The "unfortunate" photo shots

[TorchTheWitch]

I've always had such a hard time taking photos of my doggie. He loves the camera, and I end up either getting a shot of the insides of his nostrils, his butt or hardly any of him is in the photo at all because he zooms all over the place. So, here's one of my "unfortunate" photos of my doggie. I was trying to get a cute shot of him beating up on his Mr. Lobster toy when he spun around suddenly, and this ended up as one of his "wrong end" shots... ooops...



Feel free to post yours!

[hlthe2b]

1. welll, he does have a cute tush...

My girlie doesn't like me pointing the iphone at her (nor I'd imagine the camera).... Not sure why as she sees me talk on it all the time.

My previous big girl just LOVED being photographed... And would absolutely pose.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. LOL....this is classic! I love it.

I haven't saved any of my really bad ones, like the torso of the cat or the butt shots, but this is one of those loser shots that I did keep.

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Bad in so many ways----blurry, the posture, the really dirty siding on the house, dirty deck. This is one of my humiliations, and typical. He rarely stays in a position for long either.

Thanks for sharing yours---I am

[TorchTheWitch]

4. Oh, that is so cute!

What an adorable silly kitty!

I confess I chopped out the really filthy bits with my dog's bum photo like the ironing board and the big pile of laundry waiting to go downstairs to get washed and my mucky muddy boots... and I cleaned up the really gross dirty bits of the carpet with the photo edit tool.

I have o check my camera and see if I have a nostril photo I didn't get around to deleting but never uploaded to the computer. I must have something since most of the photos are the "unfortunate" ones, and it takes a long time to delete all the bloopers off the camera.

[fizzgig]

3. got a few

this was on an old roll of film i developed maybe five years ago

fat cat


dingbat


and my fat cat before she was tolerant of having her photo taken

[TorchTheWitch]

5. OMG! I love the one of "dingbat"!

That's just hilarious!

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Dingbat really got me!!!

Too bad he had to act up because you had a good photo---nice focus and lighting. But then again, that is a priceless picture!

And we all can appreciate the blurry, crappy lit photos!

[Texasgal]

7. Cute butt!

LOL!!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Here's a couple of not so good ones...

Dorky Jessie:




Licorice and Jessie (I wanted this one to be a sweet cuddly one, but neither of them looks particularly sweet or cuddly)



Licorice did turn into a beautiful cat (I swear she did) but she started out looking more than a little like Bill the Cat:

[fizzgig]

9. that second one is great

and i love your sig pic

[TorchTheWitch]

10. Jessie is gorgeous

Love the long flowing tresses. I guess you have to do a lot of brushing, but it's worth it.

Demon Kitteh however... I think I'm scared of that one! LOL!

[TorchTheWitch]

11. and the grand prize winner...

The nose photo!



Guess who mashed his nose right on the camera lens right when I snapped the photo?

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Oops! Somebody was way too busy that day, LOL.

[TorchTheWitch]

13. well, you did get more appendages in the frame than I usually do

And BOTH the dog's feet are clean AND the floor! I'm so envious.

What pretty colored fur your doggie has! Sort of a carmel color with cool silver tips like a stain overlay. That's neat.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Well, he was sitting when I went to take it, but that obviously didn't last, LOL.

And I should have looked to see if the floor was clean before I posted that.

Here's the whole doggy, my favorite because he's actually being good and sitting still. He's an Airedale, tan and black, and this was right after he was groomed, so was just glad to be home.

[dmr]

19. I love that face!

Hugs to him. And, best of all, big hugs to you, too. Hope you're doing well.

[mopinko]

29. he seems to be feeling a little humiliated.

maybe he is just tired. a handsome fellow, but a shave like that always leaves them looking a little unbalanced. and they seem to know.

[get the red out]

14. Nice doggie ass though!

I am terrible at taking pics of my dog, she is mostly black and will fade out against just about anything in the house. She is also afraid of the camera and runs from it. So, since I can clearly see that is a doggie rear, you are doing better than me, LOL.

Here is a pic where she didn't fade, but is only blurry, in the process of utter destruction of something once stuffed:

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[TorchTheWitch]

15. "something once stuffed" LOL!

Isn't it great how they have to spread the cottony innards from one end of the house to the other for you to hike around and pick up instead of just neatly leaving it all in a tidy pile at the scene of the crime? Like we aren't going to notice they murdered a "once stuffed" critter by spreading the evidence all over the house in a thinner layer than a tidy pile at the crime scene would be?

[get the red out]

17. Oh yes!

We caught Layla in the room with an exploded feather pillow and she promptly lowered her feather-decorated head and slinked out. I just had to stand there and look at that mess for a minute, LOL.

We can't have a doggie bed for her, she unstuffs them and does exactly what you describe, stuffing EVERYWHERE.

[TorchTheWitch]

26. oh dear Lord - feathers!

What a mess that must have been! Layla the dog-goose hybrid!

Man, I can totally understand just staring at it at first. Holy cow, where to you even START to deal with a mess like that?... "Ok, we need a shovel, a rake, and probably a backhoe... maybe it would be easier to just move to another house".

[ZombieHorde]

18. Can you film a video of him, and then take pictures from the "film?"

If you can, you may get better pictures that way.

[TorchTheWitch]

20. my camera does take short films

But I never figured out how to do it. I'd also need help in figuring out how to extract one frame from a film for a photo since I'm clueless how to do that. The manual is a hard slog and about as thick as "War and Peace". I'm rather hopeless at figuring out this kind of stuff. I'd like to take short films of him though since he's such a dork in motion... chasing his tail, hopping after bunnies just because they hop so he has to hop too, hunting the bathtub squid (I'd probably have to wrap the camera in a plastic bag for that one... LOL!), etc.

[ZombieHorde]

21. Some tech junkies like to make how-to youtube videos.

There could be one for your camera. Being shown what to do is sometimes easier than reading a technical manual.

[TorchTheWitch]

24. oh definitely!

It's much easier for me to just be shown how to do something than trying to slog through a manual and figure it out myself. Tomorrow I'm going to run some errands with a guy friend to do the heavy lifting (need some heavy stuff at the garden center) and he knows a lot about electronical gadgetry, so I'll ask him to take a look at my camera and show me how to do this movie making thing. He's one of those people that can just pick something up for the first time and have it all figured out in a few minutes. He fixed my dishwasher the same way - even took it all apart and put it back together. Some people just seem to have a real knack for being able to figure out various kinds of gadgets and widgets.

[Walk away]

33. Chech your camera for an icon that looks like a movie camera.....

It may be on the wheel that also has day and nite settings etc. Then (usually) push the button that normally takes the photo. A red "rec" should appear on your screen and you are filming. Your camera may be a little different but that's how all of mine work.

Getting single frames and other editing is easy. Just download some free movie making software and follow the directions. It's a lot easier than you think.

[Walk away]

22. Henry Sneezes!

[TorchTheWitch]

23. Oh my goodness!

Even though Henry looks totally silly having his ill-timed sneeze he still looks absolutely adorable! What a cutie-pie he is!

That's one of those pictures you can look at a millions times for decades and still giggle every single time.

[TorchTheWitch]

25. I find myself constantly coming back to look at this picture

Damn, that is just so funny and cute! What a delightful "unfortunate" photo this one turned out to be! Never fails to give me a good chuckle. Give Henry a great big hug and poochie smoochie from me!

And Henry is the perfect name for him. No one could possibly look more like "Henry" than your fuzzy lovey Henry! He is definitely THE Henry of the world. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet not just Henry but THE Henry! {insert trumpet fanfare and red carpet here} LOL!

[Walk away]

27. When Henry was one years old his owner sent him to the Vets to be put down.

He was sent with the housekeeper who explained that he could not be trained. The Vet called me in to assess him and find him a home instead. One look and I knew we were meant for each other. When I called his owner to get his papers (to destroy) she told me that the only good thing she had ever done for him was give him the perfect name....Henry! That was eleven years ago.

[mopinko]

28. henry is good.

there are just some people out there who are not (dog) smart enough to own a terrier. lucky henry found you.

[Walk away]

30. By the way...your pup's unfortunate photo is considered his "best side" by...

all of the dogs I know! That's his "meet and greet" end!

[TorchTheWitch]

31. OMG! Maybe THAT's why he's always showing his butt to people!

I always thought he was doing that on purpose but I figured it was just an odd quirk or he's a closet pervert. Maybe he's doing it to people he meets for the first time because he expects to have his bum sniffed for proper meet and greet! I made sure he knew how to properly meet and greet other dogs including the butt presentation (Akitas can be really funny about no one touching or even looking at their feet or their butts). But maybe he does this to people because he was taught to properly meet and greet other dogs like this! Why did I never think of this before???

Well, that's what I'm going to decide it is. It makes sense, it makes me feel better that there's a logical reason, and I really don't like the idea of him being a closet pervert. LOL!

Incidentally, we're still working on the feet. He really hates his feet being touched much less handled, but at least now he'll let people look at them without trying to hide them under his body and giving the stink eye... he can tell if anyone is taking a special interest in looking at a foot or all his feet. I want to be able to eventually get him to wear the dog boots, too... I never could do that with either of the other dogs. They despised them and would chew off their own feet to get rid of them like their feet were stuck in those nasty old fashioned animal traps. I also want to be able to really examine his feet without a big fuss or kicking for longer than two seconds in case he ever steps on glass or has some other injury or skin problem on his feet or between his toes. Boo never had a problem with him bum or any of the other bits back there being handled, but the first dog only marginally put up with it and Yoshi just hates it. He puts up with a few seconds of it, but after that he freaks out and runs away with his tail between his legs. Not to be gross, but with these dogs you occasionally have to handle the weewee to trim the long hairs from the tip so they don't get soaked with pee to be dribbled around and stink if they don't feel like cleaning their bits themselves (and most often they have no interest in cleaning their own bits though they'll lick their feet for hours and chew down their nails themselves so you never have to trim them yourself).

[Walk away]

32. Imagine his dissapointment when people refuse to "shake his hand" when they meet!

Last edited Wed May 30, 2012, 01:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Boo probably thought you were taking his passport photo!