Best of 2023

[JimFox]

Like many of you, I am thinking this should be titled "Favorites of 2023". Oh well....

It took me a while to pick out my favorites, and I did also like several of you and chose my favorites from different groups. In this case, from different types of photography, not different locations. So I will be different that way.

One thing I noticed as I have been doing more Milky Way Timelapses, and I have a full Astro rig for capturing Deep Space Objects is I don't have as many pure Landscape images. I still have them, but they are no longer the majority of what I photograph.


#1 - Flaming Gorge with the Perseids Meteor Shower

#2 - Northern Lights at Devil's Tower with a Meteor that is Photo Bombing the scene.

#3 - Dogwoods in Yosemite Valley

#4 Huntington Beach California looking towards Long Beach.

#5 - The Super Blue Moon captured in San Diego California

#6 -Milky Way with the Rincon Mountains in Arizona last spring

#7 - Wooden Grain Elevators in Rapelje Montana with the Northern Lights and the Geminid Meteor Shower in December

#8 - Comet C2022-E3-ZTF

#9 - Dolphin Nebula, SH2-308

#10 - Starless view of the Monkeyhead Nebula - NGC-2175

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Quite the variety Jim. I do see only 2 out of the ten taken outside of the dark hours. I like them all but my favorite of the bunch is #2.

 

[AlanLichty]

All this looking up is making my neck hurt My favorites are the last two with the nice dolphin nebula and the neat colors of the monkey head nebula. I really like the feeling of depth in that last one. Looks like you had a pretty good year.

 

[JimFox]

Quite the variety Jim. I do see only 2 out of the ten taken outside of the dark hours. I like them all but my favorite of the bunch is #2.

I promise you I am not a Vampire.

That's funny, I didn't even notice that. Thanks Jameel.

 

[JimFox]

All this looking up is making my neck hurt My favorites are the last two with the nice dolphin nebula and the neat colors of the monkey head nebula. I really like the feeling of depth in that last one. Looks like you had a pretty good year.

Yeah, that Dolphin head is one of my favorite. I love the shape, but I also love the blue color. The majority of color in the sky is Red, so to find an object that size that is all blue is super cool.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Wow Jim, great work! I like 2,6,7,8 and 9, with #2 being the standout nightscape shot from a very strong set, and #8 and #9 being my favorites of the DSOs you posted here. #7 is special as well with nightscape, those colors are crazy and I love the abandoned old grain elevators!

ML