What's your favorite shot of the year?

wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
edited January 3, 2007 in Holy Macro
A year's worth of shooting. Lots of frames and pixels.

I was thinking this morning (a dangerous thing), trying to decide what my favorite shot taken in 2006. I've been posting a-shot-a-day in the Daily Photos smugmug community all year (btw, come and join the community, just take a photo-a-day and post) - I decided to pick my favorite out of the nearly 365 pictures and call it my favorite. Tougher than I thought.

Anyone want to play along and post your favorite shot of the year? Reply and attach your best.

Here's my choice:

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john w
http://cspics.smugmug.com/

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen

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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Ok, I'll play. A very difficult decision, but I think this one from my Metamorphosis Gallery fits this forum:

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    (btw, this is a Death's Head Hawk Moth undergoing metamorphosis)
    Birds
    Bugs
    Spiders
    Flowers
  • drdanedrdane Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Sure! But as Al said, It's not easy. Though we could have worse problems than an abundance of cool pix, right?

    This is a composite shot. I caught the heron 12 minutes after I shot the rainy sunrise scene, and transplanted it to make my dream shot. I really like the result and the feeling it engenders, but wouldn't feel good about keeping its history a secret.

    I can't wait to see everyone's fav's, so c'mon, y'all!wings.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Yall should be entering these in the Dgrin Photo of The Year :D

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49361
    Andy

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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Yall should be entering these in the Dgrin Photo of The Year :D

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49361



    But they had to be posted on dgrin this year!.....oh, wait.....never mind. :D
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Yall should be entering these in the Dgrin Photo of The Year :D

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49361

    good idea - maybe this is a duplicate effort
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    This is my favourite although it is not from this year, I re-edited it about a month ago .... we rescued him and found him a new home :D Skippy

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    clap.gifgreat work everyone let me find what is my best photo mwink.gifD
    Thine is the beauty of light; mine is the song of fire. Thy beauty exalts the heart; my song inspires the soul. Allama Iqbal

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  • douglasdouglas Registered Users Posts: 696 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    Lunch Is Served
    Heres one of my favorites from this year.

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    Free Lunch!
    Best regards,
    douglas
  • steveLsteveL Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited December 29, 2006
    sunflowers...
    I like this image because it reminds me of a nice day and it was so very windy that I was happy I got any pictures I liked.
    These are willow-leaved sunflowers. I used my Canon PowerShot A 520 for this.

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 29, 2006
    Young lovers on a rock
    IMG_4749.jpg
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  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    kdog wrote:
    IMG_4749.jpg

    OMG......I think hurt myself when I fell outta my chair laughing!rolleyes1.gif
    This one KILLS ME! :lol4
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  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Gezzzzzzzzzzzz

    This isn't a easy one...... I guess I like this one for my best of the year. headscratch.gif

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    wholenewlight wrote:

    101438364-Th.jpg

    bowdown.gif this is good on so many levels.

    clap.gif
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  • drdanedrdane Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Yall should be entering these in the Dgrin Photo of The Year :D

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49361

    Hey, Andy - I already submitted one. Are you gonna let me submit another?:D
    Dr Dane :rofl
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  • drdanedrdane Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    This is my favourite although it is not from this year, I re-edited it about a month ago .... we rescued him and found him a new home :D Skippy

    113762377-M.jpg

    Hi, Skippy!

    Thanks for putting up this cool froggy (frogs are some of my favorite people)! I LOVE those colorsiloveyou.gif and you nailed its eye in focus. Real up-close-and-personal! I'll show you my tree toad sometime. Oh, what did you rescue him from?

    I'll often tilt the camera a bit on shots like this, to give a diagonal line (stem) rather than a straight horizontal one - seems to give the shot a more dynamic feel (and no one ever knows the difference! :-)
    Dr Dane :rofl
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    bowdown.gif this is good on so many levels.

    clap.gif

    Thanks!
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    kdog wrote:
    IMG_4749.jpg

    Great shot - funny too.thumb.gif
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Favorite image of the year? That's easy.

    I have two teenage sons, two years but three grades apart. This past school year they were in 9th and 12th grade (the first and last years in high school, for our non-US friends here).

    Though they fight like brothers, they also are close like brothers, and I was happy to get this picture on Prom night. I figure this is one of three times I'll ever see them in Tuxes together (the other two possabilities being their weddings, whenever those happen).

    It's not the best picture from a technical standpoint, but it's my personal favorite.

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    -Steven
    my words, my "pro"pictures, my "fun" pictures, my videos.

  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Favorites are quite often not the technically best, but this one is my favorite emotionally. Still go back to
    work on the skin tones.

    119806764-L.jpg
  • BPCooperBPCooper Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    Well, this one based on response but it was film :D

    NHLaunch_cooper_8.jpg

    For digital, well this one took a lot to get so I'm proud of it:

    San_Francisco_skyline.JPG

    And for digital space shots this year, I guess this would top it out:

    STS-115_VAB.jpg
    It's hard to choose though! ne_nau.gif
    -Ben
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  • jsedlakjsedlak Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    My favorite shot was all the shots from my fall photoshoot of my car... mwink.gif

    325i_085.jpg
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2006
    2006 Favorites
    Boy, I'm really surprised at how difficult it is pick a favorite. So here are a few favorites.

    This is the one that most people pick who have seen prints of my photographs.

    Man in blue taken in the Belleville section of Paris on March 31, 2006

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    One of my favorite Paris photos, also taken in Spring 2006.

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    A favorite out of many of my favorite subject. September 2006

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    Happy New Year everyone!

    Virginia
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    Tough choice is right
    but...without question

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  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    Some SUPER NICE work posted here Guys!

    You all get a thumb.gifthumb.gif:D
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    Swartzy wrote:
    but...without question

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    Oooh yes!

    Virginia
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    wholenewlight wrote:
    A year's worth of shooting. Lots of frames and pixels.

    I was thinking this morning (a dangerous thing), trying to decide what my favorite shot taken in 2006. I've been posting a-shot-a-day in the Daily Photos smugmug community all year (btw, come and join the community, just take a photo-a-day and post) - I decided to pick my favorite out of the nearly 365 pictures and call it my favorite. Tougher than I thought.

    Anyone want to play along and post your favorite shot of the year? Reply and attach your best.

    Here's my choice:

    101438364-Th.jpg

    This is indeed a great photo. I can't believe how you got the bus driver's reflection in the rear view mirror! And the exposure seems spot on... did you do a lot of work in post processing? You've captured the excitement of a big city too.
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    jsedlak wrote:
    My favorite shot was all the shots from my fall photoshoot of my car... mwink.gif

    325i_085.jpg

    Hmmmm, I'm not a "car person" but this is a great photo. So dreamy and almost romantic in feel -- for a car? rolleyes1.gif well, it works. :D
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  • jsedlakjsedlak Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    Dee wrote:
    Hmmmm, I'm not a "car person" but this is a great photo. So dreamy and almost romantic in feel -- for a car? rolleyes1.gif well, it works. :D

    Thanks! :D
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  • donekdonek Registered Users Posts: 655 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    I have too many that I really like, but here's one of my favorites:
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    When asked my wife said this was her favorite
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    Sean Martin
    www.seanmartinphoto.com

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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2006
    Dee wrote:
    This is indeed a great photo. I can't believe how you got the bus driver's reflection in the rear view mirror! And the exposure seems spot on... did you do a lot of work in post processing? You've captured the excitement of a big city too.

    It's been a couple of months ago - I don't remember all that I did to the shot during post. Not very much, sharpness, color adjustment, a little sponge desaturation, some minor dodging and burning, noise reduction. By the way, it's a handheld shot! Here's a nearly no-modification conversion from the original Nikon NEF (Raw) file:

    120138276-M.jpg

    Thanks for the comments.

    KUDOS TO THOSE WHO HAVE POSTED SOME REALLY GREAT SHOTS IN THIS THREAD! Cool! bowdown.gif
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

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