Since the new year rolled around I've been noticing that a lot of people like to share their best or favorite photos from the past year. This sounded like something I'd like to try so I pulled up my library of "keepers" from 2009 and found I had 4,300! Considering I delete 2/3 of what I take, that means I took about 13,000 photos last year. Sounds like a lot, until I consider what some others take.
Going through 4,300 photos sounds like a monumental task. The good news is I've used Adobe Lightroom's catalog feature to tag my top picks as I processed them. That means I only had to go through a few hundred to pick out my favorites. My goal was to get down to an even dozen, but I just couldn't do it.
These are my personal favorites. They may not be the best and you may not care for them, but they are the ones I like best. Here are my favorite 18. You can get a full sized image by clicking on the thumbnails.
Dawn of Affection - Great Blue Herons at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida.
Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains
Sunset from Clingman's Dome, Smoky Mountains
Swirl
Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park
Great Grey Owl, Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone Lake
Trout Lake, Yellowstone NPBusy Bee, Abingdon, VA
Lilly Pads, Atlanta
North GA Waterfall and Crabtree Falls, North Carolina
Bays Mountain, Kingsport
Warrior's Path State Park, Kingsport
Acuff's Chapel, Blountville, TN
Hold Out
Sunrise, Singer Island, Florida
Fire Beak - Great Blue Heron, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida
There you have it. My favorites from 2009. I hope you have enjoyed these photos. Please contact me if you have any questions about these or any other photos on my site.
I can see why Richard, what a beautiful collection of images, you should be proud of all of them !!
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos indeed, very well done! I like your style.
ReplyDeleteThe photo of the yellowstone lake in winter is amazing, a joy to walk there and enjoy nature in it's most pure form.