10 Favorite Photos from 2011
It’s been wonderful to see so much beauty and breathe lots of fresh air this past year. Photography can’t capture all of that — there’s no substitute for experiencing it yourself. But I hope some of the loveliness of what we’ve seen comes through in this collection of my favorite images from 2011.
Clicking each photo will take you to a larger version on my flickr site. You can also view all my photos there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myelectricsheep/
Night Sky in Winter, Tahoe National Forest, California
Dawn at Rae Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park
Rocks, Irish Beach, California
Salamander, Ventana Wilderness, California
Ridge Lakes, Lassen National Park
Branches in Grass, Junction Meadow, Kings Canyon National Park
Rocks in the Little Sur, Pico Blanco, Ventana Wilderness
Stalks in Laurel Lake, Yosemite National Park
Lizard on Rock, Sunol Regional Wilderness, California
Japanese Maple (Momiji), San Francisco
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to many great adventures in 2012.
These photos are absolutely stunning. Thanks!
Thanks Sasha! I just got started taking 2012 photos, so, many more to come.
Hard to pick a favorite but i think the Ridge Lakes photo takes it for me. All around stellar effort however.
Thanks Charles! That is one of a series of eight from Ridge Lakes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myelectricsheep/sets/72157626234982542/detail/
In the future I would love to exhibit all eight together. I want to figure out how and where to do that. It will probably be after we move though!
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing the beauty of the wilderness with us. We look forward to many more photos from your hike!
Thanks Mom, it’s my pleasure!
I don’t know how you picked your favorites – from your absolutely incredible (and endless) collection of photos. These are gorgeous, but so are all the others! It is such fun to be related to you!
Thank you Barb! I looked through quite a few to pick these, but it can be difficult to choose. I found it valuable to go through that process, because it forced me to think about what makes one photograph better than another.
So cool “The Night Sky in Winter”. It looks like a painting or it belongs with a fantasy short story. So how did you get the shot? Great post.
Thanks Rockin’! It’s a 30-second exposure on a tripod, that’s it. It was hard to compose though since my camera’s screen was totally black. I knew there was the potential for something good since the stars were just perfect, and the snow and trees made sense. I had to focus manually also.
After I took this, Anna and I slept in the snow trench we’d dug earlier. It was a really fun trip with the Sierra Club. Their snow camping training is top notch!
I like following photos:
“Dawn at Rae Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park”
“Japanese Maple (Momiji), San Francisco”
Thanks! Japanese maples are my favorite trees, and I especially love their shapes. Very elegant.