Greatest missed opportunity?

delly · 13-01-2009 2:29pm #1

I was heading down the M2 yesterday morning, just as the sun was rising. I initially thought I was seeing things with a great photo op in the sky. The clouds had formed into the shape of two massive mountains with a misty cloud base around the bottom. The sun was then shining in such a way that it looked like it was reflecting off the sea at the bottom of the cloudbase, but was just more clouds in a ripple formation.

I know it sounds totally crazy, but if I had have had had my camera at the time it would have made a super picture, one which is obviously hard to describe.

So i'm just wondering if there has been any moments that you've felt the frustration of not having a camera to hand?

elven · 13-01-2009 2:36pm

so, so so so often.

Mostly driving from glasgow to inverness and seeing amazing landscapes whizzing by. Of course, had i a camera, i wouldn't have been able to do them justice anyway so it's prolly best...

Covey · 13-01-2009 2:44pm

Many more of these than what I would consider good shots of mine

Amazingly, a good few are still as vivid as photos hanging on my wall.

T

melekalikimaka · 13-01-2009 2:48pm

drinking for a night with the manics and after shoot the gig, left the camera in the safe in the venue... booo i still wake up in cold sweats, that happens alot at gigs... really need to invest in a p&s

elven · 13-01-2009 2:58pm

Actually i just remembered this blog:

http://www.thephotographsnottaken.com

Morrisseeee · 13-01-2009 3:48pm

I now find myself (as I do quite a bit of driving) seeing loads of oportunities to take pictures or composing a picture, but doh! camera is not in the car !

walter · 13-01-2009 4:02pm

it happened a lot for me as well...
i have moved from SLR to rangefinder cos its easier for me to carry it around.

Danbo! · 13-01-2009 4:09pm

A few months ago I came home from work, having just taken delivery of my new sigma 70-300 that day. Was out the back garden getting used to it, when 2 planes flew over, A british Airways 737, and an aer lingus A320, so low you could read the aircraft reg's, in a holding pattern waiting to land at dublin airport.

I looked through the viewfinder and pointed up. Both aircraft perfectly framed, looked like they were about to collide. Would have made a great picture. Forgotten I had just turned to AF, and not being used to the lens, grabbed it to manual focus and zoomed right out to 70mm from about 210mm. This just as I pressed the shutter in. Cue the lens trying to autofocus, but getting confused because I was zooming. GRRRRR.

Worst part is most of the stories above, people didn't have cameras. I had one in my hand. With the required lens. And I still ballsed it up.

Morrisseeee · 13-01-2009 4:22pm

Actually, now that I think of it, I was driving home (late) last nite and the moon was out it all its glory for the 50min drive, cheekily waving at me ! so I composed a picture in my head at X location with 'friendly' moon....perfect!
I then went in and grabbed my camera and got back into car.......but hold on a minute, wheres that 'friendly' white object in the sky gone !
/utters many obsenities
Got up early for work this mornin and there's the moon looking/laughing at me again !

delly · 13-01-2009 4:24pm

noblestee wrote: »

A few months ago I came home from work, having just taken delivery of my new sigma 70-300 that day. Was out the back garden getting used to it, when 2 planes flew over, A british Airways 737, and an aer lingus A320, so low you could read the aircraft reg's, in a holding pattern waiting to land at dublin airport.

I looked through the viewfinder and pointed up. Both aircraft perfectly framed, looked like they were about to collide. Would have made a great picture. Forgotten I had just turned to AF, and not being used to the lens, grabbed it to manual focus and zoomed right out to 70mm from about 210mm. This just as I pressed the shutter in. Cue the lens trying to autofocus, but getting confused because I was zooming. GRRRRR.

Worst part is most of the stories above, people didn't have cameras. I had one in my hand. With the required lens. And I still ballsed it up.

I thought you were going to say you had no memory card, but what stopped you is even more frustrating as you had everything set up perfectly :pac:

Howitzer · 13-01-2009 10:26pm

All the above is a good argument for getting a good compact camera or canon G10 type camera. I try to at least have the compact with me. But I don't bother bringing it on the cycle to work - as it's a canon ixus and not the most solid (I know from experience!)

Lastly, when I'm out and about with the slr I make sure I'm on f8, iso200, autofocus each time I shut down, just in case you need to shoot fast.
And I have missed stuff when I forget to check this!

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