{"id":4317,"date":"2010-12-31T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=4317"},"modified":"2020-03-08T03:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T19:38:13","slug":"best-photos-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/best-photos-of-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Photos of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Photos of 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

A good friend once told me that his photography goal was to shoot two or three really good images each year. I’ve tried to keep that in mind in the years since. It is only on looking back over the last year’s photographs, having now removed myself from the emotion and excitement that was present when the images were made, that I can judge whether I have succeeded in making a small number of really notable images. I feel pretty good about what I produced in 2010. So in true shameless promotional fashion, here are my personal favorites, in no particular order. These are not necessarily the images that I feel will sell best (although I hope they do well in that regard!). Rather, these are the photographs that best recall emotion and remembrance of where I was and what I was feeling when I made them. I owe a big “Thank you” to my wonderful wife Tracy, to my daughters and to my friends for your support and encouragement!<\/p>\n

\"Adelie<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
\nImage ID: 25005<\/a>
\nSpecies: Adelie Penguin<\/a>, Pygoscelis adeliae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Brown Bluff<\/a>, Antarctic Peninsula<\/a>, Antarctica<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Archangel<\/a><\/p>\n

Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors.
\nImage ID: 26097<\/a>
\nLocation: Zion National Park<\/a>, Utah<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
\nImage ID: 25393<\/a>
\nSpecies: Red gorgonian<\/a>, Lophogorgia chilensis<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

Giant redwood, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood National Park. The coastal redwood, or simply ‘redwood’, is the tallest tree on Earth, reaching a height of 379′ and living 3500 years or more. It is native to coastal California and the southwestern corner of Oregon within the United States, but most concentrated in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California, found close to the coast where moisture and soil conditions can support its unique size and growth requirements.
\nImage ID: 25795<\/a>
\nSpecies: Coast redwood<\/a>, giant redwood<\/a>, California redwood<\/a>, Sequoia sempervirens<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Redwood National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kelp<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2′ in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California’s Southern Channel Islands.
\nImage ID: 25396<\/a>
\nSpecies: Giant kelp<\/a>, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100′ in length and 200 tons in weight.
\nImage ID: 25953<\/a>
\nSpecies: Blue whale<\/a>, Balaenoptera musculus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Redondo Beach<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean.
\nImage ID: 26161<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sockeye salmon<\/a>, Oncorhynchus nerka<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Adams River<\/a>, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park<\/a>, British Columbia<\/a>, Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wandering<\/a><\/p>\n

Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12′ from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
\nImage ID: 24071<\/a>
\nSpecies: Wandering albatross<\/a>, Diomedea exulans<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Southern Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Paraglider<\/a><\/p>\n

Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean.
\nImage ID: 24286<\/a>
\nLocation: La Jolla<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"King<\/a><\/p>\n

King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak.
\nImage ID: 24581<\/a>
\nSpecies: King penguin<\/a>, Aptenodytes patagonicus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Fortuna Bay<\/a>, South Georgia Island<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/a><\/p>\n

Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, with significant diatomaceous growth (brown) on the underside of its fluke, lifting its fluke before diving in Neko Harbor, Antarctica.
\nImage ID: 25647<\/a>
\nSpecies: Humpback whale<\/a>, Megaptera novaeangliae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Neko Harbor<\/a>, Antarctic Peninsula<\/a>, Antarctica<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Eureka<\/a><\/p>\n

Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California’s tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680′ above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as “singing sand” that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors.
\nImage ID: 25249<\/a>
\nLocation: Eureka Dunes<\/a>, Death Valley National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Racetrack<\/a><\/p>\n

Racetrack Playa, an ancient lake now dried and covered with dessicated mud.
\nImage ID: 25264<\/a>
\nLocation: Racetrack Playa<\/a>, Death Valley National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cathedral<\/a><\/p>\n

Cathedral Range peaks reflected in the still waters of Townsley Lake at sunrise.
\nImage ID: 25764<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sandhill<\/a><\/p>\n

Sandhill cranes flying, wings blurred from long time exposure.
\nImage ID: 26225<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sandhill Crane<\/a>, Grus canadensis<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Bosque Del Apache<\/a>, Socorro<\/a>, New Mexico<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

A young girl has fun swimming in a pool.
\nImage ID: 25291<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tabular<\/a><\/p>\n

Tabular iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula, near Paulet Island, sunset.
\nImage ID: 24778<\/a>
\nLocation: Paulet Island<\/a>, Antarctic Peninsula<\/a>, Antarctica<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n

Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg.
\nImage ID: 25050<\/a>
\nSpecies: Adelie Penguin<\/a>, Pygoscelis adeliae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Paulet Island<\/a>, Antarctic Peninsula<\/a>, Antarctica<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n

Best Photos of 2009<\/a>
\nBest Photos of 2008<\/a>
\nBest Photos of 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

There are approximately 2700 “keepers” that I made in 2010 and that are now in my stock photo library. The following gear was used to make them. These proportions come from the metadata filter tab in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III: 55%
\nCanon EOS 5D Mark II: 23%
\nCanon EOS 1Ds Mark II: 21%
\nPanasonic Lumix DMC-LX3: 1%<\/p>\n

Canon 15mm f\/2.8 fisheye prime lens: 4%
\nCanon 16-35mm f\/2.8 L II zoom lens: 12%
\nCanon 24mm f\/2.8 prime lens: 1.5%
\nCanon 24-70mm f\/2.8 L zoom lens: 0.07%
\nCanon 24-105mm f\/4 L zoom lens: 24%
\nCanon 70-200mm f\/4 L zoom lens: 14%
\nCanon 300mm f\/2.8 L telephoto lens: 26%
\nCanon 500mm f\/4 L telephoto lens: 19%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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