[Adam Lincoln]

Inspired by Adams blog post. Lets see everyone's fav shots that they took in 2011.

Oh, and climbing or non climbing. Just whatever are the favourites.

These are some of mine.


top 5 (1 of 1) by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-6 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-5 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-7 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-2 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-3 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr


top 5 (1 of 1)-4 by Adam Lincoln, on Flickr

[SA Chris]

Nice idea Adam.

Didn't take loads of climbing pics, but was really pleased with these, as I had the idea in mind for a long time, and a golden opportunity to get them cropped up.





Could probably tease a bit more out of the RAW files with photoshop, just not got round to it.

October Dawnie



can just see two surfers in the water.





Apologies for low quality FB resolution.

[tomtom]

Superb idea. I suspect these will be put to shame by everyone else... No climbing - and oddly for me they all have people in them!

Fieldwork on Mt St Helens


Seattle


Catching snow flakes (its totally opportune - a video still from the Ifern last January... but I love the blurry movement )

[Oldmanmatt]

Repost the mount St Helens one!
I was there 6 weeks after the eruption, all the photos were on slides and destroyed in a flood 10 years back...

[Somebody's Fool]

And a bonus sixth... Doylo doing his best Uncle impression at Pritch's wedding.

[Doylo]

Never seen an Uncle doing the moonwalk before

[Somebody's Fool]

Have you ever seen anybody moonwalking? Not sure you've quite grasped what it entails.

[Wood FT]

Dig the one of a roaches highball (enthropys?), looks like any second hell is breakin' loose from those trees.

[Doylo]

Have you ever seen anybody moonwalking? Not sure you've quite grasped what it entails.

I was taught by the best, the great Johnny Dublin and his partner in crime Hearing Aid Man

[tomtom]

Repost the mount St Helens one!
I was there 6 weeks after the eruption, all the photos were on slides and destroyed in a flood 10 years back...

[SA Chris]

Great pics all round. Has Grant Farquar developed some hand disfiguring disorder? Looks painful.

[Nick B]

David Mason climbing The Pride. Really happy with the light in this one.



Ned on Samson



Rocklands Road



Berlin Jewish Museum



Scott Gibson climbing in Rocklands. Usually I shy away from using flash, but for once I'm pretty happy with the outcome...



My favourite of the year. Hopefully you're not sick to death of seeing it. Sorry! I'd definitely like to take more photos next year, when my camera won't be as occupied with taking videos

[nic mullin]

Some great pics in this thread. Here's my contribution. Comments/critique always welcome.

A couple from Nepal in April:

Shopkeeper on Freak Street, Kathmandu:


Untitled by nic mullin, on Flickr

Sunrise over Dhaulagiri, taken from Poon Hill:


Dhaulagiri panorama by nic mullin, on Flickr

Back to the Peak in early summer - Joe on "What would Jerry do?", Blackwell Dale:


Joe on "what would jerry do?" by nic mullin, on Flickr

A couple from the Alps in late summer - panorama from the Envers hut just after sunset, taken the evening before we did Grepon mer de Glace:


panorama from the envers hut by nic mullin, on Flickr

Robin on the top of the Frendo Spur after a night with no sleep in a thunderstorm - four inches of loose, wet snow over hard ice:


Robin on the Frendo Spur by nic mullin, on Flickr

Must shoot more this year, and be less lazy about editing and putting photos up. I've got at leat 4 years worth of backlog (mostly the log part) that I need to dredge though, edit and put up somewhere...

[Paul B]

Good thread, my offerings (the latest, with a healthy [over]dose of polariser):

Hopefully you're not sick to death of seeing it.

Don't think thats going to happen.

[slackline]

In no particular order....


Unsettled by slack---line, on Flickr


Tre Cime di Lavarado by slack---line, on Flickr


Reachy by slack---line, on Flickr


Hanging out by slack---line, on Flickr


Crimping by slack---line, on Flickr


Twist the Hips by slack---line, on Flickr


O Rlly?!?! by slack---line, on Flickr


Eat by slack---line, on Flickr


Night Light by slack---line, on Flickr


Pilgrims Way by slack---line, on Flickr


My photography task for this year is to learn more about processing.

[tomtom]

Some great pics in this thread. Here's my contribution. Comments/critique always welcome.

They're all great - though the "What would Jerry do" stands out for me - beacuse you've managed to get some colour, depth and interest to peak lime - which normally looks really bland and seems to be incredibly finicky to get right.. I'm not a huge fan of the composition (sorry!) but colour/light is superb...

[SA Chris]

I love slacker's Tre Cime one, Nic's Shopkeeper (tle lighting is just perfect!), Paul's Tetris and Nick B's Angel's Share, which I don't think I would ever tire of.

You think your wader with fish could do with a crop Slackers?

[tomtom]

You think your wader with fish could do with a crop Slackers?

I think that works OK - some gentle dof effects..

[Oldmanmatt]

You think your wader with fish could do with a crop Slackers?

I think that works OK - some gentle dof effects..

Like it like that.
I think a crop would leave the weed/rock unbalanced and I like the way the two arms of growth point to the subject.

[slackline]

You think your wader with fish could do with a crop Slackers?

Probably, I'm crap at deciding on where to crop though.

[Plattsy]

Sorry there's so many. Had to cut it down from a lot to quite a few. I guess these show that if the subject is good, a half decent camera and a half wit photographer can produce alright photos.

Got any bread?

Album cover shot

Train graveyard

Salt shovelling

Salar de Uyuni

Nico

Leo everyone's favourite capuchin

Macchu Pichu before the crowds

Peruvian pigeons

Colonia

It's a dog's life

Rio

[Stu Littlefair]

I couldn't get it down to less than 10, but then I did. Just. In chronological order


Home Sweet Home - the residencia at La Silla observatory, Chile


Nemesis - Dobbin gurning for the camera. Bennett on a rope acting as voice activated light stand.


Wee Timorous Beastie - poor thing was hiding from our cat. Took this, then saved the wee mite.


GranTeCan - the
world's largest optical telescope, on La Palma. Love the light on this.


La Palma Caldera - summers on La Palma are amazing. Light pollution from Little El Hierro in the distance.


Predator - the missus does good. Nice to have some pics. So proud of her.


The Wall - a non climbing weekend turns out to be fun. Bit of a shock.


Party Time! - a photo that combines my love of photography and tinkering with electronics...

[SA Chris]

What did you do to get the Palma Caldera one? Was it with a normal lens.

I love the party popper one too, how did you set that up?

[Johnny Brown]

This is a great idea for a thread! I nearly deleted that blog post as well, it had sat half finished for so long...


Perhaps not the best shot ever, but I got a lot of satisfaction from absolutely nailing the composition on this one.


I've got loads of dyno shots, but none that quite capture the focus like this one.


Shot on commission for VG's walking guide, nice to pull a keeper out of a frantic schedule.


What bouldering is all about for me. At the time I'd have preferred the photographer wasn't there, but now I think he completes it.

[Johnny Brown]

I love the party popper one too, how did you set that up?

Yeah, would like some more details on that. Sound trigger on flashes? Messed around with some maplins kits years ago doing this stuff, it was rather tedious on film. Would be keen to revisit, I get the impression gear and prices have come on a long way...

[Adam Lincoln]

Some lovely and amazing shots. Seems we have quite a few 'proper' good photographers out there!

[Jaspersharpe]

Was just going to say the same thing. Some serious talent on this forum!

[cheque]

 

Stunning pictures all round.

[Stu Littlefair]

I love the party popper one too, how did you set that up?

Yeah, would like some more details on that. Sound trigger on flashes? Messed around with some maplins kits years ago doing this stuff, it was rather tedious on film. Would be keen to revisit, I get the impression gear and prices have come on a long way...

Yeah, like you've guessed, a sound trigger on flashes. I built my own based upon the plans found here. It can trigger cameras or two flashes based on a range of triggers from sound, pressure, light or a laser barrier etc. If anyone wants to borrow it they're welcome.

The caldera one is a long exposure tracking the skies with a barn door mount (astrotrac.com). Was hard to get the stars to come through so well and the landscape sharp enough. This is a fudge in the end, splicing the foreground from a single image into a stack of 4 images for the stars.

[Stu Littlefair]

Loving the black and white photo of Cofe. The facial expressions are perfect, along with the composition. Problem?

[Johnny Brown]

The Rib, Burbage South. Its not the style I usually aspire too but its one where you think it'd be hard to improve on it.

Be well keen to have a play with the trigger. Been trying to get a decent light barrier set-up working for years, for bird photos.

[peewee]

IMG_0982.jpg by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


IMG_9509.jpg by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


Goredale waterfall by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


Blockbuster by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


IMG_7812.jpg by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


IMG_7074.jpg by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr


IMG_7136.jpg by p.wilks.t21, on Flickr

Some of my favourites.

[Paul B]

Would be keen to revisit, I get the impression gear and prices have come on a long way...

Its a bit irrelevant to yourself but Canon peeps can take a look at Magic Lantern for this. They've added a trap focus feature. I haven't had chance (or reason) to use it but everything else of theirs I've used has generally been great (racking focus, focus stacking etc.).

There are a few people who seem to use it for hummingbirds on a feeder with flash steup.

[SA Chris]

The caldera one is a long exposure tracking the skies with a barn door mount (astrotrac.com). Was hard to get the stars to come through so well and the landscape sharp enough. This is a fudge in the end, splicing the foreground from a single image into a stack of 4 images for the stars.

Well the result is worth the effort.

[Johnny Brown]

Its a bit irrelevant to yourself but Canon peeps can take a look at Magic Lantern for this. They've added a trap focus feature.

Nikon already have this built in, though its not promoted much. Its nowhere near sensitive or fast enough for the kind of photography I want to do. I guess hummingbirds are fairly stationary whilst feeding.

I haven't done any focus stacking yet but I thought the accepted wisdom was to move the camera on a rack not the focus, to avoid changing the image size.

[Jim]

The Rib, Burbage South. Its not the style I usually aspire too but its one where you think it'd be hard to improve on it.

thats what i thought but then I don't recall that move being difficult?

[mr__j5]

Couldn't find much great in my collection for 2011, but I saw this and liked it.

It's very Ned.

From the world cup in Eindhoven.

[tommytwotone]

My top five - apologies for the Facebook links:

Nigel Poustie on Millenium, Isatis Hautes Plaines:




Andy Wiggins on Stretcher, Caley Roadside:


Yorkshire Dales Scenery, April 2011:




Nigel Poustie on Tsunami, Rubicon (one for the Muscular Deformities thread as well!):




Blyth Spartans score their opener versus Whitby Town FC, FA Cup qualifying:

[nai]

Not in the same league as many that have gone before  and all flawed but my attempts.

Sound of Mull


Storm approaching Calgary Beach, Mull


Tobermory Harbour


And an indulgence but my favourite, my nipper running away from the tide on Bamburgh Beach

[SA Chris]

Nice, esp the Tobermory one and the last one.

[fried]

Excellent thread people, keep up the good work

[Ian T]

Here's a few from my local crags

Richie Betts on Joker

Goat Crag by ullapoolrock, on Flickr


Murdo Jamieson on Black Sox Direct

Am Fasgadh by ullapoolrock, on Flickr

Lawrence Hughes on TP&QC

Reiff-in-the-Woods by ullapoolrock, on Flickr

Pete Clarkson on Primo

Am Fasgadh by ullapoolrock, on Flickr

[north_country_boy]

Great pictures from Am Fasgadh and Goat Crag...can't wait for another visit this spring

[jwi]

   Fantastic pics all around.  I looked through my photos from 2011 and discovered that I took very few during 2011. I have loads of climbing photos from late 2010 and early 2012, but it's apparent from my photo stream that I didn't climb much during 2011

5.

DWS competition, Luleå Harbor by Jonas Wiklund, on Flickr

4.

Straight into the sun, Elbsandstein by Jonas Wiklund, on Flickr

3.

Northern lights, stars, clouds and a creek by Jonas Wiklund, on Flickr

2.

Milky way over Hörnefors by Jonas Wiklund, on Flickr

1.

West Ridge, Stetind by Jonas Wiklund, on Flickr

[Wood FT]

stunning last set

[magpie]

There are some seriously fantastic shots on this thread! 

[Yossarian]

Not a bad year...























Saving the best till last, of course...

[tomtom]

Is that Mt Ventoux?

[Yossarian]

The one with the stripy poles is Ventoux.  The ones with the pros is the Aravis.

[tomtom]

The one with the stripy poles is Ventoux.  The ones with the pros is the Aravis.

excellent, my memory worked... was last there in 93! Great pics! Loved 3rd from last... 

[Yossarian]

Ta. Quite a crazy place. I found the Bedoin route a complete arsehole - like a complete arsehole, it was densely forested, horridly sweaty and with lots of nasty big black flies circulating. The open top slopes were in comparison, well-waxed and gleaming with a nice breeze...

[Fj]

bit of a mixed bag of rock and bikes

[butters]

No apologies for the quality of the pics - they are a few of the better pics from the Team Slovenia trip last year.


Flatworld by blue-brad, on Flickr

Really got away with this pic - Jernej just blitzed this on a rest day so it was a total point and shoot and the HUGE dirty smudge on the camera lens is almost hidden...


The Storm by blue-brad, on Flickr


Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out 3 by blue-brad, on Flickr


T Crack by blue-brad, on Flickr

Jakob's fingers resembled some really badly made sausages by this point (five days on maybe?) and failed on the flash due to not being able to feel the holds!  Sat back down on the mat after his failed attempt and slowly peeled the miles of finger tape off his fingers and then looked me in the eyes and said "This is for Cratcliffe" and pissed it. Possibly the highlight of having Team Slovenia round my house. 


Nalle Hukkataival - Deliverance by blue-brad, on Flickr


Ned - Ulysses by blue-brad, on Flickr

I just love the angles on this pic. 

[SA Chris]

Good pics. Love the angles in the last one too.

[dave]

The Storm by blue-brad, on Flickr

two massive tickmarks and he still misses. unbelievable.

[tommytwotone]

Blimey. I'd forgotten about that problem - I seriously need settle that score when I go off to Font!

[clm]

Blimey. I'd forgotten about that problem - I seriously need settle that score when I go off to Font!

What is it? Jim, have I done it?

[butters]

two massive tickmarks and he still misses. unbelievable.

I am as certain as I can be that those tick marks were already there Dave! He did miss the final hold though (repeatedly) - fuck knows how... 

[Fj]

Blimey. I'd forgotten about that problem - I seriously need settle that score when I go off to Font!

What is it? Jim, have I done it?

Its to the right of alta on the same block