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  • Started 1 year ago by tcole1983
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  1. tcole1983

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    I know we have the monthly pics thread. Thought it would be fun to have a single picture that you think is your best...pick well and only one picture for the whole thread. Maybe say something about it if you want.

    Starting off with a picture I took days after I got my D5000. Was walking around my neighborhood when I found the railroad tracks that are nearby. This was also the fist time I used the articulating screen. Held the camera down by the rails and snapped two pics. First was crooked and the second was this one. Made it black and white and it turned out pretty well. The clouds are a bit washed out, but I tried redoing it with lightroom and couldn't get it to look as good.

    008BW

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  2. bjrichus

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    Dear God! Just ONE best picture?

    Do I choose the picture that was my first ever 1st prize I won or the first ever picture I had published? Is it the shot I like the best or is it one of the outstanding shots that I am working on now (a series of them actually that have an 'alone' and 'winter' theme to them), or...

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  3. NSXType-R

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    What are you talking about, single picture?

    Every one of my photos are keepers!

    :D

    Just kidding.

    This is probably my favorite shot. I took it completely by accident and the light was fading too, but the combination of low light and luck actually made it a pretty decent panning shot, in my opinion.

    I also really like the reflections off the rear bumper. I just wish the shutter speed were a tad quicker.

    Not to mention I heard it starting up, and I loved how the sound of the engine bounced off all the high rise buildings. Tickled my spine.

    DSC_8062

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  4. Pierre

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    If I have to choose only one, I would pick this one...

    DSC_4790

    This rock is called ST Martin's pot, just south of the ST Martin's caves, New-Brunswick, Canada... @ 45°19'45.31"N - 65°32'18.32"W.

    No PP, as shot. It is not my most-skilled shot but it has to be one of the most stunning piece of landscape a came upon. It looks like an old alian woman and her "hat" looks like the sails of a boat. She is meditating over the ocean. The clouds at right seams to be thought escaping her. From an other angle, it looks like an old man and from an other one yet, it looks like an american indian chief.

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  5. sumoncpi

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    Nice natural photography.

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  6. bernard

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    Here's one of my favorite, if not THE favorite… It's not the best technically speaking, but, to me, this is what aviation is about :)
    Click on the photo to enlarge it

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  7. El_Pickerel

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    I dunno, I have different favourite shots for different reasons. Here's one from Guatemala this year... my friend had just gone to a nearby house to say goodbye to her sponsored kids / godchildren and after breakfast they came to the mission to say goodbye to her.

    Final Farewells

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  8. kanuck

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    Wow that sure is something Tcole amazing! Great shots on here. I believe this was one of mine :

    The Wave

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  9. bernard

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    proudgeek said:
    I couldn't figure out a way to attach mine so you'll have to follow a link to Flickr. Technically, given that it's an HDR shot it's actually three pictures.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdanford/5561491513/in/set-72157626233217875/lightbox/

    WOOF !!! Excellent shot ! Bravo ! :)

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  10. proudgeek

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    Thanks. Sorry for the double post. This is one of those right place/right time shots. Didn't even notice the second rainbow until I'd been shooting for 10+ minutes. When the clouds cleared and the rainbows faded I was almost shaking and had to sit down. Definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
    What Does It Mean?

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  11. Gareth

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    OMG, SINGLE RAINBOW ACROSS THE SKKYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Great shot

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  12. adamz

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    don't have one favorite shot, but this is the one I like most this year : )

    Man at work

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  13. PB PM

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    Hard to pick a best one, but this is one of my all time favourite shots. Taken with my first DSLR. the D80.
    Great Blue Heron

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  14. aesnakes

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    Absolutely love this picture of my cousins little girl Nicole

    Katherines Wedding

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  15. tcole1983

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    Great pictures all and thanks Kanuck.

    I knew it would be hard to pick one. That was part of the fun :)

    I guess I should have said favorite picture maybe. I thought it was a little different then just posting all your good pictures. I am sure we all have tons of ones we like.

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  16. El_Pickerel

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    proudgeek said:
    Thanks. Sorry for the double post. This is one of those right place/right time shots. Didn't even notice the second rainbow until I'd been shooting for 10+ minutes. When the clouds cleared and the rainbows faded I was almost shaking and had to sit down. Definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen.>

    Beside the rainbow, that shot has a really strong sense of depth. Almost feels 3D.

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  17. jonnyapple

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    Lovely pictures, everyone. We should make a thread like this a December tradition to post your favorite shot from the year.

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  18. iris chrome

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    WOW! You guys shame me.

    Here is one from my early photography days but I still like it to this day... although I should warn everybody, it wasn't shot on a Nikon.

    Foot of the Brooklyn Bridge

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  19. tcole1983

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    jonnyapple said:
    Lovely pictures, everyone. We should make a thread like this a December tradition to post your favorite shot from the year.

    Good idea.

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  20. TaoTeJared

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    Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

    I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

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  21. adamz

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    nice set Tao

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  22. bernard

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    TaoTeJared said:
    Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

    I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

    Beautiful pictures ! You ARE good !

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  23. rbrylawski

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    Really amazing Tao! I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning, like these. I'm technically proficient, but I don't think my eye sees things a good photographer sees and to me that's the talent behind the machine. Which makes the machine much less important. You see things in a unique way and your pictures reflect that vision so well...

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  24. proudgeek

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    I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning

    Nonsense. That's why you're part of a forum like this to see other peoples' work. I look at hundreds of images a day. Sometimes the stuff I see is so good it makes me want to toss my camera in the trash. But mostly I'm inspired; not to copy but to reinterpret. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I'm not making a living doing this; I do it because I genuinely enjoy it. Whereas most of the creative freedom has been sucked out of my job photography is the one area where I can still feel like something of an artist. Even if it's only in my own mind. Keep looking, keep shooting, keep tweaking (your images and your technique).
    Above all, have fun and try and learn something new every day. The people who are posting here on a regular basis like Tao, Adam, etc. are great teachers.

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  25. rbrylawski

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    proudgeek said:
    I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning

    Nonsense. That's why you're part of a forum like this to see other peoples' work. I look at hundreds of images a day. Sometimes the stuff I see is so good it makes me want to toss my camera in the trash. But mostly I'm inspired; not to copy but to reinterpret. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I'm not making a living doing this; I do it because I genuinely enjoy it. Whereas most of the creative freedom has been sucked out of my job photography is the one area where I can still feel like something of an artist. Even if it's only in my own mind. Keep looking, keep shooting, keep tweaking (your images and your technique).
    Above all, have fun and try and learn something new every day. The people who are posting here on a regular basis like Tao, Adam, etc. are great teachers.

    Thank you! For me lately, photography, has become a much needed and enjoyable escape from a very stressful job. I have lot's of photo magazines loaded on my iPad and at least on the weekends, I find some time to have a cup of coffee at Starbucks and immerse myself in the technical aspects of photography. I'm hoping that by being persistent and learning as much as I can, I can translate that into some success in my photos.

    Thanks again.....

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