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 04/18/2012 02:43:05 PM · #1
in this thread post your favorite image the YOU entered in a challenge. its doesn't have to be a ribbon winner or even highscoring. just the image you like the best. You can also tell why if you wish.

Here's mine:



Message edited by author 2012-04-18 14:45:03.
 04/18/2012 02:46:35 PM · #2
I keep coming back to this one.

04/18/2012 02:48:41 PM · #3
I really liked this one

04/18/2012 02:58:18 PM · #4
This one is my highest scoring shot but that's not why it's my favorite. It's my favorite because it's the best shot I've ever taken of my daughter.



04/18/2012 03:31:40 PM · #5


I think I just like rusty-crusty abandoned places - but this image really does stand out for me amongst my work of such places.

From the image description:

History

The Crown Mill, a three-story brick mill, was built in 1892 by John Greenwald. The height of the mill allowed for the gravity processing method of milling. The mill processed wheat from the farms along the Rio Grande and imported wheat from Kansas to mill. Crown Mill flour was shipped all over the United States, but the majority was used in New Mexico and Arizona. There were times when the mill operated both day and
night to satisfy the high demand for flour.


This place took just about a month to get access to, as it's pretty dangerous and the owner isn't too hot on the liability that is introduced by letting people in..

This image was taken on my second shoot at this location (I was too late on my start on the first shoot, but the place is big, and finding just the right place was a bit of a challenge.

This particular location is on the top floor of the old mill, and the week of this shoot the temperatures were busy breaking records across the state. I don't think it was much over 100 degrees outside, but upstairs, without any ventilation, and covered in metal, this particular spot was probably in excess of 120 degrees.. As you might imagine, I got very, very hot doing this...

Since my longest exposure was 90 seconds, and I have LENR on, you can quickly figure out that it took about seven minutes for a full set of HDR shots.. I setup and took six sets of shots upstairs, so that meant I was up there for just under an hour overall... I was extremely hot and quite well soaked in sweat by the time I finished this image (my last composition, and I knew it was "the one" as soon as I reviewed the set.

So, that's the story of what it took to get this shot, it was a labor of love, and the end result is amazing.

In the full resolution 15MP image, you can see many, many details in this image, from a bird's skeleton to reading every bit of print on the closest machine. There are bits of writing all over it, mostly numbers and codes, but the texture they add is amazing, especially considering I didn't notice them while I was shooting at the location.

I'm sure some of you will be curious as to what the machines are.. They are "Perfection Dust Collectors"..

I'm not 100% sure why they were on the top floor, nor what they did exactly, but I surmise they served to clean the flour dust out of the air, although I'm not in any way certain of that.

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To be fair though, I'm not certain that this isn't my favorite shot - I love the color, motion and abstractness of the whole thing.



I think I might have some disorder that doesn't allow me to really use superlatives, since I'm never sure which one is my favorite of anything really.
 04/18/2012 03:32:01 PM · #6
.... Best selling image from my gallery. It was a rare morning with the fog on a mirrored lake.
 04/18/2012 04:44:01 PM · #7
Still my favorite :)
 04/18/2012 06:42:59 PM · #8

04/18/2012 09:21:09 PM · #9
The photograph



stands on its own two legs.
It does not refer to or rely on or lean,
but exists through itself as it is what coheres.
There is no subject. The image is object.
And the object, IMHO, is neither in stasis,
nor does it place the viewer at any fixed point (perspective),
but involves him..

No photographer, no author or ego went into it
other than as a means of conduction and synergy.
The composition is natural and has not been fucked with,
adorned or prepared for sale.

Message edited by author 2012-04-18 21:24:34.
 04/18/2012 09:39:01 PM · #10
I like this image a lot. somehow it started my addiction to look for the reflection.

04/18/2012 09:54:50 PM · #11
04/18/2012 10:57:26 PM · #12
04/19/2012 12:08:33 AM · #13
Not an easy exercise, but this image remains a source of peace. I am not certain that it is an object as Z describes, but, upon periodic return, it continues to engender a fresh, personal, experience that I enjoy.

04/19/2012 01:41:15 AM · #14


With this picture I rather suddently and clearly just knew that the direction I had been going with my photography, my art, was the right direction for me, regardless of what anyone thought or said about it. With minor bumps, It's been good and peaceful since that realization.
 04/25/2012 04:40:53 PM · #15
A provocative challenge. I very much appreciate people's thinking here. When I looked over my photos I was amazed by how many were clearly and easily NOT contenders. Overwhelmed by a vast majority. I found a few candidates, and since this is not a populous thread I will post two of them, although I have a (very) few more contenders of similar ilk.

and

So what the ilk is, I think, is totally ordinary but falling into a natural place. And possibly black and white. Very possibly. But there is an enormous difference: the roadside settled into place before I took it, but the woman and her dog found their places in the shrubbery and light by chance - they were the object, initially. And I like them both because they can easily slip by unnoticed.

I just wish I could go through all my photos ever and delete the so easily not favourites! Thanks for starting this, Cory.
 04/25/2012 05:07:34 PM · #16


This image captures the intersection when the wall between my inner and outer realities melted and agreed to become exactly the same if only for a singular moment. I doubt that experience will ever happen to me again.
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