Show me your worst...

September 15th, 2012
Yesterday I had a bit of a 'Day Off' for me, no inspiration and maybe a little too long socialising with my friends..

I have seen a number of discussions about show me your best, someone else's best or your best 'theme' photos and I always try and take part. So for something different today please show us the photo that you feel has been your worst one this year.

I will start with this from yesterday.


Thank you all for your continued support and comments on my photos and thanks for joining in with this 'little bit of fun'.
September 15th, 2012
Haha, oh dear, I have so many bad pictures that it was hard to decide on which was the worst!! But I think this one is the winner:



It was an editing experiment that went very, very wrong!
September 15th, 2012
Easy choice

September 15th, 2012
Ha ha ha, nice one Stevie

and I love the POV, DOF glare and colours.... Hang on, What is it Kevin?

@steviemichelle @beeblebear
September 15th, 2012
hahahah here ya go... There are a few late last year too .... but ya know... at least this one is framed by good lol.

September 15th, 2012
What was I thinking? There is NOTHING good about this.
September 15th, 2012
Ahhh such a lovely couple Cassandra & I think you may be right Janelle.
:)

@ozziehoffy @stuckinoz
September 15th, 2012
I have many contenders, but I think this is my worst...



Just awful!
September 15th, 2012
Oh man I got loads. I think I'm falling out of love with this project.
September 15th, 2012
I've loads too - I've seen so much improvement in my photography but there's still so much more to learn and improve on. I really don't like this one.
September 15th, 2012
I am posting two...

Worst composition winner...

What was I thinking???

Worst quality....

This is what happens when you rush your shots.... nasty!
September 15th, 2012
I've just looked for my worst and have realised I could post about 5 shots for each month - that makes roughly 45 contenders so I really couldn't choose just one or two!
September 15th, 2012
@louiesphotos - I think the rule is either 1 subject, 3 or loads, nothing in between! But hey, it's great that you can see how far you have come... I have FAR too many to put one up... I'd clog up the post!
September 15th, 2012
@jackie8 - go on Jackie, show us your worst!
September 15th, 2012
this was pretty blah...but didn't have much else for the day. I think I have a few that might be even worse from the beginning of my project, but this will do for now.
September 15th, 2012
@k1w1 At least the donut thing is pretty funny!
September 15th, 2012
I have had a lot of bad lately, but I will go with this one...
September 15th, 2012
This thread is really funny. Can I also add this one?:



Terrible picture AND I didn't win a penny. Double blow.
September 15th, 2012
Hang in there Miley, you also have a load of great shots!
@miley89
September 15th, 2012
@newbie That's all it has going for it :)
September 15th, 2012
The over editing disease hit me - what was I thinking making the sky this colour?! Hideous photo - I just hate it.

September 15th, 2012
Wonderful shot Tom
@harveyzone
September 15th, 2012
Yeah, go on Jackie - Post it...
@jackie8
September 15th, 2012
Ha ha ha, double bummer!
@steviemichelle
September 15th, 2012
I actually like that one, is there something wrong with me? ;)
@egad
September 15th, 2012
Ha ha ha, I think we may have a winner!
@victorypuzzle
September 15th, 2012
@gphelps5 Lol...nope. I can keep going though...a rusty, over processed light plate cover...
September 15th, 2012
That's definitely my third photo on the project. I was is a nice city for business and didn't take my DSLR with me. The iPhone3 photo really was too bad. Since that day I take my 5D or 60D with me, even when for business.
September 15th, 2012
These are worst tiny creatures.......


September 15th, 2012
@beeblebear Au contraire mon frere! Wonderful contemporary art! @k1w1 love the doughnuts! Clever idea
September 15th, 2012
I'm pretty happy with my project as a whole....but boy do I have one for this thread. It was for a "show me something you have made" discussion
Oh dear........
September 15th, 2012
Sometimes, I think it's just better to leave a blank space, than to post something that will haunt you for the rest of your project!! In my case, I'm glad I posted them....because I can always pull them out when threads like this come up!
This one is h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e and it kills me how many good comments it got. Thanks guys, you're all superstars! lol


And this one. It takes the cake. I hate it so much I love it!
September 15th, 2012
Logically for me it has to be this one as I have never called any of the others a throwaway shot...
September 15th, 2012
Ha ha ha, love it.
@onie
September 15th, 2012
Ha ha ha, there are some great comments on the first one. @shutterbugger
September 15th, 2012
Most of my bad ones are from the start of my project when I didn't quite know what I was doing yet. Here are a few "what was I thinking?" moments







September 15th, 2012
I had a cool macro in mind but I had to setlle for the irony factor.

September 15th, 2012


PURE sheer exhaustion and boredom and the need to put a "same setting" on my Same September challenge.
September 15th, 2012
Terrible. Drunk in a bar with a cell phone.

September 15th, 2012
No shortage of lame shots, especially early in the year when I had not fully committed to a second year. Here is one from Jan 6.

September 15th, 2012
@djepie - Nice...
September 15th, 2012
Great shots and I love the way you blatantly break the law by standing on the left of the last sign, when it clearly says "KEEP TO THE RIGHT"
@kelsi87
September 15th, 2012
Fantastic - such vivid colours and definition...

:) @john244
September 15th, 2012
I feel this is one of my worst shots! Not only is it sub standard the rugby game was also dreadful!
September 15th, 2012
This one is pretty bad, taken on a sick day!

September 15th, 2012
September 15th, 2012
Nice...
@jphotos08
September 15th, 2012
It's gotta be this one. I still like the idea of it though :-)
September 15th, 2012
I have to agree Mary, 'You Really Gotta A Crystal Ball'
@m9f9l
September 15th, 2012
There are so many...so I didn't go back too far as I could post my first 3-4 months here. But here is one that is semi recent that I wish was not in my project

September 15th, 2012
Here's mine, I tried and failed on this one.

September 15th, 2012
That has just made me laugh out loud Travis.
@trbo
September 15th, 2012
Other people like it but I dont like this one. The texture I put on it just looks like theres loads of muck on my lens. Light was too bright when I took it. I think I'd like it the other way round with soft blossoms in focus and strong coloured buds behind, and maybe some decent sky that doesnt need a texture over it.
And maybe instead of stealing shots I could go and ask my neighbours if I can photog in their garden, they have some lovely plants including a magnolia called star wars which is a show stopper
September 15th, 2012
This one is really bad.

September 15th, 2012
Worst ever didn't work out the way I hoped at all!
September 16th, 2012
This is one I dislike the most in my project :)
September 16th, 2012
A rock... Really... what was I thinking lol
September 16th, 2012
I'm so embarrassed by this one. Thank god I've come a long way since then......
September 16th, 2012
My First attempt at a Selfie ... But i have quite a few just as bad ...
September 16th, 2012
It really was a toss up tween these 2 ... so I am posting both ... You can delete one or both if you want ... lol ...
September 16th, 2012
@maaikel - Ha ha ha, finally someone that does these reflection shots as bad as me...

@tracywilliams - I actually quite like that one?

@chelseap92 - Ha ha ha, it at lease needs Googly Eyes on it

@jsw0109 - That's one impressive coffee stain Jeff

@lonewolfman - they are both classics although I used to hate tose Gonk things and I have no idea what is going on in the second shot?

Thank you to everyone who has posted here, I hope you all found it as amusing as I have - It's good to be able to laugh with friends.
September 16th, 2012
the very first shot of my project - I'm afraid I blame a new year's day hangover

September 16th, 2012
@tracywilliams I like that shot - maybe I have no taste ! ;0)
September 16th, 2012
I don't know what I was thinking at the time to post this lol

September 16th, 2012
b j
September 16th, 2012
b j
dont know what im doing just looks yuck
September 16th, 2012
September 16th, 2012
@jantan - Nice Streamers!

@marieooi - What lovely taps you have...
September 16th, 2012
I have no idea what is going on there 'b j'
and I certainly don't want to know what is going on there Christina!

@perp75 @christabug
September 16th, 2012
@gphelps5 moment lapse of sanity.
September 16th, 2012
@gphelps5- lol yes that would have been a nice touch
September 16th, 2012
This one still haunts me!
September 16th, 2012
OK well I'm not proud, and normally try to avoid the more personal areas but...

September 16th, 2012
@gphelps5 love this thread - - good idea....to keep us all humble..lol

Mine is more a "in the moment" shot......taken in Japan while sitting on the toilet (gawd, i WISH i was joking)....it is a sign on HOW TO flush the toilet.......but very cryptic if you don't read Japanese! lmao.....
September 16th, 2012
David, I think I have just sicked a little, that is hideous (the statue I mean)

Jenny, you made me smile with your comment, this is good fun.

& Mike - What can a say, I have literally just laughed out loud and my wife is starting to wonder what I do on her each day...

@hasselhotch @sticksandstones @caddick
September 16th, 2012

Close up of somebody else's work; both the poster, and the unknown joker's eye stickers. My close crop leaves me no credit at all. I wish I could do it all over again.
September 16th, 2012
I swore I'd never do a spider pic but...

September 16th, 2012
A busy day of getting ready to go back to work...I'm a teacher. No time to really take any photos. Love this idea by the way!!
September 17th, 2012
I hate this shot

September 17th, 2012
I was TOTALLY uninspired and did not want to use a filler.

Geez this is aweful!
September 17th, 2012
This is a funny thread, thanks for starting it!
September 17th, 2012
Has to be this one. UGH.
September 17th, 2012
An easy selection for me, too. My over-processing, what-the-heck-was-I-thinking moment.

September 17th, 2012
@jsw0109 Oh Jeff, please tell me you created that specifically for this thread....
September 17th, 2012
@gphelps5 The thread already had me laughing to tears, and then I read your typo!: "& Mike - What can a say, I have literally just laughed out loud and my wife is starting to wonder what I do on her each day..." And in response to a deer anus too! ROFL!
September 17th, 2012
I'm embarrassed about my entire project if these are your worst!
September 17th, 2012

This one I don't know at all lol I think I was just proud of my putting ha ha :)



This one was equally as awesome :)
September 17th, 2012
Ok...so I never really liked this one at all, but it was the best of the bunch that day... looking back at my bad ones is like opening an old wound I'd forgotten about!

September 17th, 2012
@bankmann - That is very special

@dawnie - Loving the focus and DOF

@ktchpmn - That's not too bad, there are worse on this thread

@brianl - Ha ha ha, this one made me laugh

@jtrudell - I wish I had finished my breakfast before seeing that one!

@sailingmusic - I like all kinds of sunset shots, unfortunately this is not one of them.

@kmackenzie - Nice tapestry

@m9f9l - It is a funny thread and thank for pointing out my typo. Now I could edit it and make you look silly or keep it and continue to make me look silly???

@meagang - I have never understood football, but I am loving the subtle shades on the second one.

@aleksandra - Sorry about the old wounds... this is fun though.

T H A N K - Y O U - E V E R Y O N E !
September 17th, 2012
I know it was early days, but WHAT!!!

September 17th, 2012
Ha ha ha, "That's torn it"

@asutherland1964
September 17th, 2012
@asutherland1964 Loving this one!! - ha ha. :)
September 17th, 2012
@stuckinoz @gphelps5 Makes all the others seem like serious works of art, hey? Oh, except maybe the one with the washing machine, LOL!
September 17th, 2012
It is so hard to chose a winner, but the Washing Machine must be a contender, along with the Gangreen feet!

@asutherland1964 @jtrudell @marieooi
September 17th, 2012
@gphelps5 Lmao! Thank you so much. :D :D
September 17th, 2012
nice idea just not my best...
September 17th, 2012


ha ha, this get pushed challenge pushes me to do bad things and good. Some types of photography I should just avoid.
September 17th, 2012
Scot: That has to be one of the best photos I have ever seen. I am loving the POV, DOF and WTF in this one - Ha ha ha...

Dave: Quite simply - Nice! (you got some good reviews on that one)

@heathen25 @chewyteeth
September 17th, 2012

i hate the colors, focus and lighting... ugh
September 17th, 2012
Brilliant, simply brilliant!
@brandywalker365
September 17th, 2012
@gphelps5 your too kind lol :) but thank you!
September 17th, 2012
Some "great" shots in this thread, here's my contribution
September 17th, 2012
This one has to rank up there for me...
September 17th, 2012
@ozziehoffy -- do I even dare ask what that is??? you made me laugh!
September 18th, 2012
This is one I wasn't too happy with. I was having a rough day, didn't get out with my camera enough, and shot this out my passenger side window while driving.

September 18th, 2012
Let me just say I have tears streaming down my cheeks from laughing so hard. My worst photo would probably be this selfie from last week. Wowie, not my best angle:). One of these days I hope to have a pretty selfie on here!

September 18th, 2012
@asutherland1964 rofl...oh your shot cracked me up! To think you now take the shots that I love.
September 18th, 2012
@gareauk1 lol click on it and you can read it. Tomato and squash...looked good in my head. Execution was an epic FAIL!
September 18th, 2012
I find this shot extremely boring.
September 18th, 2012
@primitiveprobe - Thats not too bad, if it was a little darker it may have worked better?

@gareauk1 - But he does look cute Kelly

@pschtyckque - Oh dear Chris, how gay does he look. You would have thought he would let Colonel Sanders sit on the seat?

@amandalomonaco - This thread has made a lot of people laugh and that is a good thing... Nice shot, reminds me a bit of the Mikes whippet further up this thread?

@olivetreeann - I have to agree Ann, that is not good.

@caddick
September 19th, 2012
Kim
I ruined a perfectly good rose with some crazy over-processed background. I know I'm better than that...Yuck!
September 19th, 2012
This brings a little lump to the back of my throat (it may be sick though)Thanks for joining in and sharing this.
@kimdelee
May 9th, 2014
I had so many former disasters in mind, but I went with the first that caught my eye on a long-past calendar date. Seeing it, I think it's well-past high time I learn something about "The Golden Hour" as I'll be doing the next week or two!



May I add that, on so may threads of exquisite photos, I feel terribly inferior. This was a brilliant choice, @bulldog to humble ourselves together and get on with the show!
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