Whose fault is it?

[Sparrow]

When you take a poor photograph where does the fault lay ... with you? ... or your equipment?

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

voltaire's.

 

[_goodtimez]

Your fault in any case cause you choose your equipment anyway !

 

[VTHokiEE]

The only times I've been able to blame the equipment were when the equipment was failing (light leak, shutter failure, etc). The vast majority of the time the fault lies with me.

 

[daveleo]

How could it NOT be my fault ? My fault - 100% of the time.

 

[sevo]

Being perfect, it cannot be my fault. And being perfect, I bought perfect equipment. Oh, wait...

 

[Particular]

I voted for 'My fault', but in reality it is the fault of all the people in the pictures.
Always stopping when they should go. Always turning the wrong way, stepping out of symmetry, stepping out of the light. Parking in front of my tripod. Waiting politely outside of my shot when I want them in it. Asking me stupid questions just as the light is turning. Doing something really boring after doing something really interesting.
It just drives my crazy. Get with it everyone!

Edit: Asking me if it is ok to park in my shot, because they mistook my camera for a ticket machine, and they think I am the traffic police. GO PARK IN THE RIVER! Sheesh....

 

[RichC]

It's YOUR fault Stewart, always your fault - I've cursed your name countless times...!

There was that time this spring when I thought I could hand-hold 1/8 second because I didn't want to get my tripod wet by putting it in a stream. The photo was blurry, so I had to go back and reshoot 2 weeks later - but spring had sprung and leaves were green and unfurling. So to match my previous photographs I ran to the shops to buy matt black car paint, to spray these insidious green shoots, after jumping up and down on them! That was SO your fault! (Sadly, this is a true tale!)

 

[Brian Atherton]

No idea. I give up. Whose fault is it? 😕

 

[rover]

There is no such thing as fault.

 

[KenR]

"the fault dear Horatio, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves"

 

[zauhar]

Since I am usually cursing at myself, the answer is obvious.

 

[Rodchenko]

I blame Niepce.

 

[grandallj]

My fault most of the time, because most of the time I'm shooting with a Leica and we all know they are flawless.

Actually, if they're so great, how do I manage to take bad pictures in spite of using one . . . ?

 

[back alley]

the devil made me do it!

 

[Clark.EE]

Fail to prepare.
Prepare to fail....
It can never be the equipments fault.
If the photo is that important. .... Take ten cameras.
Take 20.
I have never quite mastered a camera like I did my D200.
And don't have the patience to master another.......
Like that anyway.
Missed untold pics with the xpro1.

Pretty stupid poll.
But I answered it.

 

[Ronald M]

I always blame the tools, lens, paint brush, paint or canvas. No matter what I change things do not improve, Must be something else then!

 

[Michael Markey]

the devil made me do it!

I suspect you may have used that one before ...just a a wild guess 🙂

 

[Vince Lupo]

"the fault dear Horatio, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves"

I thought it was Brutus.

 

[Monochrom]

what a question...does it need an answer or poll 😀