Your best of 2009, so far

[Felix 222]

was this an HDR shot? either way its stunning

nope! just flash...not even a tripod! thank you for the comment

 

[DennyCrane]

 

[kundalini]

Some of mine

Completely missed the stumps the first time I looked at the shot.

:thumbup: on all.

 

[Sherman Banks]

Wow, a lot of nice shots so far. I was just here checking on some old friends and decided to post these here since this is where I started my photographic journey earlier this year. I've learned a lot through the course of the last 9-10 months thanks to communities like this and I'm grateful to anyone who has given me inspiration and knowledge.

Self shot:

Pregnant wife, now mother to a 5 month old

These are both shots from the summer, but I've always thought these represented my style well.

 

[Caity]

How did you light her so well without ruining the effect of the sunset in the back?

 

[Sherman Banks]

How did you light her so well without ruining the effect of the sunset in the back?

Off camera flash and a 28" softbox with a bit of luck

Technically: I stopped down to f8 to get some detail out of the sunset, but had to run two flashes to get enough light out of the softbox sitting a few feet away from her to the right. Being at f8 brought the whole exposure down and so I stayed one stop above my max sync speed on the camera to get the sunset how I wanted it without having to raise my ISO past 100. Still a lot of luck involved.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

MR. BANKS!

 

[K.Li]

My photos are no where as good as you guys but here is my best so far since I only stated a week ago.

 

[AfroKen]

Well, I've been lucky so far this year. I've had a gallery exhibition and had three photos selected for the Top 100 Travel Photo on the LA Times website:

Travel | 2009 Photo Issue - latimes.com

My three photos selected for the Top 100 Travel Photos on the LA Times website:

My photo of us floating through the Amazon

My photo of monks in Ladakh covering their ears from the clattery sound

My photo of the otherworldly Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh, of this earth, not of this earth.

This year has really taken off for me, and I have to say, I've gotten a lot of really great tips and help from this Photography Beginner's forum, so thank you very much to everyone!

Here's a few photos that I've taken this year that I like:

Eleven Shadows Travels:  Brazil 2009
Rio Mamori in the Amazon, Brazil, Summer 2009

Buyepongo @ Echoplex, probably around September 2009
Eleven Shadows Travels: Os Mutantes @ Echoplex, 28 August 2009

Eleven Shadows Travels: Dia de los Muertos, Hollywood Forever 2009
Los Angeles, Dia de los Muertos, October 2009

 

[AfroKen]

How did you light her so well without ruining the effect of the sunset in the back?

Off camera flash and a 28" softbox with a bit of luck

Technically: I stopped down to f8 to get some detail out of the sunset, but had to run two flashes to get enough light out of the softbox sitting a few feet away from her to the right. Being at f8 brought the whole exposure down and so I stayed one stop above my max sync speed on the camera to get the sunset how I wanted it without having to raise my ISO past 100. Still a lot of luck involved.

That's a wonderful photo!!!! :thumbup:

 

[AfroKen]

That's such a cool photo! I also really like that photo by Rufus5150!!

Wow!!!!!

 

[Sw1tchFX]

There are some REALLY AWESOME pictures on here, seriously!


These are probably my favorites from the last year:

Looking back on my flickr page, i really should have posted and shot more. Not sure what I was thinking or doing this last year besides school.

 

[AfroKen]

Yeah, totally agree, there's some amazing photos here. Including yours!

 

[Sherman Banks]

@Sw1tch: Great shots man, I have always admired the quality of your work! Hope to see more of your work this coming year.

 

[fokker]

Wow I love some of the photos in here, they are stunning. Here are a few of mine, not too bad for my first year of photography, but I have so much more to learn and am looking forward to learning it!