The Best of the PNWNP 2007 - Post your images!

So, it's been a little slow around here lately. Probably at least in part weather related. The end of the year will be upon us quickly enough, so I thought this would be as good a time as any to get together and post some of our collective highlights and reflect on the 2007 year of photography.

The first two images were among my favorites at the moment. The first from the desert of SE Oregon in January and the second one from the coast in September.

Look forward to hearing from you all!

"Edge of Dreams" Oregon high desert playa, lenticular cloud.

"Fountain of Light" Stonefield Beach, sunset light on rocks and waves diffused by sea spray.

#219H MAPLE LEAF GROUND COVER GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST one stop bellows extension F/11 1 SEC 75mm 2007

This was made on the day of the outing at Mt. Adams. I have been playing with wide angle marcos this fall (and winter). I liked this one so much that I put out $$ for a drum scan because I could not get the red/yellow seperation I wanted.

No comment required.

Doyle

Here's mine.

The Painted Hills on January 13th.
Rick and I left Hood River at three in the morning to get out there for sunrise. It was cold, cold, cold but we had a great day and saw the Hills as few have ever seen them.

Here's my other most favorite photo of 2007.

Ellen in the Spooky Canyon in Escalante.
She loved it and it was great to see her there and hearing her yell "Hey, guys, you should see THIS"!

Ellen is just perfect for a place like Spooky Canyon, Mark. That place has never looked so roomy.

This is Two Med Lake in Glacier NP from this last July. One of my favs from the year.

And from a more simple different side this is one I really like as well. Taken on the beach in Manzanita in May.

Good Idea Mark.

This is one of my all time fav.

This is probably my favorite of the year.

Warm Springs tribal dip-net fishing on the Deschutes. It seemed more "natural" to me.

Dang! Jeez Louise! and Gimme a Break! Nice shots all around!

The first is the often photographed Horseshoe bend outside Page AZ. However this day I had some special light! The second is Mary's peak ( look familiar Marc A... and thanks again.).
Everyday I am thankful to have relocated here this year, and a special thanks to my new friends.
Have a Happy!
JG

Here is the shot up at Mary's peak from last September with many thianks to MA.
JG

PS:
The quality of photog's here in the PNWNP is amazing. You all are to be commended. You are all inspirations.
JG

Thanks again everyone for the most inspiring images I've ever seen. P.S and making me jealous enough to get my butt out there !

One of my favs from this year...

My fav from this year.

I had given up on the sun breaking through and decent clouds, I remember racing back to this spot to get a shot.

This was on the way down to the PNWNP meet up at Trout Lake

Great idea, Marc, and awesome images everyone!

Here are my favorite two in no particular order.

The first was taken on a hike to Triple Falls - the same day seeing Marc and Annie wading the creek far below, (above this section, though)...

Here is the second - shot on a very rainy afternoon with good friend and PNWNP'r Eric Hahl...

Wow, great images everyone! Ned, your first post is one of my favorite moments on the Oneonta trail.
First photo is one I just posted on NPN, but it has been a favorite of mine since I shot it in May. The learning curve has been steep trying to process that photo to show what I remeber seeing that day.
Tokatee Falls, OR.

Here is the second. I'm not sure if I ever posted this one. The sky was not that great in it, but I just loved the color and detail throughout.
TOok this on a trip with my Dad in May. Fort Rock, at sunset.

Hey folks, sorry I haven't been around much, I've been uber busy lately. Anyway, I have been lurking and really enjoying everyones photos. It probably comes as no surprise, but here is my absolute favorite this year, although there are a lot of runner up images as well.

Here is my most popular image, I get more interest in this image than any other from this year.

And here is my favorite image not shot by me.

http://wildphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1789762#163826349

Eric,

I see that my rocks came in handy.

Amazing shots from everyone!!! Just goes to show you how lucky we really are to live right here in the GREAT Northwest....

This shot is amongst my faves of the year but I never posted it simply because at 174kb it just does not to it justice...

Super inspiring everyone! Hard for me to pick just one or two, which I guess is a good thing. Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta was a lot of fun to create...especially the 7 hours of night photography in the mountains. I also like it because it isn't something one can photograph on a regular basis.

Red Willow Sea is also a favorite because of the surprise it was to come across so much color and texture on a bleak winter day.

This is a great idea, Marc. We should make it permanent. "The Best of the PNWNP 2007".

Mods take note. We could probabaly sticky this thing up there through the end of the year or something. Change the title to Mark's suggestion, perhaps.

Well as you all know 2007 for me did not include a significant amount of time out shooting. But the good news is I did get a few nice shots out of the year and this is my favorite.

And yes this is an EXCELLENT idea Marc thanks!!!

I've been concentrating on garden photography and trees this year, so I'll add a colorful garden shot I like and also one of the forest.

Here is one of a forest.

from,
David Cobb

I didn't do much shooting this last year but I did get out a few times. I'll post one in the next couple of days. Marc, I also think this a great idea. PNWNP is sure showing off some awesome images. Good job folks!

If all these images are not a reminder (as if we needed one) of what a beautiful place we are so foruntate to live in and around, I don't what is! Everyone truly should be darn happy. Great inspiring work, and great idea Marc.

Beautiful shots everyone!

Tillamook Boat house

Fishing on the Tillamook.

Thanks to Darren for pointing me in the right direction! You'll do much better considering the quality of your work!

A few from the neighborhood.

4x5 Velvia 100F

This Autumn.

4x5 Velvia 100F

Wow! This is impressive group of work!!

Great stuff here! I will add one from the group meet for fall color. Just a simple little shot.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1802300231_9a9e331a65_o.jpg

From Seal Rock beach with the full moon setting. Single shot at 200mm

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1171577152_d0a8529ffd_o.jpg



2 of my favorites from last year. Wish I could figure out how to embed these instead of making them links.

Anyhoo - happy new year to all !!

John,
If you are a NPN member there will be a line to upload the image from your computer in a reply.

Wow - this is such an impressive collection! I'll humbly add a couple... starting with my "favorite" image of my "favorite" mountain, and view of the Sandy Headwall taken a few weeks ago...

...then a second view (of my favorite mountain) that also represents my first time winning a photo contest (Oregon Wild, also a few weeks ago)... this time, from my annual pilgrimage to Elk Cove in early August. I was a runner up in this contest last year, and discovered the key to their judging by studying the previous winner: go wide - very wide! So I did.

Great photos, everyone! Really amazing stuff! Very inspiring to the weekend amateurs around here, like yours truly. Thanks for all the great feedback over the year, too!

Wow, great photos in this thread. Many we have seen, but it's nice to see them grouped.

Here are my favorites, both posted here before. This first one is from Bowman Bay, and the next from High Prairie (both in Washington).

I thought someone should post at least one fauna shot.
Bute Inlet, Orford River Valley, British Columbia

Really hard for me to narrow it down to less than 5, but these were my absolute favorites of the year (pardon the necessity of the link):

http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653448
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653365
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225596312
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653528
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653562
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653662
http://bryanswan.smugmug.com/gallery/3890159#225653767

The last two look particularly nice hanging on my wall.

This was one of my favs this year. It got a 2nd place in the nature category and was runner up for the people's choice award at the WA State photographers exhibition at the Puyallup Fair this year.

TRULY, an amazing portfolio of images from this region. A big congrats to all.

I have many waterfalls, mountains, lakes and forest images but I will add something a tad more intimate. Not sure if it's a fav, but one I am fond of nonetheless

I've always liked this image of yours, Will - from the flora forum....

Yeah, Will, that one is nice.

Spectacular shots throughout this thread; this is quite a display!

No PNW shots just yet, so I'll share a couple of favorites from Colorado. This first one is the view I left behind. Not only did I get to enjoy this from my porch, office and bedroom, but my drive to work took me west to those foothills, and then north along them into Boulder. Trying to remember why I left...

This one is from just west of Crested Butte and Kebler Pass where many of the RMNP folks make an annual pilgrimage each fall. This was a sunrise that never developed, but the lightning was putting on quite a show.

Yeah, Rick, right about now I guess you are wondering, eh? The top shot is great, I want to be right there in that notch, Eldorado Canyon, climbing.

Although I'm not yet a member, and so can't post images directly, here are links to three of mine (all connected by the theme of "water in motion")

Lower Lewis Falls
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/regnaDkciN/Waterfalls/Lower%20Lewis%20Falls/2007-06-23/20070623_PICT4081.jpg

Ruby Falls
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/regnaDkciN/Mount%20Rainier/2007-08-11/Waterfalls/20070811_PICT4760.jpg

"in the widening gyre..." (Bellevue Botanical Gardens)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/regnaDkciN/Contests/20071022_PICT6032.jpg

Here is my favorite so far. A 4 shot pano (shot portrait style at 12MM) and joined in CS3.
I cant post directly, sorry for the link.
http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/75796378/original.jpg
and it prints rather large....
http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/79753652/original.jpg

Will try to sign up soon so I can really start to participate.

Roman, I was wondering when you would show up here. I've seen your stuff via DPreview and was always impressed with the quality of your work.

James, thats an angle I've looked at every single time I've stopped at Ruby Falls but I could never make it work. Looks like you may have found the spot to start at.

http://kajmonty.com/gallery/albums/fowl/1D2_3383.jpg

Here is one of my favorites. This is a Rufous Hummingbird. EXIF is available in the image.

James, I really like your leaves swirling in the water shot. One of the best of those I've seen!!

Bryan, all around great stuff. I've generally associated you with waterfall shots so I really enjoyed browsing your gallery of mountain shots.

Rick, you trying to peddle your RMNP shots over here?!? Just kidding, those both are killer shots and I enjoyed seeing them again.

I tried to post the image several times, but somehow the image upload is not working, so this is the link:
http://www.themarts.com/galeria/Ridgefield_sunset_720.jpg

Cezar, Nice image! I really like the comp and light.. I think the reason it won't upload is that the file size is just slightly over 200k. You don't get an error message, it just doesn't upload. It's gotten me several times, and it always takes me a while to figure out what's wrong.

I shot this over the side of a Zodiac whale-watching boat in British Columbia's Discovery Islands in August 2007 with a - gasp! - 5 MP Sony DSC-H1...

Jeff Laverton
Laverton Images
Maple Ridge, B.C.

Thats a beautiful shot Jeff. I love the lines and soft color.

Thanks, Eric

Jeff, that shot is great!

Excellent eye, super image - very sweet!