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JoeWhitley

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Hi guys,

I posted a thread earlier today asking for photos everyone considered to be perfect and was told that, like beauty, the quality of a photo is in the eye of the beholder.

I therefore started this thread to find out everyone's favourite photos. It could be one you've taken, or one someone else has taken, but please share with us all the photo(s) you like most.

Think it will be interesting to see.

Cheers,
Joe
 
This one:

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It's one of my uncles from his stint in the army, and the one that got me into photography.
 
Please remember we do not encourage critiquing the work of photographers who haven't posted the photo here themselves....nothing like that yet, but it could head that way.
 
Harvey_nikon said:
Isn't that Earth from one of the satellites we sent out? Seem to remember it being a lot bigger image with earth being a lot smaller.
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It's the Pale Blue Dot, taken from Voyager 1 at a distance of 6.1 billion kilometers. Doubtless it's cropped, considering it was taken from a series of frames where the camera swept across the sky to get the whole 'Family Portrait'.

Before anyone asks, the reason it's my favourite photo can be explained in no better way than Carl Sagan:

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I don't think I have a favourite image of all time, I don't especially look at other photos that way, I appreciate good photos but for me it's the process of creating it myself to my liking that's more important. In that vein, my favourite photo of today would be this:


Across the Bay by Richard A. Jones, on Flickr
 
I'm not ashamed to admit I'm not a "photographer" by any means, I'm a snapshooter but I do appreciate other people's work.

I've got two particular favourites I can't choose between.

This first one looks odd to me because the lighting makes it look like seperate pictures stuck on the same background. It's the sort of picture I wish I could take.
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This second one is a puzzle. Did he have the picture in mind, and wait for it to happen, or did he spot it and take it on the spur of the moment?
Are the men just passing through, or going their seperate ways after meeting?
I don't know, but I love looking at it.
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