Tried shooting a setting sun through a window -- got this instead. Oops. (4 sec exposure, somehow.)

[George McGovern]

[niyad]

1. Interesting.

[George McGovern]

5. Thanks niyad!

[Haggard Celine]

2. Cool!

I would hang that on my wall.

[George McGovern]

6. Thanks Haggard Celine!

[Pobeka]

3. Sometimes mistakes can make the best art. I like it.

(p.s. if you enter it in a contest, say you did it on purpose -- you'll appear deeply entrenched in the genre of abstract photography!)

[George McGovern]

8. Thanks Pobeka! Entrencement in abstract art -- something to think about . . .

[Leghorn21]

4. Psychafreakin, man!!

A dramatic and very cool mistake!!

I dig it the most!!

[George McGovern]

9. Ha Ha Thanks Leghorn21!!

[spooky3]

7. That would make a beautiful painting, too. Nt

[George McGovern]

10. Cool. Thanks spooky3!

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Sometimes our best efforts are mistakes

[George McGovern]

16. Yes indeed Ferrets are Cool. My Grampa loved his Slinky. Come to find out that

Richard Jones, a naval engineer, was trying to make a meter designed to monitor power on naval battleships. He was working with tension springs when one of them fell to the ground. The spring kept bouncing from place to place after it hit the ground, and the slinky was born.

[Ferrets are Cool]

50. Great story.

Kinda like how sticky notes were invented. It was a failed experiment.

[TomSlick]

12. Wicked cool.

A happy accident.

[George McGovern]

17. Thanks TomSlick!

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Almost like a prism! Neat.

[George McGovern]

18. Almost. Thanks SWBTATTReg!

[Diamond_Dog]

14. Wow, is that cool

I like abstracts because each viewer sees something different in the image.

Even though it wasn’t intentional, you made something wonderful!

[George McGovern]

19. Thanks Diamond!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I've made photographic mistakes that turned out well too, dear George! This qualifies!

It is absolutely wonderful.

[George McGovern]

20. Thanks Peggy!

[rsdsharp]

21. Looks like detail on an Edvard Munch painting.

[George McGovern]

24. "The Scream" is such an incredible work of art. Thanks rsdsharp!

[johnp3907]

22. Reminds me of this:

https://www.discogs.com/release/14232939-The-Fixx-Reach-The-Beach/image/SW1hZ2U6NDIzOTAxMTU=

[George McGovern]

27. Good band johnp3907. Really neat album art! Thanks for the link.

[Demovictory9]

23. Looks like a painting

Looks like a painting

[George McGovern]

28. Thanks Demovictory9!

[ShazzieB]

36. I agree with Demovictory9.

Without the back story, I would definitely have assumed this was a painting. And a really good one at that.

[denbot]

25. duuuuude..

[George McGovern]

29. Wow -- Thanks denbot!

[LoisB]

26. This "oops" is now #2 in my favorites of your photographs. It has given me an incredible color

combination for a crochet project. This is beyond awesome.

[George McGovern]

30. Oh how wonderful LoisB! That should turn out to be a beautiful project! Thank You!

[ggma]

32. Lois

Please post when you start! Would love to see that develop.

ggma

[Aussie105]

31. Somehow, you captured what looks like a rainbow!

It's an astounding work of art!
Not repeatable, I'd say.

[George McGovern]

33. You're right about that, Aussie105. I don't know where it came from to begin with.

One of a kind I guess. Thank You!!

[StarryNite]

34. Very interesting!

It looks like a painting.

[George McGovern]

41. Thanks StarryNite!

[Jack-o-Lantern]

35. Hmm, camera as a paint brush. I like it. Thanks for sharing.

[George McGovern]

42. You're welcome Jack-O-Lantern! Thank You.

[calimary]

37. That's really cool!

[George McGovern]

43. Thanks calimary!

[Mr. Evil]

38. Blow it up and frame it.

I would!

[George McGovern]

44. Thanks Mr. Evil! Please feel free to do so. I just might.

[yorkster]

39. Looks like a Morris Louis painting.

Intriguing result .

[George McGovern]

46. Like this one yorkster? Thank You!

[yorkster]

47. Beautiful...and yr. quite welcome. :)

[eppur_se_muova]

40. "We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents". nt

[George McGovern]

48. Yes! Thank You eppur_se_muova! Bob Ross was one of a kind.

[HAB911]

45. Well, I love it!

[George McGovern]

49. Good Deal HAB911 -- Thank You! Here is the original picture.

[Callalily]

51. Very creative!

[George McGovern]

52. Thank You Callalily!