutely amazing. Behold: [the Las Vegas Strip at night](http://members.cox.net/maxtorque/thestrip.jpg). And I’ve taken a few really nice lucky pictures of hummingbirds, too. [Birdy](http://members.cox.net/maxtorque/images/broadtail.jpg), [birdy](http://members.cox.net/maxtorque/images/divingin.jpg), [birdy](http://members.cox.net/maxtorque/images/twobirds.jpg). Same camera as the Vegas pic. I need to take care of that sucker. ---
**Author:** ![Otanabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Otanabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanabi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/35 "2006-09-06T15:20:21Z")
I’m no pro, but I enjoy taking pictures of flowers. These are two of my favorites: [Roses](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frannyd/slideshow?.dir=/4ba4re2&.src=ph) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/36 "2006-09-06T15:28:37Z")
:sigh: ☹ I no longer have my military photo collection since my camera and photos were stolen some years ago, before scanning and storing pics on hard drives was commonplace. But I snapped one back in '88 at Grafenwoehr, the gunnery range for the Army’s bigger toys. I snapped a shot of our platoon sergeant’s tank turret, with all the small arms (small arms on a tank is an M240 7.62mm MG) cleaning equipment and various machineguns disassembled for cleaning. It was an overcast day, and our tank’s olive drab paint jobs were kind of faded, so it looks like a black & white photo, except for a bright red Coke can sitting on the TC’s cupola. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/37 "2006-09-06T15:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] That handful of four kittens is Cute Overload-worthy! [/QUOTE] How 'bout it. A responsible Doper would have faxed y’all some insulin before letting you view that one. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/38 "2006-09-06T16:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] That handful of four kittens is Cute Overload-worthy! [/QUOTE] No doubt. That’s one of the cutest pictures I’ve ever seen. I took [these](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vsquist/detail?.dir=efb8&.dnm=94be.jpg&.src=ph) [pictures](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vsquist/detail?.dir=efb8&.dnm=5b95.jpg&.src=ph) the day we got our new digital camera about a year ago. They’re my favorite pictures of my monsters. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/39 "2006-09-06T16:14:17Z")
You must share the cuteness, Kalhoun! [cuteoverload@frostdesign.net](mailto:cuteoverload@frostdesign.net) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570/40 "2006-09-06T16:22:00Z")
Not my best (I’m at work), but I love the look on my son’s face - looks like he’s plotting something… [here](http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/?action=view¤t=P1010202.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-good-photographs/371570.md?page=3)