Share Your Best Shot Ever
Today I want to get some discussion going around ‘best shots’ - and give you a chance to show yours off.
- What is the best photo you’ve ever taken? If it’s hosted somewhere online (like Flickr) please share a link to it.
- Why do you consider it to be your best shot?
- Tell us about how the shot came about. What was the situation, did you plan it or did it just ‘happen’?
- What kind of camera did you use? What settings did you select or what ‘mode’ were you in?
Can’t wait to see your best shots and stories in comments below.
I’ll highlight some of my favorite shots submitted on a blog post later in the week to highlight some of the DPS community’s work.
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I don’t normally take pictures like this, I much prefer portraits of people. But I was driving down the highway after a rainstorm (I love the mountains and the rain, so there I was). And I saw this scene.. a small gathering of horses drinking at this pond next to the highway. With the colour of the sky and the mist coming up over the water, I just had to take the shot, it was just a little too perfect (thank god I always have a camera on me).
So there you have it, a nature shot, odd, but I think it might be one of the best pictures I have submitted yet.
Camera: Nikon CoolPix 995
Just on Automatic mode, because the light was fading and I wanted to get the shot
This was years ago before I moved to a DSLR and manual mode. I wish I could go back in time and take that shot with the camera I have now.
I’m torn between two… They were both taken during the same trip though. These are my two favorite shots:
http://flickr.com/photos/j00zt1n/446419071/
http://flickr.com/photos/j00zt1n/439942578/
They were both taken with a simple little point-and-shoot Canon SD550, and both happened to be instances of right place / right time photography. Just goes to show, the more shots you take, the more good shots you’ll end up with!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave1618/2650918257/
It’s a recent one I took with my new macro lens and I’m really proud of the colors and the look of the stamens that look like little cobras coming out to attack in unison. I took this shot to test my new lens and my new tripod. I was basically a test shot and I’m not usually proud of my work, but I’d easily frame this one.
I used the following equipment to take this picture;
Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Manfrotto 055MF4 055 MAG FIBER TRIPOD 4 SCT
My best shot ever… I still think I’d have to go with my photo titled:
Black and White
I think it remains to be my favorite photo because of the human aspect captured. This is one of my earliest street photos, and I’ve come to appreciate it more and more over time. There are a lot of interesting references to the phrase “black and white” — the photo processing, the clothing worn by the two men, the chess pieces, and the age of the two men can all be seen as “black and white”. Aside from the strong black/white reference, the photo depicts a great human scene.
The photo was taken with my old dSLR - the Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D equipped with a 105mm macro lens at f/2.8 and 1/750 seconds (using aperture priority).
My best shot ever, have a look…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hometowninvasion/2683483547/
This photo was taken in Prague, Czech Republic with a Nikon DSLR. I forget which model, it was taken in 2004, and it was a camera that was on loan.
The photo was taken through some bushes which gave the frame of the photo.
I believe what makes the whole photo work is that just one of his eyes are covered.
I was out for a sunrise walk around Prague taking some photos and just came across this. It’s been in my archives for a long time and is my favorite photo ever. Though not many people have seen it. This post inspired me to upload it to flickr so I can share it with others.
Hope you ejoyed it. All the best.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sue90ca/2303508366/in/set-72157604140515593/
I shot this with a Sony point and shoot, setting on auto. It was in the middle of the day and we were passing a cemetary. I told my husband to stop and I jumped out of the car and took several shots. Because the day was dull I was not happy with my shots so I began to play with the gamma and back lighting. Only after a few attemps I was very happy with my results.
Sue Thompson (aka. Sue90)
I don’t know about best, but this is probably my personal favorite:
http://www.pbase.com/jdepould/image/66685174
I was at the zoo, and this guy was on the sidewalk. It was total serendipity, I just set the aperture to f/5.6, put the camera to the ground and started shooting. This was the best frame of the set.
I like the sense of scale, and just the aesthetics. The green and orange really contrast well, and it’s a great example of the bug. I like how the people are present in the background, but anonymous.
It was a D50 w/ Nikkor 24-85 in aperture priority mode.
It’s actually quite difficult to answer this question at the stage I’m on when it comes to photography and also the fact that I have a couple of favorites…
I guess that right now a photo that really attracts me and I would consider to post here is the one of the moon:
http://www.codebeta.net/20080617/photos-from-the-roof
This one was partly planned and also just happened…although it’s quite not possible for it to be both…I planned on getting the shot of the moon but it was after I saw outside of my second floor that I noticed the reflection of the moon that the roofs of my neighbor’s houses had so I got on my roof and took this long exposure shot.
The image was slightly retouched since it was too warm due to the street lights nearby and also exposure was touched on Photoshop Lightroom.
I took it using my Nikon D60 with the 18-55mm Nikkor lens at f/3.5 and 3 seconds on manual mode.
My best shot has to be Lightning at Dusk.
The lightning dancing throughout the sky, and the sunset make this a beautiful shot.
I took it with my canon A650 IS running CHDK. I used a motion detection script to trigger the camera. The camera was in manual mode, 4sec shutter, manual focus to infinity.
This is one of my favorite shots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwm/16151980/
It was taken at South Padre Island using a crappy point & shoot. I was at the beach with some friends getting ready to grill some lunch and saw these seagulls. Good memories.
My best photo has got to be ‘Flesh Eaters’: Flesh Eaters
It was a hard decision, but I think that this is the winner because of the shadows. At the time, I was experimenting with low-light photography, and I was without the benefit of a tripod. I really think it took all that I had to get this photo, and I’m glad that I was able to pull it off. At first, I was somewhat frustrated by the grain, but I feel that it really adds a lot to the feel of the photo, especially with the title, ‘Flesh Eaters’.
I learned a ton from this shot. I think of this photo as a pinnacle of my education about low-light photography. I still have a lot to learn, but it was this photo in which things started to connect.
Side note - all of these plants are carnivorous plants.
I always like to take my camera to the very extreme…n this photo is one example,i love the timing the angle that i got an these are some of the first photos i have taken with my camera .i love taking action shots. This photo was taken in Kerala (god own country) INDIA.On Sundays its time to jog an i always see these young guys jumping around n showing some amazing skills,so one day i thought of going to beach with my camera,as i had plan to jog i dnt want to feel so heavy with a bulky camera i took my point n shoot,i asked the guys will they be here after one hour ,after i finish my jogging they were kind of very happy,so after i hour i was back guys were waiting for me. n then CLICK ………CLICK…CLI…CK…..kept in the burst mode took lots of angles.took around 300 shots.IM HAPPY GOT SOME REALLY GOOD ONES I FEEL THIS IS THE BEST ONE I GOT.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2306654534_c176d9a3dd_o.jpg
Camera: Sony DSC-W80
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 125
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
I think it would have to be A tree. At night.. 7 minutes is a long time to invest in a shot that you’re going to process in the “wrong chemicals” anyway. I was a little anxious about how it would turn out, but I think I nailed it. :D
This is hard to choose just for personal reasons. Not so much because any of my photos are the “best” I’ve done.
I’ve always like this picture of my brother’s cat Leroy for some reason:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2465668595_a48f6c91b6_o.jpg
I’m not sure why it is that always seems to be my favorite. I think it’s just the angle of the shot, and how sharp the picture was (amazing for the crappy camera I had at the time) and I didn’t have to do any editing to it at all, besides adding a border, which is also very rare.
Out of the more recent photos I’ve taken, one of my little cousin Luke over the 4th is becoming one of my favorites:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2652747007_c21c462119_o.jpg
I don’t have a title for this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26389697@N05/2683575419/
I consider this my best shot mainly because the result was exactly what I wanted but didn’t expect. I’m really interested in sports photography, and I thought that I captured that moment as best as I could.
This was at a pool party, and my friend in the photograph jumped off of the diving board to play catch. It was pretty much spur-of-the-moment. I noticed other people before her doing it, so I grabbed my camera and got to the side of the pool before they stopped.
The camera I used in this shot is a Minolta X-700 35mm SLR with an MD 50mm lens. I don’t remember the f-stop; it was around f/5.6 I believe with a shutter speed of 1/1000s.
According to flickr, my DOWNED PLANE image is the most viewed image. That has to count for something right?
Was driving into work one morning and saw this (so definitely not planned. By the time I drove by later that day it was already gone. Early morning skies made for nice gradation, so I just had to pic an angle. The only key thing I wanted out of it was to show off the broken landing gear in the front.
Camera was Canon Powershot G9 on manual mode, ISO80, Exposure:0.004 sec (1/250), Aperture:f/5.6
As commented by others, this is a very difficult question to answer when you actually sit back and take the time to review the work you have done. Sure there are favorites, but choosing the best is quite difficult. Especially as I am somewhat self critical of my work, when comparing to what I see from many of the high quality photographs I have seen on DPS and other sites. Here is one of my favorites in the planned category is from a Santa Monica Pier Shoot. Taken with my tripod mounted Canon 20D f/10 at 10 secs, using a remote cable.
http://njphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/4583990_VhStD#270258365_Gws88
From a just happened point of view then this shot
http://njphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/5076735_rEoe9#305743591_gwinG
My favorite of all time varies from moment to moment. But, since that answer is a cop out, I’ll pick one of my earlier photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cunningba/1440799428/in/set-72157604905406863/
I took this in 1967 when I was living with 4 roommates in an apartment in the Eastgate apartment building pictured. One of my roommates discovered a hole in the fence around a near by water tower. So late at night, we crawl through the fence and took the stairs to the top, about 150′ up. I took several long time exposures, from about 30 seconds to 2 minutes, sitting on a little 3′ x 3′ platform at the top with my Yashica A TLR sitting on the platform and wedged up against an upright for the handrail. This was the clearest of them. I’ve cropped it down from the original 2 1/4″ square format to take out a lot of sky.
I certainly have a lot of more recent digital shots that are better composed and technically better, but this one brings back memories, has inspired me in the past, and will inspire me again.
For what it’s worth, it also has the most views of all my pix on flickr, with more than twice as many views as any other, and has the highest interestingness. Go figger, eh?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dezeneandjoyel/1156897639/in/set-72157601506756845/
* Why do you consider it to be your best shot?
Because the three girls are looking spontaneously happy. I think that you can see their personalities in their captured manner. And, there is a sense of innocent joy all in wonderful soft light.
* Tell us about how the shot came about. What was the situation, did you plan it or did it just ‘happen’?
I was asked to be the secondary photographer at my brother-in-law and his wonderful bride’s wedding. So, I was able to move about during the day snapping candid shots and details. This was during the main picture taking. The three flower girls were just happily waiting on a bench in the park adjoining the church. I was able to take several pictures of them; this was my favorite.
* What kind of camera did you use? What settings did you select or what ‘mode’ were you in?
Sony DSC-H2 in “P” mode. Vivid color. Cloudy white balance. Very little (if any) zoom.
My favorite picture … in recent memory is one that I took just the other day:
Better make it a Decaf
I have been obsessed about taking pictures of “Tim Horton’s” coffee cups for the past couple of weeks. I then found myself a little chipmunk friend and decided to put the two together. The colors are not fantastic, but I was able to get super close … too bad the lighting was not better.
Camera: Canon EOS 450D, Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25), Aperture: f/5.6, ISO Speed: 200 … I shot this using the Macro setting on my camera … oppsie … without a tripod … it just was not handy at the time.
Like with most, it’s a tough decision to zero in on one shot, but I would say I like how this one came about:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abogawat/543359129/
A big reason I like this shot is because it was very unexpected. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, and with nothing else to do, I decided to capture the rain clouds from our terrace. The sunrays streaming through the clouds were not as stark when we started out, but by the time I had taken the shot, it was a sight to behold.
The photo was shot with my Nikon D40 in P mode, which gave me a 0.001 sec shutter speed and the aperture at f/3.5.
Great question, but a tough one to answer. I have a lot of favorite portraits - I’m not sure I can pick one. This is my favorite landscape shot, though. It is of the Mesa Arch in Moab, Utah.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/professionalsnapshots/2684484124/
Hi all,
My favourite shot would be this one: http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n15/rcws88/?action=view¤t=IMGP0546editedLarge1.jpg
It’s taken in Northbridge, Perth WA, last year, when I was completing a night photography assignment. It was a rainy night and I had to find shelter. I don’t remember if I used the tripod for this shot or not, but I definitely was standing next to a traffic light when the rain subsided for a moment and took the shot quickly before bailing back under the shed.
I kinda did plan for the shot and didn’t, but was half hoping that the lady would cross the road as the rain subsided, so I guess it was more of luck in play.
I’m pretty sure I was in manual mode at the time. Other EXIF can be found in the link with the image.
Did I say it was freezing cold? lol.
Cheers.
Well going with the most popular bit on flickr mine is http://www.flickr.com/photos/21008348@N03/2634866141/
Canon EOS 30D, manual, ISO 200, Exposure 0.001 sec (1/2000), Aperture f/3.5, Canon 50mm 1.4 lens.
Just one of those days when I didn’t know what to shoot (for project365) so I just took a walk down to the mailbox and started taking pictures (of all the weeds in my yard!) I processed it all in Lightroom!
My favourite was one I took not long after becomming interested in photography.
http://flickr.com/photos/22233541@N07/2629936119/
I like the wooden textures and the way the pawn is really personified, and to this day haven’t been able to create any capture as emotive as this of an inanimate object, and I remain proud of it.
I personally believe that this one is best photo EVER: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulosacramento/194029070/
Here’s a link to what I consider to be my best shot ever:
http://flickr.com/photos/dimwell/2408679468/sizes/l/in/set-72157604501601502/
I’m not sure why I consider my best shot, really, but it’s the only one that I look at and, every time I see it, I simply can’t believe that I captured it. It’s been my desktop wallpaper for more than three months.
As for catching it, it was basically just dumb luck. I had my 50/1.4 on my Rebel XT (in full manual) and was shooting from the soundboard area at a moe. show. I had framed up a shot, but then this guy (or girl?) lifted their camera directly into my field of view. I quickly re-framed and re-focused, snapped the photo, and went on with what I was doing.
I really love the idea of taking a picture of someone while they’re taking a picture … especially if you can catch their subject in the frame (or on the LCD, if possible). It’s always made for interesting photos, IMO, and this one turned out perfectly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holycow958/
My personal favorite. Did for a photo class series, chose the song Strawberry Fields Forever. One of the few shots I have taken planned and staged. Usually I just take pictures outside without controlling much more than my camera. I am very happy with how it came out. I think it is the most unique shot I have taken.
Used Canon Rebel XTi on Priority (I believe)with editing done in PS.
Ohhh… it would probably be a lot easier to narrow it down to a top five than to pick ONE favorite.
Okay, I cheated. I DID narrow it down to a top five, then made my husband pick one. :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgeofcenter/2404170852/in/set-72157603723665088/
Canon Digital Rebel xti, run through a sepia filter layer in postproduction.
This is a view of the railroad heading east out of my hometown in southern Colorado. The town is nestled right in the foothills of the Front Range, and when I shoot landscapes or mixed architectural/landscapes, I often find myself turning west, toward the mountains - but some of the most interesting shots I’ve ever done have been taken east of town.
This was part of a shoot on a stormy Sunday afternoon this past April, just kicking around town. Nothing special in the way of a story, just lovely light and interesting architecture. Pretty simple composition but coded with many layers of meaning, some of which are pretty intimate or local (Sporleder Feeds, if it’s not the oldest continuously operating single private business in the community, is on the short list) and others have much broader context (the metaphorical relationship between the railroad/highway juxtaposition and poverty and prosperity, land use and abuse, and economic succession in Middle America). My feelings about this photo are very complicated - it actually sort of sums up in a single image the subject of my undergraduate senior thesis - which I finished writing about three weeks later.
http://sangesh.com.np/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=51
the above shot was taken while i was hiking through Nagarkot, Kathamndu, Nepal. I love to take picture when people are unaware. One of my friend was giving this guy a pose to take a snap , mean while i was just focusing and took this snap before my fren finished givinf pose took a shot for himself. I hate to take picture letting people know. This guy was unaware taht i took this snap.
http://sangesh.com.np/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=106 THis is a b/w picture, it is a croped pic. I took a full face of this bride ( on my friend wedding ). and i was just playing with the picture with inbuilt cropping and zoom. just had a good luck to crop at this postion, all my friends appriciated this snap so thought it must be good to share here.
This is probably my favorite at this moment… it was EXACTLY what I was wanting to happen even though we had to wait a few minutes for the wind! Seriously though, it is really hard to narrow them all down! I love the vibrant wall in contrast to her pure white dress.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amyroseking/2649748542/sizes/o/
My best ever is yet to come.
Of the pictures taken so far I love this one
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/767682
It is cropped a bit.
The shot was not planned, it was a quick snap taken with my Canon Powershot A75.
Thanks Darren for the post :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2230735325_1e6713f3e2_b.jpg
I was just walking back to my dorm from one of my classes and I saw this tree’s shadow.
Taken with my Canon Powershot A540 and then turned monochrome in Photoshop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snortle/2567488690/in/set-72157604013880605/
This is my favorite shot not because of the techniques or the composition, but the moment it captured. I was strolling in Yoyogi park in Tokyo and I caught this family — father on the bike, and two kids sitting very still on the mat staring into the distance. I feel that it speaks of a sense of serenity and family togetherness. At the same time, one cannot help but wonder what they were looking at. I checked, and they were really just staring at an empty field!
Hi,
following your blog a long time already, and thought this is time to comment.
I think this is my current favorite. At least it’s hanging on my wall now.
http://from10to300mm.pixyblog.com/entry/the-arrow
I like it, because I’m very satisfied with the composition, the colours and the fact that I had luck with the sky. Additionally I managed to get in right in camera, so there was only little post-processing.
Additionally it was kind of lucky, because I already wanted to leave from that area back home, when I spotted this place in the distance and went there. When I saw this, I immediately knew how I wanted the image to be, and it worked out.
Taken with a 5d, f16, 2sec and 0.6 gradual ND filter (soft).
Like others, I’m torn between two. Both from the same trip I took last summer, though different “events”. Both with my at-the-time relatively new (to me) Pentax *istD. Wasn’t confident enough to step out of full auto mode at the time.
http://lnk.nu/gallery.landazuri.net/hq6.html
Uncropped, but needed some color adjustment. Further adjustments in saturation made after comments at a critique session at a RMSP weekend class here in Austin. Was bumming around downtown Milwaukee waiting for my cousin’s husband to call and let me know he was home so I could visit. Was seeing the new Art Museum for the first time at sunset.
http://lnk.nu/gallery.landazuri.net/hq5.html
Cropped, otherwise untouched. Just completely lucked out.
http://flickr.com/photos/45746231@N00/2668877657/sizes/l/
This was shot on rehoboth beach, de. This is a prime example of a tip I might have picked up from this blog - “Turn around”. I was taking pictures of the beach/ocean and this is what I saw when I turned around.
I took this using my point and shoot - Canon Powershot SD450. I must confess that after several tries I was unable to get the proper silhouette that I was looking for and had to resort to some post-processing - but this is how I saw it even before clicking the shutter. I guess it’s time for an upgrade. :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2296/2527746262_5c20628872.jpg?v=0
I was in Big Sur when I took this shot. I *think* it is a chipmunk and it stayed long enough for me to take a shot.
Definitely not planned and took with with a point-and-shoot digital camera.
This post got me to go through my entire flickr collection and some that I hadn’t posted yet to find my best shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fruitandcheese/2440301176/in/photostream/
I went through a lot of photo that I really liked because I had some connection with the subject, or the subject was something that evoked a memory. However with this photo I am always drawn to the firefighter because he is so captivating to me. I also love this photo because I took this with my Nikon FM-10 and my 50mm 1.8, and then spent hours in the darkroom getting the print just right! The digital copy doesn’t quite do it justice!
This is my best shot ever.
The Agamid Lizard was found near the river lodge where I was
staying (Borneo Trip). This is one of the closes shot I get of this lizard using 60mm macro lens. Hope you guys love it. check it out link below
http://flickr.com/photos/jollence/2083869590/
I’m undecided between two ..
1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adityadigaddi/2281086859/
Taken in bright sunlight, silhouettes were my only option. And my friends were ready to pose :)
2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adityadigaddi/2180719314/
Taken @ Chamunda Devi temple, India
I wanted to take something which defines the ancientness of the Himalayas and its many shrines.
Here’s one of my best shots so far:
Didn’t really plan about it - the shot just happened.
attach the link to it again:
http://api.ning.com/files/H45VDM5SThWJzOBaglshvHMKTeVn6XIhFt87cVXZaajyg4OgfmsPOPVRsfrH8e4zp8mKs6wdH4Eos2wkQYYL1niAiKZGiJOm/_IGP6845.JPG?width=425&height=318
Attach the link again: http://api.ning.com/files/H45VDM5SThWJzOBaglshvHMKTeVn6XIhFt87cVXZaajyg4OgfmsPOPVRsfrH8e4zp8mKs6wdH4Eos2wkQYYL1niAiKZGiJOm/_IGP6845.JPG?width=425&height=318
This one seems to attract most comments and favs on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60224961@N00/1350693239
My parents live not far from The Imperial War Museum at Duxford and for many many years the Red Arrows have flown at one of their airshows. So it was planned in the sense that I knew they would be there and had got in a position alongside the busy A505 which runs parallel to the airstrip. I had my Nikon D50 with Sigma 55-200 lens but I was disappointed that the sky wasn’t nice a blue but a bit grey. There was an incident somewhere and one plane dropped off the display (all was ok though!) so this shot of all nine was special already. Back home though I was annoyed that the sky was so boring but fiddled around with the contrast and suddenly the colours of the smoke trails became visable with the planes as silhouettes.
I took this in July, 2006 at the San Francisco Zoo.
In my opinion the intimacy shown by Bwang and Nneka conveys a universal message of love.
I used a Canon 20D and Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens
ISO 200 @ 1⁄160
400mm f/5.6
Sorry! I forgot to post the Flickr link!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramon_burgos_ruiz/439485353/in/set-72157600199030057/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/enamor/2678470441/
This was taken at hognekal falls, Tamilnadu - India. This old man is a boat rider and was waiting for his customers to come. I have never got a face so sharp ever. I think the light the angle everything worked just right for this shot.
i use a canon 400D and this was 70-200 F4 L lens
http://tolgasipahi.deviantart.com/art/bug-80226886
frozen lady bug,
Make: FUJIFILM
Model: FinePix S5700 S700
Shutter Speed: 1/4 second
F Number: F/13.6
Focal Length: 13 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date Picture Taken: Dec 31, 2007, 1:08:56 PM
Hi,
just started taking pictures with a dslr half a year ago and so far this is my current favorite.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sivo/2664689810/
taken with a nikon d80, f4.5, 18mm, 8sec
This is one of my favorite shots….
http://flickr.com/photos/kill-for-creativity/2502177827
The building was very far away, between me and the building were two bridges …they brought this awesome lines in the picture. I’m so in love with the composition.
The sun going down brought this great color.
What I also love is, that this picture looks like it was taken in india or something like that, but it is taken in the nice german town called Dresden ;)
1/2000s
f/5,6
200mm
And it was taken with a Nikon D40.
:)
http://flickr.com/photos/nedyalko/2676658896/
THIS IS MY BEST PHOTO SO FARE AND MY FAVORITE ONE
P.S. GREAT WEBSITE!!!
Currently my best shot is this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettdickson/2261939451/
Pentax K10D and two flashes triggered wirelessly (full lighting details on Flickr)
http://shun.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-08.html
It’s the lines of the roofs that lead the eye to the middle where they reach a tiny place of pure relaxation. The picture tells a message how not to forget to think about yourself and relax from time to time.
The shot was taken from a church tower in Prague. It was a nice coincidence that I decided to go up there and had the chance to discover this opportunity.
Settings: Canon EOS 350D, 1/60s, f/22, ISO 800, 55mm
http://flickr.com/photos/nedyalko/2676658896/
http://blackandwhiteandcolours.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-used-to-sing-in-choir.html
One of my uncountable tries with macro shots. So it’s the best macro shot I took so far.
It was not planned, more like sitting in the garden reading the paper, seeing the fly, running to get the camera, being totally nervous - but I was lucky: the fly did not move, no wind and enough light.
Was taken with a Pentax Optio 750Z, f/5, 1/320 sec, iso 80, 32mm
After MUCH deliberation, my best photo is: Looking Over Lake of the Woods
I did lighten the image just slightly in photoshop, but other than that, it’s completely untouched.
Wow! - this was definitely the hardest ‘easy’ challenge I’ve ever taken on. I’ve actually never shared any of my pictures on DPS - though I read it religiously. I thought, “Oh, this would be a really easy thing to start out with!”
I was wrong!
It’s very easy for us to choose our favorite photos - perhaps they are of something or someone special; maybe they invoke a special memory.
But finding the best photo one has ever taken… Well, that requires more objectivity. You must look at the quality of your picture, if it is pleasing to the eye, even what type of photo is is.
When I was going through all my favorite photos, I realized that very few - if any - were of my best photographs.
Many of the pictures that first came to my mind were some of my little girl. I realized that it is impossible to look at these photos without a bit of prejudice. “Of course they’re great pictures - they have my daughter in them!” So no matter how good those pictures were, I knew that I couldn’t count any as my BEST.
There were several other hurdles to cross when going through all my digital photographs. Though I loved many other photos that included my family & friends, I had to stop & ask myself “Is it the photo or who’s in it that I consider awesome?
Other photos I had in my archive were of film photographs. (Which wasn’t necessarily specified either way whether they were to be included, but I assumed not.)
All these elements combined may be why I landed upon the snapshot that I did. It’s scenic & beautiful, it’s aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and I can say these things with complete objectivity.
This post has inspired me to share my thoughts & photos on the subject of “My Best Photo” my blogs as well - in fact, I’m even going to ask people if they think I made the right choice on choosing my best picture.
Thank you so much for allowing me to participate in this forum. Perhaps this post was the kick in the pants I needed to get more involved with DPS. You’ve even inspired me to get onto Flickr & upload a few shots. (Just a few as of right now… I’m sure I’ll be using it more & more though.)
Thanks so much for this thought-provoking post, and I really appreciate you letting me participate. I hope that I did everything correctly, but please let me know if I did not - I definitely want to stick to the rules!
Much love and God Bless,
Amanda
Picture Information…
Dimensions: 3008 x 2000
Device Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Device Model: NIKON D50
Color Space: TGB
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Focal Length: 55mm
Exposure Time: 0.00125
Hi
I think this is my favorite picture yet.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/2005140705_73a44e5a6e_b.jpg
I was experimenting with a 50 mm AF-D lens on my D40. The lens does not autofocus on the D40 and hence I was getting familiarized with the manual focusing process and this bug enters my house and starts flying around. Instead of trying to drive it out, I start taking pictures and I got this picture.
I like the picture for its very shallow depth of field as also for the background which seems to be divided perfectly by the thread. This was entirely accidental and I noticed it only after I saw the image on the computer.
I guess it just proves, the more pictures you take the better.
This is one of my favorites (taken in Cantabria, Spain):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2661871170_3df9ce5b6f_b.jpg
The reason is I could imagine how the picture would be before the shot was taken, then I shot and converted it to black and white consequently to that very first thought.
Im torn. Either
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marty-alex/2490019568/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marty-alex/2680277531/
Both were taken with D40x. First one with 55-200mm VR, the second one with 18-200mm VR. The first photograph is form London, where I was standing on a small bridge over a pond and taking pictures of birds. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was more enjoying the actual surrounding rather than focusing on setting the camera and thinking about composition, happily snapping everything around me. This picture with very ISO worked out pretty well.
The second picture is from the Czech Republic (just couple days old - maybe not the best, but definitely best of my recent work) - this one was all planned and I went specifically for B/W knowing what I wanna do. There was an old farm with rusty farm machines and I found this engine just lying around in the fields. I took my camera and went there for a hunt. :)
Thank you for the post :) I have some other nice pics, some *I* might consider better, but as far as flickr goes, these two received most comments. :)
Since Ive never commented here before, let me just tell you how wonderful this blog has been and how inspiring it is to me. Keep up to good work!
One of my favourites:
http://www.dphotographer.co.uk/show_image.php?imageID=1718&page=2
It’s a panorama taken with a point & shoot. Three images stitched together.
Hi all!
A lot of interresting photo in your previous (and future?) comments.
I don’t know which of my picture is my best shot, but my most favorite picture is :
Red mooned sky
It’s a view from my window in Paris (France) which is commonly very not-interresting but for this shot I’ve taken it when the moon was very low in the sky (so I’ve wait for the best night of the month) and when the moon was in the perfect place for the picture (so I’ve also wait for the best time / hour).
What I love in this picture is the red sky thanks to the moon. I also like the building lights which are in the same color tone of the sky and the lights’ reflection on the biggest building (on the left). I thing it looks like a scene from a movie.
You can take a look at the exif information.
I think my best shots was during the first few weeks i got my Canon 40D in February. Here’s a link to the shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfarrugia/2188962889/in/set-72157603587391590/
Photo that photo for a photo competition. The theme was “New”. The photo was titleD “A new drop is born”.
The photo was taken in the kitchen sink. The only lighting available was a small neon tube which i placed to the left of the shot. The dark background was achieved using a black plastic folder. Almost no port processing was done. The background was blurred just a little bit, the rest is straight out of the camera.
I guess I would pick this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamboman/1230439974/
While this is not the most interesting/viewed/commented/favorited shot of my pictures on flickr, there is something about this picture, I like a lot.
I like the intense color of the flower, the dynamic composition, the cool bokeh and the spider hiding in plain sight.
It isn’t perfect though. Sharpness and detail of the spider could be improved.
The shot was taken in my garden while trying out my new macro lens.
Camera: Canon 400D with EF-S 60mm macro lens in AV mode.
http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/270309-12-soweto-kinch.jpg
I realised 2 things with this shot. 1. Stop complaining about the deficiencies of your kit (this was the worst lens in my kit) and take the photo in front of you with whatever you have in your hand. 2. To take a great photo, there has to be nothing but me and the photo. A bit Zen, I know…
Some cool shots represented here!
I find that what other people like best from my work and what I personally like best from my work are often not at all similar.
Here are the two photos in my portfolio that have both gotten the most attention (and I almost didn’t even upload the first!):
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2062683&size=lg
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1965633&size=lg
Here is my favorite image that I’ve ever taken:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4358461&size=lg
(I always prefer the poofy clouds in a gorgeous blue sky and something interesting in the foreground)…
i think this is ONE of my best shots. i can’t decide…
BLUE EYES
http://www.flickr.com/photos/insk/2413483034/
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
you can get the meta information here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/insk/2413483034/meta/
i think i would pick this picture as my best shot so far
http://the-amazing-lorna.deviantart.com/art/Lost-world-01-80809223
it was completely spontaneous and i love the gothic effect created by shooting into the light
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2679767778_29c4f2d47f.jpg
I got my first DSLR a month and a half ago. I took shot this picture of the sand at a beach in Cape May. I was just walking down the beach, trying my camera out for the first time, when I came across this patch of dark stripes along the sand. I thought the pattern that they made looked very interesting.
The photo looked pretty good until I did some simple post-processing on it (levels + curves) and the final result popped out. I wouldn’t say it’s a perfect shot, but I definitely think it’s pretty appealing, visually, with the horizontal and vertical lines and also the contrast between white and dark in it.
I used a Canon EOS Digital Rebel, f/4.5.
I have a lot of favorites, so it was hard to choose!
This is one of my favorites I’ve ever taken with my first digital camera - a Canon Powershot S200. That was a damn good little camera.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishnyc/169284557/
This is one of my first shots with my DSLR. I had no idea what I was doing, so that I captured it so nicely is a miracle that I probably couldn’t have duplicated at the time. The only post-processing on it was to turn it black and white.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishnyc/213679089/
Here are some of my favourites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/1270327282/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/2333478006/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/932260424/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/2103821334/
This is definitely my favorite shot.
http://www.eltongjata.com/index.php?showimage=6
I did a small ammount of small post processing to add a green filter but that was about it.
The picture is of one of my best friends, a fiery little redhead, and i think the picture captures her personality to the letter.
Although it’s not perfect in a technical aspect, I think it still works because it’s one of my few shots that actually have meaning behind it.
Having shot about a million photos (it’s gotta be close to that by now…) I can’t narrow it down to just one.
I got my Canon XSi about a month ago, and I’m in the mode where I shoot everything and anything that I think might make a decent shot.
A just happened to be there shots at my family’s farm on July 4:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticker1999/2638260744/in/set-72157605985591021/
The louver on my Mustang at the end of my cousin and my daylong photo road trip:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticker1999/2626179362/in/set-72157605877410430/
A coil of rusted roofing nails, taken earlier in the day of the same road trip:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticker1999/2620420431/in/set-72157605875967632/
All shots were taken with my Canon XSi.
I was set up on the side of the road trying to get a night shot of Big Ben. I didn’t have my remote yet, so I was doing a 2 second delayed shutter release. The bus came flying by right as the shutter released. It was an accidental shot but I think it is one my best efforts (not sure what that says about the rest of my photos though…. :-) )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcchandler/2374107092/
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/BillyRanger/Utah/?action=view¤t=Pics865_edited-1.jpg
I took this while on a sunset tour in Zion NP Utah on my birthday.
Taken With: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-510
Flash Used: No (auto)
Focal Length: 171.0mm
Exposure Time: (1/320)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO Equiv.: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.70
Whitebalance: Manual
What I like: Diesel’s expression, the water in the background, the soft slanting light on the salmon, and how the design on the plate matches the tablecloth. You can also see the sun setting on the edge of the plate.
Most of all, totally spontaneous.
What I like like the Least: .- I wish the photo had better resolution. Much of the detail of the water at the top of the photo is lost.
Camera: - Sony Ericcson K750i
You can find this on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elavats/631993074/
Maybe this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88603711@N00/1066415000/
This was a candid photo taken with my Nikon D200. It was in auto mode at the time, and I didn’t have time to change it to manual - I didn’t want to miss the shot! http://bp0.blogger.com/_DRwyjJEEehU/R8rYDs-eMQI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/Ll4bJqqKNeU/s1600-h/muscle-beach-cropped.jpg
This would be it….
Different
http://flickr.com/photos/twitching-eye/2384777512/
Our photography club in the Philippines had a small photoshoot in one of the night spot area near the bay. A club member informed me that he wanted to shot the boats stationed there.
I tagged along and photographed the boat also. When I was doing PP, this photo really stunned me. I had this photo turned in BnW and it really triggered how I really liked Black and White.
The contrasts between the boats defined how different we all are. As a photographer, I like Black and White while others prefer Color. This photo conveyed more meaning in all other photos I took before this. Sometimes, I look at this photo to tell me that I’m different and I don’t need to follow the flow. So when I point my camera and compose my shot, I tell myself to be different.
Photo taken using Canon 350D, Sigma 17-70mm with tripod.
I have a few I am fond of, but this one gets the most thumbs up from others….
http://cruising.smugmug.com/gallery/3764227_hyJAk/1/#281853600_fhiVh-A-LB
This is one of my favorites from the past year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14517070@N02/2299138000/
I love the sharpness but wish I had been able to get similar catch lights in both eyes. This was a shot where it became obvious that I could take really good photos. I took this for a school assignment, so it was planned. I used a Canon EOS Rebel and I used manual settings.
http://www.stonecafecreations.com/Pictures/SaElsmall/IMG_2599_2_sm.JPG
I took two young ladies out to practice taking pictures of them and also start building my portfolio. This shot I think is my best shot ever because I was able to capture the reflecting light of the high noon sun, pose her just right, and successfully use my bouce flash (from behind her). When I saw this picture, I was so overjoyed. Finally, something I thought about worked! The bouce flash from behind was an accident, so I made a mental note to do it again next time on purpose! :D
I used my Canon 30D on AV mode.
I’m a teacher and we took our kids to a community center water park. I do not have skills YET but learning a lot as I go (my hubby signed me up for DPS). I carry a Coolpix point-n-shoot everywhere. For this shot, I wrapped a towel around the camera and went under the umbrella of water of this 10′ pole, unwrapped enough to take about 15 shots before the water started to close in, re-wrapped and got out. I love the angle and the simplicity of colors. I used the “sports mode” to get the shots as quickly as possible. Fortunately (for this shot), I know very little about post-processing.
Raindrops is currently my best shot ever. It’s a shot of falling drops off the roof of my back porch. Took 70 shots to get one I liked where the drops were nicely formed and interesting.
I was only working with a tiny Fujifilm FinePix A360 at the time, which I couldn’t even set the shutter speed, aperture, or ISO speed on. I got lucky and the sunlight came out while it was still raining, so the camera could use a fast shutter speed.
For the time being is this one: http://www.rosafrei.com/swf/gallery_ev_sacrees.html
It’s a picture of the face of a musician from Mali on a concert in Morocco. He was standing under a big tree and the sun let only very few rays come trough the branches just enough to lighten up his face.
This is my second best/favorite shot as it was completely by accident. Still with a point-n-shoot, no tripod, at 4:30am, no flash. I used the “dusk/sunrise” mode while my husband was prepping in a transition area for a triathlon and I was trying to capture the commotion. I love how the focus was kept on the immoveable (sign, trees, sky, guy standing) as others created a “buzz” around them.
This was harder than I thought it would be. To narrow down my favorite shots to just one!?!
I could not decide between these two:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjgarvie/1790837899/
This one was taken at a friend’s cabin in WI. A bunch of my friends were shooting (with BB-guns) cans in the backyard. I went to go set up more cans and laid my camera on the ground (I know, bad photographer!) I practice shooting without looking a lot (I work with kids and they don’t like to have their pictures taken, so I’m sneaky!)and I noticed the way my camera was pointed at the cans. I tilted the camera a fired off a few shots before letting my friends decimate the cans.
The other photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjgarvie/1046158866/
Taken in New York on my honeymoon. No big story, just a good picture.
Thanks!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnscottdorsey/2639753827/
Schwabacher Road in Grand Tetons NP.
Canon 350D, lens was 17-40L, 1/50th f/11.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulyphoto/2087423622/in/set-72157603377758723/
It’s hard to pick a favorite, but right now this is mine. I usually shoot digital, but this night I was shooting my seagull, and I got this shot. The birds in Austin are crazy.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2655660216_ef59cbf90b.jpg?v=0
It rains a lot in England, even in the summer (more so in the summer!!) I had just gotten interested in Photography and when it started to rain I was upset because I thought I couldn’t take any more pictures until it stopped. My sisters (one of them is the model in this photograph), suggested (madly) that we take photographs in the rain. We ended up outside (me sitting on the doorstep so I didn’t get my camera wet) and both of them posing and playing with the red umbrella.
I’m really pleased with this photograph because I learned how to catch the rain falling as well as focus in on Sasha (my sister). The best result (other than my lovely sister being a superb model) was that I had no need for post processing - I was sure I would because I’ve never taken photographs in the rain and thought I would completely mess up the exposure to get the rain fall.
I use a Canon EOS 5D and here I used the 135mm lens
Shutter Speed: 1/197 second
F Number: F/2.0
ISO Speed: 125
One of my favourites is probably the one I took at the track. This is harness racing and I was fortunate enough to sit in the start car. What a stroke of luck.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tin_can/2395643415/
I took it with Canon Rebel 300D and Sigma 70-300 lens.
It’s hard to deem one shot my ‘best shot’ ever. However, I think my favorite is this shot I took on the Dominican Haitian border while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2005. I took the shot using a Sony Cybershot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyocum/865037423
I am a mom and a scrapbooker, so most of my pictures are of my daughter. The second photo in this post is my recent favorite of her:
http://www.amatterofmemories.com/2008/06/photo-shoot-dancing-dream.html
Shot with a Canon S3IS in auto. Post processing done in Picasa. The location was planned, but not the pose. She just started dancing and love how this one turned out with her face partially obscured by her hair and the movement in her dress. I felt it was the perfect photo for a sepia treatment.
As for non-daughter photos, this first photo in this post has to be my current favorite:
http://www.amatterofmemories.com/2008/05/8-tips-to-better-photo-composition.html
Same camera…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28566517@N05/2685443826/in/set-72157606271682376/
This is my recent best one.. I took this when my train was delayed 12 hours.. As i did not carry tripod. I kept my camera on top of one Auto..
Here are the details
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Shutter Speed: 1/8
Metering Mode: Partial
White Balance: Manual
One of my favorites has got to be a shot I captured in San Francisco of the Golden Gate Bridge this past April. It was my very first night scene that I photographed. And it was done with a Canon PowerShot A630, my first camera where I can manually select the settings.
http://lefteyed.aminus3.com/image/2008-04-22.html
Cat eyes is my best shot I think. Timing is everything, well with a lot of luck also. I was playing with my cat my girlfriends cat hoping to get a few good shot of the cat in the air. I was using a Nikon Coolpix.
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs10/i/2006/096/3/5/bike_by_GooFE.jpg
every day I cycled along and followed each time the line.. and wait until the light was good …click
Camera Nikon D100, Lens Nikon 17-55mm f2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/3000 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO Speed: 200
My Favourite shot is http://www.flickr.com/photos/naathas/2330600552/
this is taken for a contest on “Reflection”. Learned abt lighting for this shot. Nothing special but still love it :)
The second fav is http://www.flickr.com/photos/naathas/2663443942/
My current “best shot” is this one of a wild pony from our most recent vacation to the outer banks NC:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2641766111_624d0c95a0_b.jpg
Taken with a Nikon D50, aperture priority.
This is one of my favorite pictures, and the one that made me like photography so much. It was around 5pm and the sun was setting and I was at the amazing house having a cup of turkish coffee. The camera I used was a 4 MP Panasonic camera. Well the moment was there and I had to take it. I was told before that it’s not about how good of camera you have. But do you have a good eye for it. hope you can enjoy this photo as much as I have taking it
thanks isaac
http://web.mac.com/isaacben/Site/Existence_Out_Of_Oblivion_photos.html#8
Hmm…A “best shot.” That’s pretty difficult. There’s so many shots that I really like, yet none of them are really similar enough to be compared and have one chosen as the “best.” However, I would have to say this is one of my favorites.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_natz/2092242976/
It’s not really my favorite because it’s the technically best shot, but rather because of the situation. I know, it’s a cliche pet/animal shot that many photographers despise, and let me assure that’s not all I shoot, but it’s one of my favorite shots of our pup Samsun. It was his first time ever in the snow and he just had a ball.
It was shot with my Dad’s Nikon D200 (which I would steal and use sometimes because my camera was not capable of manual settings…I have since gotten a camera which does). I will always love this shot, that’s for sure.
I just love this shot. When else, can boys be cuddly, but when they are on the verge of turning 2. They were just so playful. We were at the Seattle Mariner’s baseball park at a game and the boys were sitting in front of us playing around and being silly. I also love that my son’s eyelashes show so well!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweetykl/2577242562/
Kodak easyshare.
My favorite photo may be colored by the fact that it is a photo of one of my favorite subjects. I like to shoot birds. This photo is of a Common Yellowthroat that sat still with its feathers blown by the wind. I thought the color came out nicely too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionmonger/2517780080/
If you go by Flickr stats, my best photo would be the following of Mt.Cook in New Zealand:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soppyfrog/519310203/
I’d probably consider it to be one of my best and I do love it a lot, but the fact that it’s HDR makes me feel like I “cheated” a little :P
It was taken with my old point-n-shoot style Canon S60 while I was on vacation with my girlfriend on the south island of New Zealand. We were on a hike up to the Hooker Glacier (which you can see covered in dirt in the shot) and I was stopping all over the place for photos. A lot of the credit should go to her for being extremely patient and never complaining once about my obsessive need to take the same photo over and over again!
The image is a HDR shot composed from 3 separate shots taken with the exposure +2/0/-2.
I was on a Bike Vermont trip and just bought my 30D. There was a beaver pond near where we were staying, and the innkeeper said there were good shots of the beavers in the mornings. We went for a walk and took the cameras early one morning. The light was good and there were apples floating in the water. The beaver came and ate some apples.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/1316267860_4dea2f3a12_b.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/reenita/IMG_2505.jpg
I’m not very good at this but I think this is one of my best shots because I had a really nice evening with a guy I’ve just met. When I got home I saw this and I went running upstairs to grab my camera.
I used my Canon EOS400D in the manual mode. I don’t remember the settings really.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nariposa/2628908758/
Paik @ Terrastock 7
This is Anthony of the band Paik tearing across the stage at a recent psych rock festival.
This image freezes his rock orgy in mid-hairwhip.
Taking rock music shots really cuts your teeth. There’s never enough light, and you have to have a fast enough shutter to freeze the motion.
The settings I used here are:
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -4/3 EV
ISO Speed: 100
This is my current favorite shot, taken in Nafplio, Greece:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooks-bilson/2553042339/
I was using a Canon 40D with Sigma 10-20mm. I was walking by the port and saw the boat and thought that the perspective would be great with my ultra-wide angle lense. It only took one look through the viewfinder from where I was standing and the shot sorta just framed itself.
Vignetting is completelty from the lens, not Photoshop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/v1z4rd/2660988558/
It has got to be this one:
http://shadowscape.deviantart.com/art/The-monk-84170604
The gentleman in the picture was kind enough to pose for me; there was no studio, no setup, just being at the right place at the right time. Taken with a Canon 350D, through an EF 50mm lens.
http://flickr.com/photos/28288325@N06/2686103060/
This was taken with a Nikon CoolPix 5000 in Macro mode. At the time of this picture, almost six years ago) my cat Boris had been with us for 11 years. He made it almost four more years after this shot. When I saw the post, I only had to think for a split second which was my best shot ever. I’ve taken thousands of pictures since then, and on better equipment, but this will always be my favorite.
I love the detail of the tiny hairs around his nose, and I really like the blurry little twinkle in his right eye.
maybe this one?
http://echeldarcen.multiply.com/photos/album/8/canon#66
The weather is hot so why not indulge to a super delicious chocolate ice cream,,too bad its running empty!
Canon A460(would you believe!)
I like this one too!
http://echeldarcen.multiply.com/photos/album/8/canon#53
weather is fine!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28763144@N03/2685986484/
Sheer luck..that is what I call it.
We were on vacation at mammoth lakes.Thought of visiting Glacier Point in Yosemite.
Took Tioga Pass and reached Glacier point.
Went over to the Glacier point view point and was surprised it was the usual glacier point with 1 exception..lots of people were standing with there tripods and cameras pointing towards Half -dome
I was wondering…Whats going to happen man?
Then suddenly the people are saying “There she is?”
It came to me in a sec,its the moon-rise over Half-dome !!!
and how stupid of me to not bring my tripod.
Anyway not to lose,put my Canon 400D on continuous mode,bumped up the ISO,took a deep breath and started shooting.
And here it is which i think to be one of my best shot.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2002396040_0f7aeb4691_o.jpg
My grandfather that has worked in his car repair shop all his life…
I have a few but this one is special to me
Nikon D80
I actually like this one
Taken with my nikon D80
I actually like this one
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2615194804_d0f9626283_o.jpg
Taken with my nikon D80
Just happened to catch what I think is a great shot of a Rose in shadow. I knew it had potential when I saw it about 4 in the afternoon.
I shot it in auto mode. The funny thing is when you lighten up the pic it looks rather ordinary. I guess i learned the value of lighting on this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/klew97/2157509506
I like the color patterns, bright green and deep blue, and the sea dragon on the right, towards the rear of the tank, looks kind of ghostly.
This is a shot taken last summer, i have no clue what camera i used, but i believe it was just a crappy little point and shoot.
http://a243.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_8bb946b30e5d07b5208c17a1fd60a7e2.jpg
This is one of my favourite pictures:
http://grunciter.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/all-i-need/
I like the way the details and the color of this flower. I like also the prominence that this subject take from the dark green background.
It’s entitled “All I need” because it reminds me a song written by Radiohead.
I can’t decide which one is my favorite maybe someone will vote for theirs.
http://picasaweb.google.com/longhornz32/Austin/photo#5166652952238841794
http://picasaweb.google.com/longhornz32/Austin/photo#5166652947943874482
I really don’t know what my best photo ever might be, but this photo got me a lot of praise from my fellow journalism teachers. We had to take a photo during the press conference. I wanted something that showed the action and the reaction.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9521171@N08/2611750045/
A sunrise picture is my best:
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/NotDadsW41/?action=view¤t=Sandhills_Sunrise.jpg
I had spent the evening before trying to get a decent sunset photo while visiting family. The next morning I was up early and outside to get the sunrise. I just barely caught this before the sun rose too high.
This is my best shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raypg/2370293366/
It was somthing inspired I saw in a magazine I just wanna try to fit in the roof scene :D to bring show how the influence of BMX is in my life :) Hope you enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_lee/2618674540/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_lee/2615285580/
I took these shots with my favorite lens ever, the nifty fifty.
The first shot which I took the first day it arrived in the mail. brought it to a work and snapped a portrait of my good friend Alicia. This shot was totally an accident. A lot of people would prefer to have the eyes as the sharper area but I think it’s just perfect that the hair part is sharp. Well, to each his own.
Second shot was taken on my way to a Death Cab for Cutie concert in Santa Barbara Bowl. We still had a lot of time to kill so we decided to walk around the boardwalk.
http://flickr.com/photos/hnr/2686571338/
*Why do you consider it to be your best shot?
i am new at digital photography. before this i always photographed people. this is my first time photographing a building.
*Tell us about how the shot came about. What was the situation, did you plan it or did it just ‘happen’?
hmm.. maybe you can say it is a planned shot but it is not a good plan on the first place (haha!). i walk around the big ben & still figuring out how to snap this big thing. then finally i found a spot. btw, this is my first day out taking pictures of building/landscape. when i looked back at the picture on the LCD my mind wonder “am i doing it right?” went back home i think it is an OK shot for first timer.. haha
*What kind of camera did you use? What settings did you select or what ‘mode’ were you in?
Canon 40D
Aperture Priority
I’m also a bit torn, mostly because these two are so different:
1. http://flickr.com/photos/nerveblood/2238741546/
Out on a photo shoot along the edge of U of Rochester’s campus, I was lucky to see this awesome scene on a cold wintry night. I love the dark mood and b&w (esp since I am a little colorblind), foreground of dead trees, ice partially covering the Genesee River, leading lines of the lights into the corner of the frame, reflections, and small aperture to create the starry effect (which I now understand with my grad degree in Optics). I spent maybe 25 minutes setting up the shot, pressed the shutter only twice, and employed some slight post-processing in PS (mostly curves).
Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8, Bogen Tripod with remote shutter release
Aperture Priority, 19mm, f/22, 30 sec, ISO 100
2. http://flickr.com/photos/nerveblood/2560601946/
I bought the two Blockheads (from Gumby) off of eBay a few months ago but never found an awesome shot with them until I decided to play in the sand. I just think this is simple and different. Placement of the Blockhead and the angle of the shadow within the frame took awhile to get right but this wasn’t so bad. Others walking by were very curious as to what I was doing (only one or two people actually asked). Or they thought I was just crazy.
Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8
Aperture Priority, 200mm, f/10, 0.01 sec, ISO 100
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnscottdorsey/2639753827/sizes/l/
I thought about my macro with DCR-250, but I decided I should show something ordinary.
This is probably my best “plain” photo on flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/jacekpoplawski/2529557968/sizes/l/
I like it very much, because it’s just my everyday trip and as you see colors are very yummy - people think that I edided it, I haven’t. I made this photo from bike with my Olympus SP-500.
And this is same place, few days later, but HDR:
http://flickr.com/photos/jacekpoplawski/2627816960/sizes/o/
This shot came about when I was just learning my Canon Digital Rebel XT. It really was a lucky shot in that the dragonfly stayed for as long as I needed to make the shot.
Complete EXIF
Dragon Perch
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2685930183_152bcbb802.jpg
Here is some preliminary data:
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
My best photo ever is a conceptual style shot I took of a red balloon floating against a blue sky with puffy white clouds. I like it because it’s simple but strong and colours and textures are just beautiful. You can see it here:
http://www.fineartphotoblog.com/object/blood-red-heart
I have two “best” shots, or favorites of mine, for completely different reasons.
The first is this one: http://www.redbubble.com/people/serenityone/art/56624-11-sunset-on-the-docks which was very planned. I started off with a vision of what I wanted, and the end result is nearly a perfect match for my original idea. I spent two months scoping out that spot, waiting for the perfect sunset, the perfect waves, and eventually it paid off. I shot it on a Canon350D at 18mm in Manual Mode ISO 400 with f/5.6 and 1/320 shutter speed.
The second is here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/serenityone/art/56628-11-polar-bear
This shot was an accident, we happened to be at the zoo that day and the polar bear was swimming, we reached his area just as he was climbing out of the water, I switched on my camera and caught the moment he shook himself off in one shot. I’ve been to that zoo countless times since then, and haven’t come across any other similar opportunity. This one was also taken with my 350D, at 55mm, ISO 100 f/5.6 1/320.
This is one of my favorite pictures ever. It’s of my niece, taken on a rare rainy Los Angeles day. I still don’t have a good title for it, so if anyone wants to suggest one, please let me know!
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/pfphoto/Website/GabrielaLeaves79-ws.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ross_davidson/2620238514/sizes/l/
This wasn’t really planned, I was visiting a friend in NYC and we were just exploring. I saw this, pulled out the fisheye, layed on the ground, and shot.
I also loved the color of the place so I took it in HDR
Camera: Nikon D50
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 10.5 mm
ISO Speed: 200
This is my favorite shot;
http://www.pbase.com/martcronos/image/91271471.
I love it beacause I got exactly what I wanted: the angle, composition and the water texture wer just chat I wanted. I took it with an “old” Canon A75.
I have a lot of favorites so I also went with my most popular (by far) image on flickr.
http://flickr.com/photos/kgarrison/2525829823/
What makes this fun for me is that the model is my daughter and the hun belonged to my great-grandfather. I decided I wanted to do something with the gun and discussed it with my daughter and she came up with the idea for the shoot. Since it is very much a family image, it is one of my favorites for that reason.
This is probably my favorite street photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smaira/2444464257/
I just happened to be walking around downtown Portland with my camera in hand and got lucky when this opportunity presented itself.
Camera: Olympus E-500
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 400
This is my favorite. I get a lot of comments with this photo. I have even sold some copies of the print.
I went out early in the morning to a nearby lake. I was talking with a fellow that was out for a morning walk. We were having a good conversation when he looked out and said, “Wow, look at that.” I got the picture and loved it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larryboyd/1346015003/in/set-72157601926728578/
http://flickr.com/photos/muffyone/2501982942/
I think this is my best shot..and this is also the most viewed in my flickr page..
I love it also because was taken in a “diffucult” situation with heavy raining that doesn’t stopped me and a friend of mine in this urban exploration..
Bye
This is one of my favorite shots taken at the Detroit Zoo last month. I like the way the red and yellow play and the way the stamens are the actual focus (like DAVE ID above, I like the way they look like cobras). I’ve browsed through a bunch of the other photos and it doesn’t compare to them as I am pretty much a beginner, but I think I have an eye for framing my pictures. I tend to gravitate towards nature and animals more than people at this point, but that’s ok with me.
I took it with a Nikon D40 and basically just took it because the flowers were pretty.
Used a borrowed digital camera (didn’t even own one at the time).
Was early at a wedding and one of our friends daughters, who was just learning to walk, was ‘exploring’.
Didn’t plan this shot or lighting or anything. Just one of those moments that…just work.
I would say that my favourite picture at the moment would be
http://creative-creations.eu/wordpress/2008/05/31/sunset-2/
It was taken at Fjellerup on the east coast of Denmark.
Having only had my DSLR for a few weeks, I feel like I am improving every day. So, I think my best shots were taken this weekend.
I went through the weekly photo contest thread and am trying to do one from every previous contest. Oddly enough, my favorite is probably my shot from the “shooting from the hip” contest.
http://picasaweb.google.com/enoeske/NateS71908/photo#5225166001485092962
Model: PENTAX K200D
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/90 sec
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal Length: 35mm
Flash Used: No
Even though I took this before I owned DSLRs, I still love it and think it is one of my bests:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2686558423_9f73487917_b.jpg
It is the cemetery at the Nazi transportation camp in Terezin, Czech Republic. It was taken with a Canon point and shoot at whatever the lowest aperture I could get was. I wanted to have the gravestone in the front right in the best focus. I converted the photo to black and white and did some post-processing in Photoshop.
This is my best shot ever:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riley84/2630348824/
I like this one because it was the first photo where I tried to make it a “photographic” photo and it worked. Taken on the macro setting with my fujifilm finepix a350 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jollygood/2201614211/
I like this one that was taken in Dubai because the buildings make me feel like I’m in a different world. This was taken with the same camera but I don’t remember the settings. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jollygood/2202389342/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljphoto/2686592221/
I always come back to this photo as one of my best shots. When I took this, it represented my two favorite individuals, my dog Jack, and my husband, who is a musician. Of course, it was taken 3 months before I became pregnant with my son, so the representation no longer holds true.
I took it with a Nikon D70s in Manual.
Exposure: 1/50
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Post processing: Photoshop CS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daverodriguez/2446628444/
This was taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was walking down Calle Florida (a pedestrian shopping street) and a young guy and a girl were starting a tango performance. They danced one song and then passed the hat around, and then did one more before leaving. I took about 30 photos of them, and this one, totally by chance, was lit and timed just right.
This is one I took on a trip to