Lucky random shot

dalison · dalison #1 (**permalink**)

02-27-2008, 09:42 PM

Back in 2005 I got my first DSLR: a Digital Rebel XT. I was at a neighbor's house party and was showing it off. The camera was in full auto mode and I was showing how quickly it would snap off shots. I literally just pointed it out into the hallway where some of the kids were standing and snapped 3 photos without looking - no sighting through the view finder. My head was actually turned away from the shot.

2 of the 3 were completely blurred and off frame. Then there was this shot:

I've taken over 12K photos with my DSLR's over the last 3.5 years yet this is still one of my favorites because it was completely random. I know I didn't have the talent to stage it.

jonnyyellow · jonnyyellow #2 (**permalink**)

02-27-2008, 10:03 PM

neat neat neat!

i love the sun light shinning from the left

and also the girl on the left looking at the girl on the right

i seem to be able to see some kind of "connection" between the two kids

dalison · dalison #3 (**permalink**)

02-27-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnyyellow

neat neat neat!

i love the sun light shinning from the left

and also the girl on the left looking at the girl on the right

i seem to be able to see some kind of "connection" between the two kids

Thanks! The girls are twins. Not identical but to this day I cannot tell them apart.

mathogre · mathogre #4 (**permalink**)

02-27-2008, 10:09 PM

Great shot!!!!!!!!!

mac57 · mac57 #5 (**permalink**)

02-27-2008, 10:35 PM

Excellent shot. The lighting is close to perfect. Thanks for sharing.

PapaNoHair · PapaNoHair #6 (**permalink**)

02-28-2008, 06:15 AM

Beautifully done!!

MissMurder · MissMurder #7 (**permalink**)

02-28-2008, 03:13 PM

this picture is so beautiful.
the lighting is just so perfect you feel it's impossible to recreate it later

Kash · Kash #8 (**permalink**)

02-28-2008, 03:25 PM

For a second there I thought she was looking in a mirror

It's a great shot. She looks a bit like a younger Elisabeth Moss

sanity1082 · sanity1082 #9 (**permalink**)

02-28-2008, 03:43 PM

that is a great picture for not even trying!

CL33Zero · CL33Zero #10 (**permalink**)

02-29-2008, 05:18 AM

Lol, every picture you see, "naw, I can do that barely even trying"

iWhat · iWhat #11 (**permalink**)

02-29-2008, 06:49 AM

Nice indeed. Looks like a photo you'd see on a stock photo website.

dalison · dalison #12 (**permalink**)

02-29-2008, 08:20 AM

Thanks for the nice comments! The reason I found the photo was because I was importing my photo collection into iPhoto and ran across it. Just to give you a sense for the randomness of the photo, here was the shot taken right before it:

As I recall the person at the party was complaining about their PnS camera recycle time. I whipped up the camera and took the above shot and then just snapped the shutter again without looking for the shot from the first post in this thread.

So yes, I can take shots like this without even trying!

It's when I try that the shots aren't that great.

dalison #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 207 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 8 core 2.8Ghz, 12GB RAM, 2.3TB HD; MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM, 200GB HD	02-27-2008, 09:42 PM Back in 2005 I got my first DSLR: a Digital Rebel XT. I was at a neighbor's house party and was showing it off. The camera was in full auto mode and I was showing how quickly it would snap off shots. I literally just pointed it out into the hallway where some of the kids were standing and snapped 3 photos without looking - no sighting through the view finder. My head was actually turned away from the shot. 2 of the 3 were completely blurred and off frame. Then there was this shot: I've taken over 12K photos with my DSLR's over the last 3.5 years yet this is still one of my favorites because it was completely random. I know I didn't have the talent to stage it. --David My blog about my move from Windows to Mac: www.davidalison.com
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Member Since: Jan 20, 2007 Location: Oakton, VA USA Posts: 3,269 Mac Specs: White MacBook Intel C2D 2.2GHz, 2G, 250G, SD, Leopard.	02-27-2008, 10:09 PM Great shot!!!!!!!!! Evil Math Ogre Kgh-Ra Integrate me. Differentiate me. You can't hurt me. I'm e^x. Ha ha ha! Homepage \| Gallery I was on the M-F honor roll for July 2007.
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mac57 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	02-27-2008, 10:35 PM Excellent shot. The lighting is close to perfect. Thanks for sharing. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Kash #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	02-28-2008, 03:25 PM For a second there I thought she was looking in a mirror It's a great shot. She looks a bit like a younger Elisabeth Moss June 2007 July 2009
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dalison #12 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 207 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 8 core 2.8Ghz, 12GB RAM, 2.3TB HD; MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM, 200GB HD	02-29-2008, 08:20 AM Thanks for the nice comments! The reason I found the photo was because I was importing my photo collection into iPhoto and ran across it. Just to give you a sense for the randomness of the photo, here was the shot taken right before it: As I recall the person at the party was complaining about their PnS camera recycle time. I whipped up the camera and took the above shot and then just snapped the shutter again without looking for the shot from the first post in this thread. So yes, I can take shots like this without even trying! It's when I try that the shots aren't that great. --David My blog about my move from Windows to Mac: www.davidalison.com
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jonnyyellow #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 24, 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.2Ghz C2D	02-27-2008, 10:03 PM neat neat neat! i love the sun light shinning from the left and also the girl on the left looking at the girl on the right i seem to be able to see some kind of "connection" between the two kids
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PapaNoHair #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,180	02-28-2008, 06:15 AM Beautifully done!!
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MissMurder #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 07, 2008 Location: Brazil Posts: 133 Mac Specs: mid'09 MBP; 2.53GHz; 8GB RAM; OS X 10.8.2 \| 2G iPod Touch 32GB \| iPhone 5 iOS 6.0.2 16GB	02-28-2008, 03:13 PM this picture is so beautiful. the lighting is just so perfect you feel it's impossible to recreate it later
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sanity1082 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 17, 2007 Posts: 882 Mac Specs: macbook/iphone/ipod nano/ipod shuffle	02-28-2008, 03:43 PM that is a great picture for not even trying!
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CL33Zero #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2007 Posts: 892	02-29-2008, 05:18 AM Lol, every picture you see, "naw, I can do that barely even trying"
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iWhat #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2004 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 5,758 Mac Specs: Macbook, iMac G5, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod (MANY)!	02-29-2008, 06:49 AM Nice indeed. Looks like a photo you'd see on a stock photo website.
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