pet peeve

I have several....

Living in the very rural area of the Appalachian foothill country, one would think that there would be fewer overhead power and communication lines; alas, not so; I believe the further back in the sticks one goes, the more prevalent the wires become; I hardly ever take an outdoor picture that is free of wires running right across the best part of the scene.

Another gripe I have is that we must live underneath the airplane super-highway of the world; I can hardly ever look up without there being at least one smoke trail from a jet plane.
A few evenings ago, I counted eighteen smoke trails without turning my head, and that is not an uncommon sight at all.

Now that you got me started, here is yet another peeve --- and it could be remedied so easily if people would just think about there actions for a second.
I attend several antique tractor shows each year, plus a few classic car and classic big truck shows.
These people spend countless hours and lots of dollars restoring and painting these vehicles; at the shows, they are constantly wiping away dust specks.
One would think that, after all this work and passionate devotion to their hobby, that these people would want their pride and joy to be presented at it's best appearance possible.... think again...
I hardly get a picture that doesn't have some kind of beverage receptacle sitting somewhere on the vehicle --- this having been placed there not by some uncaring passerby, but by the vehicle owner themself.
Besides the ever-present drink bottle or coffee mug, there will often be a coat or jacket unceremoniously draped over a fender.
And, let's not forget the literature and photos pertaining to the vehicle that will be displayed, either laying on the body of the vehicle itself, or framed in some huge easel that is set-up within inches, obscuring any chance of a decent photograph.
And, lawnchairs, dozens of lawnchairs, sitting scattered all around the vicinity, with grandkids playing video games and grannies sitting keeping an eye on the kids.

That is only three peeves/gripes, but I will stop there for now. 
 
 

At least it would take no time to use the clone out the idiot tool available in all PSE versions and get rid of him!

All of the above are things I have experienced.

However, my biggest pet peeve regarding photography are those people who believe or even make you want to believe that you need oodles of gear and the latest and most expensive gear at that.

I don't agree with this at all. Up until April this year I was shooting with my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel T3i (I think I bought it in 2009) and it was all I really needed for the best part of that time. I did upgrade in the end as I wanted some specific features, such as WiFi connection to my phone and laptop (for quick uploads to social media and sharing with family) and I was after more AF points. So I settled for the recently released Canon Rebel T7i, which gave me all of this and more at a fraction of the cost of the big brothers.

When you look around, there are tons of people out there that are not professional photographers, yet have the gear of a professional. In my opinion this is just wasted money, as most amateurs or hobby photographers never get the full value from those cameras.

I agree, when you are buying a lens, try and buy the most expensive one you can afford, as the glass does make a difference to your photos, but if you don't know the basics of photography no amount of expensive gear will make your photos look fabulous.

Many a time have I gone out with my old T3i only to encounter someone with a ton of expensive gear looking down their nose at my old camera. Most often than not these people remained stationary in one place as it was too much trouble to move around a bit with all of this gear they had brought. Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine - move around! Don't just settle for the first shot you come across, observe the scence, try different angles and then move to get a different view!

Right, I am now off my soap box!

Interesting, Simone.
I wouldn't even pretend to know much about photography. I always use my camera on automatic.
I bought the FujiFilm as I love zooming in on distant objects, and this has a great zoom lens . . . well, it is to me.
And I am addict where machro is concerned. This camera has a 'super machro' setting . . . not that I can see much difference between that and the ordinary machro setting.

cats4jan - I think we all have been "mooned" by different species of the animal kingdom.

My pet peeve is people who get too close to wildlife and scare it away before they (and the rest of us) get the chance even to observe it, let alone photograph it.
And then there are those who turn up their noses at editing, because "they prefer to get it right in the camera". They don't acknowledge that, before digital, even the best photographers had their darkroom tricks.
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Thanks for sharing that, Bruce! It inspires me to go back to a recent B/W conversion that I made and see if I can breathe more life into it.