Your Favourite Shot 2010

[casil403]

Okay time to post up!
Post your favourite image you took over the past year and please describe a few lines telling us why it is your favourite shot.
I look forward to seeing what you think is your best of the year!

It can be your best for several reasons...your best technically or best just because it has special meaning to you...whatever the reason, it would be great to see our Ph.ca Member's bests of 2010!

[Marko]

GREAT thread Casil, I'll likely blog it once people put up their images.
Thx - Marko

[Wicked Dark]

Funny, I've been trying to hone down to an even dozen and that's hard enough. Not sure I'll be able to choose just one.

[Kawarthabob]

Ok here's mine. I noticed the heron from my bedroom window. I know from experiance that they will take flight soon as you are even seen by them. It was mid august and had been raining off and on all day. I crawled on my hands and knees across my back lawn towards the lake's edge and lay in a puddle before making my way onto a houseboat that was docked off of my property. I must have taken a good half hour shots of him/her walking all over the island. Shot wide open 300mm lens. It finally had enough and flew away after getting this

[casil403]

Wow Bob..that is pretty fantastic!
Sometimes it is so worth getting on your belly and crawling around for shots!!!

[casil403]

Okay here's mine...It's pretty recent but when I saw it I thought it pretty much sums up the last 2 years I've had making a few major life changes, (starting and finishing school with an A+ average and a 4.0 GPA), getting past a big break-up, and accomplishing the goals I have set for myself over the last year. I am in a place where I am finally feeling confident and comfortable with myself....feels pretty good. But it was not without some Pereverance on my part which is what I call this photo:



Nice thing of it is that I like it just as much in landscape orientation as I do in portrait orientation...thanks for that Iggy!
Btw...on the last day of my practicum at the hospital...I asked my supervising therapist if I could give a small framed version of this shot to a young man who suffered a severe brain injury from a car accident. I had been watching him put his life back together, learning how to walk, talk, write and dress independently again over the last 5 weeks. Such a kind and courageous young person.. who was having a difficult time being away from his family and friends. I figured this would give him a little inspiration when he was struggling...I put it on the ledge by his bed one morning and told him to stay strong.