What Was Your Most Significant Shot Of 2013?

Rob MacKillop said:
Well, I've had a fink. I've tried a lot of experimental stuff this year, and got one or two worthwhile images out of it. And I've tried shooting medium format film, instant film and even HDR techniques and editing. And I got a couple of worthwhile images there too. But I've chosen this simple shot, because it reminds me that sometimes a quick snap with any camera can capture a moment which will be gone in an instant - something the camera does better than any other tool.

I don't know who the cyclist is, but I saw him coming, and within two seconds saw the trajectory of where he would be, and what the overall shot would be: an old man, bathed in sunlight, about to enter the shadows...The "camera du jour" happened to be an Olympus Trip with some HP5. It's far from being the most technically perfect shot, but it is one which, as I look through my collection, speaks to me today.

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My kind of picture, like it a lot. No need to say more.
 
Chris Dodkin said:
Given that it's that time of year when we look back and review the last twelve months - how about posting your most significant shot from the last year?

Might be your best, might be the one others liked most, or that captured a key moment for you that defined the year.

Might be the first shot with a new camera, the moment you discovered film, your first Polaroid.

Post away - we've had so many great shots posted, a little retrospective will make for great viewing. :)
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A very good idea. Needs some time.
 
Dave Green said:
I'll do a work shot and a me shot.

Work, but not taken while at work:
This one pretty much sums up the fantastic Summer of sporting photo ops. My town winning the FA Cup, Rugby League Challenge Cup, Super league Trophy, and Northern Rail Cup. Pity I'm not a sports fan I suppose LOL. Having my photo book published and sold in Waterstones was a real buzz :)

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And on a non work front:
Discovering the Fuji GS654S and also introducing my youngest daughter to photography - this shot covers both :)

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There is a certain feature likeness I think. Well chosen.
 
Dan Cattermole said:
Just had a look through my library.
I'm going to nominate this photo as my most significant. Tough Guy 26th January 2013 was one of my biggest achievements I have physically done. It has a sentimental value to me despite the lack of thought behind the photo comp itself. I took an indestructible Fujifilm XP around with me to try get as much as I could, however, trying to keep alive was more of a priority than getting the camera out....
We had hail, mud, sludge, ice, freezing ponds/moats to swim through, electric fences, barbed wire, obstacle courses the size of multi story car parks, diving boards, barrel dunks, and much more to name within the painstaking 8 mile trawl dripping wet reaching closer to hypothermia than anyone could ever anticipate......... But I did it, and have the medal to prove it.
So yeah, I vouch this one to be significant to me.


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A very good one Dan. Did you bring Ivar?
 
Glenn Clabo said:
Very difficult to pick one of my own photo's. The reactions to all of them I've posted and people have seen have been mixed...both good and bad.
I went through many of them and keep coming back to one. On strictly a personal basis...Chessie brings back the saddest and happiest times of last year.
So in one (not even the best technically) picture...this is mine.

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There is love there, one can tell. Lovely portrait of a love one.
 
Brian Moore said:
As I reviewed my library of images I didn't get very far before seeing what I had to post. However, I'm posting two images, the first because it was a big and joyous moment for our family and the second because it is related to the first, but in a strange and meaningful way.

Image one: Caiti's graduation from UC Riverside. We were pretty far back in the crowd (but at least we had seats) and I was using my Canon 7D with the Tamron 18-270. I kept taking practice shots, anticipating the moment Caiti would get the congratulatory handshake and diploma. It just so happened that a lovely shaft of sunlight poked through to the spot where I anticipated she would just be turning to face the audience, and I was just hoping that the light wouldn't change before she got to that spot. I got lucky!


Image two: In the garage I had discovered an old cheap plastic point and shoot a day or so before Caiti's graduation. I hadn't laid eyes on this thing in a decade I don't suppose. There was film in it, too! So, I figured I'd use up the roll, get it developed and see what, if anything, the film revealed. I packed it in my camera bag and took it with me to Riverside when we went up there for Caiti's graduation. I used up the remaining frames on the roll while wandering around the UCR campus prior to the graduation ceremony. When I got the pictures developed a couple of days later I discovered this double exposure. The girl is Caiti. At about 12 years old we think. She is wearing the warm up suit of the dance company she belonged to at the time. In the background is one of the pictures I took on graduation day while wandering about. It is the building that houses the performing arts and dance studios at UC Riverside. Coincidence...?o_O
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She shines on both and on the first one, she's outstanding.....
 
Chris Dodkin said:
Here's mine

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This was a turning point for me - my first weekend with the Blad - we were attending a family wedding, and I decided I'd bring it along and shoot some photos.

This was on the first roll - I knew I'd have to be quick, so a chose a point on the pavement, focussed on that, and waited for the father and bride to hit their spot.

Something about the Zeiss lenses, the TMAX, and the Blad - they create their own special look

As soon as the film came back from the lab, I was sold - best camera/lenses I've ever owned, and a pleasure to use
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Just beautiful at a significant moment. I wonder why I sold my Hassle.
 
Larry Bolch said:
Lake Louise in Banff National Park, is probably one of the most photographed landscapes in the World. However, while driving there, at 6,000 feet altitude, we ran into snow. At the lake. I was presented with a scene that included a blizzard across the lake, and blue sky right beside it. Breaks in the clouds flooded the mountainsides with sunlight, while forest in the shade was extremely dark. Impossible dynamic range. I ran a ±3.0 auto-bracket and used the new HDR functions in Photoshop CC. Thus, a whole new view of a scene much photographed.

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Just great. Mine from the same place hide in shame.
 
Pete Askew said:
I think mine will probably have to be…

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This is ever so beautiful and so calm. And it's not just the main subject; the immediate environment of window, heater, wardrobe etc take on some beauty of their own as they bathe in that soft and warm light.
The brand on her skirt keeps catching my eye though but that is just me being a pain in the a***. 10 out of 10 here.
 
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