# Your favorite photos from 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745 "2011-01-15T20:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/1 "2011-01-15T20:28:55Z")
I was talking on my phone today when I looked over and saw that my laptop had brought up the screen saver showing a slide of all my photos from the past year. I figure that 15 days into 2011, we ought to post our best photos from 2010. Now, best may not mean best looking; it could mean that you took a photo that for whatever reason has meaning to you (and please share). I’m surprised, looking back, at how I took some pics when not enjoying myself, and now I love them. I went to [The Louvre](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-2010/1001551/1006393781_ixmL2-L-1.jpg) with my Dad back in September. I had recently sprained my ankle AND stepped on a nail (same foot) and was miserable with pain that day. I wanted so bad to get back to the hotel, but did my best to be pleasant and not spoil it for my Pop. I took this pick while bored, waiting for my Dad to finish taking all his photos. I love how the photo captures that split second of people doing things, the weather and the scenes around. I took this one a few hours later, again hoping to get back to my room. For whatever reason, I like the composition and the subject matter: [Garden near The Louvre](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-2010/1001563/1007276630_o9LwT-L.jpg) Here’s another from that trip showing northwest Ireland. I remember passing great shot after great shot in my rented VW (that seriously could not get out of its own way). This [photo](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Ireland-2010/1001671/1011644167_kLcHb-L.jpg) is the best I have that shows the beauty that was all around me. This one I took while reading a book on the porch during a summer day in June. I was annoyed because the sun kept shining, then clouding over, shining, then clouding over. When I looked up, I liked what I saw and grabbed my [camera](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Photography/Nice-shot/1001455/938573319_dpwXw-M.jpg) and figured I could play a bit and make a nice photo. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/2 "2011-01-15T20:36:28Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/3 "2011-01-15T21:24:51Z")
I like this one as much for the story as the photo itself: [Pat O’Connell shows off his garage, Three Rivers, CA](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MfygNQFSU4qIAwlnoiSkbA?feat=directlink). I was on my way to Sequoia NP when I saw an old T-Bird sitting in front of a ragged-looking service station. I stopped to snap a few shots, and the owner came out from his house next door. He asked me if I liked cars. Opening up the garage door, he revealed a Muntz Jet, one of less than 200 made. It shared the workshop with a 60s Continental and a tow truck from 1946. Pat had stories about them all, and I spent a most enjoyable hour listening to him. It sums up a great joy of road trips; serendipitous meetings with people and getting a local perspective of small town America. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/4 "2011-01-16T00:21:10Z")
[…This one."](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40982470@N04/5254105342/) This was taken at Moa Point, around the Wellington coastline. I had taken a few “okay” shots a bit further up on the beach when I noticed the sun glistening off the rocks near the ocean, so I moved towards them and after a bit of trial and error, took the shot. 30 second exposure, ISO 100, f4.5. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/5 "2011-01-16T03:58:23Z")
Everything is a bit 'off '… Makes this picture work for me. [::: Bulb :::](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_dhRsv7QUKHI/TQFmJMKDlsI/AAAAAAAAaI0/YRCm2B8FuDg/s800/2010bulbtree002.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/6 "2011-01-16T15:40:13Z")
I actually came up with my top 10 pictures for a photography forum earlier this month. Here are the ones I chose (in no order): [Endless Highway](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5265110014/) [Monochrome Corporate](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5265155648/) [Chicago Bikes](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5265173058/) [Blackhawks City](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/4908359955/) [Lazer-Bean](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/4908948188/) [Hallowishes](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5275673473/) [Naperville Metra](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5275713475/) [Monument](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5276354884/) [Summer in Chicago](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5264564461/) [Reflections](http://www.flickr.com/photos/53157520@N07/5279172070/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/7 "2011-01-16T17:06:32Z")
[St. Nicholas Peak.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/refrozenseabass/4829239293) ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/8 "2011-01-16T17:33:49Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > […This one."](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40982470@N04/5254105342/) > > This was taken at Moa Point, around the Wellington coastline. I had taken a few “okay” shots a bit further up on the beach when I noticed the sun glistening off the rocks near the ocean, so I moved towards them and after a bit of trial and error, took the shot. 30 second exposure, ISO 100, f4.5. You’ve got some great photos. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/9 "2011-01-16T18:33:50Z")
I didn’t take it but I really like that picture of the sink hole in Guatamala. [http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/money\_politics\_law/punching\_a\_hole\_in\_the\_earth.htm](http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/money_politics_law/punching_a_hole_in_the_earth.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/10 "2011-01-16T20:19:55Z")
these so far - lots more to look through My cousin got married in western MA in October. Outside wedding in a secluded grove next to the Bride’s home. Guests had to pass through this covered bridge to get to the ceremony. The other pics are the scenery on the way to the wedding site. [![](https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/bridge.jpg) ](https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/bridge.jpg) [http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC\_0002.jpg](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC_0002.jpg) [http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC\_0006.jpg](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC_0006.jpg) [http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC\_000a.jpg](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC_000a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/11 "2011-01-17T03:09:50Z")
I take pictures of wildflowers while traveling around the west - these are my favorites from last year: [Oregon](http://www.charwinccrs.com/spokane%20trip/madrasblue2.jpg) [another Oregon](http://www.charwinccrs.com/spokane%20trip/camas2.jpg) [Washington](http://www.charwinccrs.com/spokane%20trip/colfaxwhcorn.jpg) [Arizona](http://www.charwinccrs.com/photos/coloradofouroclock.jpg) [Idaho](http://www.charwinccrs.com/billings/segolilly.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/12 "2011-01-17T03:18:23Z")
All of these photographs are beautiful. > [@sparky\_1](#): > > I went to [The Louvre](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-2010/1001551/1006393781_ixmL2-L-1.jpg)… …but I think that this may be one of my most favourite photographs ever. I’d pay for a large print of it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/13 "2011-01-17T14:18:50Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > All of these photographs are beautiful…but I think that this may be one of my most favourite photographs ever. I’d pay for a large print of it. 🙂 Wow. Thanks! You can order prints from the hosting site: [SmugMug](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-2010/13673400_aknNj#1006359321_5e5kk). I just had 10 prints made and they all came out great. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/14 "2011-01-17T18:13:12Z")
Here’s the one I chose for my best: [Backstage](http://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/4617117170/) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/15 "2011-01-17T18:25:12Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Wow. Thanks! > > You can order prints from the hosting site: [SmugMug](http://dmf109.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-2010/13673400_aknNj#1006359321_5e5kk). I just had 10 prints made and they all came out great. Well, I just looked over the site. $97 Canadian for a large rolled print isn’t bad. Though I’d like to make sure it’s of the right proportional and all. Also, shipping. Maybe when that next contract comes in… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/16 "2011-01-17T18:34:07Z")
Actually, I just figured out how to get the pixel dimensions. Based on those, I think a smaller print is necessary. Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/17 "2011-01-17T19:01:34Z")
[Here](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5226035955_9e769b6312_b.jpg)’s a nice one from when it was snowing in my hometown. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/18 "2011-01-17T19:06:37Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > […This one."](http://www.flickr.com/photos/40982470@N04/5254105342/) > > This was taken at Moa Point, around the Wellington coastline. I had taken a few “okay” shots a bit further up on the beach when I noticed the sun glistening off the rocks near the ocean, so I moved towards them and after a bit of trial and error, took the shot. 30 second exposure, ISO 100, f4.5. Beautiful, thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/19 "2011-01-17T21:28:15Z")
> **[Log in or sign up to view](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1882759&l=a6c07bd0ba&id=1390062723)** > > See posts, photos and more on Facebook. What I wouldn’t give for the right software and the know how to clean this up. Crappy cell phone quality, but probably the best picture I’ll ever have of the two of them. > **[Log in or sign up to view](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1987253&l=dfdbaa8590&id=1390062723)** > > See posts, photos and more on Facebook. This one of the baby is pretty cute, too. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745/20 "2011-01-17T22:07:37Z")
Here ya go, top 10 of 2010, C&C welcome [http://www.flickr.com/photos/26870187@N02/sets/72157625722118209/with/5364505545/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/26870187@N02/sets/72157625722118209/with/5364505545/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-photos-from-2010/567745.md?page=2)