I like to do a wrap-up of my favorite self-snapped photos of the past year in January. For some reason I forgot to do it last year, but I did it in 2011.
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| January: art deer |
So here are my favorite photos of 2013. How many of them do you remember?
(Note that these are favorite photos, not necessarily favorite posts.)
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| January: Twin Sycamores a few blocks away |
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| January: The fanciest frost I've ever seen |
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| February: Hydrangea bloom remnants |
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| February: The month when moss looks best here |
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| February: the pond's inhabitants as beacons |
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| February: Chickadee! |
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| March: a rock covered in lichens looks like a landscape |
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| March: heavy snow sticks to everything |
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| April: a leopard frog shows himself |
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| April: the pond reflects the world |
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| April: blossoms. This shouts "SPRING!" to me. |
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| May: Eastern Tent Caterpillar |
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| May: Mycelium |
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| May: fresh Phyllostachys bissetii bamboo culms |
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| June: juvenile robin |
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| June: I never did find out what these pond creatures were |
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| June: The fuzzy fingers of Sago palm |
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| July: water droplets always make my list of favorites |
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| July: tiny blooms, big impact |
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| July: thistle is a weed, but such a nice flower |
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| August: Bee backlit by early morning sun |
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| August: this is how Rudbeckia triloba makes me feel |
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| August: one of our first views of Yellowstone |
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| August (posted in September): forest fire smoke, Yellowstone |
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| August (posted in September): Madison river, Yellowstone |
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August (posted in September): Bacterial mats, Grand Prismatic Spring,
Yellowstone. It was hard to choose one favorite photo from these! |
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| August (posted in September): Grand Teton National Park. |
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| August (posted in October): grass blades, Badlands National Park |
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| October: a visit to the St. Louis zoo |
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| October: more of the zoo. I love the colors of this shot. |
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| August (posted in October): Baked ground of the Badlands |
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| November: the back yard looks so colorful! |
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| November: forgotten sunset photos from August in Yellowstone |
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| November: early ice on the pond |
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| December: cold sunrise through bamboo |
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| December: apparently I can't resist snow on branches |
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| December: spiky ice crystals on the pond |
So that's a sampling of my favorite photos from 2013. I wonder if I chose some of your favorites too?
If there's one here that you particularly like, please let me know in the comments!
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Loved this trip back through the year...I actually think my favorite is the frost on the metal pipe...I find it so visually arresting.
You are definitely Mr Macro. So many stunning and memorable photos here. I remembered many of them!
I love all of these! I wonder if you'll be seeing any fish as early as February this year?
Scott: I actually forgot that the curly frost was from 2013 -- I thought it was longer ago!
Gerhard: Macro shots are my favorite.
Lisa: Who knows. It will be near 50ºF this weekend, so there should be some melting. Not sure how thick the ice is right now though.
Nice yearly shots. They are all good particularly the zoo shots and the bee in suspended animation. Enjoyed the visit and Happy New Year!
I think if I had to pick just one, I'd vote for the Grand Teton landscape shot. Love the composition, and the water reflection! Happy New Year, Alan!
All are wonderful shots but I like the frost and snow pics best.
Lee: Thanks! The zoo photos were different subject matter for me, so I'm glad I got some good ones. Bees are one of my favorite, most-photographed subjects, but that morning was special.
Claire: I'd love to be back on that Grand Teton hike again, although probably not so much fun right now. :)
Kris: Why do the Californians always like the snow pics? ;) Thanks!