Happy Accidents

February 23, 2022

We've all done it: wrong settings, accidental shutter snaps, light leaks, lens flare. Post some happy accidents that you didn't mean to shoot, but still enjoy.

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5th place

Entry #1

11 votes

Downtown LA from the Hollywood sign
With bonus unwanted lens flare

16th place

Entry #2

6 votes

Plane landing at Princess Juliana airport, Saint Martin
Blurred due to too slow shutter speed

6th place

Entry #3

10 votes

Airplane window raindrops
Was supposed to be a parting shot of the beach but the camera focused on the window instead

This page is a listing photos that have been entered in an amateur photography contest. All photographs were taken with a combination of one or more of the following pieces of photographic equipment: Canon EOS 30D camera body, Canon Powershot G2, Canon Powershot SD500 Digital Elph, Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS USM lens, Canon EF 1.4X II tele-extender, Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8L USM lens, Canon EFS 10-22mm F/3.5-F/4.5 USM lens, Canon Speedlite 430EX flash, Manfrotto 682B monopod with 3229 swivel tilt head, Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 Carbon Fiber Tripod with 322RC2 Grip-Action Ballhead.