Well. The second last day of the year and I have... very little to say. So I was trawling through my photos for inspiration and found - these. I have no idea why I took these photos and certainly no idea why I bothered to keep them. The one above - I can't even work out what it is. Are these feet to the left? I can see the reflection of an umbrella and - ah, that wheelie thing is a button, in close up. So the blue thing is my coat. Mmm.
This is clearer. Two pots of crocus and one of daffodils. But not exactly a great image. Possibly the most boring botanic photo I've ever seen.
Ok, getting more confident here. This is Cassie. The famous noseless cat.
And finally, this is our kitchen table. I think I can see half a rather toasted-looking sausage, a slightly burnt cake, some yellow pepper, some grated cheese... . Why did I take a photo of it????New Year resolution: go through my photos and edit them. Starting with these ones.
I wonder if anyone can surpass these pictures for sheer awfulness? I'm throwing out this challenge... .
I've seen worse. Mostly mine. Having just upgraded my iPhoto I have been trawling through my photos so as to name the people in the photos, and I must shamefacedly confess to having some pretty dreadful photos.
ReplyDeleteHowever, sometimes there is a point to retaining bad photos, even if you cannot quite remember it right now.
I am having problems remembering the names of those on my last trip - have to get out the list and put the names to the faces. And I cannot identify all of the babies in the prolific progeny of the fecund second generation.
Oh yes, those photos can certainly be surpassed......
ReplyDeleteI think I can certainly match your photos - although I delete so many. I shall submit my entry on my blog when I have found it!!!A Happy New Year Challenge!
ReplyDeleteI find these all rather good photos. I could write you a long, boring explanation of why each one is quite striking and memorable, but I think this would be a bit beside the point. The point is that you clearly have a good intuitive aesthetic sense, alongside all the more humane and content-focused criteria by which you usually judge photos. This too is life enhancing, so don't knock it. Warmest new year wishes to you and all your family.
ReplyDeleteYes I rather like them too. Sometimes supposedly bad or failed photos are really much more interesting than boringly successful ones! There used to be a Flickr group called 'the aesthetics of failure' but my failed photos were never successfully failed enough to be accepted.
ReplyDeleteI first thought the yellow peppers were very artificially coloured oven chips. Very glad they aren't.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
I actually really like the one with the coat button and the umbrella reflection
ReplyDeleteI take these all of the time, usually in error. I don't know how I do it, but I take many pictures of the ground and tables as I am setting up to take the "shot" or putting my camera away as I feel for the button to turn the camera off. One would think that I would just look for the button and be more efficient. Alas such is not to be.
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