Photographers: Post your BEST SHOTS OF 2006!

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: shuttleboi

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Had a pretty good year.

#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10

This is me

I take it you are a professional photographer? Awesome work. Do you have your own studio?

Had a cafe that I was using as a studio, but I'm currently studioless. In search mode.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I was asked earlier for non-Photoshopped versions of my four original photos.

Here they are (cropped):

Text
Text
Text
Text

VERSUS

Text
Text
Text
Text

 

[SKC]

I have a number I haven't uploaded, but a few favorites right now.

Walking down California St., San Francisco

Also walking down California. Though there are definitely problems within our country, there's no denying she still looks good.


BTW - Santorini is gorgeous. I was fortunate enough to visit last year, and I decided then that I'd have some kind of base of operations there when I go multinational

 

[shuttleboi]

Some more stuff:

Packard building, Stanford

San Fran skyline from the Metreon

Cowgirl repainted using photoshop

Slanted building

Books with tabs (scanned from film)

Bottles (scanned from film)

SF in B&W

 

[ballmode]

i love these threads

 

[Zenmervolt]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/zenmervolt/tree.jpg

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/zenmervolt/Space-Needle.jpg

A100, kit lens (18-70mm, explains the CA that you see in the Space Needle shot).

ZV

 

[soydios]

Here's some of my shots. All Pictures were taken with a Nikon D50 with the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. All images are a straight RAW file from the camera, exported to JPEG from Adobe Lightroom.

Replica Shelby Cobra. It is my opinion that it has to be one of the sexiest cars ever made. A polarizing filter was used.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6311/cobra1do7.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5555/cobra2bj7.jpg

A golf course at 6:15am. It was really fvcking cold. This picture was for my photo class, and we did up the contrast in Photoshop, but I haven't brought the file home yet.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5114/frostgh5.jpg

One of my first night shots. This could use a fair amount of processing (lighten the foreground, darken the sky to get more color, etc.), but I don't have Photoshop yet (it's on the wishlist, along with a pair of better lenses).
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7102/nighthv3.jpg

The Marriott at the San Diego Convention Center. Again, this is straight out of the camera, with no filters. I don't think I would process it much, if it all.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4416/sunsetfl0.jpg

 

[forrestroche]

Tons of nice photos here.

The Santorini pics stand out for me (lots of others too - Mr. Wongs, for example). I am convinced now of the importance of processing. I will read up on it and start shooting manual too.

Here are a few of mine. Keep in mind they are from total amateur right out of the camera. Not much merit since they were all taken on automatic (except I disable the flash). Edit: taken on Canon s200 Elph - just a crappy 2.0 mp point and shoot.

Riga, Latvia
Sigulda, Latvia
Muhu Island, Estonia
Tallin - Raekoja Platz, Estonia

Thanks to everyone for sharing.

 

[RossGr]

Grand Canal, Dublin Ireland

Heceta Head Oregon

Shore Acres Park, Coos Bay Oregon

There are a lot of very nice pics in this thread.

 

[blurredvision]

Eh, what the hell, I'll post a couple two or three. I haven't picked up my camera at all, though, since I moved 3 months ago. I need to take more pics.

MY FAVORITE OF 2006

'my excellent compatriot eyes - Took this behind the work dumpster. He's our little friend that scavages any food scraps we stick in there. Needless to say, we treat him well . A little PP done to sharpen the eyes to bring them out, and adjusted white balance to soften the leaves.

2006 RUNNERS-UP

Two-tone Sunset - I took this on Jan. 28th, 2006, next to my apartment building. The color is what attracted me. This pic is pretty much straight out of the camera, with little to no PP.

Marigold - I haven't taken many flower pics, but this is my favorite. A little PP done to bring out color.

Natural Bridge, Slade, KY - The trail leading back down from the Natural Bridge.

I've got a lot more that are favorites of mine from this year, but no sense in flooding them all on here. I think everyone needs to pick the one picture that they claim as their best, then post others to round out their favorites.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I shoot in Manual mode or in Aperture Priority mode. I know where my lenses are sharpest. So I set the aperture as the contant and adjust shutte speed accordingly.

I also shoot in RAW+JPEG(S) to get the most flexibility.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Some more. You guys probably already have seen these:

Chicago Vertical Night Pano

Mesa Arch at Sunrise

Friend

Howdy

Rialto Beach

Hanjin

Chameleon

i really like that hanjin one!

 

[Geocentricity]

Sunrise from the Pacific Coast from Green Island, Taiwan..... or a nuke test!

 

[JackBurton]

I'm going to have to visit this thread when I get home.

 

[Feldenak]

Going through my pictures....I came across this one and for some reason I really like it.

 

[scott916]

Taken at Laguna Seca at the Monterey Sports Car Championship. The car is a GT2 class Ferrari F430.

Text

 

[czech09]

Damn we definitely have some excellent photographers on this board! Keep it up guys!

 

[ForumMaster]

my first:

000_0010.JPG

from the 2003 blizzard.

i also like this one:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/ForumMaster/pic2.jpg

 

[aleckz]

georgetown1
georgetown2
Georgetown3
lincoln

Didn't want to resize them D: Just pictures taken with a sony cybershot.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I was asked earlier for non-Photoshopped versions of my four original photos.

Here they are (cropped):

Text
Text
Text
Text

VERSUS

Text
Text
Text
Text

thanks! what did you do to the last pic to make it look so much better? The post-processing results of the last pic is especially outstanding

 

[randomlinh]

my sexy ass

I've been slacking the past several months... I have no creativity in me.

 

[imported_Snagle]

Well, I've taken over 37,000 pictures this year, I should really go over them and make a "Best of" gallery and wallow in myself but I have finals next week so....that'll have to wait

Not my favorite, but it ended up getting printed the most times

 

[Anubis]

One
Two
Three

so many more that i want to post, someoen but me a negative scanner that can scan 2 1/4

Four
five

 

[Mrvile]

Mine...

Jumper
Grasshopper
Fly
Dragonfly
Beetle

 

[RapidSnail]

*woops*