Personal best photo

[Androclese]

For all the photographer's out there in B&B land How about posting your personal best photo to date... I don't have a digital camera, but I have a lot of photos on CD's as soon as I can track mine down, I'll edit this post. The idea is to post the picture you're proudest of. If this has been done here before, somebody just wag your finger at me and point me to the thread. If not maybe we could make it an annual event.

This shot was taken on Easter 2003 at the Jewel box in Forest Park. The camera, a Canon EOS Rebel Ti with a Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens and a skylight filter.

The reason I picked this picture is that it surprised me. I had just gotten the camera, and was really only playing around with it, trying to figure it out. It is my first SLR. This was a candid shot, my daughter was looking out over the fountain with her back to me. I called her name and shot the pic just as she turned around. She didn't have any idea she was going to get her picture taken so it wasn't posed at all.

 

[Hobbesoxon]

A great idea for a thread!

I'm going to break the rules already and pick two, one human-interest, the other not.

The first is, of course, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. What makes this photograph great (for me) is that you're not allowed to take photographs in the chapel. If the guards see someone raise a camera, they barge through the perpetually-crowded room, grab the person, and escort them out of the chapel. I can understand that flash photography could damage the breathtaking painting, but I felt a flashless shot was justifiable, particularly seeing as I'd just bought the official photography album (perhaps why they don't want you taking your own photos).

What makes this photo for me is that it was taken "shooting from the hip", I had my arm down at my waist, just randomly pointed the camera upwards, and clicked the shutter. I quickly returned the camera to my pocket, unsure what the photograph was like until we left and I could examine the camera. It turns out that my random shot actually looks rather good, fairly well-composed, and has none of the (very dense) crowd of people showing. Not bad for a random upshot without looking through the lens!

The second is a shot of my good lady just after we had met, one year before our marriage. The photo both has sentimental value to me, and is a fairly decently-taken portrait (I like to think!), taken in a pretty location (Oxford's 500-year-old Turf Tavern, a fine pub)...

I'm looking forward to seeing some of the talented photographers on this site showing us their prize shots!


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

 

[Eelco]

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Dusseldorf Germany

 

[Hobbesoxon]

I love the reflection of the lady's face (your wife?) in the mirror - a great shot!


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

 

[rabidpotatochip]

A great idea for a thread!

I'm going to break the rules already and pick two, one human-interest, the other not.

The first is, of course, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. What makes this photograph great (for me) is that you're not allowed to take photographs in the chapel. If the guards see someone raise a camera, they barge through the perpetually-crowded room, grab the person, and escort them out of the chapel. I can understand that flash photography could damage the breathtaking painting, but I felt a flashless shot was justifiable, particularly seeing as I'd just bought the official photography album (perhaps why they don't want you taking your own photos).

What makes this photo for me is that it was taken "shooting from the hip", I had my arm down at my waist, just randomly pointed the camera upwards, and clicked the shutter. I quickly returned the camera to my pocket, unsure what the photograph was like until we left and I could examine the camera. It turns out that my random shot actually looks rather good, fairly well-composed, and has none of the (very dense) crowd of people showing. Not bad for a random upshot without looking through the lens!

The second is a shot of my good lady just after we had met, one year before our marriage. The photo both has sentimental value to me, and is a fairly decently-taken portrait (I like to think!), taken in a pretty location (Oxford's 500-year-old Turf Tavern, a fine pub)...

I'm looking forward to seeing some of the talented photographers on this site showing us their prize shots!


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

They're both good pictures, but I love the one of the Sistine Chapel. If you didn't tell me it was taken covertly I would have walked away thinking you were deliberately going for that effect.

I'll have to post my favorite when I get home from work.

 

[Bradford]

My Boy

 

[Hobbesoxon]

Great shot!

Now how many readers have craned their necks 90 degrees to look at the photo upright?


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

 

[hiramw]

I not a pro but I like this one...

 

[Antique Hoosier]

These photos make bring the great "Lyrt" out of hiding. he had some remarkable shots.... I love all the ones shown so far...the bathroom shot is very nice....

 

[professorchaos]

Two which I am particularly fond of.

The first is nearly too eerie to submit. It is from the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora, a few hours outside of Prague.

The second is of NYC taken from Long Island City on 12/31/2006.

 

[Prof]

Here are three of my favorites from last year.

1. Hiking path, Tilden Park Berkeley, CA
f1.4, 1/80s, ISO250, 50mm lens

2. Bird, San Diego, CA
f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO100, 100mm lens

3. Face, Berkeley, CA
f/4, 1/60. ISO400, 100mm lens

 

[professorchaos]

A great idea for a thread!

The first is, of course, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. What makes this photograph great (for me) is that you're not allowed to take photographs in the chapel. If the guards see someone raise a camera, they barge through the perpetually-crowded room, grab the person, and escort them out of the chapel. I can understand that flash photography could damage the breathtaking painting, but I felt a flashless shot was justifiable, particularly seeing as I'd just bought the official photography album (perhaps why they don't want you taking your own photos).

I often do the same thing in places that don't allow pictures. High ISO speed, flashless, uncomposed shots. The results are often quite pleasing.

 

[jojo]

All great shots.

Prof -- What equipment do you use (as if replicating the equipment enables one to replicate those shots . . . )?

 

[Androclese]

Hey folks, this is some really great photography! Keep it coming. I really expected to see more pics by now.

 

[Androclese]

Here is one taken by my wife. It was taken at Shaw's (The Missouri Botanical) Garden with a Canon Sure Shot 60 Zoom The lens on this P&S is a 38-60mm f/4.5-6.7. It was composed by her sister on a family trip to the garden. It's my third son and my daughter. Kinda reminds me of a Normal Rockwell. Some of these point & shoot cameras can take really great pictures.

I can't attach the file. I guess it's too big or I'm out of space, I don't know which. I'll look into it. For now I've put it up on google's picasa. Sorry about the extra click required.

Greta's Norman Rockwell

 

[Must Dash]

This is not a great piece of photography, but it's one of my favorites anyway. I was under the waterfall when I saw the monk with the camera. I managed to swim across the rock pool, get out, dash over to my bag, open it, fire up the camera and take the photo just before he walked off.

Cheers

Jeremy

(taken near Luang Prabang, in Laos, August 2007)

 

[neilxvx]

This is an old pictures that I took with my dad's old Canon 35mm.

I simply love it because it happens to be my dad and my little brother. My dad re-married and had another kid, in case you were wondering (and I'm only 20.)

It's just a "cute" picture I reckon, plus I love my little brother to pieces.

 

[neilxvx]

For all the photographer's out there in B&B land How about posting your personal best photo to date... I don't have a digital camera, but I have a lot of photos on CD's as soon as I can track mine down, I'll edit this post. The idea is to post the picture you're proudest of. If this has been done here before, somebody just wag your finger at me and point me to the thread. If not maybe we could make it an annual event.

This shot was taken on Easter 2003 at the Jewel box in Forest Park. The camera, a Canon EOS Rebel Ti with a Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens and a skylight filter.

The reason I picked this picture is that it surprised me. I had just gotten the camera, and was really only playing around with it, trying to figure it out. It is my first SLR. This was a candid shot, my daughter was looking out over the fountain with her back to me. I called her name and shot the pic just as she turned around. She didn't have any idea she was going to get her picture taken so it wasn't posed at all.

Your daughter is adorable!

 

[Black Adder]

Your wife is beautiful.

Don

 

[Hobbesoxon]

Your wife is beautiful.

Don

The camera does not do her justice, sir! I shall pass on your compliment.


Toodlepip,

Hobbes