Your best picture from 2008

[Rogrund]

What a great thread. Thanks for starting it!

Here's one that turned out OK.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

This is one of the most outstanding examples of capturing a moment I've ever seen. The framing of the canidate around the participant's arm in the foreground, the partipant's gesture in itself, the banner on the rignt, and the crowd, all combine to make a compelling image, regardless of your political persuasion. Extremely well done!

Thanks for the very kind words, Samuel. This was shot back in February in Dallas. I later sold the shot through a stock agency. It is to be used in a history textbook sometime in 2010 or 2011. Thanks once again.

For those interested, the camera was a Lumix L1 with a Leica 14-50 zoom.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

I just wanted to add that there is some excellent work on this thread. It has been a real pleasure to view all of the photos.

Merry Christmas to everyone and may this new year bring peace to everyone, everywhere.

 

[amoz]

Tough choice. This could be my favorite of the year.

MP + 35/2ASPH + TRI-X

 

[gcsk76]

Stunning pictures here...

Here is my fav. this year, taken in Istanbul, with 35 Summaron and TriX

 

[unclescarMT]

here are a couple (I couldn't decide). both shot with M2 and DR 'cron.

tri-x

and fomapan 100

 

[steve kessel]

couple of my favourites

 

[adietrich]

White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument

My best picture this year? Tough question, but I think this is it: Late afternoon at the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico (M8, 'cron 2.0/35).

-a

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

These three are some of my favorites, they were taken the first day I got the Hexanon 50/1.2. I took a lot of photos this year so the choice is difficult.

Critics are always welcome!

Merry Christmas,
Max

I like the series but prefer the first one very much. Which camera?

 

[Merelyok]

Probably my fave shot of the year.

(Nikon FE + Nikkor 50mm 1.4, Fujifilm Superia 200)

 

[le vrai rdu]

of course, best pictures with trix

 

[meven]

I like the series but prefer the first one very much. Which camera?

Thanks for the comment, it was taken with the M8 and Hexanon 50/1.2.

 

[crawdiddy]

Fav #2

Fav #2

OK, I found another favorite for the year:

Leica IIIf, Serenar 35mm 2.8, HP5+.

 

[Morca007]

I doubt these are the ones anyone else would choose, but they are my favorite two photos (I think, hard to remember all of them) from the past year:

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I'm not quite sure I have a "favorite" or one that I consider my "best" for 2008. Well, going by how scarce comments I get on my RFF gallery, I can deduce I'm definitely not alone.

But if I have to pick one, or two, they'd probably be these two:

 

[J J Kapsberger]

I consider this my best because it speaks to me the most:

M5; 50 Summicron (current); APX100; FG7

 

[dan denmark]

maybe not the best but certainly not the worst. from a group of 22 indigenous portraits commissioned for a book of indigenous art from the victorian east gippsland region, oz.

 

[benno]

There is some incredibly beautiful work in this thread.

I can't really choose a single shot but here's one I really like:

Photographically, it's been a mixed year for me - I've managed to do some travel and create some great photo opportunities but I've been broke and have had some gear issues. My dSLR was stolen, problems with a CLA on my M3, and now my scanner has died.

 

[Goldorak]

Not for all of us. Look at my photos and find 'family'. No, they do not exist.

Where are Henri Cartier-Bresson's family photos? Or Martin Parr's? Or Lise Sarfati's? And so on.

You really think those Photography masters wouldn't choose an image of their little Kid or Grand Kid as a personal favorite, if they had to choose?

No matter how good images I make, in the end a photograph of a member of my family will surely win my heart over any other photograph. It's only normal.

But I must ask: Do you really compare yourself to HCB or Martin Parr?

 

[jky]

I don't have a "best" photo, but I do have a couple favorites...