Official photo contest thread
 

Post up your best / favorite shot taken in 2010.

Any subject.

2 entry's can be submitted per photographer.

Contest closed as of Dec. 31st, 2010.

Voters can vote for their 3 favorite shots. Point values will be 5 points for a 1st place vote, 3 points for a 2nd place vote & 1 point for a 3rd place vote.

Voting will begin on Jan.1st and end on Jan.10th 2011.

Post them up boys and girls.

hmmmm....not sure exactly which 2 to post up. not being cocky thinking i have too many good ones...i just can't pick out ones that y'all would appreciate more. haha!

Haha, me to Joe, I could go with wake and be safe but my strength is Wildlife but most of the photogs here don't shoot much N&W. What to do:confused:

Ok I'll start it, going N&W.

Here are 2 in my collection for 2010...
Attachment 10597

Attachment 10598

Nice shots!! Randy that first one is sick. Love the silhouette Josh.

I'll play:

Randy- Love the Great Blue Heron. Nice Shot!

Thanks Peter, your 2nd shot is $$$.

Foster Puppies
 

Some puppies we fostered from our local Humane Society

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/...3da87844_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/...c3b7d9fd_b.jpg

http://www.wakeskating.com/media/dat...wakeworld1.jpg
http://www.wakeskating.com/media/data/500/SMA09153.jpg

Hopefully I will get some votes from Stanford fans! :D

Haven't posted much on here in a while, but I'll play along.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swannick/4377524825/" title="Peaking Through by swan.nick, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4377524825_947cdfdb2d_z.jpg?zz=1" width="423" height="640" alt="Peaking Through" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swannick/4852178926/" title="An Edgefield Sunset by swan.nick, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4852178926_e6eba6ced9_z.jpg" width="640" height="423" alt="An Edgefield Sunset" /></a>

Love this shot Bakes, looks like it was taken from Little Si?

Photos of Alex Scagliotti taken by Angie Higham

Lake Mohave
 

Sunset

My Fav's from this last year

forgot to attach them...

Almost missed this, glad I stopped by. Great shots everyone!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/...a52c7f4c_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/...054327f2_b.jpg

Daddy the sky is on Fire!!

Well, I have been going back and forth on wether or not to post some photos for the contest but then I decided that I should probably post them since they aren't doing any good on my hard drive not being seen. Here are my favorite photos of 2010 that didn't get published. Enjoy!

I'm just getting started with photography... but I'll throw this one in...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richphelps/5191132312/" title="The Night is Alive by ɥɔıɹ, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5191132312_ce9ce097fa_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="The Night is Alive" /></a>

and while it may not be the best photo ever, I'm obligated to post this one of my brand new baby boy...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richphelps/5250057403/" title="Hand-made hats by ɥɔıɹ, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5250057403_5cb270214b_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Hand-made hats" /></a>

i guess i missed the deadline? for some reason, i thought i had until midnight tonight.

Joe it's still Dec. 31st, you still have until midnight tonight. Knowing you, I just thought you would wait until 11:59 to post:D;)

One more from me.

Ryan,

I love the look of those shots!

One of these days could you share your PP techniques?

Thanks Rich! Glad you like them. As far as PPing goes. It's pretty simple. Import into computer, minor contrast bump, export.

P.S. Rich! Love your two as well! Congrats on the kid!

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Maybe it's the lighting, those have a really nice non digital look to them, especially #1. Which body are you using?

damn....lots of good shots above.

Thanks! I am currently using a Nikon D700, yet I recently grabbed a D7000 for the video which seems to be working better than I expected. Both of these photos had a lot of things that had to come together perfectly in order for them to happen. Lighting, timing, and riding. As well as chase boat driving and people to hold strobes etc. Definitely two of my most memorable shoots of the year.

Damn, some really good shots, thanks for playing. Voting is open, vote for your 3 favorite shots, list them as 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Voting will close at midnight Jan. 10, 201

Randy

Thank you sir! Just spent some time on your site... You do some good work!

We can vote now right?

#1 Riley's second shot.

# 2 Ryan Taylor's first shot.

#3 Joe's second shot.



Rich (digg311) I really like your first shot.

This was tough just getting down to 6.

1. Scott a. Bridge shot. Like- Composition, B&W, overall great shot.
2. Ryan Taylor rail shot. Like - Lighting, composition, sharp. Dope press.
3. Riley 1st shot. Like - Lighting, overall feel, sickshot.

Honorable mention (my next 3 favorites)
Walt's water truck. I love long exposure light painting.
Rich Dykmans Ski shot. Sharp, sharp, sharp.
Peter Twelker's 2nd shot. Hard to get a good into the sun shot, well done.

Lot's of great shots, thanks for playing.

Randy

Tough to pick a top three, but here's what I narrowed mine to:

1. Scott a.- 1st shot
2. Ryan T.- 1st shot
3. Walt- 1st shot

1. Peter T's top one
2. J Jakober's Glass shot!!!
3. Riley's Top one.

It's kind of an apples/oranges thing for me... just because they're all such different subject matter. But...

1. Ryan T. - 1st shot - Rail
2. Walt - shot 1 - Car
3. Riley - shot 1 - Winchin'

Honorable mention for me... Jakobers explosives! and Rich's ski shot. (Damn dude, that is sharp focus!)

Next year, I'ma try to put up a little more of a fight with my submissions. Great work guys!!

scott a's 1st shot -hard for one to not pick this shot...it was film!
scott a's 2nd shot
ryan t's 1st shot

1. Rich (first shot)
2. Da Kid (Second shot)
3. Walt ( Car shot)

Great job, you guys really know how to capture it all.

1) Ryan's first
2) Walt's first
3) Joe's 2nd

this was hard with so many different kinds of pictures

1st-scott a 1st shot.
2nd-ryans 1st shot
3rd-rich 1st shot

Chris, we have 2, Rich Dykmans & Rich Digg311, Which one is your pick?

Sorry. diggs long exposure

Ryan T 2nd Shot, I know A LOT had to come together to get that! Shooting Dubs ain't as easy as it seems ad 2 flashes into that and that was some work.

Walt 1st Shot Like how raw it looks

Joe's Basketball shot like the look of it

1. Ryan T's second shot
2. diggs331 first shot
3. Jumalian first shot

this is what i came up with:

individual

1. ryan 1st pic = 23
2. scott 1st pic = 20
3. walt 1st pic = 11
4. ryan 2nd pic = 10
5. rich digg 1st pic = 9
6. joe 2nd pic = 6
7. riley 2nd pic = 5
8. peter 1st pic = 5
9. riley 1st pic = 3
10. jakober 1st pic = 3
11. scott 2nd pic = 3
12. joe 1st pic = 1


combined score

1. ryan = 33
2. scott = 23
3. walt = 11
4. rich digg = 9
5. riley = 8
6. joe = 7
7. peter = 5
8. jakober = 3

Damn..I forgot to vote...I suck :-(