BEST OF 2012!!

KenC · Dec 11, 2012

Here are my favorites - not necessarily those people seemed to like -

snowbear · Dec 11, 2012

PixelRabbit · Dec 11, 2012

Wow, I could go through and literally like each and every post in this thread, beautiful work everyone!

I'm actually working on picking out my favourites from the year but I know 100% without a doubt that this one is #1

Weeping Willow by Judi Smelko, on Flickr

MK3Brent · Dec 11, 2012

Couple of snapshots from this year.
Mostly my favorites because I remember these nights and how much fun I had with my loved ones with me.

You've seen them, but here they are again.

sm4him · Dec 11, 2012

Wow, mish, great idea! And thanks, because I've just had a LOVELY stroll down Memory Lane, going back through all the threads I've posted this year and my Flickr sets, really thinking about what I'd consider my *best* shots.
Like coastalconn, 2012 was my first full year with a DSLR, and saw a lot of firsts--bought a macro lens, a flash, and of course, this month, a new camera.

What I learned from my stroll through the year's photos:
1. Photos I *thought* were really outstanding last January have me shaking my head now.
2. Whether they were well-received here or elsewhere, there are a LOT of photos I took that I still really like. Looking at them makes me happy, and in the end, that's really all my photos need to do!

So, in the end, I couldn't pick "best" because I don't have any "best" yet.

But Favorites, I have plenty of those! The best I could do was narrow it down to the Top 12. I'll post four of those at random here; maybe later, I'll add the others, a few at a time.

1.

passionflower_0057 by sm4him, on Flickr

2.

DSC_0060abstract by sm4him, on Flickr

3.

DSC_0063editweb by sm4him, on Flickr

4.

abstract_0033web by sm4him, on Flickr

Ilovemycam · Dec 11, 2012

Coastalconn, did you manual focus or was it AF for the osprey shot? Outstanding photo!

coastalconn · Dec 11, 2012

Ilovemycam said:
Coastalconn, did you manual focus or was it AF for the osprey shot? Outstanding photo!

It is certainly AF, I have no where near the skill level to track flying bird with MF. I shoot a Nikon D300 with a Tamron 200-500... I spent 2-3 weeks gaining knowledge and then 7 mornings of waiting to get this shot. I tracked it from well over 500 feet away and it flew directly over me. That shot is less then 50 feet and it actually dripped on me. I chronicled my quest here and on flickr.. for the Osprey lovers... Never ending pursuit of the perfect osprey shot - a set on Flickr

kanuski · Dec 11, 2012

I think these are my best. Don't laugh.

jwbryson1 · Dec 11, 2012

MK3Brent said:
Couple of snapshots from this year.
Mostly my favorites because I remember these nights and how much fun I had with my loved ones with me.

You've seen them, but here they are again.

How did you light this one? Can you give me the EXIF and the time of day you shot it?

There are several old burned out houses near where I live that I have been thinking would make for a cool photograph so I'd like to see how you lit this similar image.

Thanks.