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Care to share your Pixel masterpieces of this year's crop of photos?

In reply to The Lemming:

Good question; I'm not sure which is the best.

There's this, from an afternoon with astonishing conditions on the edge of the Mendips a week ago (there are a few others from then too). https://www.flickr.com/photos/8411024@N08/31373017365/in/dateposted-public/

T.

In reply to Pursued by a bear:

Tough choice, but at the moment it's this one, worth the half hour drive to get on top of the Long Mynd and frozen hands while I waited for the sun to drop.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59189856@N06/30541975533/in/photostream/light...

In reply to Sam W:

Heavens, that's good. Well worth the discomfort.

T.

In reply to The Lemming:
Hmm tricky. I had a trip to Lofoten in Jan/Feb, so lots to choose from.
This one captures the light quite well...
http://www.zenadsl6044.zen.co.uk/Lofoten/slides/P1060033%20(p2)%20-1.html
... but I like this one too...
http://www.zenadsl6044.zen.co.uk/Lofoten/slides/IMG_4834-1.html

But from a more climbing perspective, this one makes me want to go back there and explore...
http://www.zenadsl6044.zen.co.uk/Lofoten/slides/IMG_5393-1.html

In reply to The Lemming:

I haven't done a whole lot of photography this year so not a huge crop to choose from.

I like this one from a really dreich day out on Creise a couple of weeks ago, not because it is a great photo, but it is very evocative of what the day was like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercury81/30637076523/in/photostream/lightbox...

I also quite like this from Finnich Glen, although I think I could do a better job if I go back with a tripod and an ND filter...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercury81/27307424433/in/photostream/lightbox...

In reply to kathrync:



Nice shot, I keep meaning to go there. A chap I follow on Flickr has a great shot which apparently only occurs once a year, when the light is low enough to stream in from the front of the glen, creating a great image. I'll try and find a link.

In reply to Fraser:


Thanks! I had heard rumours that there was such a shot but I don't know when or where. The glen is not far from where I l iive - it is a great little place!

In reply to Fraser:

Just this one for me
http://www.danarkle.com/peak/#/view/ID2603218

In reply to The Lemming:

I can't choose between

https://www.flickr.com/gp/96005394@N06/570a76

or

https://flic.kr/p/KyRFHq

I'd appreciate critical comments.

In reply to Fredt:

Mr King fisher for me. That other bird is just too dirty for me.

In reply to The Lemming:

Despite some amazing weather while in the Chalten massif, one of my favourites from the trip was actually this shot of a moody Cumbre Central in Torres del Paine after a summer snow storm:

http://www.mistymountainhop.net/2016/05/paradise-in-patagonia/patagonia-201...

My fav climbing shot of the year however is our high point while off route on West Buttress of Beinn Eighe, Torridon:

http://www.mistymountainhop.net/2016/02/hit-and-miss-but-always-stunning-in...

In reply to The Lemming:
I went to Lofoten this summer. One of those places where it's almost impossible to take bad photos. I was quite pleased with these three:

https://500px.com/photo/172400751/pano-by-alex-mathie?ctx_page=1&from=user&...

https://500px.com/photo/172402339/pano-by-alex-mathie?ctx_page=1&from=user&...

https://500px.com/photo/172400745/img-by-alex-mathie?ctx_page=1&from=user&u...

In reply to Fredt:

Crop harder! On the white bird, lose the dirty neck and all the distracting elements in the background, and you are left with a cleaner (!) composition that emphasises that amazing eye. The kingfisher is amazing, great lighting and background and a nice catchlight in the eye. Losing half a cm off the right would get rid of that bright bit on the stick.

In reply to Fredt:
Kingfisher - great shot!

I'd try some tighter crop options, add a smidgen of vignette and perhaps a bit of selective dodge to lift the bird a bit (or burn the background).

In reply to The Lemming:

My favourite this year is actually an art nude... so I will have to show the best SFW instead:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paganusimages/30159150721/in/datetaken-public...

I don't normally bother much with the usual roadside photography, but I couldn't resist the light here...

In reply to The Lemming:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128696077@N06/29438232094/in/dateposted-publi...

This one for me. I want to do more landscape and will do once I've passed my driving test early next year.

In reply to The Lemming:
Oh, and for sheer comedy value, my niece "enjoying" Daddy Pig's car ride at Peppa Pig World: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercury81/29535552771/in/dateposted-public/li...

In reply to richprideaux:


Just say not safe for work.

Show me the boobies.

In reply to The Lemming:

Well it's on Flickr... it's one of the ones from above World's End

In reply to The Lemming:

got to be one of these two:

taken as part of a series looking at the use of manmade forests in the peak district
https://500px.com/photo/153156709/interruptions-by-max-harms

or

following the Porter brook river travelling into and through Sheffield ( 1 of a series of around 15)
https://500px.com/photo/160286017/untitled-by-max-harms

In reply to Fredt:

I'm not sold on the kingfisher. It's just too typical. It's a great shot to be sure but it isn't special apart from being a well executed shot of a good subject.

The other one is a bit flawed but the subject is far more interesting. It is a picture of a bird that is actually going about the business of being a bird, not just sitting and looking pretty. It is gritty and real. It probably wouldn't be a default desktop background on a Windows PC or Mac but that's rather why I like it.

I would love to see a bit more space on the left (and a bit above) of the second image - in the direction the bird is looking. A bit of tactical blurring or vignette to disguise the fact that the grass strands are leaving the frame would help, too, because they currently draw the eye away from the subject. I wouldn't touch the saturation at all but possibly pulling the luminosity of blue down a bit (except around the eye) to darken the background would help. Pushing the brightness of the image up, overall, would also help.

In reply to The Lemming:

Mine are here (plus a couple from 2015 right at the bottom): http://www.alexroddie.com/photography

In reply to Fredt:



definitely KF, however Id try and edit it to elevate the detail in the eye a little, just a tad too dark for my liking, that said, ive never managed to take a photo that clear of a KF so good stuff that man

In reply to The Lemming:

These are mine;

https://scontent.fmel1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15000043_1708193692834599_...

https://scontent.fmel1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14441008_1676626679324634_4...

https://scontent.fmel1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/s960x960/14138819_16622178...

In reply to The Lemming:

Some cracking shots on here - I have a sudden desire to visit Lofoten.

My friends Di & Tim were the ski models for these two...

www.flickr.com/photos/63191472@N04/29665739911/in/datetaken-public/
www.flickr.com/photos/63191472@N04/29072958445/in/datetaken-public/

And Loch Morlich was on fine form for this one.

www.flickr.com/photos/63191472@N04/31303642365/in/datetaken-public/

In reply to Fredt:

The gannet

In reply to MrRiley:

Cumbre Central of Paine Grande?

Great shot - complex mountain!

In reply to Tom Last:


Another vote for the gannet.......... I just like gannets, probably because I can watch them while belaying in my favourite places . The grass in its beak adds something. Though I would crop it more heavily.

In reply to The Lemming:
My favourite photo at least from work this year was this.

https://instagram.com/p/BMrw5ICjkf7/

I like to imagine the grumpy look from the BBC bloke behind Eleanor Tomlinson as him knowing I've just nailed the shot - I've been stood in that wrong place too many times.

In reply to Dan Arkle:



Lovely shot, it's almost infrared in appearance.

Mine is probably this one which was taken on a cracking ride with some friends in January. We set out in perfect, dry conditions, got to the furthest point on our route where stopped for coffee and came out to winter. Great fun, despite twice coming off my bike on the return leg!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/23812351834/in/datetaken-public/

In reply to The Lemming:

Lizard for dinner again, I'm sick of lizard
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155522799406164&l=4b741e44fe

In reply to The Lemming:
Surprising local moment as I was walking home one day. Everything that makes me smile about where I live.

https://flic.kr/p/N8Q5eS

In reply to Xharlie:


LOL, its so passe darling!

Doubt that many people have seen one, let alone taken a picture of one, so hardly 'typical'!

In reply to The Lemming:

One of my favourites from this year:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105343926@N08/26373282911/in/album-7215766487...

In reply to The Lemming:

This one for me

https://flic.kr/p/KjgetV

In reply to The Lemming:
Thought I'd add one of my own into the mix.

I've always wanted a good autumn photo and I hope this one works out well.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/the1lemming/31678384715/in/dateposted-public/

In reply to The Lemming:

There is a lot to be said for a dirty bird

In reply to Marek:

Yes, that last photo is inspiring in terms of climbing potential.

In reply to The Lemming:

Some really good photos all round

In reply to Marek:

That's a superb album of your trip, are they all taken with your 300D? I think this this one is actually my favourite:

http://www.zenadsl6044.zen.co.uk/Lofoten/slides/IMG_5497-1.html

In reply to Fraser:

300D? No, that venerable body has been converted for 'full spectrum' use. I've had a 550D for a while (wow!), but for the Lofoten trip I rented a Canon EF 70-200 F2.8 IS lens to help with the low light whales shots. Surprisingly, more were taken at the short end of the lens focal range than at the long end. I had underestimated (a) how big whales are and (b) how close they get. I wasn't the only one - it was interesting to see other people trying to swap (expensive) lenses (and memory cards) on a pitching boat under constant spray whilst wearing thick gloves.

In reply to The Lemming:

The heron in Carnegie Park was a chance sighting
https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15268025_10155679938236164_...

In reply to alexm198:

The third, Alex. Superb.

In reply to The Lemming:

I got this one, which I quite like, yesterday;

https://scontent.fbne1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/s960x960/15493309_17290091...

In reply to The Lemming:

https://flic.kr/p/CWZccg


https://flic.kr/p/z7HCPy

In reply to The Lemming:

Maybe this one of a classic beauty spot in the Lakes on a windy, evocative day - https://johnfleetwood.smugmug.com/Landscape/2016/Lingmoor/i-cwHbs4Z/A

In reply to Full moon addict:


Very moody. I was up there for a week in October and actually went up Lingmoor Fell, but it literally never stopped raining the whole week. I mean continuously with the mist down to the trees. You are so lucky.

In reply to richprideaux:

You mean the one of the woman on the cliff ?

In reply to The Lemming:

The dirtier the bird the better in my experience. Nudge nudge.

In reply to The Lemming:

This one!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/120461213@N05/28702724723/in/datetaken-public...

In reply to The Lemming:

Hmmm, I think this

http://andydinesimages.photium.com/curbar-edge#photo

or this

http://andydinesimages.photium.com/dunham-massey#photo