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

I guess this is my current favorite for 2017 although that can, and probably will, change as I sort through my photos.

This was taken during a sudden blizzard that hit the Ruby Mountains in September. I love going into the mountains when its snowing. Sometimes I get stuck but that is what friends and winches are for. I returned from this trip with several keepers but this is the print that has stayed on my wall for the past 3 months.

This time I carried my Zeiss Ikon Contarex equipped with the Bllitz Planar 50/2, one of my favorite lenses. I don't get this camera out as often as I should because it almost always gives me images that I like. I used Ilford HP5+, a film I am becoming very fond of the more I use it. I souped it in some D-23 for about 9 minutes.

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Chris101 said:
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 ....
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Thanks for the comments.
They are both extremely nice kids. We're all trying to guess their future :).
 
I think for me this was one of my favorite moments, and it also happened to be quite recent.

2017 was a year of big change for me as I got married and switched from being a freelance designer to a salaried one. My wife and I took a trip this Christmas up to Yosemite and as we were hiking through the valley we kept seeing so many tourists doing silly poses on things and to have a good laugh my wife hopped up on this fallen tree. It brings a smile to my face because it's a newly created happy memory.

Yosemite. by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
 
In April, 2017, I was travelling with some friends for few days in Guatemala, then we split as they went on to see another city and I stayed in lake Atitlan. I finally felt free to take photos as it had not always been possible before.

This photo of a local boy reminded me of the feelings of freedom and joy.
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Newton

Newton

After having had Farah put to sleep in 2014, we decided to have another Dutch Shepherd after my retirement in August last year. Please meet Newton. He is 4 months old in the photo and very surprised with that white stuff falling out of the sky.
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This is my preferred photo of 2017 :

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Last summer my wife and me have been invited to take part in a collective exhibition including different kinds of art, painting, drawing, photography, sculpure and others.

The theme was "A dream in your drawer" and I decided for a set up including all what I liked and still like to do, I love photography and drawing, reading books and traveling, even my wife is in a couple of pictures in it...

it's my dream...on go many !

robert
 
lynnb said:
This picture of my wife, taken at home early in the year. When I took this we didn't know what a difficult year lay ahead of us, following eight years caring for our ill daughters. She deserves a medal for all the love, effort and self-sacrifice she has put in to caring for and supporting our girls.

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portrait #013 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
124G Fomapan 200 in Fomadon LQN
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sorry to hear of your difficult time. Have betting Year.
 
Sad to say that I don't really take as many photos as I used to on a day-to-day basis, whether it's a matter of too many commitments, my mobility issues or just a general lack of interest. However, my wife and I do make it a point to get out of the continental US once or twice a year, so by default, my favorite photo of the year--any year--would come from one of those trips.

I took this on our trip to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward late in the spring. I like it because it is one more occasion that wife and I spent together just by ourselves and because this photo captures the peace and serenity of the Maritimes.


 


I think this one, from February of 17. I love the light, and the textures. No specific moment or memory involved other than a desire to capture it as I saw it.
 
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