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My "favourite" was developing 4 or 5 rolls of 120 in a large Paterson tank and pouring out the stop and then without engaging the brain, unscrewing the top off and popping the tube in to start washing. Took me about 5 seconds to realise I had not fixed them yet (including the obligatory cartoon style double-take at the jug of fixer sitting ready and waiting in the sink). After fixing, a surprisingly large number survived OK but I did not enjoy the sinking feeling when I suddenly realised what I had done...
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I went away for a weeks photography holiday and left my tripod behind.
I put it down in a place that was behind the open front door, so when I did the final look round, it remained hidden. I was about 4 hours up the M6 when my wife sent me a text message. Rather than turn around and pick it up, I bought a replacement instead. The weather was poor and the light was terrible all week - so the whole thing was a complete washout. Perhaps the weeks photographic holiday was never meant to be. Martin |
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I have made most of the mistakes listed here. I once failed to load the film properly in my OM1, so it didn't wind on, and didn't record the 36 masterpieces I thought I was taking. Only last week I processed an important roll of HP5 with developer diluted with dilute fixer -and not water as I thought. I have double-exposed sheets of 5x4 film. And developed sheets of 5x4 film that I thought I'd exposed but hadn't.
But the biggest mistake I have ever made was deciding to photograph the infant River Dane at Three Shires Head. It had been exceptionally cold for over a week and I knew there would be some interesting icy boulders in the stream. It was a long walk down from the parked car but when I reached the river I knew it was worth it, or so I thought. I had a twin lens reflex camera on a tripod, and waded into the almost freezing water to photograph a boulder with a big cap of ice on it. Looking down at the viewfinder with the camera angled forward wasn't easy, and I had to lean right over to see the picture. You've guessed what happened! I leaned too far forward and fell. Thinking about the camera I managed to grab it and, twisting round, held it above the water, but I fell in full-length. Apart from my head, I was completely underwater. And it was barely 1 degree C. I'm still nor sure how I managed the one mile walk back to the car, or the forty minute drive home. Ad when I did get home you can imagine what my wife said.... Alan |
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Alan, I can imagine what my Wife would say, but the main thing is that the TLR was all right
Richard
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I still make plenty of mistakes and often the same ones
David |
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You know what they say about the man who never makes a mistake - he does s*d all !
As long as we all smile and laugh about it - then no harm done. Even though they were bound to be the best photographs you have ever taken Martin |
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Yes, mistakes happen, but why does it happen to the best photographs we have ever taken, and often can't repeat,? it has happened to me more times than I like to think about, Thats why I asked the question, Made another one yesterday, poured out developer, then instead of pouring in stop I poured in fixer, then after a few seconds poured in the stop for 3 minutes, poured out the stop, did the Ilford wash cycle and put the films up to dry, it was plain straight away that I had done something wrong, then realized, fixer bottle has red top, stop has black top, I was processing in the lounge, watching Donald Trumps attempt at insurection, and had taken the tops of of both bottles,so I blame Donald J trump, but they would have been the best still lives I had ever taken, Oh well, these things happen
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