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We remember the photo sessions that yielded gold with inspiration and nostalgia. In my experience though that are just as many or more "failed" trips which we look back on and ask: What the hell was I thinking?
A "failed" photo trip does not imply the trip wasn't otherwise fun, but rather--we failed to execute in the field. Why didn't I think of setting the ISO differently? Tripod--hah--I don't need a tripod. No don't pull over now, the shot will still be there in five minutes. I could of sworn I charged the battery. All these phrases and more you have probably uttered too.
So here's a CHEER to the failed trip, for in the mud and muck there are always a few little happy accidents, like this one.
I got to hike with my drone out into the Bisti Badlands last Sept 19th, but things didn't work out. Conditions were good, but (1) it took a long time to wait for occasional hikers to pass by, and (2) I couldn't control the drone from the app. I was flying blind, so I cut the attempt short. This was about the best I could do.
Later I realized that my protective rim on the phone was preventing a good connection with the controller. Live & learn.
Trail Fail is what you get when you don't get somewhere in time. In this case if I'd been five minutes sooner I could've gotten the roster shot I was aiming for with CSXT OLS SD70AC 4568. With time being pressed and two northbounds now breathing down L694's neck, there wasn't anytime to cut off for the shot. So better luck next time. At least it was recently halfass washed a week ago. Union City, Georgia July 14, 2024
1st February 2020
92023 with 92020 failed in tow pass Chapel Lane at Acton Bridge with 1M16 20:45 Inverness and Aberdeen - London Euston southbound Caledonian Sleeper Highlander running 6 hours late. The 92 appears to have failed somewhere north of Abington.
Completely unexpected bonus having decided to "call in" on the way back from photographing the Black 5 at Beeston Castle. Only had 2-3 mins notice after arriving so had to make the best of it from the road bridge.
[Foreground OLE earth conductor digitally removed]
A nice surprise on Sunday 6th March 2016 is a DB Schenker Red 67 hauling a failed Virgin East Coast Trains 225 set.
With cloud covering the sun at the wrong moment, 67018 hauls a failed 91129 on 1S07, the 0937 Doncaster - Edinburgh Waverley. At this point it is passing Inveresk 50 minutes late at 1314
A nice colourful combination the two liveries make.
This session was supposed to produce photos of very serious faces. However, as long as any proper photography session is a great fun "failed" shots with big smiles cannot be avoided :)
Photo by Kevin Fedde
After the big CME a couple days ago my Fiancee and I went out Aururora hunting. Unfortunately, although the weather report said it would be completely clear, we were lied to and it was cloudy.
aerial acrobatics
[Agfa Clack with inverted lens / expired Ilford FP4 / Adonal stand dev. / July 2016]
Dropping Twitter. Photoshop Animation
Original Illustration: www.yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=lifting-a-dreamer-aka-twitter...
Breathe Deep.
Breathe Easy.
Life happened - changes were made. But I'm determined to have one constant in my life.
This is an image from a failed 52 week project from a grid of ideas someone posted in a photo group back in 2014. I learned a lesson from this 52 week project - that pre-fab projects aren't for me.
Is it still a failure if you learn something? Wouldn't it then be a lesson?
I photographed this bed of flowers (salvia?) and did not like the results. I went back the next day and got this. I still don't feel like I got the photo I wanted but I liked this one. This is straight out of the camera -- I liked it better than the processed version.
Final shot of the morning of 6A65.
Finally around 0920, 6A65 leaves the loop at Drem on its way to Aberdeen. Further west we see 60095+60021 ( failed ) pass Spittal with the now 170 minute late Cement train at 0925 on the 2nd November 2016.
Dominating the background is North Berwick Law, known locally as Berwick Law, on the outskirts of the town of the same name......North Berwick.
the intrepid camera
fujinon SW 90mm f/8
agfa RSX II 100 - very expired
I had no idea what - if anything - could be expected from the 3 sheets of expired AGFA RSX in a box clearly bearing the signs of once being really wet. I decided to shoot close to home and hope for the best. Oh well... Judging by the condition of the box, these sheets had been exposed to humidity, maybe even flooded with water and then dried again. Would that explain the stains? Maybe. I am uploading this as a curiosity and a proof that film is always and adventure.
At least I got the exposure time right :)
Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood Hills, California
09/11 PX 70 taken for Amanda Potter's Impossibly Expired project
The Nissan Prairie could be said to be pretty much the first purpose build MPV, first going on sale in Europe in 1981. Originally branded Datsun, the Nissan name was applied after 1985. The original design of vehicle was also groundbreaking in that it did not have a B pillar between the front and rear doors, both doors locking into the roof. Whilst an innovative idea, motoring reviewers of the day suggested that this design caused a worrying flex of the body when cornering at speed, and so it was redesigned for the 1986 model revision. These vehicles were a favourite on the late 80's school runs of my youth, taking over from the likes of the Talbot Rancho and Volvo 240 as middle class child movers - they were contemporaries of the Volvo 740 estate and early Renault Espace models outside the Home Counties school gate. The vehicle shown here appears to be a late Series 1 model, first registered in September 1985 and featuring the aforementioned lack of B pillar, allowing full access to both sides which has led to it's continued use as a load lugger for a neighbourhood cycle store. According to the DVLA MOT check this vehicle has spent some time off the road after a pretty disasterous MOT fail in 2010 the rectification of which no doubt involved considerable amounts of underbody welding. Noted also several times is 'passenger seats removed' indicating it's continued use as a load lugger.
Production photograph for The Infamous Brothers Davenport, which is currently running at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre.
In a show full of baffling illusions and trickery, the setup for this scene was relatively straightforward: a smoke machine, a wind machine and a blue light. The result, however, is one of the most visually stunning images I've seen on a theatre stage. When I first saw it during a preview of the show - mouth open in awe - I felt the thrill of knowing that it was my job to photograph it, but also the fear that I wouldn't do it justice: that I'd miss the moment, or that I'd fail to deal properly with the overwhelmingly blue light which, as any photographer of performance knows, is all too easy to do.
I'm very pleased, though. I feel that this shot in particular ranks among my best work, and is almost certainly the best photograph I've taken of a piece of theatre.
The Infamous Brothers Davenport is running at The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, and thereafter at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. Details, along with a trailer for the show, here: www.voxmotus.co.uk/davenport.php
Edinburgh, 2012.
Giant Fail photo of my entire crew (bar one) at this time. Still missing a few wigs, tattoos and other little bits and bobs o w o~
Having failed to see this species at the Kosi River we finally manged to catch up with it near a Hindu temple not too far from Sattal
my second attempt at Bench Monday. So much fail. The idea was so good in my head, but the execution.....not so good.
So here it is.
I figured I'd share these unfinished projects that have been sitting around for 7 or 8 years. I figure, if I haven't finished them yet, I never will.
With this one, I was planning on doing some sails using the Jaba's Sail Barge sails.
I was basing the design off of this concept art piece.
About thirty minutes after the Norfolk Southern trailing power passed by at Basta another gem came through, this time in Red and Sliver as BNSF 642 assists 4609 in getting their train to Hobart as the sunsets.
One of the few remaining T605s from Kenworth’s aborted wide cab engineering evaluation program from the early 2000s.
To quote Firesign Theater, "She's no fun, she fell right over." That applies to the erstwhile chimney on this eastern shack. I already posted Longmont City's fail at Chimney Rock. Well, if nothing else, Chimey Rock still stands and I took some pictures of it although I have no idea why. This fail left a few traces. An implement tire died in the yard. On the other hand, the shingles may still shed some of the elements.
I can see that Trump was here golfing and broke some windows. That's not likely to happen at his canceled Bedminster PGA tourney. A lot of UV at this rental and a bit of wind and rain too! Was this an ag labor shack or an original home? It had actual shaped siding. It looks like it was seriously constructed.
II slipped back into another prairie shack when I found this eastern shack to edit. This adds to the abandoned farmstead homes northeast of Longmont, Colorado near I-25 north to Wyoming. Living here provides a great view of the Front Range, if a bit damp and breezy. I added it to my shacks album.
This could be ideal to hang some clothes to dry out on the clothes line on the other side... especially if that warm breeze comes up to help whack the bed bugs in the UV. Could air out the bedding at the same time. Boy, I better shed my jacket pretty soon! Both windows being open let the morning breezes slide right on through.
eDDie tracked me down Friday night and after breakfast with [Wyoming Wanderer] Frank, eDDie and I trekked out to shacks directly along I-25 and I almost filled my film card for the very first time with these collapsing shacks. Prairie land, indeed! This old tumbleweed trapping homestead was along the rural route and shot earlier than the Pelican Pond house as the sky was beginning to develop. We accidentally hit unexpected killer skies that developed in the middle morning. If it rains, I'd suggest some drop here but not inside!