The Best Picture You've Ever Taken. Ever.

but here are two series of pics that I think contain some of the best ones I've taken..

Graffiti in Reykjavík, Iceland Interior, and the party pics in the London link -- respectively.

http://www.mackron.com/summertrip2004/iceland/graffiti/
http://www.mackron.com/summertrip2004/iceland/outside/
http://www.mackron.com/summertrip2004/london/

The Tracer/Gareth pic may be the best of all of them...

I must agree. :-)

I hope to finally get a digital camera later this year. Of the pictures I've taken in my life, I like quite a few but none ever have truly captured the moment as it stood.

http://www.giganticmag.com/photos/04_%20002.jpg

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/ggbridgefog.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/sunlightmuirwoods.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/sangregoriostatebeach.jpg

is a favorite recent one

but

http://www.jginvesting.com/ohmygod.jpg

might be the best i've ever taken of a person. maybe not the best formally, but my favorite anyway.

Not the best, but a damn fine one.

here are a few of my faves from that set.

http://www.art-ificial.com/protest/images/01-sexy-sax.jpg

http://www.art-ificial.com/protest/images/05-bear-bike.jpg

http://www.art-ificial.com/protest/images/08-dark-cop.jpg

http://www.art-ificial.com/protest/images/13-hugging.jpg

will look for more pix at home.

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0412_westham/sunset_pylon.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0410_london/oldstreetrainbow2.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0408_london/sevensistersroad/vapourtrail1.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0408_london/crystalpalace/tvtowerandsphynx.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/carousel.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/rockaway2.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/leysdown6.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/settle.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/oceancity.jpg

http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/leeds1.jpg

brighton, rockaway beach, leysdown, settle, ocean city, leeds

don't hide away

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Last Sat I got myself a model and shot off all my ideas I haven't been able to realise without one :)

http://photos4.flickr.com/5323295_2555a3038e.jpg
a picture i took from my uncle's flat in hong kong.. i love the way the cars just blend into streams of light

my favourite of gareth's is of rockaway beach, tho the brighton carousel horses is a close second.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/digi1small.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/wall2.jpg

I just want everyone to know that the above picture of charlton lido and I actually represents, for my part at least, an attempt at "doing a Good Charlotte"

I am very proud of this photo, of Dave McComb fronting the Triffids at a gig in 1989 (I think). I was holding the camera above my head all gig, and only a few shots worked but this one worked beautifully.

One of my fave digital pix, in conrast - driving down St Kilda Rd Melboure - arts centre spire to the left.

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/yourvictims/bagtreescreen.jpg

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/yourvictims/trustjesusfar.jpg

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/yourvictims/055.jpg

Be careful what you wish for! I've been lecturing at various Camera Clubs in my city since I shot it.

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maybe there could be a wiki page.

Okay, here goes.

http://kateobriencreative.com/fragonard.gif
Here's the original image by Fragonard

http://kateobriencreative.com/figure1.jpg
I started by painting a backdrop, nothing special just a lot of mottled paint on board.

http://kateobriencreative.com/figure2.jpg
This is the basic setup without the model in the shot. You can see how gaudy and gross it looks before I processed it. That's about $15 worth of artificial roses and Spanish moss.

This is the unedited image. When I took it into processing, basically I made the contrast really low and adjusted the colour temp a lot higher than usual. I also messed the with luminance channel, which is why her skin has that porcelain look about it.

Cropped, processed.

There's a lighting diagram.

The end.

Hmmm...image limit.

I'll try again.

http://kateobriencreative.com/figure3.jpg
This is the unedited image. When I took it into processing, basically I made the contrast really low and adjusted the colour temp a lot higher than usual. I also messed the with luminance channel, which is why her skin has that porcelain look about it.

http://kateobriencreative.com/figure4.jpg
Cropped, processed.

http://kateobriencreative.com/lightingdiagram.jpg
There's a lighting diagram.

Bloody well done, my dear. Bloody well done.

Love the way you got the same effect from a flower as the original did from a flying bird. Better, almost -- what is the bird doing in that original painting? Is it going to kiss her? Unlikely. It's about to smash pointy-beak-first into her face, looks like. Is this a blind bird?

Anyway, the flower makes more sense.

The "after" photo of that painting:

http://www.cnn.com/resources/potd/1999/03/31/top.fabio.bird.jpg

Heh. The name of the original is, "Jeune Fille délivrant un oiseau de sa cage" which I think roughly translates as Young Girl putting her bird back in it's cage :)

Isn't that an artificial bird in the photo?

Yeah. I was kind of disorganized with that shoot and had to rely on what could be found down at the mall which was...not exactly what I had in mind. If I'd planned ahead, I could've bought a taxidermy canary on ebay :)

Oh, I thought it was just a wonky white rose.

Nah, just a retarded plastic bird with a feather stuck on it.

Kind of kills the mood right?

Kate's photo is amazing.

^

It's gorgeous.

2 recent fave's
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2879656444_36aebe4403.jpg
&
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2833207930_369654cd5d.jpg
have a look
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carljgodwin/

who took the gareth phonefusion photo? that has to be one of the best pictures that's ever been taken by anyone. ever.

The match in the air photo is very nice, how did you do that?

quickly, I'm gonna guess

All I did was have the match on the end of a pin, (which I removed in PS as that's all I can do with it) a lighter underneath the head of match to ignite without striking it out of shot, all against a black background.

Simple really ;)

was very bored that day!

did you guess it right, kenan?

yeah that is really beautiful Kate!

I am very sneakily attempting to add not goodwin as a flickr contact in hopes that I can get access to a larger version of the match to use as desktop pic.

Kate's pic is exceedingly good, but is it really better than the rest of her grade-A+ oeuvre? That's a hard call.

I know, I looked at her other stuff and its all really, really good.

you've been added libcrypt, sneakily steal away!

Thanks, but you don't upload the big versions to Flickr, do you?

Kate's got the lot, really - the compositional sense, the lighting, the costume and set design, rapport with the subjects, PS skills. It puts us poor snappers to shame!

Funny how I was falling over myself to contribute to this thread 2-3 years ago before I had any idea what I was doing (or while I didn't really have access to my old film stuff). And I wish I hadn't chosen photos of Ava either, cos I should probably keep that to the Parenting thread. And yet, all the best pictures remain those of the kids...

Never mind.

Here's a little macro shot (cheap extension tubes and a £5 zoom lens) from about a year ago:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/2061131158_8f27ac5cb2.jpg

And this is what the Friday evening commute feels like...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2896163891_cccaa486d9.jpg

Kate's photos always amaze me.

And Kenan, I can't see your Big Dipper, but I have a lot of lint on my monitor.

The Big Dipper is really what makes that photo.

Kate's work = full of win

jaymc = hemispherist

thread crashed my chrome >:[ but never mind

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/264308426_f4ece3396d.jpg

http://www.mullsports.com//images/mountain_halfsize.jpg

my IR attempt, original no processing

I still love that, even though I never did follow up on my initial impulse to get an IR filter.

libcrypt, i always upload original, what do i need to do so you can get original size?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2468342552_66a8170986.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2067/2468322402_c3b980436b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2459759680_44a9a78cba.jpg

I took a lot of amazing pictures in Egypt a few years ago with this digital camera that made everything look like old photos from the 70s, but I ran out of space on flickr and dont have the funds to renew my account this year...

The Big Dipper is really what makes that photo.

Well... I'll say this. Once you see it, you can't un-see it. It adds.

This is from Dragoncon two years ago. Pretty funny.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/carrot.jpg

goodwin/libcrypt: sometimes you can only download larger sizes if you are mutually friended - are you?

I think we are mutually friended. Who do you have set for being allowed to download yr stuff, under account -> privacy and permissions?

I'll add you as a friend, even though you've never bought me a drink!

http://richardgin.org/

possible current champion on the first page

my camera has started fucking up in interesting ways:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/2999302518_b20360d1bb.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2999287350_5b8fa617a3.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2998449919_6f2f25f135.jpg?v=0

The more I look at this one, the more I like it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3192749885_05c98308c3_b.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BY9wu5xIYAAPX-8.jpg:large snapped this on my phone this evening from my office window- love how the lights in my office happen to be parallel with with the sunrays

This was taken towards the end of the day at Columbiabad outdoor pool in Berlin. There's a long queue to get up to the 10m board and the next person isn't allowed to climb until the person on the board has jumped. Some people climb up with bravado or hope but change their minds when they get there. Some take two or three minutes to jump when they do arrive at the edge eliciting groans from those waiting. Watching people jump off the 10m board becomes both addictive and hypnotic. This being Germany, on the whole people are not particularly kind to those that take a long time. On the other hand, this being Neukolln it doesn't feel particularly German. At least half of the people at this pool are not German and most of those are middle eastern. This wee guy (maybe 10 or 12) took longer than anyone and spent a good 4-5 minutes walking to the board-edge and back then back to the edge. Finally (but not) he decides to climb back down the ladder eliciting a massive groan from the crowd. The groan makes him change his mind and he walks to the edge, has one wobble then goes for it. I can't believe I managed to actually capture him in mid-air.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/57gfzxo3td89lcq/IMG_1087.jpg?raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sar7pivmbnws9b3/IMG_1090.jpg?raw=1

the figure almost looks drawn-on to the surface, no?