Ok, so tonight I was looking at some of my past posted photos that I thought were ok, but now looking at them, I am wondering what the heck was I thinking!!! They are awful..why did I think they were ok???
Happen to anyone else?
Just was thinking here.....I know, kinda scary...............just sayin' I have scared myself!!! ha ha ha
You guy rock here and are the best. Waving "hi" to all of you!!! :D
LOL, happens to me all the time. When my hard drive starts getting full, I start with older files and it is easy to dump a bunch of them because I say the same thing to myself. What was I thinking. Glad I'm not the only one.
@brumbe I was going thru some of my shots for the dandelion thread, some were from 6 months to a year ago. Just was throwing this out there, ha, I so need to learn more!! Did not realize! :) I have never taking any out, post, and left them all....funny how I see things differently now.
I think that's a sign that you're learning and growing as a photographer. I have lots of shots that I once thought were awesome that now I see and think are terrible!
Sometimes I don't have time to happen across or plan a good shot, it ends up being a comprise and not always up to a standard. That's life, incentive to think about it next time.
@catwhiskers@hown@melissapike@pwallis@northy Thanks guys!!! I was just wondering!!! I have never deleted or removed a photo once posted, but thinking I should have!! EEK So wish I had more time to take photos and spend time here.... Such a supportive community!!! Thank you all.
@pwallis Funny, I was thinking of taking a photo tonight of a caterpillar but thought, geesh, I did the same thing last year during that spring, so I did not take a photo...
I do this every month! I look back at my shots that I posted and some, most, I cant help but think, oh I wish I could redo that. Im taking that as a good thing though because it means Im getting better, (I hope. :) )
@pwallis do you really switch yours out? Do you use shots from the same time you took the one you posted or more recent photos? huh, I guess I never noticed the date changes on yours. LOL. :) I've thought so many times I want to go back and mess with some of mine!
@katiebrenkert Oh no no no no, I don't switch mine out! I LIKE to look back at my laughably bad attempts at some shots, and, well, laugh. No, the re-shoots I'm talking about are just some recent ones I've been posting (and will be posting throughout the next month) are just shots I've had occasion to revisit, and out of pure curiousity, or because I wasn't happy with the result the first time round, have decided to have another go at. No - I'm to OCD to switch out my photos:)
Each of my horrible shots is like a (sometimes embarrassing) lesson on what not to do next time. Every seasoned photographer was a newbie once, and only got better with practice. And I would bet even the most talented photographers take crappy shots sometimes.
Ha! Just read your comment about the caterpillar. I simply cannot shoot another moth! Remember last year I shot about 30 of them. I mean it would have to be spectacular for me to bother. I look at my moth shots and wonder why any if you still follow or like me!
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Sometimes after I post something, I do second guess myself.
I'll post something I think looks good and then I look at other ones I took of the same thing and wonder why I didn't post a different one instead because I now think another one looks better than the one I posted.
This site can be so much fun but also so stressful, too. LOL
Once they've been posted for awhile I don't usually stress over it amymore. I just keep trying to learn and improve.
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@pwallis Funny, I was thinking of taking a photo tonight of a caterpillar but thought, geesh, I did the same thing last year during that spring, so I did not take a photo...
@pwallis do you really switch yours out? Do you use shots from the same time you took the one you posted or more recent photos? huh, I guess I never noticed the date changes on yours. LOL. :) I've thought so many times I want to go back and mess with some of mine!
@mandyj92 Scared me tonight! I had not gone back in a while.
@robv Life indeed, but was thinking why, guess a moment in time!! :)
No, not really, for me this is a photo diary with fabulous opportunities to improve my skills.
(and of course I'm still a total newbie:)
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I'll post something I think looks good and then I look at other ones I took of the same thing and wonder why I didn't post a different one instead because I now think another one looks better than the one I posted.
This site can be so much fun but also so stressful, too. LOL
Once they've been posted for awhile I don't usually stress over it amymore. I just keep trying to learn and improve.