Biggest pet peeve with photos?

ann · Jan 2, 2012

dead center dead boring

c.cloudwalker · Jan 2, 2012

ann said:
dead center dead boring

:lmao:

How about just plain dead boring for everyone except the shooter?

unpopular · Jan 2, 2012

Oh. That's another one. Compositional rules like never centering the frame or horizon; the rule of thirds in general.

c.cloudwalker · Jan 2, 2012

unpopular said:
Oh. That's another one. Compositional rules like never centering the frame or horizon; the rule of thirds in general.

Never say never. There is a time for everything and a thing for every time.

snowbear · Jan 2, 2012

Ignoring the basics and overdone "trendy" techniques that add nothing positive to the photo.

KmH · Jan 2, 2012

Photos that have 97.6% of the frame blurry from very shallow DoF because the photographer was to far from, and used the wrong framing for, a photo. :lmao:

That ↑, and ****ty light.

Kerbouchard · Jan 2, 2012

KmH said:
Photos that have 97.6% of the frame blurry from very shallow DoF because the photographer was to far from, and used the wrong framing for, a photo. :lmao:

That ↑, and ****ty light.

Shallow DOF is not caused by being too far from the subject. Adding distance to the subject actually increases DOF.

Perhaps, you should stick to correcting people's grammar rather than commenting on photography?

c.cloudwalker · Jan 2, 2012

How about noobs who ask the same old, same old stupid questions?

Dominantly · Jan 2, 2012

Blue/green colocasts Too much yellow in grass Bad selective coloringOver saturation in PPEyes not in focus w/portraits

unpopular · Jan 2, 2012

Dominantly said:
Bad selective coloring

Is tehre such a thing as "good" selective coloring?

Kerbouchard · Jan 2, 2012

unpopular said:
Dominantly said:

Bad selective coloring

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Is tehre such a thing as "good" selective coloring?

Yes. It's just never happened on this forum.

Ron Evers · Jan 2, 2012

sm4him said:
Probably not paying attention to your background, and ending up with a tree or sign post growing out of someone's head.

As in your avatar?

As an ex surveyor tilted horizons or out of plumb verticals put me off the most.

blackrose89 · Jan 2, 2012

Another one I find to be a pretty common mistake is how all close-up and insect photos are classified as macro. When I first got started, I thought that macro was merely insect and water drop photography. It wasn't until ONE person corrected me maybe a week into my photography and showed me what true macro is. If that person hadn't corrected me(although I'll be learning in school later) I wouldn't have known and probably still wouldn't because its very hard to find anyone that says different.