When the camera fails Photo

Photographer’s Note

No post work - nothing!
This was to be a nice scene of a tree reflecting in the water.
..but the result come out like this. Well, an interesting graphical effect. But sure not as expected. So - what happended?

jhm, jmdaoudal, orme, nwoehnl, sunny, avigur_11, hispic, touristdidi, Georges, Jeppe, hugolef, Ramonven, boosta has marked this note useful

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jhm (82723) 2004-10-01 11:40

The different colours tints are very nice Jack, the reflections with the blur in it water are splendid, almost a mirror picture. Great composition!

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RGatward (19747) 2004-10-01 11:53

Fantastic colours, and a great reflection shot, in all aspects.

jmdaoudal (82) 2004-10-01 12:18

Don't bring back your camera to the shop.
It works well Like that.
Jean Michel

kikvel (4772) 2004-10-01 12:27

Jack...it is good however I do not get how this happened?

Nikon bug?

K.

alainh (35379) 2004-10-01 12:40

Bonjour Jack.
je n'arrive pas à comprendre non plus ces couleurs. en tout cas le resultat est superbe.
alain

erthmuffin (1537) 2004-10-01 12:42

weird! looks like a painting, almost. not sure how this happened, though.

ninadev (5225) 2004-10-01 12:44

Very interesting pic, with a little abstract look or as if processed with an infrared filter. What happened ? Maybe you have set your camera on the wrong white balance mode ?

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Roly (1960) 2004-10-01 13:00

Hmm, it looks very good, but... can you do it again? The cables on top right perturb a bit the otherwise fantastic looking, surreal landscape. Could be a water color painting.

Carma (2440) 2004-10-01 13:05

Like nature beauty girl without make-up.
I like the composition and tones.

orme (6746) 2004-10-01 13:18

Excellent shot, Jack. The scene is interesting enough, with the dark tree and the rocking background, but the refection is just unbelievable. Well done - however it happened.

nwoehnl (120) 2004-10-01 13:47

A surprisingly Yellowstone-ish color setting here, Jack :-) The composition is nice, with the reflection adding a "watercolor" version of the scenery. Whatever happened with the colors, it sure yielded a unique result.

Proxilva (2157) 2004-10-01 13:50

strange view, but pretty evoking! i kinda like the colors... it's like digital crossprocessing or something...
I like the mirror with the little wrinkels, they are just big enough for the painty feeling... very funny effect Jack...

carper (65028) 2004-10-01 14:10

Jack I must say for modern art it is a really good job. That the digital revelution, good luck, with your camera.

sunny (3068) 2004-10-01 14:55

Looks as if taken at another planet, Jack! :-)) Great result came out of that "fail" and proves that sometimes we just have to point and shoot, the rest is a miracle! Great job thus - without effort! :-))

Spoony (3539) 2004-10-01 16:03

I can´t find words and adjectives to characterize this pic! But I think that I don´t need to... ;)
Thanks for sharing.
Spoony.

avigur_11 (21301) 2004-10-01 20:05

Wow, I could look at this for hours, it's hipnotizing. I don't think that it is a failure of your camera, as a matter of fact it is not a failure at all, it is a big success. I agree with you that there is something strange with the finish of this pic, so I tried to WS it a bit. Excellent shot, Jack.

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RegisMinot (1317) 2004-10-02 2:54

Very nice colours and good composition. Maybe an explanation: did not you set (in a non intentional way)your balance of colours on a "fluorescent light" position or something like that ? One small detail: electric threads could be removed.

robiuk (10763) 2004-10-02 6:57

Excellent torquise tones with black & yellow. The compo & reflection are superb.
Thanks for sharing, Jack.

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strangiato (76) 2004-10-02 8:26

Definitely a wrong setting but with this result I can hardly say it's "wrong". Very good reflection, with a little help from your camera.

oochappan (22032) 2004-10-02 10:50

At least you can say very incongruent colors, it's a mystery how you got them.
I like the WS of Avigur too where you can see the reflection more clearly.

snsk (780) 2004-10-03 4:00

i like your idea, something totaly diffrent then past posted pictures.

Nadir.

ema-bloum (0) 2004-10-03 11:41

strange and interessant photo.
i love it !
thanks...

bazal (7898) 2004-10-04 4:08

Strange pixellized reflection... The result is surely original and interesting. Good light and color association. Unusual and interesting !

Georges (11183) 2004-10-04 5:48

Une belle peinture cela ressemble en vignette avec des couleurs pastelles trés bonnes.
Bravo pour ce resultat c'est trés bien vu Jack.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-10-04 10:56

Great to watch this graphics - and yes sometimes our cameras gives us unexpected images which turns out to better then the real stuff - but still its a great motif - no wonder you shot this - thanks.

TakiKO (115) 2004-10-09 15:21

I like an unreal atmosphere of this photo, Jack. It is very well done. Is this a land of Marsians???

cdewet (0) 2004-10-10 8:56

Hi Jack
This turned out fascinating, Well done! Some of your stuff is great for TN, why not join us sometimes?

rabani (9421) 2004-10-12 5:04

If it came out like this all the time it fail, maybe it's a good thing :) I heard a camera is unique even in the same batch.No two cameras is alike. You have a very interesting effect here Jack and very good at that.

Philippe (11775) 2004-10-13 15:58 [Comment]

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diasdosreis (220) 2004-10-16 7:07 [Comment]

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sn00zie (2384) 2004-10-16 11:20

ya.. pretty interesting shot you've got here. deadly colors....

jrzufferey (7249) 2004-10-31 13:42 [Comment]

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icespark (14) 2004-11-06 15:30

Wow, this is like a expression painting, I think something happened to be a good trun-out.

archanabhimasen (270) 2004-11-08 19:39

WOW...amazing :)

sykonico (769) 2004-11-11 11:04

The magic of the place probably had some small side effects on your camera.
Or maybe a trick from the Small People?

hugolef (4909) 2004-12-31 8:25

very interesting ! You said "this was to be a nice scene". You're wrong : it is a nice scene, it looks like a painting !

Ramonven (124) 2005-03-05 11:18

WOW!! Incredible, what more can I say...? :)

shalin (135) 2005-03-14 5:25

are you able to reproduce this bug, if it is one? Was the view to your eye much different?

scenery (0) 2005-03-19 13:04

i wish i had a camera that failed like your one!

lcask (591) 2005-03-19 13:22

Almost inbelievable colours and reflections!

volunteer123 (244) 2005-03-27 2:42

amaizing shot
great colors
very magical like on some other planet :)

in my camera movies are up side down, and very monohromatic, with very high contrasts?
on red collor
i don't know why...

langaloo (489) 2005-05-06 6:52

Wow! Masterpiece.
Are theese the real colors? Or your camera went beserk? Like it did sometimes with old argentic films.... Sometimes, when your roll was old, or had spent too much time under the sun, or you made a mistake with the aperture or the speed...Whatever. On this picture there is a weird effect, like a juxtaposition of a dream world and a modern industrial world (maybe the grey background).

azadys (711) 2005-05-07 21:14

such a beautiful shot.
i love your composition and the reflection.

regards
azad

boosta (11) 2005-06-20 12:29

Wonderful symmetry, fantastic colours, deserves more points!

rajhema (1867) 2005-07-26 19:11

Doesnot look like a bug at all. Very nice one Jack!

klyee75 (774) 2005-07-26 20:06

An amazing shot. From far I thought it's an abstract. Very good shot.

YEE

greg64g (11193) 2006-01-26 3:28

hi Jack

I saw this picture on the main page of TE ...that's so impressive and beautiful. superb work here
cheers
greg

pastadog (12821) 2006-02-20 15:34

Hi Jack, I was lucky I opened your intro page and got this unbelievable shot in the "random" photos, wow, wow, wowww! it's like a painting and it's exciting 'cos some of the colors are new to me! that strip in the middle is ab-so-lu-te-ly fan-tas-tic, man! great, great, and thanks for posting this. Daniel.

jjcordier (24776) 2006-08-14 1:34

Etonnants reflets et surtout surprenantes couleurs. Celà donne en tout cas une très belle photo!
Amicalement
JJ

branley (3681) 2006-08-14 1:58

Hi Jack,

I don't know what to say so fantastic, amazing and incredible will have to suffice.

Regards

Stephen

Albrecht (11130) 2006-08-14 2:48

Hi Jack
what a spectacular picture;the colours and reflections are beautiful.
greetings Albrecht

rafid76 (2611) 2006-12-06 0:42

thought it was a painting! something similar happened to me with my camera, the metering when crazy, and i got a hihgly saturated vibrent pic in tunisia. the camera thought it was in a dark place but it was a cledar sunny day. maybe thats what it is. over all this photo is artwork dew to its nature.

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2006-12-13 16:08

Hi Jack
Colors and reflections superb congratulations.
Regards
Cüneyt-Şb