Every photographer has his/her own criteria for "Best Photo" and may be the only person so rating it. It doesn't matter if the photographer thinks is her/his best who's to debate it.

My favorite venue is boat races, sail or power so there is little similarity to many of my "best" shots but am attaching two; you make the calls.

The first photo is of a Log Canoe race on the Tred Avon River in Maryland. These four boats are all trying to round the mark at almost the same time; it shows the skills of the skipper and helmsman or woman that there wasn't an accident or collision. These boats are from a bygone era when similar and a few larger boats were the freight carriers here on the Chesapeake Bay. Most of them are original and several are 100 years old. There are only 12 left still in racing condition of the hundreds that were built in the 1800's. The steamers put them out of business; they were not necessarily faster but carried more cargo.

The second photo is of a Jersey Speed Skiff racing and almost airborne on the Choptank River in Cambridge, MD. If you look closely you will see that only 1/2 of the prop is in the water, and if the picture is really enlarged, the left rear of the hull is just above the water surface.The original boats were designed and built after WW I and with the engines then available could get up to about 30 MPH; with today's engines and flat water, they have been known to about double that speed using a four cycle 225 cu. in. gasoline engine not supercharged.

I love how small he is in the first image and I instantly hear Lee Ann Womack singing "I Hope You Dance" . But the two collectively are significant in that the first one says; to the world you may be insignificant, while the second one says; to me you are the world. (Nod to Dr. Seuss)

Btw, last night I found that I have only been scratching the surface of the forum, it was 2 am before I realized it. There is so much to offer here that I am overwhelmed with it all. I appreciate all the feedback I have received and hope to grow here. Thanks to all who have put the time into this forum, what a wonderful gift of knowledge and information! So thankful to have found it.