Your Favorite/Top 5 or 13 images for 2019

13148 · Jan 9, 2020

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Kalifornier · Jan 9, 2020

I can do top 13 with just our kitties

Here are the others, in no particular order,

1. Perks of getting up super early to go to Taj Mahal: Pic with no tourists by the blue pools

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2. Multnomah Falls near Portland

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3. Milky Way over Monastery Beach near Carmel, California. A passing car towards the end of the exposure produced the light flare effect from the right

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4. Late evening in Louisville, Kentucky

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5. A foggy morning in San Francisco

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6. At 77, Paul McCartney can still rock the house

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7. Odessa Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

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8. Up close with a rose

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9. After the rains

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10. Fallen Leaf Lake near Lake Tahoe

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11. Approaching storm

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12. Gandalf, the older of our two brats

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13. Minerva, the younger brat, who joined our family in 2019

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Macroramphosis · Jan 9, 2020

I'd give you another Winner's cup for that lot, Kalifornier, but alas cannot. That Louisville photo is epic! And Minerva looks like trouble, too

Kalifornier · Jan 9, 2020

Thanks for your kind words @Macroramphosis! Regarding that Louisville sunset, I was attending a technical conference and after sitting through 8 hours of presentations, I forced myself to leave the hotel and go for a walk. So glad I did!

foxtail1 · Jan 9, 2020

Wow, 13 seemed like such a large number, but it was harder than I thought to pick.

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Winter moon by Kristi, on Flickr
Just like this year, I started the year with moon shots.

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pericallis 6 by Kristi, on Flickr
And, in early spring, I headed to a gardening center to find some color. I thought this was an amazing purple.

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Otter by Kristi, on Flickr
A visitor to campus gave me my 15 minutes of fame, as the otter became a social media sensation on the Virginia Tech campus. I was in Ireland when my images were posted on the social media sites, and my phone blew up with requests from news outlets to use the images in their reporting.

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St. Kevin's Church 4 by Kristi, on Flickr
Ireland was amazing. I could probably have done 13 images from there.

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purple door by Kristi, on Flickr
I loved this purple door at Glencree.

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Great cormorant and eel 8 by Kristi, on Flickr
The cormorant won, but it was a long (well-documented) fight.

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Glacier vallery 4 by Kristi, on Flickr
A cross country motorcycle trip included Glacier NP.

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meerkat 3 by Kristi, on Flickr
A trip to to the Virginia zoo in Norfolk, Virginia.

And, finally, lots of local wildlife.

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Red-veined Pennant 5 by Kristi, on Flickr

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wood duck pair 4 by Kristi, on Flickr

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hover 3 by Kristi, on Flickr

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Mantis 5 by Kristi, on Flickr

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spotted sandpiper by Kristi, on Flickr

neelsd · Jan 13, 2020

This is always a tough one, but a good exercise to look at your own improvement during the the year. The full list is available at: Best of 2019

My biggest challenge for 2019 and stepping out of my comfort zone was my attempt at under water portraits

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Underwater Photoshoot by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Underwater Photoshoot by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

Staying with portraits, a highlight was a trip to the Utah Salt Flats with a bunch of photographers and talented models.

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Salt Flat Photoshoot 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Salt Flat Photoshoot 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

Experimented with smoke bobs for portraits

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Junkyard Shoot 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Junkyard Shoot 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Post-Apolcalyptic by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

Tried to get more experience with drone photography.

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Folsom Dam - Browns Ravine by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Sacramento, CA - Railyards by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Sacramento at Night by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

...and of course, no top list would be complete without aviation pic's.

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Capital Airshow 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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Capital Airshow 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

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MCAS Miramar - San Diego 2019 by DreyerPictures, on Flickr

Hendrik · Jan 15, 2020

The floor numbering of the building I grew up in jumped from twelve to fourteen. So, I really lived on the sixteenth floor. Anyway…

1 – A quiet September sunrise.

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The predators:
2 – 5 We have a couple of resident red tail hawks here, in the suburbs of Boston. Most days I come home empty, but every so often they allow themselves to be approached.

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6 – A visit from a barred owl, perched on the deck furniture

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7 – Talk about a mouthful! Swallow

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8 – Shot against a background of late summer goldenrod

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9 – The ultimate predator, caught young

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10 – Sally Lightfoot crab, about which more, another time

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11 – Leaving home

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12 – Focus stack

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13 – And, finally, a dramatic, early January (2019) sunset

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Kalifornier · Jan 16, 2020

Great pics @Hendrik especially the bird pics.

SteveAdler · Jan 18, 2020

Too many to choose from

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beeker · Jan 18, 2020

BosseBe · Jan 18, 2020

My best of 2019:
Selective colour from my window at night.

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Tram passing below my building.

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Vasikkavuoma Natural Preserve, a movable bog, largest one in Sweden if not Europe.

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Another view from Vasikkavuoma.

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Northern Norway, west of Alta, the sun is finally making its apperance after a week rain.

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Nordlys Cathedral in Alta, Norway, taken close to midnight in the midnight sun.

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On the road from Alta to Nordkap in Norway.

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On Mageröya going from Nordkap to Honningsvåg, Norway.

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View from my balcony on a rainy night.

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Autumn in Stockholm.

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Autumn in Stockholm.

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Autumn colours in front of Råsunda church.

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Tant Brun Café in Sigtuna, Sweden.

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Web-Betty · Jan 19, 2020

"The entrance to a windmill, I probably got brain cancer while taking this." @Harvey Melvin Richards OMG I almost spit out my beer when I read that. ?