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My Top 10 Photographs of 2018

January 17, 2019December 16, 2018

Once again it is time to post my favourite images from the past year. Choosing these images is always a good mental exercise, and I get a bit of a head start when I design my yearly calendar sometime in late October. I like sharing these image every year, and viewing everyone else’s lists as well. I also make this post so I can participate in Jim Goldstein’s annual Your Best Photos project. His collection of these posts is a great place to find new photographers you may not have seen before.

If you click on a photo you’ll be taken to my Image Archive. I’ve also linked to corresponding blog posts that contain these images if you want more information about the location or to see other photos from that area. There are a few images here that will have blog posts for them soon, but they aren’t finished yet. These photos aren’t in any specific order though I think the first one of with fall foliage around the road in Québec is my favourite overall.

I hope you enjoy this years selections and am curious to hear if you have any particular favourites.

My Favourite Photos of 2018:

1. A closed road (Chemin Cafferty) disappears into the trees (Chelsea, Québec)
Blog post: Meech Creek Valley in Gatineau Park

2. Great Blue Heron at Hog’s Back Falls (Ottawa, Ontario)
Blog post: Hogs Back Falls on Ottawa’s Rideau River

3. Vine Maples Over Lower Falls Trail (Maple Ridge, British Columbia)
Blog post: Lower Falls in Golden Ears Provincial Park

4. William Norman Ruckle Farmhouse and Orchard
(Salt Spring Island, British Columbia)

5. Fall Maples at Lac Bourgeois in Gatineau Park (Gatineau Park, Québec)
Blog post: Fall Rhapsody in Gatineau Park

6. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) in Fulford Harbour (Salt Spring Island, British Columbia)
Blog post: Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island

7. Dunlop Falls on Fortune Creek (Gatineau Park, Québec)
Blog post: Dunlop Falls on Fortune Creek in Gatineau Park

8. Waterfall on the Mississippi River
(Almonte, Ontario)

9. Summer evening at Lower Falls on Gold Creek at Golden Ears Provincial Park (Maple Ridge, British Columbia)
Blog post: Lower Falls in Golden Ears Provincial Park

10. Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) Flower
(Langley, British Columbia)

You can view my favourite photographs from 2017 here: My Top 10 Photos of 2017.

My Top 10 Photos of 2017

December 15, 2018December 21, 2017

It is once again time to post my 10 favourite photographs – this time from 2017. I do this every year as it is a very good exercise (and not always easy) but also so I can participate in Jim Goldstein’s annual Your Best Photos project. His collection of these posts is a great place to find new photographers you may have been unfamiliar with before.

If you click on a photo you’ll be taken to a larger version in my Image Archive. I’ve also linked to corresponding blog posts that contain these images if you want more information about the location or to see other photos from that area. These photos aren’t in any specific order though I am still enjoying the first one a lot as I probably wouldn’t have attempted to make it in previous years. Sorting images for my calendar often gives me a head start on this list. While it did help this year for some reason the images I chose as my favourites are fairly different this time around. This is partly due to the variety I want to show in my calendar as well as I try not to include any human made elements in those photos.

I hope you enjoy this years selections and am curious to hear if you have any particular favourites.

My Favourite Photos of 2017:

1. Sasamat Lake
(Port Moody, British Columbia)
Blog post: Sasamat Lake on a Fall Day

2. Mount Shuksan from Huntoon Point
(North Cascades, Washington State)

3. Barred Owl (Strix varia
(Langley, British Columbia)
Blog post: Adult Barred Owl (Strix varia)

4. Mount Cheam and the Fraser River
(Agassiz, British Columbia)
Blog post: Mount Cheam and the Fraser River in Agassiz

5. Fall Reflections at Rolley Lake
(Mission, British Columbia)
Blog post: Fall Reflections at Rolley Lake Provincial Park

6. Sailboat in Burgoyne Bay
(Saltspring Island, British Columbia)
Blog post: Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park Farm Buildings

7. Dogwood Flowers
(Langley, British Columbia)
Blog post: Dogwood Flowers – Eddie’s White Wonder

8. Vancouver Convention Center & Vancouver’s Coal Harbour
(Vancouver, British Columbia)
Blog post: Vancouver Convention Centre

9. Spotlight on Mount Webb
(Chilliwack, British Columbia)
Blog post: Rainbow at Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park

10. Sunset at the White Rock Pier
(White Rock, British Columbia)
Blog post: An Evening at the White Rock Pier

Ooops – there is an eleventh photo below! I included this one as an extra photograph because I like it and it also represents something new. I haven’t tried to photograph an airshow since I had a rangefinder camera with film in it in the 80’s – so it was time to try again! Thanks, in part, to the autofocus on my Canon 5D Mark IV, this experiment turned out quite well.

Canadian Forces Snowbirds
(White Rock, British Columbia)
Blog post: Canadian Forces Snowbirds Over White Rock

My top 10 photos from last year can be found here: My Top 10 Photos of 2016.

My Top 10 Photos of 2016

December 15, 2016December 12, 2016

Once again it is time to post my 10 favourite photographs from the past year. I do this yearly as it is a worthwhile exercise, and to take part in Jim Goldstein’s annual Your Best Photos project. His collection of these posts is a great place to view photographs and find some new photographers to follow.

I hope you enjoy my selections here and am curious to hear if you have a favourite. If you click on each photograph you’ll be taken to my Image Archive. Many of these photographs have corresponding blog posts that I’ve linked to underneath the thumbnails here. These aren’t in any specific order, but I did place the photograph “Rainbow over Hatzic Lake” at the beginning as I think this is the first time I’ve photographed a rainbow (successfully at least) outside of my backyard. I was also shielding the camera from a rainstorm with my body, so the photo deserves extra points for that. 😉

Here are my top 10 photos of 2016:

Rainbow over Hatzic Lake
(Mission, British Columbia)
Blog post: Rainbow over Hatzic Lake

Sailboat in the Salish Sea
(Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver, British Columbia)
Blog post: Sunset at Juniper Point in Lighthouse Park

My Top 10 Photos of 2015

December 11, 2015December 8, 2015

I consider these lists more of a top 10 favourite photographs of that year than the “best”. Which of my photographs are “the best” is probably better left for others to decide. Once again, I am making this post so I can be a part of Jim Goldstein’s annual Your Best Photos project. Look for his post early in the new year with all the entries from a wide variety of photographers. His project is always a great place to find new photographers and their work.

I hope you enjoy the following photographs and I am curious if you have a favourite. Clicking on each photograph takes you to my Image Archive but below you’ll also find links to corresponding blog posts if they exist. While these are in no specific order that first panorama of Bagley Lakes might be my favourite overall. Here are my top 10 photos of 2015:

Panorama of the Bagley Lakes at the bottom of Table Mountain and Mount Herman
(Mount-Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State)
Blog post: Bagley Lakes Panorama

Fall foliage colours reflect on the surface of Deer Lake
(Sasquatch Provincial Park, British Columbia)

My Top 10 Photos of 2014

December 30, 2014December 17, 2014

I tend to consider this list more of a top 10 favourite photographs of 2014 than the “best”. Choosing the images for my Nature Calendars always helps me narrow these things down a bit ahead of making my final list below. Once again, I am making this post so I can be a part of Jim Goldstein’s annual Your Best Photos project. Look for his post early in the new year with all the entries from a wide variety of photographers. Always a great place to find new photographers and their work.

I hope you enjoy the following photographs and I am curious if you have a favourite. Clicking on each photograph takes you to my Image Archive but below you’ll also find links to corresponding blog posts. In no specific order here are my top 10 photographs of 2014:

Trout Lake Creek flows through the rainforest in Sasquatch Provincial Park
(Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia)
Blog post: Sasquatch Provincial Park