A cautionary tale

[bigbob]

Not sure if this new forum is the place for this , but i guess i'll find out
The story behind this picture is easy , Know your camera before taking important pictures .
Last Aug i was asked by a friend if i fancied going on board one the the old barges and shoot the annual Thames barge race off Herne bay .
As i'd just bought my Nikon D2X i thought it would be a good time to test it out properly .
So having taken over 100 shots i noticed the loading light taking ages to go out , and something was flashing in the top LCD , well not having my glasses i could'nt quiet make out what the error message said , so i carried on .
Got fed up after a while and swapped compact flash cards , that stopped the flashing .
When i got home , the first card was empty , no images at all , the error message had said the card was corrupted and don't use .
All i got from the days shoot was a few lone boats coming home .
Despite sending the card off to a retrievel firm i lost all the images from that day .
This was one of the few that i got , i still mourn the dozens of close ups i lost .
The moral , always take extra care with images that are important to you .

B..
P.s i've put a new transport galley up and will be adding a few more from this shoot if anyones interested.

[Stephen]

Re: A cautionary tale

P.s i've put a new transport galley up and will be adding a few more from this shoot if anyones interested.

Ah but have you associated it with the new Transport category in the galleries, yours don't seem to be there at the last look

Good tale btw, we've all done that sort of thing I suppose. How many of us used that never ending film

[Ian]

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Ah but have you associated it with the new Transport category in the galleries, yours don't seem to be there at the last look

Good tale btw, we've all done that sort of thing I suppose. How many of us used that never ending film

I have to confess shooting with NO card Some cameras just don't grab your attention enough when there is no card in there!

I also went on an outing with the kids to London Zoo last year and took about a dozen shots before the battery stopped - I'd put the wrong one in the camera and the fresh one was still at home

But worst of all, I lost a number of cherished shots, not backed up, because of the dreaded Love Bug virus a few years ago, sigh. You only make that mistake once.

Ian

[Archangel]

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Interesting shot bigbob.
Too bad that you didn't happen to be on the opposite side, that would make the picture look more adventurous with the sea climbing the boat's deck and most of the crew visible doing their magic!

Regards

George

[bigbob]

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I've put my gallery album under transport now Stephen , Thanks .
Ian everyone has made a cock up one time or another , whether digital or film , the trick is to learn from it and hope you never do the same again , i've a list a mile long that i'm too embarrased to post
George , dead right and i had about 50 close ups of the crews tacking around plus some real crackers of the larger barges in full sail .
Needless to say my friend also got the same shots , his were printed in various boating mags and pub walls , i was just left crying in my beer .

B..

[Wild Images]

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Bob
very nice, saw this yesterday, and I liked it on the thumbnail, wanted to leavea note to that affect. so, here w can now do so.
My D70 has no "lock" on the dial that sets the mode. I normally shoot Aperture Priority, and my camera is in a cradle behind my car seat when I am in the game reserves, just grab and shoot.
So, we encountered this very nice African Wildcat next to the road below MataMata in the Kalahari, I grabbed the camera, and stated shooting thru the open window, as Sir Cat is marking his teritory, Shot about 20 shots, then notice a bright flicker on the back screen. In my gab and shoot, the dial turned from A to M, and I screwed-up all the shots, totallt blown wish otherwise could have been very nince action shots. Live and learn, check your settings before you shoot.
Callie

[bigbob]

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Thanks Callie.
I've done exactly the same , only reason i noticed was because the shutter speed was miles too slow for the conditions and i checked , luckily the shots were only for personal use .
Another easily forgotten setting is the joystick wheel on the rear , very easy to nudge and lose the center focus point .
In fact so many ways of making a cock up , i'm going back to bed .

B..