BEST OF 2012!!

[mishele]

Best flowers of the year....

 

[cgipson1]

Sunrise at Roberts Grove Beach Resort Long Exposure HDR by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


My Cat the Owl by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Yellow Jacket Face by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Walden Mountain Final for Prints by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Red Poppy on Orange by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Composite of Moon and Tree by CGipson Photography, on Flickr


Witch or not? by CGipson Photography, on Flickr

 

[invisible]

A lot of fantastic images on this thread, some that I had never seen posted here before...

Here's a couple of mine...

 

[Dave Devoid]

Im Speechless at the quality of these pics...

I hope to achieve something half as good as these some day...

 

[tirediron]

I'm going to go with "Favorites" over "Best" as well...

 

[MK3Brent]

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.

Bounced truck headlights off of a big billboard camera left.

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[TD]20[/TD]
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[TD]f/8.0[/TD]
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[TD]24 mm[/TD]
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[TD]100[/TD]
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[TH]Exposure Bias[/TH]
[TD]-1 EV[/TD]
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[TH]Flash[/TH]
[TD]No Flash[/TD]
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[TH]X-Resolution[/TH]
[TD]240 dpi[/TD]
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[TD]240 dpi[/TD]
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[TD]Ver.1.01[/TD]
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[TD]2012:09:08 22:25:21[/TD]
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[TD]Manual[/TD]
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[TD]2012:09:08 21:06:17.31-04:00[/TD]
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[TD]2012:09:08 21:06:17[/TD]
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[TH]Metering Mode[/TH]
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[Awiserbud]

I'm quite blown away with most of the shots posted so far, some really amazing work, heres a few i've been proud of this year.


rainbow by steve watson photos, on Flickr


Graffiti Subway by steve watson photos, on Flickr


Say cheese jpg by steve watson photos, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

Not really the "best", but a handful of my Instagram shots. Size-reduced in LR from 1936x1936 to 1,000-pixels square. I mostly try and work in what I call the "New Urban Landscape" genre when shooting Instagrams.
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[Majeed Badizadegan]

2012 has been an incredibly busy year in photography land. Here's some of my personal favorites.


What he saw at the End by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Leaves Framing Fall by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr



Into Vortex by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Stuck on You by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Dream World by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Calming Effect by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Unholy Chasm by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr


Island Paradise by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr



Viva by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr

 

[sm4him]

Another good thing about this thread: Lately, I've been thinking I'm doing pretty good with this photography thing. I've had a lot of people commenting very positively on my work (in real life, I mean), several who aren't even friends asking me if I sell them or when I'm going to have a show, things like that. AND I'm "published" now.
(An aside here: I just realized that my Flickr visits have REALLY spiked today, and I can't figure out why. I've had nearly 100 more views than my previous high--they don't seem to be coming from here, or from my blog, so I have no idea why people are suddenly looking at my pictures today...)

Then I look at the pictures from folks like Mish, Charlie, Rotanimod, Invisible...and on and on. And I remember just how VERY. MUCH. of an Amateur I really am.

Anyway, a few more favorites from the year:


assassinbugwithladybug by sm4him, on Flickr


DSC_0144editweb by sm4him, on Flickr


daylilyabstract_1476 by sm4him, on Flickr


flower_0177small by sm4him, on Flickr

 

[Pallycow]

here's a few...

 

[Brandon Hill]

Portrait post - Elver turns 90

 

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[MSnowy]

 

[Robin_Usagani]