I’ve closed comments on this post, since the voting deadline has passed. You can see how the votes went in this post with the top ten. Thanks to all of you who voted!
Happy New Year!
Like champagne, Auld Land Syne, and the Tournament of Roses Parade, it’s become a New Year’s tradition on this blog to pick my best images from the past year, and once again I’m inviting you to help me make these difficult choices. I’ve posted 46 of my best photographs from 2015 below, in chronological order. After you look through these, please post a comment listing your ten favorites.
You don’t have to list your ten favorites in any order, or even name them – just numbers will do. (The numbers are in the captions underneath the photographs. Also, you can click on the images to see them larger.) Once the votes are in I’ll post the top ten on this blog, and submit the final group to Jim Goldstein’s blog project, where he’ll be showcasing the best images of the year from over 300 photographers. The voting deadline is this Sunday, January 3rd, at midnight Pacific time.
As always, I reserve the right to override the votes if one of my favorites gets panned. But I’ve rarely had to exercise this power because my readers have excellent taste. 🙂
Thanks for your input — I appreciate your help!
— Michael Frye
1. Blue oaks and misty ridges, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa County, CA, USA
2. Ross’s geese taking flight in the fog, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
3. Sunrise above a fog layer, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa County, CA, USA
4. Foothill ridges rising above the fog with southern Sierra Nevada peaks in the distance, Mariposa County, CA, USA
5. Ross’s geese taking flight at sunset, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
6. Moon rising above Half Dome from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
7. Upper Yosemite Fall illuminated by the rising moon, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
8. Dogwood along the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
9. Trees and mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
10. Sand dune, Mesquite Flat dunes, Death Valley NP, CA, USA
11. Manly Beacon at night with star trails, Death Valley NP, CA, USA
12. Trona Pinnacles and the Milky Way, Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark, CA, USA
13. Sand dune and the Milky Way at night, Death Valley NP, CA, USA
14. Dogwoods, mist, and ponderosa pines, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
15. Pines, sunbeams, and mist, Cook’s Meadow, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
16. Sunbeams in a redwood forest along the Northern California coast
17. Sea stacks at sunset , Redwood NP, CA, USA
18. Sunrise, Mono Lake, CA, USA
19. Sunset over tufa formations at Mono Lake, CA, USA
20. Sunrise at South Tufa, Mono Lake, CA, USA
21. Lightning over the San Joaquin Valley from the Sierra Nevada foothills, California, USA
22. Tufa and stars (with Perseus and the Pleiades), Mono Lake, CA, USA
23. Tufa and Milky Way, Mono Lake, CA, USA
24. Green light, Wheaton and Hollis Hotel, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
25. 1927 Dodge Graham with gas pumps at night, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
26. Wagon wheel behind the Dechambeau Hotel, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
27. Lunar eclipse sequence with light-painted Joshua trees, September 27th, 2015, Joshua Tree NP, CA, USA
28. Aspens and reflections, Uncompahgre NF, CO, USA
29. Aspen trunks near Telluride, CO, USA
30. Sunbeams, San Juan Mountains, CO, USA
31. Sunlight on aspens, Umcompahgre NF, CO, USA
32. Autumn sunrise over the Sneffels Range from the Dallas Divide, CO, USA
33. Aspens along a creek in the eastern Sierra Nevada, CA, USA
34. Rainbow over Black Point, Mono Lake, CA, USA
35. Aspens reflected in a beaver pond, Inyo NF, CA, USA
36. Fog and clouds over Mono Lake with the White Mountains in the distance, CA, USA
37. Clearing storm by moonlight from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
38. El Capitan by moonlight, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
39. Reflections along the Merced River, winter, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
40. Ross’s geese taking flight at sunrise, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
41. Ross’s geese lifting off from a San Joaquin Valley marsh, CA, USA
42. Half Dome, North Dome, and the Merced River by moonlight, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
43. Gates of the Valley by moonlight, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
44. Yosemite Valley lit by the setting moon, with Jupiter above, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
45. Star trails over Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
46. Morning light, Gates of the Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
Related Posts: My Top Photographs of 2014; 2013: My Top Ten Images
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Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. He is the author or principal photographer of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite, Yosemite Meditations, Yosemite Meditations for Women, Yosemite Meditations for Adventurers, and Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters. He has also written three eBooks: Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom, Exposure for Outdoor Photography, and Landscapes in Lightroom: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide. Michael has written numerous magazine articles on the art and technique of photography, and his images have been published in over thirty countries around the world. Michael has lived either in or near Yosemite National Park since 1983, currently residing just outside the park in Mariposa, California.
My favorites: 14, 29, 30, 32, 37, 39, 45
1,2,3,7,10,14,16,37,39,45
Favorites: 1, 46, 37, 35, 33, 31, 9, 10, 23 and 21
Here are mine 9, 19, 20, 29, 38 and they did not match any of the 2 preceding me. lololo
From many spectacular shots I found 10 that I liked above the others.
1, 4, 5 ,9, 12, 13, 21, 39, 41, 46
If there was an 11th choice it would be 37.. I couldn’t eliminate one of the others to fit it in.
3,6,7,13,18,19,21,24,39 44
39, 38, 32, 29, 25, 24, 21, 19, 17 ,10
1, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, and 29.
Happy New Year to you and Claudia!
And thank you for all your contributions to the photographic community!
3,7,13,16,20,25,32,38,39,43
They’re all winners but these appeal the most to me….1,3,5,15,20,31,32,35,37 and 39. Tomorrow I would probably pick 10 others.
23, 28, 32, 38, 39, 44, 46, 1, 10, 15
tough choice, they are all fantastic. Have a happy new year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Michael and Claudia. Thank you both for a wonderful year of inspiration.
My picks: 2, 7, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 30, 38, 40
6,21,23,24,37,42,46,25,35,43,not easy choices
1,9,12,14,21,23,30,38,39,42. Happy New Year!
Wow, tough to pick, they are all so good.
My favorites this morning are: 39 (love this one), 37, 24, 20, 17, 16, 10, 14, 29, and 30.
10,7,42
Love all of them but like these best: 4, 5, 11, 13, 20, 21, 33, 35, 38, 43. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I have enjoyed each and every one as you presented them throughout the year, and again in summary here. My favorites: 1, 6, 7, 12, 16, 18, 21, 38, 39, 44
13 is amazing!
With so many great shots, this was hard….
1,6,16,21,24,43
6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 28, 33, 37, 39,
Very strong group of images Michael…but at this moment 1, 7, 13, 14, 21, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43 are my top 10.
Tough call. Here are my favorite
1, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 38, 46
Well accedes the criteria of: “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” set by you surely you know who! My picks: 5, 6, 10, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 39, 45, 46.
I thought these were some of your best all time, especially the nightime images; 1,3,7,13,14,23,28,35,38,39. However, Reflections On The Merced is absolutely perfect and I can’t wait to get a print of that one. Inspiring art as always, love your site!
46, 43, 39, 33, 32, 24, 16, 13, 7, 1.
19
24
This are my top 10 choices:
21,22,23,32,40,43,44,45,19,13.
My favorites are: 6, 7, 14, 17, 20, 31, 32, 38, 39, 42.
What a beautiful way to start off the new year! My picks:
2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 19, 21, 28, 38, 39
Favorites: 2, 9, 29, 32, 33, 35, 39, 42
Great selection Michael. My choices: 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 24, 29, 31, 37
Mr. Frye,
I could easily pick 20 or 30 favorites. This collection would make an outstanding daily journal for 2016. Great body of work, many successes. Here are my top 10 choices.
1, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 28, 35, 38, 43
1,7,12,13,21,24,28,38,39,42
Ouch, this was tough! Can I have a selection with 20 or thirty? (Never hurts to ask!)
12, 16, 24, 33, 35, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45
It’s fun to see the similarities and variations in the selected photos!
Thanks for the invitation.
6,7,11,13,14,17,21,23,24,44
Wow!
I’m partial to Yosemite so:
7, 21, 22, 30, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46
Happy New Year!
Mark
2,5,14,17,21,28,32,35,39,41
5,7,12,15,16,21,22,38,43,46
Only 10??? I’m a sucker for fog….so 1,9,21,28,37,42,45,46,4,16…..you are an inspiration!!!
Excellent! Hard to chose but I winnowed them down to this list:
5,14,19,21,24,32,35,37,39,45
Had a difficult time narrowing down to ten, but here are my favorites: 5,7,9,23,30,32,33,37,43,44
Hermosas todas las fotos demuestran la imprecionante belleza de la naturaleza!!
Happy New Year, Michael! You make it harder and harder every year to just pick ten. I think this was the hardest yet, because of all the spectacular places you went. I have to tell you that Death Valley is very special to me and your #13 (#1 in my opinion) blows away most of the shots I’ve seen of the dunes so far.
Here’s 10:
#13 – 37 -19 – 38 – (tied 28 +29) – 46 – (tied 5+6) – 15 – 21 – 24
Your photography keeps getting better every year and I look forward to seeing what’s new in 2016!
1, 4, 19, 30, 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45
My favorites: 2, 3, 6, 7, 21, 28, 32, 37, 38, 43
2,10,20,29,31
I look forward to this every year.
My favorites:
40, 39, 24, 21, 19, 17, 16, 13, 3, 1
So difficult to choose! Yosemite with snow, and moonlight is stunning. Fall colors stir the heart.
20,21,25,31, 32, 33, 38,39,42, 43
I wonder how you are able to choose – -what catches your eye, or what makes you catch your breath?
5, 10, 13, 14, 19, 22, 28, 32, 40, 42
My choices are: 6,9,13,14,17,21,24,31,38, and 43
My Picks for 2015: 2, 12, 20, 23, 24, 33, 38, 42, 43, 46. Thanks for sharing your images.
What a great set of pictures!
My favorites are 38, 39, 13, 33, 3, 9
33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
Very difficult to choose.. All amazing! I love your photographs
The landscapes are spectaculars
1, 4, 6, 7, 10,13, 15, 16, 21, 31
1, 13, 27, 40, 42, 30, 24, 21, 19, 15. Really great images. Hard to pick.
Incredibly prolific year Michael! My personal choices would be: 1 2 4 5 7 9 13 14 26 27
1,4,7,13,16,24,39,42,44,45
Hard to pick
1,12,17,20,21,35,38,43,45,46
Nice body of work, Michael.
3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 15, 21, 31, 37, 46.
So many amazing images! Hard to pick!
1,12,13,17,20,28,30,39,42,46
Here are my favorites.
1, 4, 6, 12, 17, 24, 38, 39, 43, 46. Thank you for breathtaking photos.
4,13, 19, 20, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 46
Amazing photos, and thank you for all of the information shared in your blog posts and emails over the years!
Michael, you really out did yourself this year!
21,3,4,2,5,8,13,17,32,38.
1 7 13 14 21 25 28 38 39 46
(I would have selected all 46!) Good luck and Happy 2016 to you and Claudia.
10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 33, 42
All amazing images, but there were a few real standouts this year that made it not so hard to pick my faves.
4, 7, 12, 13, 15, 21, 24, 27, 33, 39
Another tough year to whittle down these to only ten, but here’s my two cents:
4,8,14,21,23,31,32,36,39 and 46.
Happy New Year to everyone!!
Michael, this was by no means an easy task.
My final choices, after much reflection:
1
4
6
7
9
14
16
21
37
39
Here are my choices for the top ten: 7, 10, 19, 21, 39, 42, 38, 16, 14, 32
Can’t wait to see the results. Great photos, all of them.
All beautiful, but my faves are 3, 4, 13, 18, 19, 22, 28, 33, 38, 39. My most fave: 38.
7, 9, 14, 17, 24, 29, 39, 5, 33 and 28 Tough choices, all beautiful.
Hi Michael,
9, 13, 21, 28, 29, 32, 37, 42, 43, 46
Thanks for sharing your images over another great year, and thanks for being a mentor to those of us still out wandering in the wilderness searching for a clear vista.
Best of luck in 2016!
3,5,10,11,17,20,21,31,32,43 Good luck! They’re all spectacular! I really enjoy your work and appreciate your educational and very helpful blog.
My favorites:
6,7,10,13,16,19,21,28,37 + 38.
In order, with #1 choice first: 21,39,13,20,22,30
Choosing my top 14 was relatively easy – but getting them down to 10 from 14 was quite difficult. Very nice images, Michael! Thanks for your blog and inspiration.
My top 10: 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25, 28, 38.
Difficult choice.
4 7 13 20 23 30 32 37 39 43.
Such fun!
2, 12, 14, 16, 19, 29, 32, 38, 42, 44
So much beauty! Thank you, Michael.
Beautiful photos. So many considerations in choosing favorites. I love light, color, water, and unique moments. My top favorites, in order as best I can order them are:
13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 12, 35, 38, 5, 43
3, 7, 11, 13, 21, 29, 39, 42, 45, 46
2, 14, 16, 28, 29, 31, 10, 21, 39, 40.
Thanks for sharing. Love your work.
21, 22, 13, 23, 28, 31, 39, 5, 6, 12
All wonderful, but I vote for:
4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 23, 24, 31, 38 and 44.
46, 30, 7, 15, 28, 31, 39
Always have a soft spot in my heart for Yosemite.
7, 13, 19, 21, 23, 26, 37, 38, 42, 46
Thank you for sharing your amazing work!
11, 12, 13, 16, 21, 32, 37, 38, 39, 44
1,7,13,17,21,29,30,39,43,46
Thank you all your education that you share with your glorious work and Good Luck on your submissions =))
So many great photos, hard to decide for only 10 favorites.
These made my list:
9, 15, 20, 23, 24, 25, 30, 32, 38, 39
Thanks for sharing your pictures and the informative blog posts.
Fabulous images! Hard to choose ten!
1, 13, 19, 21, 33, 35, 38, 40, 42, 45
Again, very tough to pick only 10. Here are my favorites: 12,13,14,15,21,23,28,32,37,39 out of bunch of great shots.
1, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 28, 35, 37, 44
Some truly awesome shots!
Really hard to choose, but here are my final selections:
1, 2, 10, 13, 21, 22, 24, 29, 39, 42
I really appreciate both your art and you helpful blog and books. Thank you and happy new year!
Could you have made it any harder do you think? lol. Here are my 10 favourites in numerical order: 9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 23, 24, 38, 39, 44.
I love your work. Happy New Year!
Wow: 1, 14, 16, 21, 28, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39
13, 15, 21, 23, 28, 32, 35, 38, 43, 44, 46. Yes, I know that’s 11. Sorry. All beautiful. Good luck!
Michael, too many great ones to select from as usual!
My choices are, 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 21, 33, 37, 38, 43
Good luck on your final picks!
Happy new year Michael and Claudia! As many others have said, it’s not easy to choose just ten. At least we don’t have to rank our ten choices in order of our preference! Here are my favorites:
5, 13, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 32, 38, 39
It would be interesting to have you tell us which ones are your own top ten favorites after this is all said and done.
My favorites are: 9, 12, 28. 32, 33, 38, 42, 13, 19, 39
Thanks for keeping this tradition alive! I look forward to it each year.
My vote:
1, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 31, 37, 40 and 42
Tough to pick just 10.
My favorites are: 1,3,4,7,8,9,29,32,38,39.
Ah! I sent an email, because I couldn’t find the comments. Anyhow, I finally found them. Here are my choices.
1, 7, 13, 16, 21, 23, 37, 38, 39, 45
Here are my choices: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 23, 39, 41 and 45.
Happy New Year!
My Votes:
5, 6, 12, 14, 18, 2, 24, 31, 38, and 46.
Hi Michael – I have just discovered you and your photography within this last week.
“WOW” – Your Images Are Incredible.
It’s a hard choice to make, as All your images are winners.
My Choice In Order:- 44 – 43 – 42 – 1 – 38 – 37 – 19 – 20 – 26 – 25.
Best Wishes For 2016.
mine is #21
Above all the #13. Every shot is great though
Can I choose all 46? These are all amazing!! Will be interesting to see the tally cuz each of us comes from a different place….
But – 1,2,7,11,13,15,20,33,39,42
1, 4, 7, 10, 15, 18, 19, 39, 45, 46
1,3,6,7,12,24,32,35,39
My favorites are: 12, 2, 30,31,13,7,21,37,34,23
Happy New Year wishes
Bjorn Johansson from Sweden
9 10 12 13 14 19 21 24 30 32
Hello Michael, thank you for sharing your excellent photography work with me.
Seeing your beautiful photographs it surely helps me to have a better image of our world 🙂
This is my choice from your 2015 best images: 2; 6; 7; 9; 13; 15; 19; 21; 37 and 39.
Happy New Year to you and to your family!
P.S. – If one day you will visit Portugal, please let me know.
I would be happy to help you on finding some interesting places for you to shoot 🙂
Another great year, Michael! 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 21, 24, 38. Here’s to 2016!
Best to all for 2016.
38, 33, 23, 21, 8, 32, 28, 19, 16,12
5, 13, 15, 22, 26, 27, 31, 39, 42, 45
My top seven: 1, 13, 18, 19, 21, 27, 43
Michael – Thanks for your continued inspiration and images! It is very hard to pick just ten images, but I tried to focus on overall “visual variety” from your wonderful offerings.
2
9
13
15
17 – Sea Stacks at Sunset: my 3rd favorite – a perfect balance of visual elements!
21 – Lightning over San Joaquin Valley: my OVERALL favorite – so unique!
25
33
38 – El Capitan by Moon: my 4th favorite – I love your night time efforts!
39 – Reflections on Merced River in Winter: my 2nd overall favorite – such pleasing composition!
Thanks again! Dan
So many great choices, Michael, but here’s my list: 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 37, 38, 46.
13 would be my overall choice.
1,3,7,14,21,30,37,39
12, 5, 6, 13, 20, 21, 28, 33, 40, 1
1, 5, 13, 21,42
Here’s my top ten from your images.
31,43,42,29,21,46,39,38,32,18
1, 4, 9, 15, 16, 28, 30, 38, 39, 46
6, 9, 13, 17, 24, 28, 32, 37, 39, 41
5, 7, 8, 13, 21 ,27, 28, 38, 39, 43
Great stuff!
Congratulations Michael. you’ve had an incredibly productive year. your images are amazing. best wishes and thanks for sharing.
The favorites are 3 4 6 12 19 23 28 32 38 and 42.
How do you get such an incredible depth of field in 19? It must be a combination of focus stacking and HDR (or else tilt shift and medium format).
I’ve been working on this lately and have done the HDR first then the focus stacking of the HDR images. have you written on the subject? thanks?
Here are my favs:
1, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 33, 38, 39, 43!
Michael,
43, 38, 46, 37, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. (#’s 28-32 because I am very partial to aspens in Colorado!)
Jim
Hi Michael,
Here are my votes:
1, 5, 9, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 37, 42
Happy New Year!,
Doug
My choices
4, 6, 9, 14, 17, 18, 20, 32, 37, 38
………..and Bob’s girlfriend Cherise says: 3 5 9 18 19 20 34 37 38 43
Such an amazing lot of photos. I see bunch more night time photos than you have taken in the past. Is this because of using a Sony now?
Here are my picks:
5,6,7,9,10,13,21,28,32,38
I even overcame my own personal bias against bird photos and picked one of them. I think # 21 is amazing and different.
Thanks for sharing you knowledge and photos with us.
1, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 21, 28, 32, 39
So hard to narrow down to 10 but here they are. Thanks so much Michael for all you do all year for the photographic community to inspire and teach us. Wishing you and Claudia a great 2016.
As always so many great photos from which to choose. I love Yosemite and my choices reflect that.
My 10 favorites in order after much debating with myself are:
38 39 43 42 46 9 14 33 8 1
My choice
37,39,30,27,26,21,14,7,1,10 These are my favorites. all are wonderful.
My choices are:
3, 6, 10, 12, 17, 19, 21, 38, 43, 46
7,14,24,21,46,45,39,3129,28….that was a difficult task…to only choose ten as each holds its’ own beauty…nonetheless, thank you for your eyes for such beauty…
My top ten choices:
4, 6, 9, 33, 38, 39, 14, 34, 16, 1
Happy New Year, Michael! As always, it’s hard to pick 10 – they are all great. Here are my choices:
5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 24, 25, 27 and 38
Fantastic images!
5, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 46.
Wow! Excellent photography and tough choices. In order:
1,13,16,14,39,38,9,12,21,33.
#39 is awesome and love how you went to plan b. I need to think like that!
Happy New Year!
My faves: 1,2,4,13,14,19,25,31,38,39
An impossible task….all are so beautiful.
10, 23,26,32,38, 39,42, 43,44, 45
6, 7, 12, 13, 23, 32, 38, 39, 40, 1
5,6,7,12,13,14,16,19,32,42
7,12,21,22,23,32,33,35,38,39
Holy cow! What tough choices (as always) to narrow it down to 10. Thanks for your continued inspiration, instruction and amazing photography! 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 23, 38, 43, 46.
3,7,10,11,13,17,28,29,31,38
Nice photographs Michael.
4, 6, 12, 15, 20, 21, 28, 32, 37, 46
Very difficult to choose.
1, 4, 17, 20, 22, 32, 35, 37, 38, 3
Stunning…hard to get to only 10
6, 7, 21, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46
My favorite is 14. I really like 1, 2, 24, 30, 46. All the best!
4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 21, 39
39, 38, 25, 13, 33, 42, 43, 14, 19, 45
I really enjoyed doing this!
Love that this is an annual event!
So hard to choose just 10 –
9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 35, 39, 40, 42, 45
Thanks for all your inspiration!!
3, 4, 9, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 17, 39
Thanks for sharing photos and techniques. Of these my favorite its #39. I didn’t care for the Bodie ones, but the natural landscapes are all winners.
Great bunch of photos – thanks for the inspiration. My choices are:
6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 29, 33, 37, 44, 46
Really nice!
19,21,24,32,46,18,15,13,6,7
It was almost impossible to choose. My vote 4, 5, 9, 12, 16, 21, 23, 32, 38, 43.
My vote:
3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 21, 34, 39 and 46. It’s hard to pick only 10 :).
I love your list – it’s a bit of a trip down memory lane, recalling your stories and lessons! And, as always, so hard to pick just 10. So, probably best to go with first reactions (mostly)
1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 29, 31, 38, 39, 44
3.5.9.15.17.19.20 21.31 39
I rarely participate in this type of conversation but I get so much enjoyment from your blog, it would be rude not to! My picks are:
7,10,14,19,23,29,31,37,38,39
Keep up the great work in 2016.
My picks:
1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 15, 24, 37, 45
Hi Michael,
First of all, thanks for all the great blogs and pictures you are posting.
All your pictures are great so it’s always a challenge to pick the top ten.
Here are my picks:
1-9-13-20-21-27-28-31-39-45
Your work always inspires me. Have a great 2016
With regards from Austria
Guenther
My picks are 6,7,20,23,32,35,38,39,42,43
Great website, enjoy seeing your image each week.
Thanks
21., 27, 28, 13
I can tell from looking at your portfolio that we didn’t get much snow last year. That and the fact that you spent more of the winter down in the central valley. Darn! Michael I’m impressed that you keep generating stellar photographs. I can’t wait to see them printed!
Happy New Year
Hugh
4, 7, 13, 15, 20, 21, 29, 31, 37, 38
Amazing pictures! It is very hard to select only 10.
Any set, but these jumped out at me: 15, 21, 28, 33, 38, 39, 40
1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 19, 21, 28, 32.
My favorites of the above are 6, 13, and 21.
Happy New Year!
1, 4, 9, 15, 16, 17, 21, 30, 37, 44
Oh, the agony! Okay. Only 10.
1
6
7
15
21
22
37
40
44
45
Thank you for all you and Claudia do.
4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 21, 29, 38, 39
This was easy. None of the others were any good!
38 39 43 46 42 16 28 14 31 33 21 Put in an extra just because!
1, 4, 7, 9, 15, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45.
The following photos are my favorites:
2 7 11 13 19 23 28 29 38 42
Great stuff, Michael! My favorites:
2, 4, 7, 9, 21, 30, 37, 39, 41, 46
I love your photography. This was a very difficult job just choosing 10 of the wonderful photos. You are a fantastic photographer!
Great shots! Favorites are: 7, 8, 13, 14, 37, 38.
1,3, 7, 13, 28 34, 44
Continue to be my favorite photography blog!
Happy New Year !
My favorites: 1,3,4,7,13,15,19,21,24,37
Best regards, Georgy
Top three: 13, 21, 45
Greetings from Sweden!
//Björn
Here are my 10 favorites:
1,7,10,12,13,14,21,39,42,45
9, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, 28, 37, 38, 39
Wish I had so many good shots that picking just 10 was a challenge
My favourites
13,19,21,23,32,33,35,38,39,43.
Who can choose?! Every next one is my favorite. After difficult whittling, here is what I came up with:
43, 42, 38, 37, 28, 23, 21, 10, 6, 7. Whew! All beautiful!
This is certainly an amazing set of photographs you have produced through the past year. It is quite challenging to pick only a few among these.
My top favorites are 20,32,37 and 43.
Runner ups include: 1,4,5,9,30 and 35
10, 14, 16, 21, 22, 30, 37, 42
Ethereal, exquisite, inspirational!!!
Wow – hard choices. In numerical order I’d vote for
1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 23, 38
Here are my 10: 1, 5, 13, 14, 16, 24, 30, 37, 43, 44
The three best:
7, 13, 23
Nice work. Great job on keeping up the blog and website.
Fabulous photos, as always. My favorites: 1,7, 9, 13, 32, 38, 39
7,9,12,19,21. Especially 19 and 21
So many to select from:
7,13,16,20,23,24,28,37,38,44
Hi Michael,
I indeed enjoyed all your photographs – they are just all very great, one better than the others – you are really a big inspiration. And I’m particularly impressed by your night photography, and will try to learn from you.
Being so good all of them, it was very difficult to pick, so I have picked those which really created a great mood for me: 9, 10,11, 17, 22, 24, 31, 33, 37, 38 and 39
Thanks,
Jens Kristian
Michael, thanks for the inspirational photography. They are all favourites but below is my list of favourite favourites (in no particular order):
4, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 22, 30, 38, 45
Happy New Year and Congratulations, Michael, on another year of amazing and inspiring work! These images are breathtaking! It was hard to choose, but here are my top 10: 21, 11, 13, 23, 9, 19, 24, 42, 28 and 33. Best wishes to you and continued success with your blog, workshops and book projects!
14,39,3,4,13,15,23,39,42,43,46, love them
Beautiful photography. . . I share most of them from FB.
Tough to narrow down ten. There was something in everyone the made me stop and look-mostly with a bit of envy.
1,5,13,20,21,24,42,45,46
Thanks again, Michael, for giving us the honor of voting for your top 10. It’s always difficult to choose, but fun to go through the process. My top 10 choices this year, at least at this moment, are: 10, 15, 13, 21, 14, 28, 29, 24, 37, 42. Looking forward to another year of your superb and inspiring work.
All are beautiful, but my favorites are 7, 12, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 38, and 43.
Whew! As always, just lovely Michael. I enjoy seeing your photos every time you post.
3,5,6,13,14,17.21,29,37,48
Forgot my choices: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 21, 38.
You can tell I am from the Sierra mountains. I would choose all of your
Yosemite photos.
All images are beautiful, but my favorites are 7, 12, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 38, and 43.
I think this is a mind bender!! Who cares what the top 10 are … you have an amazing body of work & like so many others, I appreciate the fact that you are so willing to share it. However, I am old fashion & I do try to finish the assignment … so I guess my picks would be: 6, 7, 12, 32 & 43. But I could easily come up with 2 dozen more favorites. Thank you for sharing your work & setting the bar so high for the rest of us!!
Very hard to choose!
6,13,19,21,22,25,29,31,38,45
All these images are outstanding but the one that jumped out at me immediately was the sand dune in #13. The top ten- 1, 2, 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 21, 37, 44.
I look forward to seeing your work in 2016!
Great images!
7, 13, 20, 21, 22, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45
In order:
32, 21, 46, 28, 43, 7, 12, 13, 30, 38
You’re “The Man”
My favorite is #16
It wasn’t an easy task – every single one is a masterpiece. My favorite ten are: 2, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 31 and 40.
I think I’d like to include 38, instead of 40.
Awesome photos Michael! These are my picks for best 10 …hard to do since I love them all!
11
13
19
21
23
25
28
43
7
20
My faves are: 4 7 13 16 21 23 37 39
I left out 31 and 43
Great photos;
My favourites are 6, 7, 13, 21, 23, 33, 37, 38, 39 and 43!
Michael – SUCH awesome shots man! How inspirational these ALL are…..Grudgingly and with great difficulty I forced myself to narrow down to the following images: 5-7-9-14-16-22-30-39-40-46-
Thank You sir.
Michael, you have an amazing array of photos from which to choose. Thank you for all you have given to us during this past year.
My choices: 12, 13, 19, 20, 23, 31, and 38.
I am only voting for one because it is so outstanding. It exemplifies all that a good landscape image should be.
38
Best woshes
Len
29, 24, 16, 17, 21, 22, 43, 10, 13,14
My faves are: 3, 16, 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 33, 37, 43.
1 – 4 – 7 – 9 – 14 – 23 – 28 – 31 – 33 – 39
Tough decision to make. I think 14 stands out as the very best with 5, 10, 13, 24, 33, 35, 39 and 25 in the top group. I probably picked the “out of the ordinary” pictures. Shots of El Cap and the falls were equally outstanding, but more widely seen by photographers than the ones I picked this time.
Michael also has a gift in writing which adds so much to the pictures we get all year long. His stories of his travels to get to the photo sites are priceless.
Impressive photographs: composition and lighting are exquisite. My favorites are 3, 7,10,13,14,16,18,26,27, and 46. Happy New Year!
1,2,7,15,21,37,37,37,44,45
37 is one of my favorites of all of your shots. It’s incredible.
Such a hard choice, but I finally narrowed it down.
For me the top 10 images are – 1, 7, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, and 39.
All of your works is outstanding, but your night shots are over the top.
Happy New Year!
2, 10, 13, 21, 37, 1, 9, 19, 41, 42
Favorites: 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 21, 23, 29, 31, 37
1,5,7,9,19,13,14,19,21,43
I’m not a totally unbiased observer here, so a couple of picks may be suspect. That said, after a lot of adding and erasing:
1, 2, 7, 11, 13, 21, 37, 42, 43, 46
And Happy New Year!
So hard to choose! Thank you for all of the lovely photos, I so enjoy seeing them!
1, 8, 12, 14, 19, 21, 23, 24, 29, 38
2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 21, 39, 45
Happy new year Michael, tough one and having loved Yosemite and Mono lake when I was there a bit biased , 4,6,7,13,21,22,31,38,43,46.
I’m a sucker for fall colors!
35
33
14
6
38
42
(In basic order of preference)
Wonderful.
7,17,22,38, 39
Michael, your photos are beautiful and I always enjoy receiving your e-mails (usually when I wake up the next day in England).
My favourites are:
4, 9, 17, 21, 31, 37, 38, 42, 43 & 44
I especially enjoy seeing the Yosemite photos and Redwoods, having had the pleasure of visiting both. So pleased to see that you are receiving some snow in the Sierra Nevada this winter. Hope it continues for you, as I know you desperately need it. I visited Yosemite last June and could see how desperately California needs the water. If I could send some of our rain in England over I would!
Love participating in this best of. Your photography is inspiring. 1, 19, 14, 13, 12, 7, 22, 30, 38, 40
I don’t know if you are a sadist for asking or I’m a masochist for replying. Impossible to limit to 10 to 10, so I chose 9. Preternaturally difficult and inspiring. Thanks and Happy New Year
1,6,9,13,21,22,30,35,42
13,14,29,21,35,32,2,39,44
#3 and #39 really stand out, which is saying something as these are all phenomenal photos.
Checking out these shots is a beautiful way to bring in the New Year ~ great series of photos and wishing you continued success in your photography. Cheers to a great 2016.
I love them all, but my top ten is:
44, 43, 42, 38, 37, 28, 25, 22, 16, 6. I also like 29
Absolutely wonderful photos
To complete my list 🙂
#3 and #39 top two.
15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 32, 37 and 42 to round things out. Man they are all so special 🙂
Beautiful Work as always Michael
4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 23, 24, 30, 32, 45
I wish I could have picked 20 best. I had a hard time eliminating the number to 10. I love to look at how you see nature.
My picks are: 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 20, 21, 27, 37, and 39.
Can’t wait to see what you see in 2016! Happy New Year.
All are excellent.
To my eye the top six are 10, 12, 13, 21, 38, and 46.
My favorite being 13.
I enjoy your blog and find it truly inspirational.
Hard job to choose. But here goes:
3, 6, 13, 17, 18, 25, 32, 38, 39, 46
Your regular email newsletters are great!
Happy New Year!
2, 9, 10, 13, 22, 24, 33, 35, 38, 39
39, 40 and 46. Tough to choose since each of us has a different vision. I liked the solitude of these three.
Michael, as always too many good shots to choose from. Here are my picks:
6, 8,11,13,14,19,23,29,38,39.
Happy New Year, BA
Nice problem to have, making a choice like this! For me, the top 10 are:
7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 33, 35 and 38
Excellent work and I really appreciate everything you share.
Love this exercise that I have been doing on your photos and on mine for at least 3-4 years! Thanks for being so inspiring in your teaching as well as your photography!
So here are my favourite (in numerical order):
7, 10, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39, 42
Michael, The pictures are not only beautiful but inspiring. I’m always checking my email for a new blog update. Thank you for all you do, it is appreciated. Have a very Happy New Year.
1, 3, 6, 10, 14, 20, 24, 32, 38, 39
And once again Michael it’s hard to choose. But here are my top picks…
3, 13, 21, 28, 33 with 13 being my favorite.
They’re all so dam good I could pick 4 or 5 different sets.
Here’s my ten. 1, 3, 4, 9, 13, 16, 20, 24, 28, 38
3,7,9,10,13,21,29 are outstanding but all are great!
Your photographs inspire me all year long. Thank you for your inspiration.
My selection:
7 9 13 19 20 21 27 29 38 42
Happy New Year
They are all beautiful. My picks are: 6, 7, 17, 19, 23, 32, 38, 42, 43, and 46.
Its is difficult to choose from great images, but
my favorites are : 1,5,6,14,15,21,22,35,38 and 44.
3, 6, 7,
13, 21, 39 are my favorites
3, 6, 7, 21, 23, 28, 29, 38, 39, 43
Happy New Year!!
All the images are wonderful! Here are my ten..
3,12,13,19,21,24,29,32,39,44
#3 was my favorite. Thanks so much for all your time and the helpful information you provide in your blog.
Truly admire your work:)
Great shots as usual :). My favorites are – 13, 21, 32, 12, 38, 43, 19, 25, 26 and 5.
1,4,5,10,13,14,16,21,29,35
My favorites are 3,4,6,16,17,20,32,33,38,43
There is always something special about your images, Michael.
Thank you for sharing your images, writing your blogs, and providing inspiration for all your students. All the best for 2016!
My picks are 1,2,6,13,17,20,22,38,39,46
Such a really strong presentation of images Michael! You do make this difficult when they are all so inspiring and aesthetic. OK, here is my list, but I could easily be persuaded to change my mind later if asked!
5, 7, 13 (my favorite), 20, 21, 23, 28, 33, 28, 38.
3,5,7,10,11,12,13,21,23,28
Beautiful photos, so difficult to choose only 10 favorites:
1, 4, 9, 13, 16, 17, 26, 38, 39, 46
Thanks for sharing your art and photographic expertise.
Beautiful photos, so difficult to choose only 10 favorites:
1, 4, 9, 13, 16, 17, 26, 38, 39, 46
Thanks for sharing your art and photographic your expertise.
I have delighted in your newsletters this past year. Thank you for sharing. My top pics are 13, 14, 16, 21, 35 and 38
5,6,7,8,12,13,15,21,22,23,40
Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year!
You make this request VERY challenging….
7,9,13,15,19,21,24,28,37,46.
7. 12. 21. 23. 24. 29. 37. 39. 45. 5.
4,7,10,13,21,22,23,37,38,43
These all represent a lot of dedication and expertise. And they are all inspiring!
So hard to choose…they are all beautiful! But here are my top 10:
5, 7, 13, 14, 20, 28, 30, 39, 43, 46.
Thanks so much for sharing your photos, Michael. You always add beauty to my day! I look forward to seeing what 2016 will bring! Happy New Year!
Vicki
Dear Michael, thanks for the opportunity to participate in the Annual Selection.
OK, limit to ten: 1,7,12,13, 21, 24, 29, 35, 38, 46.
Hope your Christmas and New Year was pleasant, take care.
A lot of beautiful images. My selections for the top ten are:
7, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 42
It would have been easier if the choices were for the top 15. Tomorrow my list could change.
Happy New ‘Year and thank you for all of your efforts to share your images and to write about the location and technical photo aspects as well as your photo adventures with Claudia
la 15 est la plus belle pour moi.
I love all your pictures but my ten favorite are:
3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 19 20, 21, 37 and 39.
Hi Michael, very hard to choose from such a great selection but here goes:
3, 13, 14, 19, 23, 35, 38, 42, 43, 46
Thank you for all the photos and tips that you have shared with us.
Have a great 2016.
4,6,13,15,17,23,25,33,37,43
Very hard to pick just 10.
6, 10, 13, 14, 33, 35, 38, 39
This is really an impossible task! There are so many deserving images that didn’t make the cut only because ten was the limit.
1, 13, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33 and 39
A simply stunning collection. My favorites: 6,7,9,13,15, 21, 42,46. Thank you & Happy New Year!
Very Difficult!! Thanks for your blog. An inspiring blog! 13, 19 , 21, 28. Happy New Year!
6,19,23,24,25,38,43,45,46
(Reluctantly eliminated 1,5,12,13,21!)
Top 10: Wow, I love them all but #35 is my favorite-probably because Lundy Canyon in the fall is my favorite place on the earth. I also especially love #39-Yosemite Valley in the snow is always amazing. Happy New Year to you and Claudia!
35, 39, 20, 33, 9,14,29, 42,43, 36.
3 7 45 38 11 13 46 28 22 25
Many would change if I were to do this again.
You didn’t make it easy.
1, 2, 9, 13, 14, 21, 24, 31, 32, 46
What a variety to select from. My top ten are: 6,7,13,16,19,21,28,32,38,43. All great photos.
6, 9, 19, 22, 38, 43
So many that are wonderful, but beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and subject to their needs.
2, 6, 9, 13, 14, 17, 21, 24, 25, 32, 38
My pick is:
46,43,38,33,32,30,24,20,19,17
This was not easy, they all a claim respect!
You inspire me with every picture you share. Thank you for another year.
3,6,9,18,20,24,29,33,40 and 43
1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 17, 24, 33, 43, 46
1, 5, 12, 14, 16, 21, 38, 39, 42, 44
1,3,12, 15, 16, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43
My favorites are 32, 29,43, 35, 40, 38, 14, 16, 13, 10
Wish I could vote for more! My favorites: 1, 4, 14, 16, 21, 28, 30, 31, 38, 39
Awesome selection once again. So hard to choose just 10, but here goes:
My favorite of all is # 21. I also vote for these: 5, 6, 12, 20, 33, 35, 39, 43 & 46
Thanks for sharing your work with us. It’s so inspiring!
Michael, Thank you for your interesting and informative blogs. Difficult to choose 10, I had 10 photos chosen in first 21.
3 layering of colors
5 unique moment, excitement
7 use of blur
10 movement of eye
11 lighting, shadows, movement
13 unique design, patterns in nature
21 captured power of nature
25 lighting
29 repetition
38 lighting, shadows, mood
14, 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46, 35, 31, and 29 in that order. I would have voted for the snow covered fall trees had they been included. Beautiful work.
Congratulations Michael, What a year!
My top 10 Favs are: 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 39, 42
My absolute favorite is the Death Valley sand dunes with light trails, #13
Other favorites: Aspens #28, 31 & 33, Moonlite & Star Trails #6, 42, 44, 45, and Fog & Mist #4, 6
Lightning is always terrific: #21.
You apparently had a VERY successful year! Congratulations, you earned it!
3,5,7,9,14,20,38,39,40,41
The images are Beautiful Striking Photographs Michael. I’m like a kid in a candy store. So much eye candy here. . Now for my favorites.
2, 5 6,8,9,14,19,21,32,39!!!
6 7 12 19 21 32 37 38 9 44
3,7,11,28
# 3 Fog over Sunrise.
They are all great Michael. Very impressive.
Thank you, Michael for all your tips and beautiful images – so inspiring.
My choices areas follows:
5-7-9-14-16-30-39-40-46-22
I always enjoy looking at your photos and this was fun to try to decide which were my favorite ten. I realize in doing this exercise that a lot of my favorites are determined by memories of great times in great places. I’ve listed after each of the images what most drew me to the image.
4 foothill ridges-layers
13 sand dune-lighting texture
14 dogwood-texture layering light/dark
16 sunbeams in redwoods-b&w layering
19 sunset over tufa-wide angle dof f-64 look
20 sunrise tufa-mirrored reflections symmetry
21 lightning-cloud capture long exposure
24 green light-monochrome with green pop composition
30 sunbeams-division between b&w and color
43 gates-lighting reflections view of valley
38, 28, 22, 13, 12, 32, 39
Another successful year!
Thanks for all you and Claudia do for the rest of us.
1,12,13,19,21,22,23,25,42,43
So difficult to choose just ten.
1-2-6-7-13-19-21-23-24-46
I love them all, but my favorites are: 7 13 20 21 27 28 38 42 43 44
Virtually impossible to select the “best” from an absolutely incredible display of artistic craftsmanship, but since I am partial to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and reflective captures, i would select 28.
5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 29, 30, 31
Always so difficult, Michael. But, as I must choose, here they are:
13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, 35, 37, 43
With 13 being my VERY FAVORITE!
Thanks for sharing your work with us. Happy New Year to you and Claudia.
Difficult decision to choose just 10 – the photos bring such emotion and depth of feeling. I love scenes of the mountains. You have captured the essence of their majesty, strength, and beauty no matter what season. You have inspired my own photography.
These are the ones that touched me: 2-9-14-21-33-35-37-39-43
Can we vote for all of them? If not then here are my 10 if you must narrow it down. 7,13,19,20,21,22,23,25, 32, 38
Wonderful photos — very hard to pick just 10. Thank you for all the hard work you did in getting these photos. My selections are: 7, 12, 19, 21, 29, 35, 37, 38, 42, 43
Difficult choices. Here are my favorites: 1, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 21, 28, 37, 39
Some really wonderful work here, nice job. My picks would be:
3, 6, 17, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 38
6,7,13,14,21,22,31,37,42,35
Favorite – #19
2nd Favorite – #43 – Why didn’t more people vote for this one…
#25 – Scary to be stuck there! Love the colors.
7 – 14 – 21 – 23 – 38 – 39 – 45
1, 4, 10, 24, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 43
Fantastic images. Always inspiring. My favorites are 1, 7, 10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 38, and 39.
Great work! My favorites are: 6, 7, 14, 17, 18, 21, 28, 37, 38, 43
Quite a stunning year of work for you! And I had my work cut out for me only picking ten: 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 32, 37, and 38. Looking forward to seeing your brilliance in 2016!
1, 4, 10, 13, 21, 28, 37
Really difficult to choose just 10! 2, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 39
1, 9, 13, 23, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46
7,9,11,12,13,21,33,37,42,46
5, 7, 13, 14, 21, 23, 29, 33, 37, 38
Great selection as always. Congratulations on another successful year.
6,8,17,20,21,23,28,33,37,46
8,9,14,19,20,24,28,38,39,44
Great work!
Great collection!! Congrats!!
3,7,8,13,20,21,22, 28, 38,39
1,5,12,16,17,21,23,26,38,39
All great shots, my favorites are 7,12,13,15,16,17,32,37,38,43
Thanks for sharing your photography expertise. Your blog, books, Landscapes in Lightroom book, etc are very well written and of great help to me with my photography. Very nice work, Michael. Favorite images for 2015: 9, 12, 15, 19, 20, 27, 29, 38, 39, 45
4-love the layers and depth, 6-long exposure, 9, 13-amazing 31, 37, 38, 39
2, 5, 9, 13, 20, 21, 23, 28, 35, 43
So much beauty… And your talent in capturing it is truly a gift! Thank you for sharing it!! Here are my choices: 1, 7, 12, 16, 17, 24, 30, 33, 38, 46.
Nearly impossible–they are all stunning.
1,7,17,28,29,31,33,35,38,39
Nos 1, 2, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 29. Many thanks for the images.
Wow! To many amazing shots to limit it to just 10, but I did truly have 10 that stood out to be superior to the others!
As follows: (1)-(5)-(8)-(15)-(19)-(20)-(21)-(22)-(37)-(38)
Great job on all the these. This list is only out of pure necessity, because these are all phenomenal captures!!!
Beautiful work Michael! My picks are 13, 7, 17, 22, 26, 32, 33, 38, 39, 42
Incredible body of work displayed here!
My favorites are: 2, 7, 11, 12, 20, 32, 35, and 13
Your photos and content on the site are simply superb. Thanks for the time and effort.
9, 13, 15, 16, 31, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39
Also. I’m not sure how you plan on tallying results, but I’d like to offer my computer science skills if you’d like. I’ve written code before to identify and tally up lists of numbers in unstructured text before.
Regards,
Nick
3 5 7 19 20 41 42 43 44 45
Spectacular images
Hi Michael,
Awesome images! Here are my favorites.
1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 16, 19, 21
Best,
Sunyo
Sorry, apparently, the last three didn’t get recorded.
32, 39, 46
Best,
Sunyo
Dear Michael,
What a wonderful task. You prove that one doesn’t have to travel the world to make great photographs — at least when have Yosemite as your back yard. Even so, I think you could create extraordinary images anywhere you found yourself.
Inspiring and Joyous!
My favs: 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 33, 38, 40, 42.
Awesome, as usual. I’d love to fill my home with your photos. After numerous passes, I’ve whittled down my list as follows:
1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 17, 21, 42, 43 and 45. Something so spiritual about Yosemite.
Happy New Year!
4, 6, 7, 13, 23, 37, 38 43, 44, 46
All are exquisite!
My votes are: 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23, 24, 44
Love all your photos. Can’t choose. All awesome. Love your emails of photos and writings.
Someday hope to meet you at a photo event. Met your great wife once at the Ansel Adams gallery.
I am in two photos clubs in the bay area. Been a serious photographer since 1995. Canon user.
Thanks for sharing all your great photos and wisdom.
Sherry Grivett
Stunning as usual, especially the night shots.
6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 19, 21, 38, 39, 43
37,38,43,44
From the film “Now Voyager” with Betty Davis.
“Don’t Let Us Ask for The Moon, We have the Stars”
Of course it is not too bad to have both!
Happy New Year Michael, thanks for the fine photos throughout the year.
Beautiful work Michael,
My picks are 1, 3, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32, 39, 42.
I realy enjoy reading your blogs
Dennis Oliver chooses:
7, 9, 12 ,13, 23, 28 ,20
Posting your picks gives me something to strive for.
Hey big guy, you don’t make things easy !! But here’s my take:
1, 4, 5, 12, 16, 17, 21, 24, 30, 43.
I could spend all night trying to decide as all your images are beautiful. Anyway, here’s the picks for tonight.
12, 13, 16, 21, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, and 46.
Thanks for all the great images throughout the year.
All are great photos, but these are my top ten picks:
1, 7, 8, 13, 22, 26, 27, 28, 32, 46
Great collection of photographs for 2015 – here are my top 10 – so hard to pick
13
17
20
21
22
33
38
43
46
16
Yep to hard to pick a few, 7,11,14,21,28,37,38,39,43
Michael,
All are outstanding!
Peter votes for: 3, 5, 17, 20, 24, 29, 32, 38, 44 & 46. I particularly like the cool, wintery feel of 38 and the dark drama of 46. Teresa also particularly likes 38. I’m enjoying the revised edition of Digital Landscape Photography and thank you for all the advice you’ve given, I’m a better photographer for it.
Jen votes for: 3, 4, 9, 19, 23, 36, 37, 39, 42 & 44.
All the best for the new year!
5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, 28, 38
All amazing images, but after going through them a few times, these were my picks.
6,9,16,19,27,28,32,37,39,42
1, 9, 15.
All are stellar though.
Easily could have chosen more than 10. Here are my choices. Thank you for your beautiful work. Look forward to 2016!
7,11,13,17,21,22,23,18,37,46
My favorites are: 17, 21, 39, 42, 43, 46
Happy New Year!
My pics are 21, 22, 13, 16, 40, 32, 39, 37, 30, 28
Although each a winner in its own right
6, 13, 19, 32, 37, 1,3, 12, 21, 34
You do incredible work, always a delight. So difficult to select.
My favorites: 3,6,15,19,21,22,33,38,44 and 45.
Great jobs. I’d choose 19, 20, 3, 13, 33,38, 45.
Actually, 13 is, hands-down, the best.
But, these, are all runners up — 1,3,6,9,14,28,32,37.
My favorites (not in order) 3, 6, 7, 13, 17, 43.
Happy New Year Michael!
1,5,13,15, 20, 21,24, 25, 35, 46
All images are winners, but if I must vote then; 4 runners ups to 1st choice; #13 for shear stark beauty !
Hi Michael
A lot of wonderful pictures. It looks like a successful year and you have your work cut out tabulating all the votes. My selections are:
6, 7, 24, 26, 31, 32, 38 & 44
Best,
Earl
you don’t make it easy! 🙂 5-6-7-11-13-15-21-24-27-38 Bonus picks> 39-41-43-46
Tough job you gave us. But I chose ones that were less simlar to you past winners.
13 (my favorite), 19, 21, 23, 24, 33, 39, 42, 43, 45
That should have been “less similar to your past winners” !
Hard to choose just ten but here goes, in order of my preference:
21, 22, 24, 32, 39, 43, 46, 12, 13, 15
Michael,
You created some nice gems in 2015. My Top 10:
5 ~ Love the composition, contrasts, movement, and mood it evokes.
6 ~ Wonderful relationship of the moon to the cloud strip, and unique.
7 ~ Captivating, and made more interesting by long exposure to soften the spray.
8 ~ A nice addition to your Dogwood with flowing Merced River behind series.
14 ~ Magical – have to study it to understand the Dogwood’s presence; mist helps too.
21 ~ Awesome, can’t recall seeing many lighting/cloud images like this – plus city lights.
24 ~ A classic still piece, perfect – and not your usual style, but great result as well.
28 ~ Hypnotic, best viewed large scale – would look good in panorama style.
35 ~ Absolutely beautiful, many complimentary and engaging elements – yet tranquil.
42 ~ Wonderful balance, colors, tone and mood.
I also submitted to Jim Goldstein’s Blog Project (first time). Happy New Year.
-Stephen
I like most of your photos, so it was hard to choose just 10 of my favorites
1,6,20,24,33,34,38,39,43 {my favorite), and 44.
Beautiful photos!
In order 21, 45, 32, 9, 13, 12, 4, 1, 44, 5
3, 7, 9,12,19, 21,28,32,38, 42
Love these!
Have a good year,
The best are: 1; 21; 7; 10; 45 (as I think)
But I like all
21, 22, 25, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15
Only 10!? Tough choices:
1, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 45
So beautiful work !
My favorites are : 4 , 5 , 7 , 19 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 31 , 37 , 44
Hi Michael,
First of all Happy New Year to yourself and Claudia.
As usual, you make the choice of picking a top 10 favourite so difficult. But here goes:
21, 7, 13, 23, 14, 40, 45, 46, 5, 19
Thanks again for your wonderful blog
Michel HNY. Your photos are outstanding I love the early morning hours picture. Keep up the good work
Michael:
You (of course) have many stunning images here, but if I had to pick just a couple of favorites, I think I’d go for #10 (as my absolute favorite) and then #1. You are so good at finding and simplifying form and beautiful composition, and these two both exhibit such wonderful and careful composition beautifully.
Others? Many. Particularly wonderful (to me) are #13, 14, 24, 28, and 45.
Thanks for so kindly sharing your vision and teachings through your blog!
Your work is really beautiful. Picking 10 pieces of your work was difficult but also quite fun. Thank you for this interaction.
Here are my 10 picks…
2, 3, 4, 6, 16, 20, 36, 39, 43, 45.
Always a pleasure to see your work!
1, 7, 13, 20, 21, 22, 29, 33, 37,46
No.
15
21
15 smooth
21 a bit frightening
happy New Year , Michael !
My favorites are : First Place is 44 ! 38, 39, 10, 13 , 21, 7.
Thank You for sharing You wonderful Work ! again , Have A Excellent Year 2016 !
7,9,12,13,15,17,21,22,39
You’re the best!
7, 12, 13, 21, 23,24, 37, 38. 42 and 44.
7,13,29,39,38.
Love your images & always look forward to new ones
It was very difficult to choose but,
my most favourite are 14, 16, 38, 42, & 43.
Thank you for sharing.
All are winners. However , number 21 is my winner.
My top 10 are: 1, 7, 10, 13, 21, 22, 24, 33, 38, 39
Enjoy your emails and tips, amazing talent!
My top picks are: 1, 15, 21, 23, 24, 33, 38, 39, 42 and 46. However must add that it was a difficult task because ALL of your photos are stunning. Bravo!
My favorites—-4, 13, 19, 21, 23, 34, 37, 39, 46!
I really enjoy your wonderful images, a joy to behold.
But its a tuff call to chose the best, my pick is the following; 9, 19, 37, 39, 29, 43, 44, 13, 20, 15,
I still have difficulty deciding which order to put them in.
Some people didn’t list all 10. So… I’m taking liberties with their extras:
21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46
(just eye-balling the list quick, looks like 39 is going to be a winner).
Counted 157 times that it was mentioned. Very interested now in your tabulation, see how it fairs in the end.
Folks, the voting closed at midnight on Sunday, so any votes after that won’t count toward the top ten selection. But I appreciate you all letting me know anyway! I’m going to close comments on this post, since the voting deadline has passed. You can see how the votes went here:
https://www.michaelfrye.com/2016/01/04/top-photographs-2015/