[Dave]

OK the year is coming to an end. If you had to choose just one shot from what you have taken in 2006, which one would it be & why It might be a shot that is personal to you & reminds you of a certain time/place/person, or it could be shot that proved to yourself how you have improved over the year.

Post that shot in this thread

[fionaB]

jeez Dave you dont have know how to make a simple request so hard....... lolol this year has really been a turning point for me in photogrpahy. everything i thought i understood and all the new things i have learnt are really coming together. i know i can see a huge improvement in my shots......
but for me the one that sticks out is this......



because i finally managed to put my new found knowledge together AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO...... and take my first ever sunset that I havent needed to edit to give it colour etc

Fi

[Gary Bagshawe]

This is probably one of my faves for 2006 as it was the first time ive been to an airshow and I really enjoyed the day, I was really surprised to get so many "keepers" from the day but this one i really do like.

[Dabhand16]

Here is my one. Don't think I need to explain why.

[Dave]

For me it has to be this shot. With such a passion for Mono's, this shot encapsulated everything I love about the subject......the tones, texture & drama of gthe scene. I was now getting to a point in my post processing of Mono's where I was starting to get the results I had always been after

Only problem is I have lost the original full size file, so can't get it printed

[pmueller]

This is a picture of the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles I took this June. Disney Hall was built by Frank Gehry, photographers' best friend under the contemporary architects. It is yet another example of a case of someone taking a picture of a detail of some building, rotating it by 90 degrees and then calling it art.



To me it looks like a mountain with its reflection in a lake. It looks more like nature than an artificial structure, even though it clearly is man-made. This is a theme I have been fascinated with for quite a while, but usually it is time (and the decay coming with time) that causes this effect and not the artificial structure itself through its design.

It took me more than an hour (and about ten sub-optimal shots) to get this picture right. What you see is entirely un-cropped and has seen very little post processing; I messed only with the white balance to get that blueish-cold feel .

Let me know what you think,

Peter

[namllihs]

My granddaughter Naomi. This was taken when I had just got my 50mm lens.

[Sonsey]

Well this has got to be mine

I had the lend of a Canon 10-22mm lens from a friend to see how I'd get on with an ultra wide angle lens. The aspect's of the shot that I find most satisfying are the spontaneity of the shot (I just noticed them while passing in the car, reversed back, jumped out and grabbed the shot). The other was the result's from the processing the shot needed as I hadn't used flash when I took the shot. I liked the shot so much I ordered a Sigma 10-20mm lens not long after

[Hacker]

It is very difficult to pick just one but I think this is it. I was covering my first concert and managed to capture this image of the lead guitarist from the Imperial Vipers. For me, it just screams Rock 'n' Roll.....

[Angela]

I think probably this one



It was taken on the day we marched in London to raise awarenes of the plight of ex-racing greyhounds. For me, it sums up what all of us involved in rescue should be about......the dogs.

Technically I got lucky! The light was perfect, the eye contact was there and the composition, with the hound looking out from behind his owner's leg, was just right!

[Rob Barron]

I guess this is my favourite just because I know how hard it was to capture it (hey, i got lucky!) as I was being shaken to death on the front of an airboat on Lake Tohopekaliga in Florida. The lens has image stabilisation but even with that I needed to really hold myself as still as I possibly could to get this. I was focused on the Florida Heron when it was stood in the reeds but then it was spooked by us and took off. This image is my favourite of two I took (most people here have seen both) because I love the side profile shape that it gives.

I am not claiming it is a wonderful ornithological wildlife shot, but for me I was delighted to capture it.

Cheers,
Rob

[amgolds]

These are 3 of my favorites from this year.

Al

[water]

I 'went off' photography for a couple of years until I get my new [used] 20D in July and took it on holiday to the Outer Hebrides.Consequently I have very few photos taken this year.I like this version of the stones at Callanish: