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[puddleshark]

Flickr are running their end of year "Your Best Shot" competition, and I have been looking over the entries on the Best Shot Group now and again. There are some fabulous shots. (Though it seems there is a fashion for over-processing shots this year, which makes me wince a bit).

I didn't have a "best" shot this year. My photos were okay. Damnable with faint praise. But I didn't have a single one of those photos where something went beautifully wrong - the light was weird, or I had the camera on the wrong settings - and the shot accidentally ended up transcending the subject.

To be fair, we haven't had much sun this year: a lot of lovely soft rainy days for walking in, but not much in the way of glorious light. And it's hard to paint with light when there's no light.

Comments

[asakiyume]

You're definitely a crowd-pleaser in my house <3 ... but that's not the same as being recognized by people who understand and appreciate good photography--I understand that. However. This shot you have to accompany this entry is breathtaking.

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

I do have some fabulous places to photograph, so I don't know why I'm pining for Artiness... 😊

[summersgate]

I thought you had a number of beautiful and special scenery pictures recently that could have won in a competition. Lovely trees and fields with sunken passageways. I like this one too.

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

I have found some beautiful places to walk lately. It's probably a bit too much to wish for beautiful Mediterranean light as well!

[kaishin108]

I have enjoyed your photos SO much, including the one here. You all really have had a dismal summer and fall when it came to sun!

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

I probably would have complained even more if we had had bright sunlight. Too much light, too little light - there's always an excuse! 😊

[heleninwales]

I know I've taken a lot of mediocre photos this year, though some were the best I could get for the weekly alphabet challenge and others were just to illustrate a walk. But I always enjoy your photos, even if they might not be what a judge was looking for in a competition.

[puddleshark]

Thank you.

I love the quirkiness of your alphabet challenge photos.

On walks, so much is dependent on the light, isn't it? You can photograph the same location several times, and one day the light will be absolutely perfect, and the photo will have a completely different quality. I think we've been battling the light this year.