Your best picture from 2008

[mcgrattan]

That's a lovely portrait, Nando.

 

[Nando]

Thank you.

 

[schow]

Wow, great thread.
Lots of good stuff here.

Here are my 2:
Bessa R3A, Jupiter 9 wide open.

Bessa R3A, Jupiter 8 wide open.

 

[wray]

 

[FrankS]

My father. The last portrait I took of him before he passed away.

Wonderful image. Demonstrates the power of photography. This will be such a significant image for you and your family.

 

[photogdave]

Some great shots here. I think I see another idea for an RFF book!
Here's mine, taken with a Fuji GA645:

 

[thomasw_]

Some really beautiful shots! Love the family portraits. Roland and Gabor, I have seen those images before and they left an impression on me. Dwaoka, an interesting reflection-shot!

As for myself, my favourite shot is my 'favourite' because of the circumstances under which it was taken and how I had to overcome the limited light to get an interesting image. The shot is of my daughter at her first bigtime ballet performance; she was rather nervous. She was mentally preparing for her part. I wanted to take a quick shot, but I realized I had neglected to change the film, though I still had one frame left on the roll in the camera. But the roll was adox cms 20. Yes, ASA 20 with backstage lighting.....but I knew the moment would fade, so I decided to wedge myself in the doorframe and shoot it. What resulted was an interesting shot that captured the mood rather well.

 

[Tuolumne]

^^ OMG! Degas!

/T

 

[FrankS]

asa 20? You're a masochist! Very Nice shot.

 

[dof]

There are so many nice shots here. Here is one of my faves...

 

[foggie]

These are my two favorite. Both shot with a 40mm Nokton on my R3a

 

[visiondr]

Leica M7, Leica 50 mm Elmar-M, Fuji Neopan 400, HC-110 (dil H)

 

[totifoto]

My 2 favorites from 2008 are both of my kids.

The first one is the first picture I took of my newborn son, he was born on may the 7th. Uses a Hasselblad with a 80mm lens, shot on Delta 400@800 and souped in xtol. It was overexsposed so it got a bit grainy.

The second one is my daughter. Also shot on my Hasselblad and a 150mm lens. Tri-x400 souped in xtol.

 

[rogue_designer]

I don't know if it's my best. But the moment was certainly the most memorable.

 

[monochrome_joy]

Machu Picchu, May '08, taken with a Canon 30D and 17-55/2.8 IS - although I have a nearly identical image taken with a Canon G9, my backup camera.

I made this image after three days of hiking on the Inca Trail. I had to run the last 2 miles down psycho Inca stairs and trail to capture this light, totally worth it though.

 

[pachuco]

Great shots! Hard to choose but here are my 2

Great shots! Hard to choose but here are my 2

 

[elude]

M6 / 35 Summaron F/2.8 / Calbe49

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

These are amazing. I am really stunned.

 

[cjm]

DSLR:

My grandmother holding a portrait of herself taken over 60 yeras ago.

RF:

Unkown subject on a flight to Wisconsin.

 

[petronius]

Great pictures here!

My personal counter says: 259 rolls from 2008/1/1 until 2008/12/24;
and then choose one frame? Thats cruel.

Nikon FM, Nikkor E 50mm/1,8, Polypan F@200ASA; Rodinal