What's my BEST shot?

Here's the image I have chosen to include in the 1 Million Flickr group.

This was the last image taken during a photoshoot.
It's a colour original with the following modifications; B&W filtered conversion using Picasa, un-sharp mask, resize, lighten, black-out background, clone out minor imperfections.
The modifications took about 1 hour in total and was the parents favourite image from the shoot.
So far, its my most viewed and favourited image on flickr and is No1 out of 500 in Explore for Dec 30th 2006.

So why is it MY best? Well, it's the image that Im most pleased with. At the beginning of the session I had this image in my mind, however the parents were very conservative and only wanted the most basic of portraits of their Son. I saved it to the end of the shoot once I had achieved what they wanted.
After all the post-processing, I feel that this is one of the images that I have finished - Im happy with it as it is. It's an image I know I can show to anyone to demonstrate my skill and competence with a camera a lightsource. And it's an image that makes me smile loads both inside and out...

Will I take better? I hope so! But for now, this is my own personal benchmark.

Ooooh juicy new graphics...

Here's another new graphic to use anywhere you want. When clicked it should bring visitors back to the flickr group page:

Obviously works best on a white page...

To use this button copy and paste this code:
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What makes your BEST shot?

Several members of the 1 Million group have asked what makes their BEST picture?

There are numerous answers to this question, but the beauty of the group is that it's your choice of image.

It can be your technically best shot, where all your technical knowledge was used to get the best shot from a particular situation.
Or, it could be the shot where you were in the "right place, right time" and something that you will never get again.
Or even maybe that single shot you have that just makes you smile whenever you look at it.

So you dont even need the latest equipment, a box with a hole in will do...

Dont forget that if you take a shot in the future that is "better" than the one you previously used, you can change the picture in the pool at any time.

Choose your shot for your reasons, add it to the group pool and then share it with the world.