Friday, 9 October 2009

Photo Failures: Urban Fox

urban fox, Vulpes vulpesRatty at The Everyday Adventurer recently discussed something we all suffer from, photographic failures. There are two problems which ruin my pictures on a regular basis, blurry pictures and missing the moment.

I recently published some example of blurry photos taken from my kite. Normally I take about a dozen shots hoping one will turn out okay, but occasionally they're all blurry. :-(

Missing the moment is the most annoying. By the time I take the shot the moment has passed. If I'd been just a few seconds faster with the camera I would've caught this urban fox staring right at me. Instead he's walking away :-(

When was the last time you missed the moment with your camera?

3 comments:

  1. I miss the moment several times every single day. Just today I barely missed a shot of a rabbit running across the path in front of me. I do have a few shots of that rabbit, but I've missed it even more.

    Even without the fox looking at you it's still a great shot.

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  2. You know I'm always missing that special moment too. Ratty has such incredible shots it's hard to imagine him ever missing the moment.
    Your fox photo was fantastic even if he wasn't looking at the camera.

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  3. Aaaah, it's not a failure! My biggest task is to photograph a fox (been trying for two years now without even coming close!!)

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