I want to see your best photo ever!

[Tom Diaz]

Is it just me, or are several of these effort in formats larger than 35mm?

Ben Marks

A couple of people identified larger formats. Mine was 35mm film. Interesting question. What looks larger to you?

TD

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

a bit twee, but I always liked the fact that her's is almost the only face in shot

Wonderful picture.

 

[Tom Diaz]

a bit twee, but I always liked the fact that her's is almost the only face in shot

I like what you like about it, and I don't think it's over the top at all. It would be interesting (to me) if he/she weren't looking at the camera, too. Are there other pictures in the sequence?

Tom

 

[morgan]

That's s a tough call. Here's one that I like:

and one more:

 

[chambrenoire]

I like it anyways 🙂

 

[chris00nj]

Oh it's hard to decide but I always like this one:

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Here are two


Strongmen Blowing Up Hot Water Bottles

Obama - Dallas, Texas - February, 2008

 

[The Standard Deviant]

(Incidentally, my first post, and hello.)

 

[bobbyrab]

I like what you like about it, and I don't think it's over the top at all. It would be interesting (to me) if he/she weren't looking at the camera, too. Are there other pictures in the sequence?

Tom

No just the one shot as far as I remember, it was taken a few years ago and this is a scan from a print, not sure where the neg is, I don't photograph people I don't know very often [despite doing it for a living at weddings], I never find it very easy to do, particularly photographing children, but I remember it was such a compelling image I overcame my comfort zone......Robert.

 

[K14]

Tulip Town 2009. My best. Seneca 5x7 Improved view camera, Fujichrome Velvia 100F. The transparency looks much much better.

 

[Derek_Teixeira]

That's s a tough call. Here's one that I like:

and one more:

Beautiful shot! I love this!

 

[RichC]

Shot last week (Leica M8 + 1950s Summicron 50mm) - straight shot, no faffing in Photoshop (granted, it was set up - moth (dead) from eBay, Blutacked to bottle!).

Deaths Head Hawkmoth

 

[back alley]

favourites from this past year...

 

[Benjamin]

Hello, here is one of my best pics taken with a Canon VI-T + Canon 50mm f/1.8 LTM :

Taken in a german blockhaus (an atomic submarine base) in Saint-Nazaire, last city liberated in Europe at the end of WWII.

Excellent.

 

[sepiareverb]

Help me out then, Bob:

I posted three: (a) my most popular one, (b) the one with most emotions attached for me personally, and (c) my favorite print hanging on the wall at home.

What's "best" ?

Roland.

Well I took "your best" to mean the one the photographer likes best from what they've produced, and in my mind that means the one that works best in each of our heads for us. Not the one(s) somebody else likes. I can't fathom continuing to work without being extremely self-critical, by studying my images as they make it to paper (or screen) and understanding what makes them work. Sure this involves listening to the opinions of those people I believe have a good sense of design, of the technical aspects of photography and who will give me honest feedback when an image is missing something in their eye. I count on several people to do this, and value their explanations of why images succeed or fail for them.

Your first image works best to my eye, despite the tree at lower left which I find distracting. I think the balance being slightly off kilter without the tree would help give the feeling I imagine being on such a narrow stone path with that sheer drop in the fog. The second fails for me for the shallow depth of field, this is an image I'd prefer to wander through with enough detail available to stay with both the figure and the reflection. The OOF gravel lower right is to distracting in #3, despite the stunning blue and buzz in the water above that gravel my eye keeps being dragged back to that corner.

 

[ferider]

Thanks, Bob.

 

[photogdave]

Very cool IR shot Joe. RD-1 I'm assuming?

 

[Derek_Teixeira]

I have narrowed it down to these two, i guess:

and

 

[wlewisiii]

Ok, I'll bite.

We were walking home from the park & he was getting tired.

William

 

[back alley]

Very cool IR shot Joe. RD-1 I'm assuming?

rd1 with zm 28, cheap ir filter.
thanks.