Your favorite/best photograph

[michaelbialecki]

Hello everybody,
I am interested to see your favorite/best photo that you have taken and to know why you like it. I am surprised sometimes when other photographers see my photographs and comment on photos that I am not very fond of...anyways, let's see what you have and why you like it. I know that we have many favorites and such, but what photo of yours really stands out to you, and why......

Cheers, Michael

[michaelbialecki]

The photo below was taken about 30 seconds after a terrorist bomb attack that I just so happened to find myself in. I like the photo because I still can't believe that I was able to shoot under those circumstances and concentrate on focusing, metering, composing and everything else that was going through my head at that moment. I like the effect of the slow shutter speeds (blur/movement) and the fact that this and some others led me to being signed by my agency (Gamma).....
(edit) it was taken with a Leica m6ttl and a 28mm elmarit (tri-x)...
(2nd edit)sorry but this is my first thread that I have posted and I didn't mean to put it in the 2008 street photography project category (sorry)
Cheers, Michael
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2097/2232399065_fca4ca1175_b.jpg

[nikonhswebmaster]

Root Beer and Eyewash...

http://www.romdog.com/wtc/wtc3/root_beer_eye_wash.jpg

[Morca007]

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4169/atdinnerbymorca007gv5.jpg

I think. I think this may be it. If you ask me tomorrow, I'll probably change my mind.

[tobyvidnes]

Difficult to say, but i guess it must be the one you will find here http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=75772&ppuser=19772 or perhaps this one http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=82115&ppuser=19772

The first one has been with me some years, the second one is a fairly fresh one. They are not totally different - I seem to always brutally cut of people's faces and make them anonymous...at least I don't need a model release to post them then;-) I think they are both very simple, but yet well composed (in mine eyes, at least:-)

Best Regards,

Toby Vidnes

[zgauthier]

Possibly probably Henry here. I made a 40" inkjet print and I stare at it all day. It was one of my really early photographs and I think I just got lucky with the composition and technical stuff.
http://zack.loseby.net/images/henry4.jpg

[chikne]

Good thread!

Matching colors with the dogs and backgrounds, but also the way they look relaxed

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/7155/still_parked.jpeg


I get more worried and shocked every time I see cops with carrying guns in London, are we going towards and extremist society? We're not there yet but we could be heading down that road...

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/7155/medium/security.jpeg


I've been having a ball lately shooting in museums, I saw this scene and thought it could make an interesting photograph with someones head. A second later someone got closer to the statues to have a closer look, I didn't know what to do so I pressed the shutter =)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/7264/medium/a_little_head.jpeg

[craygc]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/296840941_c205464b96.jpg

Because it seems about the only fine art-ish version of street/documentary work Ive managed to do. To me it has a surreal detachment from reality.

This is actually another favourite...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/299876001_86cf74940b.jpg

[bmattock]

My best photograph has yet to be taken. I hope.

My favorite photograph that I've ever taken is one that nobody - and I mean nobody - else likes.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/414322929_c49211fea8.jpg (href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wigwam/414322929/)

[JeffGreene]

Here is one of my favorites:

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd222/jgreenepa/Marsh-Creek.jpg

[agi]

http://www.alapan.com/images/122606.jpg


Here's mine...this is literally one of my very first photos with my M6. I had just received the camera and went out to the de Young Museum tower in San Francisco to test it out. I managed to capture this girl just looking out into the coming fog and view. The photo gives me a sense of calm every time I see it. This is why I fell in love with my M6. I wasn't even sure how to use it yet but I thought this photograph is just perfect.

[mfogiel]

This might not be the best one, but it gives me a certain peace of mind. Taken with a P&S SWC/M:

[Skeletor]

I like this one right now
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee182/Skeletor013/Roxy.jpg

[boy_lah]

i have many - but this is a recent fav.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2651214720_08f463d039_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glass_and_tubes/

[wray]

From a long time ago ...

http://homepage.mac.com/rayhill2/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/Skater.jpg

[direwolf101]

Here's a fairly recent fav of mine taken with CV 21/4. What I like about it is the colour, the light and the composition.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showfull.php?photo=88441

[f/stopblues]

I really wish I could post mine, but there would definitely be a castration in this household in a matter of minutes.

It's funny, all the equipment I've used and all the vision and concentration, etc.. and my favorite by far was taken on a Poloroid 600 camera while in my apartment. Things just come together sometimes.

Oh well, I'll look at it and enjoy :cool:

[swoop]

I couldn't pick just one really.

[pesphoto]

http://www.paulshelaskyphotography.com/Photos/PhotoOfWeek/Window3.jpg

[victoriapio]

Austin, Texas, during the Winogrand era

[foggie]

I'm glad this thread is back

Here's one of my favorites

http://foggie.org/pix/site/vancouverColour/66750026.JPG

[Anupam Basu]

Maybe this one. I'm not sure. I like the eye contact and the defiance in his eyes.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2299771828_3f26847351.jpg

But this recent one was very satisfying too. I have been trying to work more on my timing along with composition, and this one just fell into place.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2588755352_7a9de61829.jpg

Michael and Craig, your photos are awesome, BTW.

[f/stopblues]

This is the one I like that gets viewer response.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/449869787_3806c373a8_o.jpg


This is the one I like best (besides the one I mentioned earlier!)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/449869785_8fb6db08b3_o.jpg


Ironically, it drives me crazy when people photograph the back of their subjects. I stay away from it, but there's no faces in either of these! :bang:


<my opinions of my own photos are subject to change at any moment. in fact, they have already since I started this sentence>