Pitiful 2005 Photgraphs. - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

01/14/2006 06:48:23 PM · #1

I have been looking through the images I've taken this year that still have raw files and have come to the conclusion that my work photographic work last year was pitiful. The Best of 2004 was different because I only had a few images with raw files on hand to choose from, but I have over a thousand raw files from 2005 still on the computer and i still can't find anything I like.

Apple iPhone 5

01/14/2006 06:51:43 PM · #2

I know what you mean, I've spent a few hours scrolling up and down through Picasa, and I just can't find anything worthwhile. I'm thinking it'd be better to skip it rather than enter something last minute just for the sake of it.

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/14/2006 06:56:07 PM · #3

Originally posted by jhonan:

That's why I star my favs as I go through. If it wasn't a star it generally didn't get looked over again. I did do a once over to be sure, but only found a few, and didn't use them.

I did have a really hard time, I had to re-edit the photo to take into account everything I've learned since I joined DPC though. Feeling hopeful, but just for a good score, I probably don't have a chance for top 10 even, so I'm hoping for personal best.

Hope ya'll find yours, maybe you can find something with good composition and tweak it a little?

01/14/2006 06:59:45 PM · #4

wait - I found about a hundred more.

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 07:01:24 PM · #5

i'll put that camera to good use if you feel you aren't fit for it ;}

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/14/2006 07:04:18 PM · #6

Originally posted by nsbca7:

wait - I found about a hundred more.

These were all taken with the 300D I had, that was why they were in a different folder. Now I remember why I sold that camera. Oh well.

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

01/14/2006 07:04:23 PM · #7

My photos from 2004 are a lot more striking than my 2005 photos on the whole. I think that's because I concentrated on reportage and developing a style in 2005 whereas in 2004 I just took shots I thought other people would like.

Germaine

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/4.0L IS USM Lens

01/14/2006 07:06:59 PM · #8

I feel like this should be called Second Best of 2005 since I put my best stuff in the challenges.

01/14/2006 09:31:09 PM · #9

The positive aspect of this is I just cleared over 9 gigs of space on my HD by deleting unwanted raw files.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/14/2006 09:45:50 PM · #10

And i just checked the file info of one of the bird pictures i was about to enter and it seems that everything I shot with my 1d Mk Ii before I sold it says 2006. Nix that.

wavelength

Nikon D300

01/14/2006 10:00:54 PM · #11

Originally posted by nsbca7:

And i just checked the file info of one of the bird pictures i was about to enter and it seems that everything I shot with my 1d Mk Ii before I sold it says 2006. Nix that.

bad luck dude, my whole month of November for free study was blown because of that too.

Beagleboy

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

01/14/2006 10:04:59 PM · #12

Originally posted by BobsterLobster:

I concentrated on... developing a style in 2005 whereas in 2004 I just took shots I thought other people would like.

That's what I did too I think. Of all the shots I took in 2005, I could only find two that I thought were by far my best. Submitted one of them. I have no idea how it will score.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/14/2006 10:53:06 PM · #13

Well I found one. This years new years resolution should be to save more of my better raw files.

Message edited by author 2006-01-14 22:59:02.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

01/14/2006 10:57:51 PM · #14

I think I took my best picture of 2005 in the early afternoon of Jan. 1, 2006 : (

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 10:59:00 PM · #15

give me a break ...

Originally posted by nsbca7:

These were all taken with the 300D I had, that was why they were in a different folder. Now I remember why I sold that camera. Oh well.

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 Vario Elmar-T ASPH

01/14/2006 11:01:54 PM · #16

Originally posted by soup:

give me a break ...

Originally posted by nsbca7:
These were all taken with the 300D I had, that was why they were in a different folder. Now I remember why I sold that camera. Oh well.

Compared to the way the raw images in the other folders look taken with the 1Ds Mk II and the 1D Mk II the 300D images look pitiful. Need a break? Get a Kit-Kat.

MAK

Leica CL

01/14/2006 11:07:17 PM · #17

I let my fiancee choose this time, I chose the one for last year it was this shot of her...

I have over 200 shots left from 2005 so I could not decide so I asked her to choose, she couldnt choose from 5 she liked so i threw a dice.

01/14/2006 11:11:11 PM · #18

Originally posted by alionic:

I let my fiancee choose this time, I chose the one for last year it was this shot of her...

I have over 200 shots left from 2005 so I could not decide so I asked her to choose, she couldnt choose from 5 she liked so i threw a dice.

Cool guitar. Who made it?

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 11:32:05 PM · #19

well that's about all i can afford - i'll enjoy it.

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Compared to the way the raw images in the other folders look taken with the 1Ds Mk II and the 1D Mk II the 300D images look pitiful. Need a break? Get a Kit-Kat.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/15/2006 12:01:05 AM · #20

Originally posted by soup:

well that's about all i can afford - i'll enjoy it.

Honestly? I would too. I liked while I had it. (until the 1D Mk II came)

deapee

Kodak V803

01/15/2006 12:04:14 AM · #21

I'm not entering. My work was much too diverse to choose a 'best' from them all -- and even then, I'm afraid since I'm not from Iceland that I wouldn't place in the top 10 anyway ;)