What's your own personal favorite photo from the last year?

katiemaloe

What is your own favorite photo that you took in 2009? It doesn't have to be technically brilliant or prize winning, just the picture that you like looking at the most. Whatever floats your own little boat!

here is my favorite...

humberklog

pullandbang

I'd say this one for me. It's the one I put in the Photo Yearbook and it's a place I love. It's also a time of day and time of year that I love - Duck season

Silverfish

Oh gosh cowmouse, I love that guy!

I'm kinda not sure about posting this one, but its definitely the picture I most enjoy looking at. Its a photo of my mum who passed away about 3 months after the photo was taken, so its the last one I have of her.

duffarama

This is probably my favourite of the year, it's not particularly special, was just sitting in a café with my girlfriend in Paris wasting time before heading to the airport and trying to take decent pictures in between sips of coffee.

PCPhoto

just to bring it to the attention of people posting pics here.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055786340

Nforce

Creamy Goodness

mainly because of the person who was with me that night.

Fenster

The last photo of my kids together that I took before I left the U.S. (I.E., the last time I saw them):

Kintarō Hattori

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/4126715876/in/set-72157622542678723

I'm most happy with the above as it wasn't planned. I met a friend for coffee and whipped the camera out for one or two shots as we talked.

melekalikimaka

Fenster wrote: »

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Fenster

melekalikimaka wrote: »

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Which one?

AnCatDubh

This I personally really liked but others didn't appear to 'get' it. I probably have an emotional attachment to the place which greatly clouds my appreciation of it.



Anyhow, as someone didn't 'get' it, I never enlarged it to A0 to put in the frame which is still waiting on me to pick something that would look good enlarged. Ach, I'll get around to it eventually.

Nice idea for a thread.

pixbyjohn

My fav.

Agapanthus

Mycroft H

First roll of film i ever took and it turned out cool i think. I now have a second film camera

GavinZac

It was hard to chose because obviously, personal favourites tend to draw from memories, and to be honest it's been a tough year, very few times are free from some sort of worry or frustration. However, I've picked this one:



of two of my friends dancing along during the flash mob in Cork earlier this year. I knew they were around and got some very nice shots while looking for them. I eventually found them and while this shot isn't technically great or composed very well, its the one that I enjoy the most. I'm really glad of the flash mob as I think it is one of the few things completely unsullied by the tribulations of the rest of my life this year, despite its motivations.

njburke

This is the one that stands out for me from last year, family trip to the circus.

Freddie59

I like this one. Sand sculptor in Albufeira, Portugal.

trooney

I really like this one. Just cos.

maddogcollins

My personal favourite from the year. Hard to choose when you look back over them. Each photo can have a different meaning, and I am sure if I was in a different mood today I could pick a different photo.

chevron

Not that i have taken all that many that i am happy enough to share but i think is my favorite of mine of 2009.



STX-1n fuji free film No PP done.

rgiller

I like it anyway

dudara

Again, like a lot of posters, this holds great memories for me. Our trip to the Grand Canyon...

sineadw

My sis, on the nicest day out of the year

thebaz

this image grew on me slowly, staring into the sea on a wet afternoon in Tramore - looking for inspiration and hope and answers in a very difficult year (certainly for me)

joeKel73

For me it'll have to be this one of the Volvo Ocean Race opening cermony in Galway. Needs to be seen in a full 1.5m wide print really... it's made up of about nine 10MP images so lots of detail there (about 90MP! ).

I have to pick this one as it won me my first ever digital SLR (Nikon D60) with 18-55mm VR lens. :cool: Then from selling prints of it since then I've managed to pick up a few more lenses (Sigma 70-300 and Nikon 35mm f1.8) and pay off the end of my student loan before starting back in September... so happy out!!

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PaulieC

I think this one would be my favourite. To me it captures the very essence of my daughter as I see her

Tzetze

I think it'll be a while before I better this one...

homerun_homer

neilthefunkeone

In no way as good as the previous or what will follow me...
Still learning to use my camera.

DaireQuinlan

oh dear ... just the one ....
Probably this one. Predictably enough it's of my son. Quite apart from that though it was my first few rolls of Ektar which I overdeveloped by accident which gave it a weird but gorgeous colour cast, and my then new Helios 44 which rapidly became my favourite portrait lens.

Deliverance XXV

For me it has to be this one - I just love this place and this is my favourite shot from all shots taken here.

Johnnio13

This is the life

peter1892

This one - partly because I relaly like the shot but also because of the effort involved in getting back to this place having walked around the upper lake at Glendalough (to the miners village then up and over the Spinc).

katiemaloe

Its so lovely to see everyones favorite pictures and the little stories behind some of them I am familiar with the work of some of the posters here and its interesting to see their favorite pictures, compared to what would by my favorite picture of theirs. Cheers for joining in everyone- looking forward to seeing more favorite photos being posted....

Covey

That one of yours, Katie, is one of my favorite shots I've seen posted on boards

PopeBuckfastXVI

The one I'm the most happy with is my entry to the 'Titles' boards challenge. Mainly because it came out exactly how I saw it in my head first. Ironically pix.ie tells me the setup shot is a 'better' picture, based on it's rating system!

DK32

Very hard to pick one to be honest.

I picked this picture for several reasons, mainly because it has a very special place in my heart. It's the first year that my girls have been able to truly appreciate a trip home to see their grandparents. I grew up just a 40 minute drive from here and despite living & making my home in Ireland, this will always be my true home.
The Lavender Plateau and it's surrounding region is one of my favorite places in the world. The smell of the Lavender fields throughout May & June is intoxicating and visually stunning at the same time.

katiemaloe

Covey wrote: »

That one of yours, Katie, is one of my favorite shots I've seen posted on boards

Thanks very much Covey- I really appreciate that

eas

Still love that shot Covey.


I'd hate to call favorites......but this is one of mine from 09.

CabanSail

This is probably my favourite for the year.




It is soft, it has faults, but I just love the feel of it. There is also the fact that it captures the nature of Lucia so well. She is a delightful child & loves to make up games & live in the moment. That is what she is doing here with just a few dried leaves as toys.

projectmayhem

Hard to choose as 2009 was my first year actually trying to take photos and owning a proper camera. Flicking through my catalogue was a nice reminder of the year. Wasn't as bad as I thought it was. But my first ever photowalk, and one of my first ever proper meet-ups with mainly internet peoples was the Scott Kelby photowalk in Dublin and though there's probably better pics from the day in my library, this one kind of sums up how good that day was, messing around with other photogs..

ColmDawson

My favourite from 2009:

superflyninja

This one taken in Rome. Mainly because of the street it was taken on and the circumstances

xia

Sorry for posting this again...but this is the one that came to my mind without even looking through all my pictures. Probably because it's so different to my usual "style" where I think you always can see the accountant in me - which might be boring for some (me inclusive sometimes) :rolleyes:

This is more artistic and something I was hoping for but didn't expect this result when I took it. Saw quite a few pictures of the show but all taken with a SLR where you can see every detail in the artist...boring;)

swingking

Loved going to New York this year; so want to go back

Morrisseeee

My cheeky twosome, enough said !

gandalf

Favourite of the year is this one.

Hugh_C

For me, 2009 was a year of change for all sorts of reasons. I think this picture represents a turning point in my photography, technically imperfect but hey! I like it:

stray hair, model ciara d, photo hugh_c

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Jim

Only started taking photos in September not don't have many to pull from, but this is probably my favourite. It was at a Street Fighter IV tournament I travelled to Belfast for. The match in question was the most intense match of Street Fighter I've probably ever seen, such excellent play from both. When it was finally over you can see the exhaustion from both players, the winner and loser. Was glad I captured the moment (although I wish the background player was more in shot!)

Covey

Interesting post.. most maybe all ? are not in the boards book and are probably more interesting than whats in there (incl my own) !