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Good morning,

I'm posting this with a slight hope I am not shunned out of these forums..

Over the weekend I woke up extra early (6am on a Saturday!!!) to take a trip to The Edge (Alderley Edge, overlooking Cheshire Plain) so I could capture some nice shots..

The woods were empty and the view point silent. I excitedly took my position and got the camera ready.. Well, it would of been ready if I had remembered to put the battery back into the camera before leaving the house!! Doh!

We live and learn I guess, but I did have a lovely morning and managed to get a nice shot of the pooch on my phone.

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Everyone's done similar, whether or not they admit it! Film, battery, memory card, even the whole bag have been left behind. It's usually on those occasions that the sunrise/set was genuinely worth shooting too.
 
For me my biggist failure is usually leaving my tripod base plate at home especially on my Olympus as I have to remove it in order to removed the battery and memory card

But have also left memory cards at home in the past too
 
The last really cold, snowy, winter we had, the snow had lain on the ground for a few days and then we had a magnificent hoar frost, with even the local recreation area looking like Narnia. I left the house bright-eyed and bushy tailed in eager anticipation of getting some photos of the beautiful winter wonderland that awaited me.

Even the start of the path to the playing fields looked magical as it was lined by mature oak trees that glistened white, with their majestic tracery highlighted against an azure blue sky... so I put my camera to my eye... and managed one shot before the battery went dead! By the time I'd got home and put some charge into it, the bloody frost had melted! So remembering to install the battery isn't much good if it's flat! :eggface:
 
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I rocked up at our annual firework display, owned my ideal position so no one would fall over the tripod in the dark and settled in to wait for the fireworks knowing that the very first one is a beauty....arghhhhh no card (DOH)
 
Mr Badger said:
The last really cold, snowy, winter we had, the snow had lain on the ground for a few days and then we had a magnificent hoar frost, with even the local recreation area looking like Narnia. I left the house bright-eyed and bushy tailed in eager anticipation of getting some photos of the beautiful winter wonderland that awaited me.

Even the start of the path to the playing fields looked magical as it was lined by mature oak trees that glistened white, with their majestic tracery highlighted against an azure blue sky... so I put my camera to my eye... and managed one shot before the battery went dead! By the time I'd got home and put some charge into it, the bloody frost had melted! So remembering to install the battery isn't much good if it's flat! :eggface:
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Heartbreaking.. I could really feel your pain.. I'm assuming the bitter taste is still lingering a little?

moomike said:
Haha, we've definitely all done it! My best one was getting all the way to Antigua before realising I'd not packed any memory cards haha.
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Oh wow, you're the winner.. If you can call it that? haha
 
Agreed most will have done similar, I know I have. Now usually take a test shot when picking up camera to head out and have a look at memory card contents and a quick check of battery
I once set off for a camping holiday and left the tent if it makes you feel any better :)
 
Battery memory card tripod camera plate its annoying if you leave any of them behind.
 
I've forgotten to put memory cards back into my camera after copying photos over to my laptop on at least two occasions. Luckily, I've always been able to borrow one off a friend.
 
Dashing said:
if I had remembered to put the battery back into the camera
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…bin there, done that… though a long
time ago. Still hurts and haunts me! :cool:
 
Halfway up Mam Tor at 4am... The missus was not happy about that!! Back to bed it was!
 
Mr Badger said:
The last really cold, snowy, winter we had, the snow had lain on the ground for a few days and then we had a magnificent hoar frost, with even the local recreation area looking like Narnia. I left the house bright-eyed and bushy tailed in eager anticipation of getting some photos of the beautiful winter wonderland that awaited me.

Even the start of the path to the playing fields looked magical as it was lined by mature oak trees that glistened white, with their majestic tracery highlighted against an azure blue sky... so I put my camera to my eye... and managed one shot before the battery went dead! By the time I'd got home and put some charge into it, the bloody frost had melted! So remembering to install the battery isn't much good if it's flat! :eggface:
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Probably wouldn't have worked but did you try taking it out and putting it in again?

I (very unprofessionally) was in a rush to do a simple headshot shoot the other month - chucked the camera in the bag etc.. and didn't bother with a backup (yes, I know!). Camera was left in the car for a while on a hot day, turned it on and the LCD showed the battery sign with a line through (i.e. about to die). Camera would not work, took it out, put back in and all ok! Lesson learnt!
 
With extreme cold conditions, taking the battery out, warming it under a nutsack armpit for a few minutes can get a few more shots out of it.
 
I recently spent over 90 minutes walking up the side of Haweswater to capture the waterfalls near the top, only to realise I picked up the wrong size filter ring for my Lee filter holder, and I'd left the cable release at the hotel.....

I wasn't very happy..... Especially as I was cold, wet, and hungry (yes, forgot to pack food too!)
 
Jelster said:
I recently spent over 90 minutes walking up the side of Haweswater to capture the waterfalls near the top, only to realise I picked up the wrong size filter ring for my Lee filter holder, and I'd left the cable release at the hotel.....

I wasn't very happy..... Especially as I was cold, wet, and hungry (yes, forgot to pack food too!)
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Did you remember to put your boots on?

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No shame.
You;ve done it once, I doubt you'd do it again.

A good ip is to have checklist int the bag and have a look at it before you leave.
No good if the battery is dead, but solves the 'no memory card' problem.
 
On my way to an evening outdoor photo event.

Double check all equipment, batteries, memory cards, tripod etc. and make myself 10 mins late leaving in the process.

Drive to event in time. Open boot of car to find no fleece, hat or gloves, and it was bitterly cold that night.....
 
Booked a weekend away @ Spurn year before last, carefully planned for the tide times so could walk out at low tide & get the far light house in high tide with the ND3.0

Fortunately wasn't only thing planning on shooting, as once put the camera on the tripod & pulled the ND3.0 out, I discovered it was the near identical looking poloriser, and the ND3.0 was at home...
 
Sectionate said:
Tripod Plate, done this too many times!
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After the first couple of times, I bought an extra one and it lives on the tripod QR platform when it's otherwise empty. Well, it lives on ONE of them but not necessarily the one that gets grabbed... (However, there's another spare in the bag that DID get grabbed so I did have one!)
 
Been there done that!! 1 hour drive to location for sunrise...Batteries left on charger at home!! All set up in perfect spot for fireworks display.. Waited over an hour to find there was no card in the camera when the fireworks started :)

My favourite was my ex turning
up to shoot a gig for a local band!!
Turned up shot the 30 minute slot.....
Turned out the gig had run late due to a
technical issue and he'd spent 30 minutes shooting the wrong band!!
Worse still he didn't find out til he
sent them the shots and got the
reply " great shots but that's
not us"
 
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My worst ones are both Tripod related. Went from Liverpool to Southport, about and hour, to take pics of Fireworks, and then found that the Tripod didn't have the Head on it. :eek: :rolleyes: Tripod was used as a bean bag replacement on the floor. :LOL:

And then I went to Venice last April, a lovely chilled out trip to Burano in the Sun on the back of the boat. Got off boat, walked in the town, and then realised I had left the Tripod on the boat, which was long gone. :mad: :rolleyes: :LOL: It was third time unlucky though, as I had left it twice somewhere on two previous trips, but was very lucky to get it back. They say you live and learn. :thinking: Well for me, maybe not the 1st or 2nd time, but hopefully the third time the message stays in. ;) Don't forget Tripod. :LOL:
 
My worst was heading out to the local nature reserve with a friend to try my hand at macro, thought I had everything sorted until we arrived at said nature reserve and I'd left the camera at home. :banghead::banghead:
 
Done the leave the memory card at home, I always switch the camera on to check the number of shots available, level of battery (even though I have charged it the night before) and that the RAW setting is on. Fortunately it has happened when I was just out to shoot street photography but at least these days everyone has a good mobile smartphone so all is not lost.
 
Really enjoying all of these stories.. quite reassuring to know everyone has started from a similar platform..

Maybe one day I'll invest in a fancy camera backpack and my short term memory woes will be lifted?
 
I've got 2 16gb SD's in the centre console of the car just in case....
 
Meeten said:
No shame.
You;ve done it once, I doubt you'd do it again.

A good ip is to have checklist int the bag and have a look at it before you leave.
No good if the battery is dead, but solves the 'no memory card' problem.
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Since taking on model photography (of sorts) I lay out all the stuff on the living room floor the night before the shoot. I am an early riser and ensure my batteries go on charge as soon as I get up. My camera is fitted with a card and formatted and my camera/s are zero'd so to speak, set to base ISO and tested prior to packing in the bag. Two years on and I haven't had a hiccup since my bonfire night error.
 
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