Your ten best photos

[colinh]

I've been going through the gallery and there seem to be a lot of good photographers here, and lots of us wannabes too

Unfortunately, some people have hundreds, if not thousands of images uploaded. I can't look at them all.

How about creating a My Ten Best Photos gallery? When you get a better shot, replace one of the others - even if it's *really* good too.

Just an idea.

So, here are My Best Photos (only 5 so far).

colin

[Ash]

I managed to physically damage and ruin my best/favourite photo


I daren't tempt fate by naming another 9!

[photogdave]

Already tried something similar:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=44227
Unfortunately it wasn't the hottest thread on the board. I think the gearheads outnumber the rest of us!

[colinh]

Originally Posted by Ash

I managed to physically damage and ruin my best/favourite photo

You mean it wasn't immortalized on the web? Anyway, you're not one of the culprits.

Originally Posted by photogdave

Unfortunately it wasn't the hottest thread on the board. I think the gearheads outnumber the rest of us!

I somehow suspected that this wasn't a revolutionary idea

So, how much does your camera weigh?

colin

[sepiareverb]

I'll admit to talking gear and the technical more than design. I find the design aspects are harder to get into a written form clearly, plus I always put a lot of consideration into the size of my prints- a 14x18" print is hard to translate to the monitor.

I think any talk of design is by necessity a two-way discussion best suited to a one on one, in person session. There are always rebuttals to interrupt any discussion I have in this arena, questions answered, the whys and wherefors a particular decision was made. For me this needs to be in person with hands waving and sometimes a red crayon!

[colinh]

Originally Posted by sepiareverb

plus I always put a lot of consideration into the size of my prints- a 14x18" print is hard to translate to the monitor.

That, of course, is a very valid point. Still, to get some idea of the image, composition, lack of cropping ( ) etc. even a low-res scan is better than nothing.

Anyway, what I meant was not the posting of images, but a selection of the best that *are* posted.


colin

[ywenz]

[Creagerj]

I think its a great idea. You could set it up album style where each member is only allowed one album that holds ten pictures. Then you can view by member.

[NB23]

Not that I think that my stuff is great but I can never come up with only 1, 10 or even 20.

Can you reformulate your question and make it 100 instead? I could probably come up with my 100 personal favorites easier then only 10. After all the money that went through this photography thing it would be a shame to name only 10!

[milos]

one can be very proud if he leaves more then 5 photos which will be remembered after his/her lifetime.

After all the money that went through this photography thing it would be a shame to name only 10!

I belive that the investments you made, have absolutely nothing to do with the output (pictures)

[Mikael.N]

I think it is a good idea you dont have to flood the gallery with snapshot.10 good picture i will create a gallery with that.

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[OurManInTangier]

That's a good idea, simply because I can use my "10 Favourite/Best Gallery" as a stark reminder to keep pushing and not be lazy - I know full well that my ten ( probably less ) best images were not taken recently.

I found that with posting to the gallery I often ended up photographing things I thought would 'fit' well rather than the things that really catch my attention - hence not posting a picture in the last few months that I really give a sh*t about, a poor thing to say about ones own efforts but there's nothing to be gained from hiding from the truth.


EDIT:

Ok, I've made a "Top 10" of the year folder and I'm going to try and use that as a constant reminder to myself not to get drawn into sloppiness, laziness and 'blindness.'

Link below, 6 so far...not sure if I'll be able to get 10 images in there in a calendar year. I'll empty the album on the 31st December ( maybe sometime on the afternoon of the 1st will be more truthful ) and start afresh. These images only include those taken since 1st January this year not any that have simply been posted this calendar year.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/phot...y.php?cat=6999

[colinh]

Daniel's point and the coincidence that there are twelve months in a year suggest that the magical number 12 might be more suitable.

BTW Daniel, I think I'd quite like to see your twelve all time greatest shots. Not just the best of each month, or whatever.

As a special, special, once only exception, NB23 is allowed 16 (since they also fit on one page in gallery view).*



To try and clarify: the point is that if you have a Best Of gallery, people are *more* likely to look at all of your photos. One could even have a "...and all my other really good photos" gallery. If they were really impressed with the Best Of, then they'll want to go through all the others too.

Until someone who knows more about RFF (most of you) makes a better suggestion, I suppose one could just register one's gallery here. I.e. just say that you have one.

colin

* of course, everyone can do what they want - it was only a suggestion...

[keithwms]

Originally Posted by Ash

I managed to physically damage and ruin my best/favourite photo


I daren't tempt fate by naming another 9!

What did you do? Is it not salvageable?

[colinh]

OurManInTangier

dlridings

colinh


Feel free to quote this post, adding your gallery. Please remove the QUOTE tags.

[sbug]

Ywenz - those are some great shots you posted.

[ywenz]

Originally Posted by sbug

Ywenz - those are some great shots you posted.

thank you sir.

[iml]

I've been trying to edit down my stuff to a small "best of" for ages. I always give up, not because I think I have too much good stuff, but because I find it almost impossible to find more than 3 or 4 pictures that I'm really pleased with, so it's always a depressing experience going back through the portfolio :-)

Ian

[the_jim]

I am a gearhead, but I won't unnecessarily deliberate about my best. Here they are:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfisc...7601120391942/
I am young and have only been taking pictures for 2 years so it's easy to cull my top 10.

There have been some cool shots on this thread so far. 'The Burger Bar' by ourmanintangier, the stadium shot by ywenz, etc have really impressed me.

It's interesting that some people seem so reticent to post any pictures. I know it can be difficult to choose 10, especially if you've been at it for a long time, but it's funny that people who could so easily nit-pick the minutia of lens design are so shy about sharing the actualization of what photography is all about.

[colinh]

OurManInTangier

dlridings

colinh

the_jim


Feel free to quote this post, adding your gallery. Please remove the QUOTE tags.

[Todd.Hanz]

allright I'm in!

how do you clear your gallery here?

Todd

[Al Patterson]

I do like this idea, however at this point my 10 best photos have been taken with either a digital point & shoot or SLR. This is rangefinder forum, so until I have 10 rangefinder shots worthy of putting in a gallery here, I'll just look at what you folks think are your 10 best.

[colinh]

Originally Posted by Todd.Hanz

allright I'm in!

how do you clear your gallery here?

Todd

Can't you just create a new one?

I don't know how you can move photos from one directory to another, or if one can put one photo in different galleries without uploading it twice.

colin

[shadowfox]

OurManInTangier

dlridings

colinh

the_jim

shadowfox

Hey, even a gearhead need to come out and take some pictures sometimes

The flickr set contains what I interpret as my best according to the RFF style, my best shots in other categories would bore you guys to tears , this one would probably just make you laugh.