Your favourite photo of 2019 (taken by you), and why

[lynnb]

Here we go again.. let's end the year by sharing which photo is your favourite of all the photos you've taken in 2019 - and why.

Please don't confuse this with 'your best photograph', although it might well be.. I think 'favourite' is the more interesting choice!

A Happy New Year to all!

Lynn

PS I know it can be difficult to choose just one favourite over different genres (like portrait, and landscape), so two favourites are permitted - but please, no more than two.

Don’t forget to say why it’s your favourite!
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2018
2017
2016

 

[sailor]

This is a photo of Boris, a Jack Russell terrier belonging to our German friend Waltraud who has lived in Scotland for many years. I printed a copy of this and framed it up as a surprise Christmas present for Waltraud. Sadly, a couple of days before Christmas, Boris collapsed after his usual morning walk. He was rushed to the vet but nothing could be done and he was put to sleep. I worried what Waltraud's reaction would be when she opened her gift on Christmas morning. She phoned to say that many tears had been shed but it was the best Christmas present she could have received as it beautifully captured Boris's personality. For this reason it is my favourite photo of 2019.

Boris by Elmer Duck, on Flickr

 

[bullterrier]

Hi Lynn🙂,not sure so I asked my wife and she said this one

 

[mcfingon]

Always a good challenge from you Lynn. I would say that the one below is my 2019 favourite photo of your hometown and my birthplace because it is a slightly different angle on a scene I've looked at a number of times, and you must have seen many more times.

Sony A7S Samyang 35/2.8
John Mc

 

[narsuitus]

The name of this outdoor sculpture is, "Fountain of Time." It was completed in 1920 and is located in Washington Park, near the University of Chicago, on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

I took this photo of the southern end of this 38-meter work of art by Lorado Taft.

Occasionally, I used this work of art as a subject to test various cameras. I tested film cameras, digital cameras, and film pinhole cameras.

In May of 2019, I was testing a recently repaired Mamiya RB67 medium format film camera and a new formula for a 2-bath black & white film developer. I was so pleased with how the medium format Ilford HP5 film, the new developer, and the repaired camera were able to capture the texture of the subject that this photo became my favorite for the year.


Still Life by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[petronius]

Why? There is no "best" imo, there is only luck, sometimes more, sometimes less!

 

[raydm6]

Souvenir shot while on lunch-break visiting NYC (on company business). I shot this sculpture at Zuccotti Park while munching on a BK Whopper 🙂.

I like the tonality, 3-Dimensionality, convergence, and sunbeam rays.

(Sculpture leaf appearing to be wrapping around left side of building adds an interesting twist -an almost vine-like connection to the building)

[iPhone 6, converted to B/W and framed in Snapseed]


NYC - Zuccotti Park by rdc154, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Interesting. The year isn't quite done yet, though, and there are two days of photo opportunities yet to come ... and stuff going on in those days that might well win the prize. 🙂

I'll likely make a decision and post something next week.

G

Here we go again.. let's end the year by sharing which photo is your favourite of all the photos you've taken in 2019 - and why.

Please don't confuse this with 'your best photograph', although it might well be.. I think 'favourite' is the more interesting choice!

A Happy New Year to all!

Lynn

PS I know it can be difficult to choose just one favourite over different genres (like portrait, and landscape), so two favourites are permitted - but please, no more than two.

Don’t forget to say why it’s your favourite!
—————————————————————————————————
This thread in previous years:
2018
2017
2016

 

[raydm6]

...that might well win the prize. 🙂

There's a prize? 😀

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

I was out riding, he came up to me and I asked if I could take his picture. He stood straight up, and offered a thoughtful look.
I later carried a print of it in my bag, one day I saw him and passed it over as I rode by. He has moved since.

 

[Vince Lupo]

2019 was one of my most productive years ever -- both professionally and personally. I'm hoping that 2020 will be a repeat of 2019!

The 'Mapping the West' project took a very big leap this year, as I have developed a relationship with a farming family in southern New Mexico and west Texas. It has resulted in a different approach to the project -- not simply wandering the West in the hopes of stumbling upon a situation or scene, or a chance meeting of someone, but cultivating (pardon the farming pun!) relationships with specific people in a specific location out West. It has been hugely rewarding, and I'm honoured to have been allowed into their lives and to (as they have put it) become part of the family.

This shot is likely my favourite of 2019, and was used as the postcard image for the latest exhibition of 'Mapping the West' that was held in Baltimore last month. This is Jay Hill on part of his large farm in west Texas. He is checking out the alfalfa, as he and his crew were planning on harvesting it later that evening. As we were driving around checking out the various alfalfa fields, there were these storms way off in the distance and in every direction, threatening to overcome us. I wanted to get a shot of these storms and Jay stopped the truck at this alfalfa field. He jumped out of the truck and I followed along. I thought a shot of the storm on its own would be okay, but now Jay put himself in the landscape and was seemingly walking towards this storm. I think I took about 5 or 6 shots before we jumped back in the truck and were on our way to the next alfalfa field.

I think this is a good representation of Jay -- someone who has so many things going on at his farm, yet dives headlong into them with gusto. Definitely not afraid of walking towards his personal storms.


Into the Storm by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[charjohncarter]

This was a bad photo year for me: too many medical things. I like this photo taken in Scottsdale, AZ; because this guy and his bird seem so free of problems:

FujiFilm 200 expired by John Carter, on Flickr

 

[p.giannakis]

This has been a very fertile photographic year for me. It gave many pictures that I like and I hope that 2020 will be just as good. I find it difficult to say with certainty which picture is my favourite but if push comes to shove I would choose this one:

Why? Because it is a very simple composition and I like simplicity in photos. The light is lovely, tones are nice and the gentleman's expression shows him in deep thoughts unable to notice me taking a picture of him.

 

[jordan.dickinson]

Finally bought myself a Hasselblad XPan this year, after years of waiting/dreaming and finding a clean copy. One came up in my local camera shop and it had only a few rolls ever run through it. Traded in some other gear and managed to purchase it before moving out to California. I recently took it to Kauai, Hawaii as my main camera and shot about 8 rolls through it.

This is one of my first "successful" XPan shots and I'm now totally hooked on this camera. Posting this one as my introduction and love of this long awaited camera...



3 apart - xpan

by Jordan Dickinson, on Flickr

 

[helen.HH]

Wow , Love that One Jordan
Xpan Magic indeed, Yummy !!

 

[Greg Maslak]

My favourite photo must come as a pair; one made by me and the other by my son, for this was the year we formed a true bond with picture-making as the glue. We've always had a great relationship, but now we have an even better one.

"Like Father"

"Like Son"

 

[peterm1]

I made this a few weeks ago and really like both her smile and the way the light catches it.

Cafe Colombia - Adelaide Central Market by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

My favourite photo must come as a pair; one made by me and the other by my son, for this was the year we formed a true bond with picture-making as the glue. We've always had a great relationship, but now we have an even better one.

"Like Father"

"Like Son"

I'll call it a vertical Diptych! Lovely as they are and all the better for the representation of a real bond.

 

[Dektol Dan]

My '19 Fave

My '19 Fave

This is one of my very first shots with my new M10.
I was worried that I chose buying the camera instead of a motorcycle.
This is the third time for the same concern, now I have three more Leicas.

 

[raid]

I enjoyed a lot our trip in Europe last summer. Using the Zeiss Hologon 16mm/8 was special for me. This image of red flowers in some field in Denmark reminds me of the good times traveling with my family and having with us on the tour, Robert and Simo.

M8 with 16/8 Hologon.