I'll play!
Thankfully my very very first shots (mostly taken in a dingy student flat) are long since misplaced (either somewhere in the depths of my harddrive or lost to some early deleting). I do, however, have one of my very first early favourite shots taken when the photo bug really bit:
Taken some time Christmas 2008
And a more recent shot (ok its over a year old now - darn time flies fast - but its still what I'd consider my current best result)
Taken 10th September 2010
A spider, my first attempt at an insect photo. This was my first time, and I was using a compact. The spider was extremely tiny about the 1/3 of the size of a grain of rice.
A bee taken about 3 weeks later
I know the bee is a bit soft, but at least you can see it lol taken with a compact
This is my work over the last year I guess. my "now" picture is from 5 months ago, I've really only been doing photojournalism and sports since school started back up.
Great stuff, this gives me hope!! Although I have to say some of y'alls ( I'm from Alabama, we say y'all down here,lol) beginning pics are pretty awesome!!
Wow this is humbling. My "now" pics aren't as good as most peoples before lol! I agree some of the beginning photos are great. Some of them of you didn't know it you would never guess they were beginners!