Biggest pet peeve with photos?

[blackrose89]

Is there any particular flaw you see in photos that just rubs you the wrong way? Even if you're guilty of it yourself, something you just can't stand to in a photo?

 

[DCMoney]

unintended blurriness

 

[blackrose89]

For me it is tilted horizons, I don't know why, just something about it rubs me the wrong way lol.

 

[analog.universe]

Tilted horizons are really high on the list... probably not as bad as overexposed pop-up flash for me though.

 

[jake337]

Duck lips that were not meant to be funny.....

 

[jowensphoto]

As far as SOOC goes, I'm with you on tilted hoizons. Unless it's intentional, but rarely does that work.

Which leads me to my second pet peeve.

For photos that have had some PP work done, I can't stand selective coloring. It's usually horrible. Looking at my flickr, I'm guilty of it. But I've learned from that and haven't been tempted in over a year lol.

 

[jterry85]

Tilted anything bothers me! When I was taking photos on my Paris trip it seemed like every photo I took was crooked but it turned out that was just my eyes.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Newbies starting new threads every thirty minutes?

Oh, wait, that wasn't the question. I guess, my biggest pet peave would be photos that are out of focus, under exposed, and blurry because the photographer was told that getting a 50mm 1.8 prime would magically fix their issues. For me, it's just annoying because I went that route, realized the advice was bad, added flash, and can now do everything I wanted to do.

A flash is, by far, the best investment somebody can make, but generally, it's the last thing people choose to purchase. Makes no sense to me. Not sure why people choose to make their own mistakes instead of learning from others'.

 

[sm4him]

Well, the thing that really ANNOYS me most about my OWN photos is usually not getting the focus spot-on. Can't really say it's what I *notice* the most, since if I noticed it, I'd fix it, lol. My vision problems just make it really tough for me to know for sure if my focus is okay until someone else looks at the photo.

Pet peeve, as far as a "flaw?" (in other words, not something someone did purposely like selective color or way overcook an HDR)
Probably not paying attention to your background, and ending up with a tree or sign post growing out of someone's head.

 

[jake337]

Tilted anything bothers me! When I was taking photos on my Paris trip it seemed like every photo I took was crooked but it turned out that was just my eyes.

Depends on the subject for me. I really don't mind tilts in any candid kids shots. It can add a mischievous feeling to it.


When straightened out, they just didn't work for me.

 

[jake337]

Newbies starting new threads every thirty minutes?

Oh, wait, that wasn't the question. I guess, my biggest pet peave would be photos that are out of focus, under exposed, and blurry because the photographer was told that getting a 50mm 1.8 prime would magically fix their issues. For me, it's just annoying because I went that route, realized the advice was bad, added flash, and can now do everything I wanted to do.

A flash is, by far, the best investment somebody can make, but generally, it's the last thing people choose to purchase. Makes no sense to me. Not sure why people choose to make their own mistakes instead of learning from others'.

+1

 

[unpopular]

Photos of half dome. You know the ones.

 

[analog.universe]

Photos of half dome. You know the ones.

haha! : )
so true...

 

[WesternGuy]

I'm with the rest who "voted" for tilted horizons - just as bad, for me, are images where the horizons cut the image in half - ouch :thumbdown:.
My 0.02¢ FWIW.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[gsgary]

Newbies starting new threads every thirty minutes?

Oh, wait, that wasn't the question. I guess, my biggest pet peave would be photos that are out of focus, under exposed, and blurry because the photographer was told that getting a 50mm 1.8 prime would magically fix their issues. For me, it's just annoying because I went that route, realized the advice was bad, added flash, and can now do everything I wanted to do.

A flash is, by far, the best investment somebody can make, but generally, it's the last thing people choose to purchase. Makes no sense to me. Not sure why people choose to make their own mistakes instead of learning from others'.

Do you mean the ones with 5 active posts