Your favourite photo of 2017 (taken by you), and why

[ian_watts]

A great thread, Lynn. Thanks for starting another for 2017.

I guess my favourite of 2017 is this one of my daughter.

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There is an alternative version, more poignant in tone, which I also like. I was also tempted to choose one of my spring landscapes (such as this one) as I find, as I get older, that I am increasingly aware of how important that season is to me (and how few we ever get to enjoy in a lifetime).

 

[Axel]

My favorite photo of the last year reflects an accumulation of things I like.
Photo´s style(...) but first of all a lovely place in my homeland

 

[cz23]

My favorites always seem to be of my kids. Most any will do. This one was taken Friday. Both live in distant towns. One left yesterday, the other leaves tomorrow. A piece of the heart always breaks off and follows them.

 

[f16sunshine]

A couple that I recall. It was the day as a whole rather than the image.

One from August. A Pre-Season Football game.
We had a lot of fun on a bright sunny day in the stadium.
Seattle is a fun city to live in.
Trouble rhymes with ____ by Adnan, on Flickr

 

[Gregm61]

M262 and 21mm f3.4 Super Elmar, at Lake Louise..



and my favorite of a series of sunrise shots over a couple of months at a local lake, with the same camera and 18mm Super Elmar..

 

[lynnb]

You and your wife are amazing parents, Lynn.

Thank you, Raid. We all do the best we can for our children

 

[raid]

I know what you mean, Lynn.

 

[Keith]

This thread is proof that the photos we love the most are generally ones we are emotionally invested in. Animals and family are featuring heavily.

Great thread Lynn ... thanks for starting it.

 

[back alley]

mugsy, my favourite everything!

[/url]03.28.17.xt20.50.2.sm.mugsy_edited-1 by joe, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Mlehrman]

My wife and I attended this event in NYC, and the energy resonates to this moment.

 

[maddoc]

Thank you very much, Helen!

The more I look at these
the more I Adore them... Each evoking a Different emotion , whether it's the story told or down to pure visual
Hats Off to 2017 & RFF photographers

 

[peterm1]

Its my favourite simply because it is the last photo I made in 2017 and because it is pretty typical of images I made in 2017.

Cafe Study 27 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Nice 'moodiness' in this one, Helen. Stay warm.

2017 was a Year of few keepers...
fits the criteria of may not be my Best but certainly one of MY Fav's . Simply love the Composition ... lines , arches,zig zags


https://flic.kr/p/SvXAWf

https://flic.kr/p/SvXAWf

 

[sem]

To share this moment with my wife was beautiful. I was there many years ago and my memories told the truth of peace lovely light.

Best

 

[biomed]

The love of my life on a ferry ride we took on a whim after dinner out together.

When I saw this I was reminded of the surreal images on old Sci Fi pocketbook covers.

 

[p.giannakis]

2017 was very productive for me, got a few pictures i like. This is one of them - i like the contradiction between inanimate objects and feelings.

Kodak Tri-X in HC-110
Canon EOS 5 / EF50 f/1.8

 

[Chris101]

My niece Emma going to a prom.
Very independent and spunky and the family is finally embracing her assertive independence.
Has been my favorite young person since, at 5 years old, she enjoyed sharing my plate of calamari (!!).
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What an iconic moment is that. The dude, whose face we can't quite see, is a very lucky fellow! Either he will be reminiscently looking back on as a turnkey of his life, or lamenting the passing of a possibility never realized future, that we (and he) does not yet know ....

 

[Vince Lupo]

I have one favourite as well as a few runners-up, all taken during a long cross-country road trip I did earlier in the year.

This is probably my favourite, taken in late March in Colorado. I was driving from New Mexico up to the Pacific Northwest, and crossed briefly into Colorado. I passed by this auto parts junkyard, and this scene was on top of one of their buildings. It looked quite apocalyptic to me, particularly with the heavy cloud cover in the sky. I had to look at it from a number of angles before I was happy with the arrangement of the elements:


The Vultures by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

This was on the same trip, just outside Cody, Wyoming. Very odd to find a Bob's Big Boy statue in the middle of nowhere!


Untitled by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

This was taken in Tucumcari, New Mexico -- it reminded me of 'the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg' from the book, The Great Gatsby, although this one has a lot more eyes watching you!


The Eyes of Dr Eckleburg by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

This is also in Tucumcari (actually on the outskirts). I've been trying to get this shot 'right' for the last three years. Every time I happen to be near it, either the light isn't right or something just doesn't quite work. This time around I think I got it. Definitely not how I imagined 'paradise' to be:


Paradise by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[fireblade]

My future daughter in law took me to this park, to this tree, pointing at it she said, dad i would like you to take a photo of me and your son under this tree when we get married Easter Saturday 2018.

Untitled by vinny morrissey, on Flickr

 

[Chris101]

How can I choose between these two sweeties?

Evelyn, my son's daughter who turned 2 in 2017:

and Royce, my daughter's son, who turned 1 last year: