Favorite photos of 2014
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In January I like to show you what photos I think are best from the past year. It's not a list of my favorite posts of the past year -- that comes on my anniversary in March -- but it is a gallery of the photos I'm most proud of.
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| January 2013: the frozen pond can be so pretty |
If you see something that you particularly like but don't remember reading about, use the "archives" listing on the right of this blog to browse for it. Links to previous "best photo" posts at the end of this post. Enjoy!
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| January 2013: very cold, a foot of snow |
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| January 2013: my vintage labeler |
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| February 2013: wonderful shades of brown |
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| February 2013: more brown, looking great with blue skies |
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| February 2013: small cactus survivor |
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| March 2013: sunset in Savannah, Georgia |
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| March 2013: so many goldfish in the pond! |
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| March 2013: lots of dead bamboo, still pretty |
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| April 2013: "non-hardy" vine awakes |
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| April 2013: peony shoots emerge |
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| May 2013: A heron visits the pond |
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| May 2013: bamboo shoots |
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| May 2013: ants visit peony buds |
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| May 2013: Echium russicum |
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| May 2013: allium bloom |
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| June 2013: baby mantises on a pipe |
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| June 2013: dewy jade plant leaves |
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| July 2013: my neighbor brings me a bug |
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| July 2013: roses in Portland |
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| July 2013: Queen of the Prairie bloom |
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| July 2013: newt in Portland, OR garden |
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| July 2013: grass seeds against sky |
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| July 2013: water splashes make art |
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| August 2013: smiling "green eyes" bloom |
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| August 2013: wet papyrus flowers |
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| August 2013 (taken in July): garden sculpture in Portland |
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| September 2013: Pennisetum 'Vertigo' |
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| September 2013: Maypop bloom |
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| September 2013: Talinum paniculatum |
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| October 2013: stink bug nymph |
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| October 2013: mushroom cross-section |
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| October 2013: Bald cypress over bamboo |
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| November 2013: Papyrus catches leaves |
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| November 2013: curry plant so blue |
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| December 2013: female house sparrow posing |
I hope you enjoy my photos as much as I do taking them! (If so, I hope I can keep satisfying your visual appetites in 2015!)
Favorite Photos of 2013
(I didn't do a favorite photos post for 2012 for some reason)
Favorite Photos of 2011
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Thoroughly enjoyed Alan, amazing images!
So beautiful. I love looking at your photos because your style is so different from my own.
Indeed, that was lovely, thank you.
Alan, wonderful photos. My eyes are happy. Favorites the grass seeds with sky, suspended newt, allium, and emerging peony shoots.
Very much enjoyed your faves for 2014! Your photographic eye is an inspiration!