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Saturday Special

March 16, 2013

Accidental Art

So this is what happens when you are about to take a photo and your leashed dog decides to bolt after a rabbit.

I’m calling it art; this piece of Salt Spring never looked so good. :)

Filed Under: Art

Comments

  1. Anne Millerd says

    March 17, 2013 at 6:17 am

    Turner would turn in his grave!

    • John Cameron says

      March 17, 2013 at 8:32 am

      If he’s been lying one way since 1851, it is probably time to turn over.

    • Stuart de Jong says

      March 17, 2013 at 10:16 am

      I think Turner would be jealous. A work of art in 1/15 sec.!

  2. Christina Mitchell says

    March 17, 2013 at 6:58 am

    A pastel painting. Lovely. If only my camera shakes were that good!

    • John Cameron says

      March 17, 2013 at 8:23 am

      Thanks Christina,

      When you find a digital accident that works, you can check the file information on the computer. And thus in theory, reproduce the effect on other subjects. And, since it’s digital, you get immediate feedback with each reproduction attempt.

      For example, this photo was taken at 1/15 sec. And it seems that there’s a strong camera movement downwards and to the left; about 45 degrees.

      By the way, this image was cropped to a square, otherwise it’s straight out of the camera. Hmmm… let see: no need to drag around a tripod, no image editing required, and quadruple the print price. I like it :)

      • Christina Mitchell says

        March 17, 2013 at 2:12 pm

        I definitely see a series… would love to see you do the same thing shooting water with or without contrasting light or where you find strong landscape colours. I guess Rover is integral to making this happen. He’d want a percentage then?

  3. John Cameron says

    March 17, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    Cameron the wonder Westie would think that he was indeed integral to the process. He’d at least want some kind of a creative fee, even if not there in person for the next accident.

  4. Natascha Wiegand says

    March 17, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    Classic :) Love it :)

    • John Cameron says

      March 18, 2013 at 6:02 am

      Thanks Natasha.

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