This is my favourite picture from 2007. It has C-750 written all over it! :-) I liked the spring flowers, the lush green grass and the bright reds on the bird. The lens (at near maximum zoom), f/4.5 seems to have hit a 'sweet spot.'

I have many pictures that I like equally well, but I'm posting the one that just earned me a POTD.

Tough challenge, to pick just one image of a whole year.
I'm really into photography only since March 2007.
Years of P&S before, but got bitten by the SLR-bug by way of the E-330.
Love that camera but still appreciate the ease of P&S and bridge also.

Selecting, I browsed through :
- bicycling pictures (with my then 1 week old camera : fond memories)
- courses camarguaises (bull running) : a very fun series to shoot
- really innumerable vacation pictures
- abstracts of lights and lighting
- portraits, macro
- attempts at B&W conversion etc.

Finally I decided on one with a story : probably not the best, but one of favorites because my kids really liked it. This is nighttime, handheld : a fragment of a neon sign at a fairground. The whole sign says "Barbe ŕ Papa" (which is french for that sticky sweetness that I don't know the english name for : "Spun Sugar" (as in spinning wheel) maybe ?).

Anyway : my kids considered this something like a verbal self-portrait of their photo-crazy daddy ("papa" in Flemish). And now I share it with you

I've been using my C8080 for a lot of Nature close-ups. Most of my shots are taken on my 4 1/2 acres, which include a pond, a river, wooded area, and meadow - as well as my gardens. So I have many great opportunities for macros and wildlife studies. This shot was one of a sequence, taken when my poppies were in bloom this past September.

I live in southwest Nova Scotia.

My first grandchild, Leela Jane, born Nov.19th, 2007. Taken with my C5050z.

Taken during an early morning walk while we were on holiday in the south-west of France

Hi... Here is my favorite shot with c-8080.

Title: Spring Colors.

Best wishes!

I dunno about "best," but I think this is my favorite. As with so much wedding photography, this was a desperate grab shot that wasn't planned, taken during a wedding that was exceptionally challenging to shoot.

And while I did my part okay, to me this is a portrait of a young woman who has forgotten herself for a moment while she thinks about her impending marriage. I think she has been made suddenly beautiful by what she is thinking about

Here is my favorite photo taken this year.

Baby Grebe on parents back.

Here is one of my favorites with the E-330.

This is one of my best, because we have to capture these surfers with the morning sun to be able to see the face. In cloudy and rainy Oregon, this doesn't happen a lot for two reasons. First we don't have a lot of clear days in the morning. Even if we don't have clouds, we can have morning fog. The second reason, is that a lot of the surfers don't hit the water until late morning or afternoon. With some patience, I was able to capture this one with the 40-150mm kit lens at Ecola State Park, Oregon. I would really like to capture one like this...with a surfer riding the waves...with the rocks and abandoned lighthouse in the background. Then I will feel I got something special.

Here is my photo for "The best of 2007" gallery. I took the picture but the frame is by George Mock.

This picture is special to me because Nicholas is impossible to photograph and he did not want his pic taken this time. But his Sister grabbed him around the neck which made him smile, and that's when I clicked the shutter

This is my Favorite of 2007, it was taken on OCT. 20. 2007 at WV. NewRiver Gore Bridge Day

I took this picture during, maybe, the most exciting and challenging trekking/climb I've done... it was to Kukenan Tepuy here in Venezuela in "Canaima National Park".

The top of a Tepuy is something different to anything else, is hard to describe in words, the variety of plants that exist only there, the rock formations, the incredible clear water, weather cold but sunny, clouds around you... everything is fantastic.

I title this picture "Elements", because reflects part of things I said before.

Three plane formation with the Stearman and two Chipmunks. We are starting our low and over on runway two five in tight formation.

In the background is the Detroit River and in the upper right is Lake St. Clair. On the other side is Detroit, Michigan, USA.

I guess the following one is my favourite. I'll call it "Freedom". Xopher

SP550UZ 84.2mm f/4.5 1/60 ev-0.7 ISO 50 spot

Sunrise at Mallacoota Inlet

This was taken on the morning of 16th April '07 with E-1 and with 14-54 lens f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 100

We came upon this beautiful eagle sitting in the middle of the road eating. When we approached, it flew up into a pine tree. Luckily, I had my camera with me and had just gotten a new lens, Sigma 170-500. This was a great chance to try it out and the eagle posed very nicely for me. I especially liked the background of green pine needles and yellow leaves.

Here's my best of photo. Probably not my best bumble bee photo, but I really took a liking for these prickly critters this summer. This one shows what I like best about bees - the reflections off their wings. Too bad there's not a big market for bee photos! :)

Title: The Bees and Me

My favorite, don't know if its my best.
Olympus E-1 ,50-200 mm lens + EC 14, 1/250s f/9.0 at 283.0mm iso200

Here is my favorite -- The kiss of Shushu the camel

This one is definitely my favorite this year.... Shot for the birth announcement of our latest addition, my second grandson

Ok the Deer at the Feeder one ... only cause it is sooo humorous and that is the one that made the front page of the newspaper.. I still get alot of people around town talking about that picture ... they love it .. and one lady has it cut out and up on her fridge ...lol..

I am sure I have taken better pictures this year but this is the one I like the best. (My Favorite)

I am really not sure just why but when I look at this image I seem to slow down and it makes me think bout life in general and how lucky I am to have what I have.

The picture was taken at our Town's annual "Boo Bash", when Main Street was closed for the celebration of Halloween. The kids wore their costumes and were judged and lots of candy and favors were handed out by the merchants along the road. I spotted these two boys running up the street and it was one of those 'grab-it' shots that turned out well. I was pleased that I caught them with their feet off the ground in mid run, and their joy was so apparent. EXIF: Taken with the UZI, 39.3mm, 1/800 sec, F2.8, ISO 100

We had an abundance of butterflies and new species visit our garden this year. This is one of the three new Vanessa genera that visited, a Vanessa cardui, and one of my favorites.

Title: Painted Lady
Camera: C2100UZI
Lens: B-Macro
Taken: 9-Sept-2007

This shot of captain George Vancouver's statue in King's Lynn's quayside is my favourite of 2007. Here is a brief history of this remarkable man:

George Vancouver was born in 1757 in King’s Lynn, England. He is best remembered for the longest mapping expedition in history, sailing in HMS Discovery. Between 1791-1795, Vancouver and his crew men mapped the North American west coast from San Diego, California to southern Alaska. His measurements were so accurate that many were used even in 20th century until computer technology took over. The city of Vacouver in British Columbia and Vancouver island were named after him.

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I don't know that I've taken anything this year that can compete with so many of the others, but then I got to thinking and while I don't know if I can say it is my best shot of the year, it is certainly among my favorites, which is why I chose it for my SIG. So I submit this as my sentimental favorite of the year (but not technically my "best" shot).

Title: Point Montara Light, Montara, California, Just Before Sunset
Camera: C-8080WZ
Taken: February 20, 2007

Lucy & Cathy Bag A Buck

That's our own Lucy Elmore and Cathy Waters photographing a big buck in Cades Cove this past August. That was a special day, showing my good friends the wonders of Cades Cove, and the deer and bear were most cooperative. Watching my friends having a good time with the deer makes this one of my favorites.

Fun with a Red Ryder. This is 'Potshot'. It's a macro of a BB hole that I shot through a CD...and no, I did not shoot my eye out. :-) Taken with a Canon 350D and 70-200 f/4 with 500D close up diopter.

Title: Fire Breathing
Camera: Canon 30D
Lens: EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM IS

It is one of my favourite pictures of this year. It was taken during the “Chinese Lantern Festival” days, Ontario Place, Toronto. It was a late night show of the amazing Chinese Acrobatic Troupe.

It was taken at 200mm (320mm in 35 mm world), ISO 3200, f/5, 1/2500, aperture priority, developed from RAW, resized and sharpened.

I like to come back to this image and enjoy in flames and its details. It was tough to get it, because it all happened so quickly. I had almost no time to react and get few pictures.

This would have to be it - Sandra is standing in front of a mural that my nephew Adrian, on a visit from his native Switzerland, just completed in February here in Auckland.