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<blockquote data-quote="PapaST" data-source="post: 397252" data-attributes="member: 8330">This is a great idea and a bit tough.&nbsp; It's like asking a parent to choose their favorite child.&nbsp; So I was going to just let Flickr decide for me.&nbsp; I was going to check my Flickr stats and just select the picture that had the highest views.&nbsp; It would have been a fine choice (it's of my daughter) but I decided not to go that route.&nbsp; So I perused a few pages and decided on this one for several reasons.&nbsp; For me this is &quot;my Best&quot; of 2014 because I feel a certain amount of pride and satisfaction from snapping this picture.&nbsp; Just from snapping so many bird pictures you start to learn their habits and tendencies.&nbsp; I saw this Osprey hunting for dinner and decided to move to a location that I felt he would end up.&nbsp; Sure enough he pops in so close that when he looks at me I thought he was going to claw my eyeballs out.&nbsp; So in that respect I felt a little pride in being able to anticipate the picture.&nbsp; Like a light bulb went off in my head that experience does pay off.Secondly, working this image in post, I feel I've turned a corner because I feel more confident in my PP workflow.&nbsp; I feel like I'm actually producing an image the way I want it to look rather than just moving sliders around and hoping for the best.&nbsp; I still have a ton to learn but I can look at this picture and some from just a year ago and see where I'm improving.&nbsp; I like that.So to sum it up, this is my best not because it's a spectacular image but because it represents how I've grown and developed as a photographer.&nbsp; <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qj8gcF" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/15957676281_536404ae67_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/qj8gcF" target="_blank">BM7_2310</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/71903333@N02/" target="_blank">BMalinis</a>, on Flickr</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PapaST, post: 397252, member: 8330"] This is a great idea and a bit tough. It's like asking a parent to choose their favorite child. So I was going to just let Flickr decide for me. I was going to check my Flickr stats and just select the picture that had the highest views. It would have been a fine choice (it's of my daughter) but I decided not to go that route. So I perused a few pages and decided on this one for several reasons. For me this is "my Best" of 2014 because I feel a certain amount of pride and satisfaction from snapping this picture. Just from snapping so many bird pictures you start to learn their habits and tendencies. I saw this Osprey hunting for dinner and decided to move to a location that I felt he would end up. Sure enough he pops in so close that when he looks at me I thought he was going to claw my eyeballs out. So in that respect I felt a little pride in being able to anticipate the picture. Like a light bulb went off in my head that experience does pay off. Secondly, working this image in post, I feel I've turned a corner because I feel more confident in my PP workflow. I feel like I'm actually producing an image the way I want it to look rather than just moving sliders around and hoping for the best. I still have a ton to learn but I can look at this picture and some from just a year ago and see where I'm improving. I like that. So to sum it up, this is my best not because it's a spectacular image but because it represents how I've grown and developed as a photographer. [url=https://flic.kr/p/qj8gcF][img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/15957676281_536404ae67_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/qj8gcF]BM7_2310[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/71903333@N02/]BMalinis[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]

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