My 10 best photos from 2010

Destin · Jan 1, 2011

Alright guys, to celebrate the new year I'm posting my 10 favorite photos from 2010. Keep in mind that I just started learning photography seriously in May of 2010, so I think I'm doing pretty good. They are not in any particular order.

C&C if you wish, but that's not necessarily the point of this thread.

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NayLoMo6C · Jan 1, 2011

I like the motorcross and bike pictures

Danelady · Jan 1, 2011

I like #'s 5 & 7!
(I'm not able to view #4)

Destin · Jan 1, 2011

Thanks man! I think that motocross shot might be my favorite out of the bunch

Frequency · Jan 1, 2011

I have made a trip to your website and liked many pictures there, more than some pictures here; but that is a matter of taste only; you started venturing only recently and you have matured very fast

Regards

Destin · Jan 3, 2011

Frequency said:
I have made a trip to your website and liked many pictures there, more than some pictures here; but that is a matter of taste only; you started venturing only recently and you have matured very fast

Regards

Thanks!

Destin · Jan 3, 2011

Danelady said:
I like #'s 5 & 7!
(I'm not able to view #4)

Thanks! I fixed #4 now.

GarbageJuice · Jan 3, 2011

I like #5.

racingclub · Jan 4, 2011

your good!!

Destin · Jan 4, 2011

racingclub said:
your good!!

Haha thanks man, I try. But I've still got a LONG way to go. Have you seen some of the other guys' work on here? lol

skywalker · Jan 5, 2011

I like the waterdrop!~~The color is amazing!
Greate shots!! Hope can see more in 2011! Happy new year!

PhillyPhoton · Jan 5, 2011

good shots, really like the water drops, how did you do the water drops? settings? camera/lens?

Destin · Jan 5, 2011

PhillyPhoton said:
good shots, really like the water drops, how did you do the water drops? settings? camera/lens?

The water drops were shot with a nikon D40, and a mix of the 18-55 kit lens, and my 70-200 2.8. The water was in a clear glass cake pan, on a white towel. I used a lightstand and some clamps to hold an eye dropper over the pan in one place, so that it couldn't move. Set an object in the water to pre-focus on (I use a potato masher, but you can use anything).

The real key is lighting. I took them at 1/60th, iso 200, and f13. I had an sb-600 flash set up camera right bouncing into a piece of foamboard behind the pan. The color is just a few drops of food coloring. Your shutter speed won't be fast enough to freeze the motion, but flash is.

Hope this makes sense, I'm still half asleep.