I’ve closed comments on this post, since the voting deadline has passed. You can see the final selections here. Thanks to all of you who voted!
Happy New Year!
Like champagne, Auld Land Syne, and the Tournament of Roses Parade, it’s become a New Year’s tradition on this blog to pick my best images from the past year, and once again I’m inviting you to help me make these difficult choices. I’ve posted 47 of my best photographs from 2016 below, in chronological order. After you look through these, please post a comment listing your ten favorites.
You don’t have to list your ten favorites in any order, or even name them – just numbers will do. (The numbers are in the captions underneath the photographs. Also, you can click on the images to see them larger.) Once the votes are in I’ll post the top ten on this blog, and submit the final group to Jim Goldstein’s blog project, where he’ll be showcasing the best images of the year from over 300 photographers. The voting deadline is this Tuesday, January 3rd, at midnight Pacific time.
As always, I reserve the right to override the votes if one of my favorites gets panned. But I’ve rarely had to exercise this power because my readers have excellent taste. 🙂
Thanks for your input — I appreciate your help!
— Michael Frye
1. Snowy oaks, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
2. Great egrets roosting in a willow at sunrise, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
3. Tundra swans at sunrise in a San Joaquin Valley marsh, CA, USA
4. Half Dome and North Dome above Yosemite Valley, winter, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
5. Yosemite Valley through the mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
6. Ross’s geese taking flight in fog, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
7. Stars, mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
8. El Capitan at night with the Pleiades, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
9. Cottonwood trees and fog at sunrise, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
10. El Capitan and Horsetail Fall at sunset, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
11. Ross’s geese in the fog at first light, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
12. Ross’s geese lifting off at sunrise, San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
13. Goose blizzard – Ross’s geese flying past cottonwood trees in the San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA
14. Morning sunlight on Yosemite Falls, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
15. Half Dome and North Dome at sunrise from the Four-Mile Trail, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
16. Poppies, lupines, and oak, Figueroa Mountain, Los Padres NF, CA, USA
17. Morning reflections, dogwoods and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
18. Half Dome and clouds, late afternoon, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
19. Cathedral Rocks and Spires and a spring pond, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
20. Spring sunrise, Gates of the Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
21. Ice and reflections in Ellery Lake, Inyo NF, CA, USA
22. Sea stacks and cormorant, Redwood NP, CA, USA
23. Sunbeams and an old road in a redwood forest, northern California coast, USA
24. Sunbeams in a redwood forest along the northern California coast, USA
25. Milky Way over the Tuolumne River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
26. Star trails over the Methodist Church, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
27. Interior of the morgue, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
28. Books, portrait, and chair in the morgue, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
29. McMillan House interior, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
30. Miller Boarding House, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
31. Milky Way over an arch in the Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, CA, USA
32. Arch, meteor, and the Milky Way, Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA, USA
33. Meteor and the Milky Way over an alpine lake, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
34. Arches and star trails, Alabama Hills, CA, USA
35. Sunrise on Mt. Whitney from the Alabama Hills, CA, USA
36. Aspens and pines, Bishop Creek Canyon, Inyo NF, CA, USA
37. Aspens and dogwood leaves, autumn, Inyo NF, CA, USA
38. Autumn forest with dogwoods and ferns, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
39. Mobius Arch at night, Alabama Hills, CA, USA
40. Big-leaf maple overhanging the Merced River in autumn, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
41. Moonrise over the Cathedral Range from May Lake, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
42. Clearing snowstorm from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
43. Clearing storm, El Capitan and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
44. Misty night, Gates of the Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
45. Moonrise from Gates of the Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
46. Moon over Yosemite Valley, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
47. Moonlit winter night with Half Dome, Glacier Point, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
Related Posts: My Top Photographs of 2015; My Top Photographs of 2014; 2013: My Top Ten Images
Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. He is the author or principal photographer of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite, Yosemite Meditations, Yosemite Meditations for Women, Yosemite Meditations for Adventurers, and Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters. He has also written three eBooks: Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom, Exposure for Outdoor Photography, and Landscapes in Lightroom: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide. Michael has written numerous magazine articles on the art and technique of photography, and his images have been published in over thirty countries around the world. Michael has lived either in or near Yosemite National Park since 1983, currently residing just outside the park in Mariposa, California.
Happy New Year Michael! Thank you for sharing these lovely photographs. My favourites: 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 29, 31, 34.
Oh what a show!!! I want to put the prints all out in the table and enjoy slowly …. O how can I choose? Really appreciate how you have captured the beauty of Gods universe. What a creator! (And photographer!)
My picks are: 4, 7, 14, 18, 23, 37, 19, 42, 46, 47.
Wondeful group of images my picks 1,5,16,18,22,24,29,35,38,42
Thank you for sharing over the past year. Your photographs and dialogue are inspirational. Congratulations on your exceptional images. My favourites: 1,7, 14, 16, 23, 25 and 47
Photo no. 21. Reflections create a 3 dimensional effects. Beautiful.
Wonderful Images!!! My top 10 favorites are 6, 9, 14,18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, and 34. I was relieved I didn’t have to pick just one, but I think if I did it would be #23. Thanks for sharing these with us Michael!
Very nice series of images. My favorites are 3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 23, 26, 30, 31, and 47.
1st: 15
7
4
10
1
42
25
24
47
46
Beautiful photos Michael. My favorites are:
4,7,8,11,19,25,26,30,33,47
You have made it really tough to pick only 10.
My favorite was #21.
My other favorites were
5,8,10,18,23,25,33,36,38
Happy new Year!
My favorites: 2, 4, 7, 9, 14, 22, 23, ,25, 41, 47
1,7,13,14,16,23,25,30,37,47
Happy New Year! Amazing set of images. So hard to choose, but here are my favorites: 4,7,10,14,16,21,23,34,39,42
Awesome nominees again this year Michael! It was tough to choose just 10.
Here are mine.
5,7,9,10,15,17,20,23,25,45
Happy New Year!
My favorites 4,7,8,13,14,25,26,31,33,42
Happy New Year and many beautiful photos …
Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing
4,7,10,17,19,25,26,34,41,47
Hi Michael,
I’d be exceptionally proud to have taken any one of these photographs, let alone the 46 others. Remarkable!
It is difficult to choose, but my very favorites are as follows:
1, 7, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 39, 43, and 44.
Congratulations!
See you soon!
Cheers,
Alyn
Happy New Year Michael! It is so difficult to pick the best 10 from all these wonderful images… Here are my favorites: 1, 4, 10, 15, 20, 25, 34, 44, 45 and 47.
MY ten favorites: 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 36, 38, 46, 47.
Happy new year! My favs are:
47, 2, 3, 14, 16, 20, 24, 29, 21, 19
Awesome photos. hard to pick only 10…
4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year and thanks for another great year of information and great photos. My favorite two are 7 and 9, while the others are 1,5,21,25,30,31, and 41.
1, 6, 8, 18, 22, 28, 30, 38, 43, 44
I’ve always been attracted to night photos that actually look like night. This seems to be rarely attempted but here you have several fine ones. Bravo!
Feliz año nuevo Michael. Good job as always! My 10 best photographs are: 4,7,10,12,16,23,26,41,46,47
My favorites: 1,6,14,16, 18, 21, 37
All are beautiful!
1, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 34
Happy new year! What incredible photos. My favorites are:
4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 41, 42, 44
Great images as always. Thanks for the inspiration!
1, 4, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18, 23, 35, 46
3,5,9,16,20,25,32,36,37,41
All are beautiful!
You had a good year. I think I could pick all the snow geese photos, but probably a little variety is better. So – 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23, 40
Love how you capture the essence of beauty and grandeur of nature!
2,5,7,16,17,25,26,40,41,45
7,19,25,32,35,39,41,42,43,45 So hard to choose!
Amazing photos… thanks for sharing!
4, 8,10,14,15, 23, 31, 35, 42, 43
Happy New Year! You make it very hard to choose; my favorites are 1,4,5,6,8,9,13,32. Looking forward to seeing you in February.
Happy New Year! Great pictures – looks you had a good year! My favourite 4,7,8,10,25,29,32,41,42,47
7,8,14,16 and 25!
Thank you for sharing!
My favorites are 2,7,8,14,23,26,27,37,38,44. Thank you for the opportunity to vote. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year. My top ten : 5,6,7,17,20,23,25,26,37,40,
#21 is the Best photo by far. Great picture. One of the most creative and composed pictures you have taken. It can’t be duplicated.
What a year of inspiration you had – and shared with us. It was a difficult task to pick only 10 top images. They are all moving. Here’s my 10:
2, 4, 7, 9, 21, 25, 34, 37, 41, 47
1, 6, 7, 18, 20, 33, 42, 43, 45, 47
Happy New Years. Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing.
2,3,6,7,13,14,32,35,39,42
Your photography is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your work and your knowledge! I like 4, 8, 10, 14, 17, 23, 25, 32, 37, 43.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
5, 6, 7, 18, 20, 23, 28, 41. All marvellous. Thank you.
Happy New Year, Michael. Many thanks for sharing these throughout the year. Very hard to limit the choices to ten, but mine are:
1, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16, 23, 38, 44 & 47
Always a privilege to have a chance to review these. All magnificent, but my personal favorites this year are: 2, 3, 7, 10, 16, 23, 34, 37, 38 and 39.
13, 23, 24, 25, 32, 35, 44, 45, 46, 47
Thank you, Michael, for your generous teaching and inspiring photos. The combination makes me want to get out and take some photos myself.
Best wishes for the coming year!
All are so awesome hard to pick just 10!
3,10,14,20,21, 23, 26, 31, 36, 40
2 6 10 18 21 35 40 43 44 45
Great work, as always Michael.
2,9,11,14,20,22,24,26,37,39
Thank you for sharing your wonderful images of 2016. My favorites: 4,5,7,19,23,31,42,44,47. Happy New Year!
You had a great year Michael! 6,7,16,20,22,25,26,32,34,47
My two favorites are 21 and 26. But to round out the ten i like 1,23,24,42,25,34,38,45. Love your work.
Excellent images. Very difficult to cut to ten. Thanks for sharing again. 3, 7, 21, 23, 25, 30, 35, 37, 46, 47.
1, 5, 7, 10, 20, 21, 23, 25, 34, 42
Happy New Year
Very hard to pick only ten, but here are mine: 5,7,15,18,20,23,32,34,42,46
Magnificent photography as always. So many provide an impact on my soul, even those without a vote. Be safe out there, I am feeling chilled to the bone just imagining myself in some of those locations, in the middle of the night no less.
1, 6, 7, 9, 15, 20, 23, 42, 43, 45
Difficult to choose 10. My choices:
7,10, 14, 16, 21, 25, 35, 41, 43 and 39.
Happy New Year!
Loved way more than 10 of them, but here goes: 4,7,8,14,15,17,20,23,31,35
Happy New Year!
#6 is one of my favorite Frye photos ever. The white on white, the movement… FANTASTIC.
6, 3, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20, 23, 26, 47
2,7,10,14,18,20,37,40,43,47
5, 19 great
Happy New Year, Michael!
It is always nearly impossible to choose only ten favorites from your annual selections — no less so this year. With that said, and after much back and forth, here are the favorites of my favorites: 2, 5, 7, 20, 23, 25, 30, 39, 41, and 45.
Michael,
It looks like you had an excellent year of shooting! Here are my choices: 4,7,14,20,23,24,38,42,46,47
Jim
I love this game and hate it because it is so hard to choose. You had another wonderful year. Thanks for sharing with us. My choices: 6, 7, 10, 21, 22, 23, 25, 32, 41, 42
Very difficult to choose 10. The light as always amazing, all beautiful
2,14,18,45,3,7,9,10,32,
41
All are inspiring!
1, 7, 14, 23, 25, 32, 34, 41, 44, 47
Quite the awesome collection. Hard to narrow it down to just 10. Here they are:
3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 20, 21, 34, 42
1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 21, 23, 37, 39, 42.
7,8,21,23,25,31,33,40,42,43
You don’t make it easy. Love them all!
5,7,9,23,24,28,29,35,45,47
Great choices again Michael. Thanks for sharing.
7,8,9,14,16,20,23,24,25,43
vote for the following pictures:
4, 10, 14, 19, 23, 24, 28, 37, 38, 45,
5,7,16,23,28,30,36,37,40,47
Numbers 28 and 30 remind me of the work of Andrew Wyeth.I find 40 reminiscent of Eliot Porter. Nice work overall.
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 23, 35, 36.
A difficult edit, I would add 5 more if possible. Thank you for another year of great images and inspiring commentary.
Great set, hard to choose when the spectacular becomes the average..My choices: 7, 12, 14, 18, 23, 30, 36, 39, 40, 42.
Love all these images but since you asked us to pick our favs here’s my list: 4, 7, 14, 17, 20, 23, 38, 39, 42, 45, and 47.
Happy 2017!
7, 9, 21, 23, 24, 25, 34, 38, 39, 42
I always like your photos. If I went through them 10 times I would probably have 10 different lists. My favorites the first go-round are # 10,14,18,19,21,23,31,38,41,43.
Tough to choose!
7 14 16 20 23 25 26 31 35 36
Thanks for asking Michael. My favorites in order are: 17,7,20,23,47,43,42,31,9,8.
Another fine collection! Best wishes for you – and for a copious snowfall season – in 2017!
7,8,14,15,26,32,35,41,46,47
Thanks for another inspirational year.
My picks are 5 9 16 17 18 24 26 35 39 41
Happy New Year! It is always hard to choose my favorites.
7 13 20 21 23 25 26 32 34 39
Great photos, as usual, many thanks for sharing them. My favorites are 1, 6, 30, 37.
42,42,42,42,42 need I say more?
Great images….hard to choose just 10, but here are my favorites: 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44.
So difficult to pick 10 from all of these beautiful photographs…
5, 7, 8, 10, 18, 24, 25, 41, 42, 43
All are stunning. My favs
7, 10, 14, 20, 26, 27, 38, 41, 46, 47
6-12-13-21
Your photos are all beautiful, but these few (in order) caught my soul:
10, 35, 18, 21, 27, 30
7,14,16,17,19,21,37,39,40,41,
Beautiful year of photography Michael! Thanks for sharing your work with us! My favorites are 41 and 7, but also enjoy 3, 4, 10, 16, 17, 21, 23, and 12.
This is like being tortured….so many excellent options. Mine are 5,7,15,20,21,23,24,25,30,34
Thanks for sharing.
What a great year of photos!
2, 6, 9, 15, 21, 22, 25, 32, 41, 44
My top 5: 2, 6, 9, 18, 40
It’s always wonderful seeing your top picks, Michael. Happy New Year!
5,6,7,12,15,17,19,23, 42,43
Happy New Year! 1,4,6,7,15,23,25,30,36
There all awesome one I like best is
2,4,7,15,17,20,25,41,44,47
3, 7, 16, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26, 38, 41
All are beautiful, but here are my top ten: 4 6 7 10 13 14 16 20 21 28
No 23
Michael:
Whew, you are making it hard on us…how about our favorite Top 20? 🙂
Okay, my 10 favorites: 7,16,17,21,24,36,37,38,43,47.
Happy New Year! Really enjoy your work Michael. Here are my votes: 1,7,10,18,23,25,26,32,40and 42
Your images are stunningly beautiful. And, to have 47 to pick from in one year is a reflection of your hard work, commitment, and skill at your craft. Congratulations. May 2017 be professionally and personally fulfilling and even better than 2016.
My favorites are 7, 10, 15, 18, 23, 26, 31, 34, 42, and 43.
Happy New Year!
Fantastic collection of photographs. Very hard to choose only 10, but here they are:
4,6,7,14,20,25,35,36,41,47
As a young amateur Ive always found your blog an immensely beneficial Go-to for knowledge. These pics are outstanding-thank you for the inspiration!
My picks: 2,7,10, 13, 15, 18, 22, 37 and 47.
Beautiful photos. My favorites are 7,14,16,23,24,26,34,38,41,43.
I guess we are all very different, but my top ten are 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 18, 23, 37, 40 and 44. All the best for 2017.
2,7,9,14,20,23,24,34,39,40
Yikes! Even more difficult than last year, but this is a great tradition. Here are my choices: 5,7,9,10, 16, 34, 37, 39, 45, 47.
that was tough to pick only 10.
14,18,23,31,32,33,25,40,45,46
Dear Michael, thank you for sharing these photos – it was really very difficult to chose the “top 10”. My choices are: 2, 7, 10, 14, 23, 25, 30, 32, 37, 42. Happy New Year and all the best to you and Claudia in 2017!
My 2016 Best Image selections:
7*10*14*18*21*26*31*38*43*47
Thanks for this idea. Choices were difficult but here’s mine: 1, 7, 14, 20, 25, 32, 44, 41, 42, 39
It would be easier if I could pick 20, but since I can only pick 10 of your awesome captures not any any particular order. . .here goes 3, 7, 14, 19, 20, 23, 33, 38, 42, and 45.
Thank you so much for share your wisdom and your pictures
6 9 13 38
Michael, an impossible task to select only 10, but here are my favorite ones: 22, 35, 7, 14, 17, 18, 21,36, 37 and 40. Image 22 is my over-all favorite (that’s why I purchased a print of it). Many harken to the style of some of my favorite photographers (Eliot Porter, Ansel Adams). Thank you for sharing your creative vision and outstanding skills. Best wishes to you and your family for a very successful and joyful 2017.
23 is my favorite then 41,43,36,19,16,14,10,8,3 I love looking at your photography!
My favorites: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 20, 25, 42, 43, 47
Beautiful photos! I enjoyed: 6, 16, 25, 30, 37, 42
Numbers: 5, 7, 9, 14, 19, 23, 29, 30, 39, 42.
Hi Michael,
I really enjoy your work and your dedication, technical expertise, and variety. My favorites are 6,9,14,20,27,32,38, 39,42,and 45. (but they’re all fabulous!)
My most excellent are: 4,7,10,14,19,23,25,34,40 & 43.
It was a hard choice –here are my favs–#1,3,7,14,18,20,21,26,27,34.
I sure hope to get to a workshop with you soon –esp Astro-photography workshop! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year. Another great set of photos. My picks are:
2, 6, 9, 11, 21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 35
7, 21, 36. Happy New Year to you and Claudia!
Love all your photographs, but here’s my faves for 2016:
7, 11, 14, 16, 23, 25, 31, 37, 40, 44
Happy New Year, Michael! As always, so hard to pick 10. My favorites: 7,14,16,19,21,23,24,26,29 and 46.
All so wonderful! My top ten…
7, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 36, 40, 42, 45
3, 5, 7, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 35
Always fascinates me how different peoples picks are. Some of these lists don’t have a single picture in common! Here are mine:
4,7,9,14,17,21,24,37,40,47.
Hard to choose from among such great photographs, but here are 10 of my favorites — 1,6,27,28,21,23,26,33,34,40.
Happy New Year. Thank you for sharing your images! My picks: 1,4,7,9,20,21,23,34,39,42
My two cents 47,25,26,41,7,43
They are all fine images
I think you should have shortened the list to no more than 10 after all I bet you know what your top 10 are.
2,5,7,8,21,23,25,36,41,47 in no particular order
Michael – very difficult! But, here are my 10:
3, 7, 13. 14, 22, 23, 26, 32, 39, 47
Thanks!
Larry
Happy New Year 🎆 🎊 Michael,
2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 19, 23, 31, 32, 37
Thank you for sharing works of art with us.
My absolute favorites are 20, 21, and 25. My other choices are 7,9,24,32,36,39,and 45.
However I always find all of your posts informative and inspiring.
Thanks for sharing.
Jon Gordon
My picks are 7,8,15,20,33,42,44,45,46,47.
Hi Michael,
Here goes: 1,6,7,13,21,24,30,32,36,39
Michael,
Magical images, I never tire of seeing your work and look forward to every post.
Best wishes for 2017
my list 1,6,10,12,16,17,23,30,32,37.
1, 7, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25, 34, 39, 41. Great set!
7,8,9,5,25,31,32,39,23,14
Hi Michael – a Happy New Year to you and Claudia! As always, a difficult choice, but here are my 10:
2, 7, 9, 16, 21, 23, 30, 32, 38, 42
Memorable, perhaps the best thing in 2016 . . . . 1,5,6,9,10,16,23,30,32,42
This was especially challenging this year! I’d’ve preferred to have been able to choose at least 25. But I whittled it down to: 1, 7, 10, 13, 20, 21, 23, 37, 42, 46. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work! Many blessings for the new year.
3,5,23,25,26,33.
Happy New Year! I always like your annual review.My favorites:7,14,16,19,20,23,25,38,39,47.
Enjoy you blog but a suggestion: get responsive design so we can read easier on devices. Words very tedious on page due to length ( which I enjoy) but scrolling constantly makes me leave early. Barb
Thanks Barbara, and Happy New Year to you too! This is a responsive design, so I wonder what you’re seeing. Perhaps you could email me a screen shot: michael@michaelfrye.com.
Thanks for asking for our opinions… the photos are all terrific. My favorites are 4, 8, 10, 14, 18, 23, 34, 42, 43, 44.
43, 41, 40, 35, 23!!, 18!!, 14, 13, 10, 2
Great work! 18 and 23 are standouts for me.
Happy new year!
Awesome year, Michael.
My favorites are:
6
7
14 (my favorite, hands down)
16
22
23
35
36
41
42
Happy New Year!
Another amazing collection. It’s so great to see new takes on some of the Yosemite standards, especially Horsetail Falls in image #10. And although #14 is the typical tourist shot, there’s something about yours that stands out. #26 must’ve taken quite a bit of work, but it is an awesome image. Besides these three, my other favs are 5 7 20 25 26 31 32 and 39. Thanks for your inspiration!
Happy New Year!
7,14,16,18,19,23,26,38,43,45
3,4,7,12,20,23,25,26,34,41,45,46,47.
I subscribe to several photography email letters, you are the only one that I read 100%. My pics are: 23,9,41,7,37, 38, 16, 14, 2, 45.
Cheers,
Nanette
I could have chosen them all, but selected these 10: 4, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 36, 41, 45, 47.
So many options, Michael! Put me down for 6, 13, 20, 21.
Thank you to everyone who’s voted so far! I really appreciate your taking the time to look these over and let me know what you think. What a great response!
2, 6, 7, 10, 19, 25, 29, 35, 39, 45
My favorite, not listed, is from March 20, 2016 – San Joaquin Valley Sunrise. From the ones you selected:
7,16,20,2,23,25,42,44, and 22
Thanks for sharing your work and taking the time to share ideas and techniques.
Wishing you all the best in 2017!
16, 17, 22, 23, 25, 27, 36, 37, 43
Goodness, you really did some magnificent (newer) work this year:
41, 38, 37, 35, 30, 28, 22, 2, 7, 6.
Tough to choose; what a super selection!
2, 5,7, 8, 20, 25, 42, 43, 45, 47,
I would say 3, 4, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 35 and 41.
Being from Fresno myself, I definitely appreciate your Yosemite updates and your willingness to tackle tough weather results in awesome photos. You inspire me!
6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 34, 41, 47 – a few others, but only 10… Getting excited for next week! Been going back through your ebook on Landscapes in LR – second time through I’m learning even more.
Hi Michael,
Harder than trying to pick 10 for your seminar :-o.
47, 42, 31, 34, 25, 23, 18, 16, 9, 7
Stunning images. My picks are 1, 4, 5, 8, 14, 16, 19, 25, 30, and 38.
Great collection … # 23 was by far my favorite. Other nominees: # 1,7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 30, and 35.
Oh such torture! Too many great images to cull.
6,9,18,20,23,34,35,43,45,46
2, 7, 10, 15, 21, 23, 37, 40, 41, 46
I ended up with 14. But “had” to cut it to 10:
4,7, 10, 17, 18, 21, 23, 35,38,40
This was hard. 🙂 So many great shots.
1, 7, 8, 14, 16, 20, 23, 33, 41, 47
Happy new year
They are all fine images 4.7
7, 21, 24 are outstanding – thanks for your inspiration and hard work!
1,2,6,21,36,37,7,14,25,35,39
Happy New Year!
1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 36, 37
Keep up the great work in 2017!
I look forward to doing this every year.
7, 9, 10, 26, 39, 42, 44, 47
Thanks Michael for sharing these pictures with us.
Frequently they remind me of a wonderful day we had in Yosemite.
My list: 1,4,7,13,20,25,31,39,43,47 (with 20 as best)
Please go on!
Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you for sharing your beautiful images. It was hard to pick just 10. My favorites are: 1, 10, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 43, 44, & 45.
Here you are and have the best of years!
1, 6, 10, 13, 14, 19, 23, 29, 36, 43
From warm Spain!
3,7,16,18,23,26,28,31,34,37
7,8,17,23,31,37,38,41,42,43
Love all of them but here are my favorites: 3,7,9,12,14,16,23,25,26,46
6,8,10,16,23,25,30,36,43,44
Awesome. Maybe Ill take one of your workshops this year!
1 5 7 13 19 29 32 35 39 42
Lovely work in 2016.
IMPOSSIBLE to choose. Wonderful to have a chance to see these photos.
14, 7, 13, 19, 20, 21, 35, 37, 38, 39
Love them all, but would suggest the following: 1,2,7,16,21,22,32,41,42 and 45
Happy New Year to you and Claudia! You haven’t made it easy but here’s my 2c: 1, 3, 6 (I was there with you that glorious morning at Tunnel View!), 10, 16, 18, 20, 35, 37, and 41.
The task is closer to impossible than to very difficult. But I try to thank you for your blog.
7, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 33, 38, 45
Ohh, so many lovely images Michael. You do make it difficult on us to just selest 10! But here it goes:
1,5,6,7,9,21,23,25,26,and 31/
Lovely, stunning, breathtaking.
1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14, 19, 23, 25, 47
7,9,16,17,20,21,23,34,39,42
Not easy to choose!
Every one of these photos is amazing but my favorites are 1,7,13,16,24,25 in no particular order.
Lovely images. My choices are:
1, 7, 11, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 39, 43
Hey Michael!
I didn’t get a chance to visit Yosemite this year, I’ll live vicariously through your images.
Amazing job as always.
7
10 – What was your vantage point here? A couple of you years ago my buddy and I tried to catch it from Four Mile Trail, but we couldn’t from there.
23
24
25
26
28
32
39
6, 7, 10, 12, 19, 21, 25, 35, 33, 41
All great, but my favorites are: 5,7,9,10,14,21,23,30,37,42
What a great collection. My choices are:
5,7,19,23,26,30,34,37,42,47.
Happy New Year! I like 5, 7, 8, 14, 17, 22, 23, 28, 35, and 37. Well done!
Happy New Year, Michael! Great work as always. Thanks for sharing. How about “all the above”? Here’s my list: 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 18, 20, 21, 46, 47.
Michael,
I love your work! Here are my choices for 2016: 7, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 35, 38 and 41.
Never miss reading your blog and have several of your books.
Best wishes for 2017.
Amazing photos. You never seem to exhaust the creative offerings of Yosemite.
My top 10: 7, 8, 10, 21, 23, 31, 42, 43, 44, 47
You had a great year!
13 and 34 are my absolute favorites. My others are 6, 7, 16, 20, 32, 35, 41
Winners all!
If I were blindfolded and threw darts, any and all of them would rank as #1.
What will you find in the viewfinder during 2017? We shall eagerly await…
SERIOUSLY? Making 47 good images in one year is well, more than most historic masters did, Michael!! And many of these are great, beyond good. It is always difficult to choose, but my absolute FAVE is image #7, the scene is pure magic. Others that are faves are #1, 6, 21, 25, 28, 30, 35, 39, 45.
Happy New Year to you and Claudia. We must connect up this year. It’s been too long since we’ve been face to face!!
Thanks so much Brenda – you’re too kind! Yes, it would be great to see you – and Jed too!
Choosing only 10 – the worst part of the new year. oy.
1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 25, 22, 24, 45
My picks are 6,7,9,10,14,16,24,25,39 and 44.
Thank you for your beautiful work.
Happy New Year.
1, 7, 10, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 47. 7 wins!
Stunning!! 7, 25, 5, 47, 16, 17, 42, 43, 23, 31
More great work! My favorites 4, 7, 14, 19, 23, 25, 38, 41, 44, 47.
Happy New Year to you and your family. My picks are.. 47, 29, 25, 26, 16, 10, 3, 2, 20, 7. Love most, like all. Looking forward to 2017 posts.
Michael — Thanks for the beautiful pictures. Here is my list:
1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 17, 20, 23, 38, and 44.
Tough picks, here’s mine:
1,6,7,9,20,21,24,25,40,47
So hard to choose 10 Michael but here are my favourites: 1, 4, 5, 7, 19, 23, 25, 29, 42, 47
2,3,7,13,14,17,21,23,25,38
Tough choices. Thank you!
Wow, that was a lot of beautiful work to have to choose from but here are my picks.
2, 4, 7, 8, 19, 24, 43, 44, 45, & 47
Happy New Year to you!! I look forward to seeing your photos in the coming year.
So much fun to see all year your amazing artistry with a camera (and a computer). It brings us for a moment to one of our favorite places with its beauty and grandeur. My list seems different from others:
46 (my favorite)
25,19,4,26,23,9,17,29,38.
Wonderful work, Michael. My picks are 4,5,7,10,16,17,23,26,35, and 37.
I look forward to this challenge each year. Very different images with one common trait. All of them are excellent and I can’t wait to see the top 10. My favorites are:3,7,15,20,23,25,32,41,42,and 47.
2,7,10,11,17,23,28,34,41,43
Have a happy and prosperous 2017.
They are all stunning. My picks-
1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 17, 21, 32, 42, 45
Hello, our paths crossed briefly in october of 2015 on the eastern side near conway summit. A lot of great clouds that 3rd week, unfortunately sunset through the aspens never materialized that day. My picks are, 7,10,16,23,24,25,34,38,40,41.
1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 16, 21, 32, 35, 41
And all the rest tie for a close 11th…
Just great photos!
Another year of wonderful photographs..
my pics are:
1,7,18,23,25,31,34,35,39,42
Thanks so much Michael!
2, 5, 14, 18, 19, 23, 29, 38, 41, 44
Beautiful images!
My favorites are 6, 7, 15, 23, 25, 39, 40, 42, 43, 47.
Happy New Year!
7,8,10,14,18,19,21,23,25,37
1,3,9,13,16,18,20,21,23,40
Inspirational!
1, 3, 7, 14, 20, 25, 41, 43, 46, 47
Thank you for sharing your amazing images throughout the year.
May 2017 be a good year for you and Claudia.
Nos. 1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 25, 35, 36, 42, 44.
This is one of my favorite annual things!
Picking only 10 is tough 🙁
5, 8, 9, 20, 21, 24, 25, 38, 41, 44
Thank You for Sharing!
I look forward to this… but it is always so dang hard! Here are my top 10 faves: 5,9,16,17,20,23,25,29,36,45, and all the rest, also! Such great body of work. Thanks Michael, for sharing and inspiring.
5,7,9,13,18,20,21,31,32,45.
So many terrific photos to choose from and always difficult to limit my choices to 10. Congratulations on your wonderful photography.
My favorites are:
7 14 20 23 35 37 38 43 44 47
I look forward to seeing your 2017 images – hope more of your “intimate” scenes are included.
Looking through your highlighted photos of the year is quickly becoming one of my favorite things to do to start the new year!
6, 7, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 41
“Happy New Year” Michael,
Thank you so much for sharing your gift of photographic, artistic talent. I must say, I’m always a little bit excited to see your emails arrive! My faves are:
5, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 37, 42
Can’t wait to see the final results!
All the best in 2017….thanks for the inspiration.
We love your photos, or works of art! You found what you do best & have stuck with it. Thank you! Our choices are: 21,7,23,29, 31, 32, 36, 41 & 45.
Thank you for sharing through out the year, 1,3,6,7,10,13,16,18,41,47
Michael you have had an out standing year!
4 7 10 15 19 20 23 25 47
Thanks for your efforts
As always you have outdone yourself! It’s so difficult to choose only 10, as I like most of them for various reasons. My favorite in this group is #7, where the reflection of the stars kept me coming back. My top 10 are: 5,7,14,20,23,26,32,33,45,46.
Happy New Year!
I liked 4, 7, 19, 42, 47, 14, 17, 15 with #19 being by far my first place pick.
Happy New Year to you both – keep up the great work! Having had the opportunity to visit Yosemite, Bodie, etc. on several occasions and to meet you at Tunnel View many years ago I always look forward to your blog posts.
Difficult choice (as always!), but my favs ….
1,3,5,6,7,8,9,14,23,43
Very much enjoy following your work. Truly hard to pick a “top ten.”
1, 2, 6, 16, 17, 21, 23, 35, 44, and 47.
2
7
8
9
25
33
41
42
47
5
4,15,20,23,32 &43.
Thank you, Michael, for this array of beautiful, stunning, and at times subtle images. The Yosemite images are simply inspiring. It took me forever, but here are my ten picks:
4, 6, 7, 16, 23, 25, 28, 37, 41, 45
I’m looking forward to your blog in 2017.
Dear Michael,
Happy New Year and “lang may yer lum reek”, also many thanks for all your efforts in 2016.
Difficult choice as usual but here goes;
7,13,14,18,19,20,25,41,43 and 47.
1,7,24
4,14,16,18,19,20,23,28,
29,45
Inspiring images, Michael, as always!
My votes: 4, 7, 16, 21, 23, 25, 32, 37, 41, 47.
My picks are: 2,14,16,20,21,23,31,37,39,47.
Number 21 is amazing, I wholeheartedly agree with another viewer!
Fabulous and thank you for sharing. My picks are as follows:
4,5,7,8,10,14,16,19,23,32
:o)
Hard to choose just one, so . . .
7, 9, 23, 37, & 47
#20
I love them all, but these are my favorites:
5, 7, 13, 21, 25, 26, 32, 41, 44, 47.
7 – 14 – 17 – 21 – 23
35 – 39 – 43 – 1 – 10
#7 is a great shot… my pick.
Here are the selections I noted: 1, 4, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 24, 30, and 47. Tough job again this year Michael!
4,7,10,14,15,16,20,25,34,47
Thanks for all that you share!
1,9,22,25,30,32,39,43,44
I look forward to this as a New Year tradition. Thank you for letting the world see these moments as you did.
7,14,16,20,21,23,25,38,40,47.
They are all great, but my favorite is #23.
4, 7, 14, 18, 20, 24, 39, 42, 45, 47
Happy New Year Michael,
I choose 1, 6, 14, 36, 43, 18, 21, 33 47 & 43.
best regards,
Paul M. Kavsak
Michael,
Happy New Year to you! This is an extraordinary selection of photographs. I’ve gone through them a few times and managed to get the list down to 10 favorites.
They are: 4,6,10,14,18,19,24,29, 35 and 43.
Very hard to choose. Here is my list: 4,5,8,14,16,19,23,29,32 and 37. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
All are excellent, but here is my list of favs, in order.
23, 34, 38, 47, 7, 10, 14, 32, 58, 41, 43.
Beautiful images – very hard to select just 10! Here are my choices: 5, 7, 14, 16, 23 24 25 26 43 44
Here are my 10
9,14,17,20,21,26,27,31,34,41
My favorites are 6, 7, 11, 23, and 41
It was a good year for Yosemite pictures.
5,7,9,25,31,34,38,41,44,47
Quite a fine body of work. My overall favorite is #36 – a tapestry. My top ten selections are the following: 7, 12, 15, 16, 17,21, 23, 36, 37, 38.
Hard to pick, so I just went with a gut reaction: 3, 7, 13, 16, 20, 21, 25, 34, 35, 41 Happy New Year, Michael.
My favourites:
1, 15, 16, 18, 31, 37, 40 & 42.
Best,
A Peaceful & Healthy 2017!
My picks: 2 – 7 – 8 – 11 – 13 – 14 – 17 – 23 – 33 – 38. They are all great shots in fact.
7, 20 by far
4,10
16, 25
29, 30
35, 38
Sorry I sent my list on your email — so here it is again, although I changed my mind on a couple:
6,7,9,18,21,25,34,39,42,47
here are my picks for 2016: 1,6,18,24,35,8,39,9,14
Thank you for sharing. It is always a learning experience to review the quality work an eye of another photographer.
great set of images …… my favorite 10 are ……..
1 – 7- 9- 14- 20- 21- 23- 25- 31 – 34
1,4,5,24,25,28,32,39,43
All are terrific and show a great respect for nature.
Michael
Super great images. Inspiring. Favorites of my favorites are 4, 14, 23 and 44.
It is difficult to pick “faves”, great photos all…. but OK: 44 43 40 33 26 25 23 17 and 7
9,14,15,17,20,23,32,39,40,41
25,7,8,14,15,23,31,34,35,43. Thank you for a year of beautiful images and great advice.
3, 5, 7, 16, 19, 23, 30, 34, 36, 37
Beautiful work. I’d go with #s 7, 13, 18, 25, 31, 42 and 47.
They are all beautiful but I picked the following:
4,7,14,17,18,23,25,35,37,47
Happy New Year.
They are all wonderful! My list is: 4,7,16,23,25,26,41,43,44,47
Great photography Michael even from where I sit here in Australia. My picks are 10,13 and 14 although how does one really choose. All wonderful, it really comes down to a subjective viewpoint. Yosemite was a highlight of our national parks tour of US many years ago. Lying on back gazing up at climbers on El Capitan an awesome lifetime experience.
Your regular news and tips are received here with great expectation.
We should organise a photography tour for you and American friends some day in future.
As usual, it was hard to choose:
5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 21, 25, 34, 43, 47
23.. Iconic, not too much fog, not too surreal, just perfedt!
Here’s my favs, 3,7,37,13,14,26,19,23,25, 43
14, 7, 23, 33, 41, 16, 10, 3, 25, 32, Are my top ten but I enjoyed every one of them. Thank you for sharing your beautiful images.
Beautiful photographs, awesome work, difficult to narrow down. Thank you for all of your professional advice.
1,7,8,15,16,20,23,24,25,35
They are all lovely, in my opinion.
My Favorites are: 7,18,25,26,47,43,10,23,32,& 44
5, 7, 9, 18, 23, 44, 20, 35, 41, 42
7
1, 7, 9, 10, 18, 23, 25, 35, 41, 42. With 1 (probably) being my favorite!
We should call these King Solomon’s Choices–hard to give up any one. But mine are: 3,9,10,16,18,26,31,35,42,43. Thanks for sharing your beautiful and uplifting images. Happy New Year.
All fantastic images.
My favorites:
!. Stars, mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA (7)
2. Milky Way over the Tuolumne River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA (25)
3. Clearing snowstorm from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA (42)
Beautiful work!!! Congrats!
New Year greetings from the UK!
A pleasure to view these lovely images – here are my favourites: 1,5,7,8,20,23,24,25,31,43
David
Happy New Year, it is easier just to say ooh and aah when you post an image or two, much more difficult to choose only 10. Here is my take with reservations, in chronological order, don’t make me list in “favorites” order, please. 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 23, 26, 32, 41, 47. Thanks for sharing and chasing light.
All are absolutely fantastic so it was extremely hard to choose. So I based my choices on what I would buy for my home 😉
2, 24, 30, 7, 14, 35, 47, 40, 17, 42
Thank you for all the beauty you share and wishing you and yours a Happy New Year.
So hard to choose. You have a wonderful eye.
Happy New Year to you and Yours!
Here are my choices.
7 8 3 6 14 16 18 19 23 28
Great work! 2,6,7,8,14,20,23,25,41,47
Lovely and inspiring images. Thank you.
9, 10,20,22,23,24,32,33,38,46
Love them all, but these are my favorites: 7, 8, 10, 14, 18, 23, 24, 28, 41, 44
Michael, you have given us an impossible task – they are ALL my favorites! But, IF I have to choose, these are my favorites:
3, 10, 14, 16, 23, 24, 25, 38, 39, 42.
Happy New Year! Love this yearly voting!
My favorites:
5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 23, 37
best to you and your family
Michael,
You don’t make it easy to choose with so many stunning images.
So here’s my selections 7,10,39,47,11,16,25,28,41,& 45.
Wishing you a great up coming New Years.
Hi Michael
As an admirer from afar I have chosen:
10, 42, 5: as emotive images of a familiar subject that are different
17 for its subtle colours and the rhythm of the water
38 The depth provided by the flow of colour
23 its atmospheric effect, or perhaps I prefer 24
31, 34 representatives of your mastery of the night sky
18 Respect for B&W, Ansel Adams and Yosemite
1 Reminiscent of the first fina art print I collected
Happy New Year Michael.
3,7,14,15,20,23,28,34, 37,& 46
Thanks for sharing. 1, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19, 23, 25, 35
Votes for #5 and #46
Terrific images Michael.
4-7-14-20-21-25-35-31-42-45
Top Ten Favorites:
7
7
23
25
41
43
47
21
14
5
2
As usual, a hard set of choices. I always find the nighttime shots compelling as they inspire me to keep learning.
My favorites in no particular order are:
47
46
45
44
7
25
8
41
33
28
Happy New Year Michael! Looks like you’re going to be busy for a while 🙂
My favorites are 4,7,10,11,20,21,24,25,30 and 34
Simply beautiful! My 10 favorites are:
4, 7, 14, 17, 20, 23, 24, 40, 45, 46
2,7,25,26,34 and 38
all great clicks, as usual! My favorite is #25 !! amazing…and love the story behind getting it too.
then in no particular order: 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 47, 32
Absolutely stunning and breath taking. My No1 is 13 but it wasn’t hard to pick more than one. Here they are
2,6,7,20,23,31,34,42 and 47
3, 4, 7, 9, 14,16, 18, 23, 32, 46
7,36,38,25,6,13,23
10,15,17,18,20,21,23,40,41,43
1,2,3,15,18,23,25,27,30,35
A wonderful collection displaying your fine talent Michael. My favourite ten are 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 23, 34, 37, 41, 42
My favorites are #23, #13 and #1!
All are excellent for me, they show your obvious talent.
If I have to pick favourites it would be 7, 23, and 47 and the rest could be in any order.
7, 10, 18, 20, 25, 30, 36, 41, 43, 47
1,5,7,9,20,25,32,37,42,47
Thanks for sharing these with us again, Michael. What i keep learning from you is the value of strong, simple composition. Outstanding. I hope i get a chance to study with you again some time….
Hi Michael,
Stunning group of diverse images. Good luck for the final.
My 10 favs are 4, 7, 14, 16, 21, 23, 29, 35, 36 and 42
Michael I have enjoyed sharing your photo diary through the year. I could have chosen many more but my choice is 1,8,9,14,17,20,21,23,43,47
Wonderful images Michael, thanks for sharing these and all the other great info throughout the year.
7, 10, 20, 25, 33, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45
As always, very difficult to pick only 10. All are amazing! Thanks for sharing not only your images, but your blogs all year long.
My picks are:
1, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23, 26, 28, 32, 42
Happy New Year to you and Claudia!
Great photos, Michael. Here are my favorites:
(1) snowy oaks
(6) Ross Geese in fog (a top pick)
(9) cottonwoods
(14) Yosemite Falls
(18) Half Dome
(21)Ice and reflection (a top pick)
(23)sunbeams in redwoods
(35)sunrise on Mt. Whitney
(36)clearing storm from Tunnel View (a top pick)
(45)moonrise from Gates of the Valley
Dear Michael. Happy New Year to you. With so many great photos you have definitely not made the choice easy for us. The ten photos that I have selected are: 5, 10, 13, 18, 21, 27, 32, 34, 35 and 38. I like your B&W shots, and they remind me of Ansel Adams. Cheers, Jens Kristan Loerup, Denmark
Thank you for sharing! My picks are: 1,3,6,10, 14,16,19,20,21,41. So very hard to choose only 10. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
4,6,7,25,32,39,47,35,41,43
I am partial to your personal interpretation of classic landscapes.
Michael, Happy New Year. This year I’ll include 1,2,7,10,14,17,23,26,40 and 47 as my favorites.
Great !
All of them are awesome.
My Favorites:
⭐25
⭐31
1, 4, 7, 14, 23, 24, 41, 42, 44, 47
Such an array of stunning images and so hard to choose, but here are my faves:
1, 7, 16,17, 21, 23, 24, 26, 38, and 47
Happy New Year! There are at least two enjoyable moments each year for me now, (1) Attend your workshop, (2) see your great work and vote for them. Tough picks but here is mine:
6, 11, 21, 23, 24, 25, 30, 38, 40, 47
Difficult to choose, but here is my list:
1,6,11,13,14,16,21,25,34,46
Stunning images. Very hard to choose best 10. Here goes:
18-7-23-26-31-34-38-30-24-20
4,7,10,17,18,23,25,34,42,and 47.
Lovely as usual. I like 2,6,7,25,44
7,14,23,25,31
Stunning as usual Michael.
7,13,18,21,23,25,35,38,41,45
Thanks for the reminder to submit our favorites Michael. You made it very difficult! I could easily vote for 15 which would still make the choices difficult! They are all remarkable.
#3, 7, 9, 14, 21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 41.
Thanks for this tradition Michael, it’s always fun. As usual the choices are difficult as all of the images are wonderful. But here’s my favorites:
1, 7, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25, 35, 41.
Beautiful images Michael. It was though to pick only ten.
My choices: 4, 5, 7, 10, 18, 20, 23, 25, 33 and 41
Great images. My votes are 1, 2,7, 9, 17, 22, 23, 25, 37, 45.
I had tried to send yesterday, but did not have this kind of field so I sent again. If I did it okay yesterday, just throw out these votes.
Tom
I like: 5,7,17,18,24,35,36,46
Excellent pictures. Numbers 3,7,12,19,20,23,25,35,38,39
7-14-19 All are wonderful but these caught my eye !
47,36,35,33,31,25,18,14,10,7,
Difficult choices!
Another year of photographic mastery!
2, 6, 7, 9, 21, 23, 24, 25, 31, 37
Great Job it’s a very special place here are my picks 4 5 10 14 23 25 40 47
42, 40, 34, 26, 7, 23, 24, 21, 14, 7. Incredible images.
No:21 is definitely the top!
My favourites: 1,4,9,13,21,22,25,82,29,42!
the correct 28 not 82 !
Congratulations! I love 23 & 43.
23 — hard to choose!
All works are wonderful! My picks are: 9,17,23,25,31,35,41,43,44,47
Too many great images from which to choose, but here are my picks: 3,4,9,10,21,25,28,32,35,39
Outstanding body of work, Michael!
4, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 34, 45
Thank you for sharing these marvelous images. My picks are:
39, 45, 34, 18, 15, 7, 5, 6, 9, & 4.
Dear, Michael Frye. Thank you for sharing the mysteries of the natural beauty in a light sensitivity that captures life out there, so that we can learn to understand the nature and Inventions Almighty, greeting successful and healthy always. my ficture, 12,16,17,18,28,29,31,44,45,
I love them all but now to chose my fav,
14, 23, 1, 19, 35, 38, 39, 47, 2,
#14, I very much remember each time my parents, brother and I would go camping in Yosemite Valley. This picture is gorgeous and brings happy memories.
Living in California most of my life made it very easy to enjoy Yosemite and Coastal Redwoods, also enjoy all the wild Oak trees so this is why the first 3 chosen. My favorite places to be are/where Yosemite & Coastal Redwoods.
4, 7, 10, 17, 18, 22, 29, 37, 47, 41
All are beautiful but the following are my favorites:
7,16,25,29,30,35,37,43
My top choice is 25, superb work in all of them. All the best, Phil
As usual, very nice. My selections are 1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 31, 34. Listed chronologically,not in order of preference, necessarily.
1,7,12,14,23,25,32,35,36,47.
So many great shots, you must have a good camera! LOL!!!
Hello Michael, superb photography, congrats!!!
My selection:
4,5,7,9,10,16,17,18,23,43
Just beautiful and inspiring shots Michael!
Here are my favs: 5,8,14,17,19,20,23,42,47,24
Happy New Year!
It was really difficult, as they are all beautiful. 12,15,14,23,26,28,29,37
4,18,26,34… I like all of them!
Fine, very fine! On the third attempt at ranking, my choices are, in order: 46;4;7;15;23;24;43;42;37; and 14.
Yosemite wins big, but honorable mention to 16 and 30.
Can’t wait to see the tabulation, and your personal list, in some future post. If you do post your own list, some discussion of why this vs. that would be instructive.
Have enjoyed your work for several years now and agree with all the comments above. my picks: 1,3,5,7,11,15,21,24,37,42.
My favorites: 1,6,7,10,17,18,23,25,24,27.
Difficult but here they are:
3,5,7,16,20,21,24,32,40,42
Congratulations on a this fine collection.
My favorites are: 1,7,14,19,25,26,31,32,34,38,45
,435,7,8,10,13,21,22,25,39
#23. Beautiful, every one, but #23 does it for me.
1 Moonlit winter night with Half Dome, Glacier Point, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
2. Stars, mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
3.Ice and reflections in Ellery Lake, Inyo NF, CA, USA
4. Snowy oaks, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
5. Interior of the morgue, Bodie State Historic Park, CA, USA
Thank you for your work. More people need to appreciate our beautiful nature these days.
3,7,16,20,21,23,26,32,43,45
Michael, that was tough! But, my favorites are 7, 8, 25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 45. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Really nice collection of work! My favorites are 2, 6, 7, 14, 20, 21, 23, 25, 41, and 45.
As a camera club photographer/artist you inspire me to go out and shoot. I truly love and enjoy your awesome images. I can’t any one image, I love them all. Thank you for your fine work and newsletters. You make me very happy after I see your work.
hard to pick just ten!
here are my top ten:26,31,34,40,47,23,9,7,3.1
keep up the good work.
It is hard to choose from so many beautiful shots
13,17,23,24,25,36
Michael,
They all look great!
Tough to narrow it down to just 10: 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 19, 20, 24, 25
Have a wonderful 2017
Scott
All are beautiful…
My picks: 5,7,9,10,11,25,26,35,39,41
7,39,47,9,14,20,21,36
Thanks for sharing your images…
Very difficult to choose…!
My picks are 4,7,17,20,21,23,25,30,34,38
My top ten are: 2,5,16,18,23,26,35,32,35,42. Thanks for sharing your gift with everyone. You are an inspiration to make me see things and not just shoot for shooting shake.
A very tough choice but mt favorites are #5,#7,#10,#11,#14,#19,#23,#32,#35 and #41.
7, 23 , 20, 15. Thanks for creating awe and inspiration.
Such beautiful work, I truly love them all and it’s very hard to pick a favorite. I’d say 2,3,8,9,14 and 19.
Difficult to choose only 10!
4, 9, 20, 24, 26, 34, 40, 42, 45, 47
3,10,13,16,18,21,24,25,30,42.
My favorites–3, 7, 10, 20, 21, 24, 26, 31, 34, and 46.
Gorgeous! My top faves are 17 23 37 14 and 38
Good luck!
3, 14,15,18,23,30,35,44,47,16
Hard to choose just one let alone ten…Beautiful
Each one is a top ten
2,5,7,9,14,17,20,22,26,44,
My 10 best favorites are 7, 9, 13, 23, 24, 31, 32, 39, 41, 47
Beautiful selection and very tough choice, but here are my favorites:
5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 22, 23, 42, 44, 47
Happy New Year!
7 9 24 25 32 47 45 41 35 33
My 10 faves are: 4,7,10,13,16,20,25,33,41,46. It’s a stunning array in total!
Good stuff. My choices are 15,4,7,18,23,28,35,40,44,36
I didn’t have many matches with others especially for 3 15 my favorite. Oh well they are all winners
Great photos Michael. Hard to decide, but here are my favs:
1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 26, 34 and 35
These photo’s are great!
My favorites are: 2, 4, 7, 10, 20, 23, 36, 38, 44, 47
Always difficult to decide, but I like these the most:
7, 9, 23, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 47.
And thank you so much for all of the instruction throughout the year through your posts!
They’re all gorgeous but my most favorites: 17, 25, and 42 simply because I’ve dreamed to captured these moments but haven’t had chances to do so.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy New Year Michael!
Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, lucky, and prosperous New Year.
Here are my picks. You do excellent work spots hard to choose
6,10,11,16,25,31,32,41,40,30
Thanks for sharing👍🏻
Happy New Year! Awesome photo collections for 2016…very hard to choose only 10, but here are my favorites – 6,7,9,10,24,25,38,39,41,45
So hard to choose! But, I did.
# 7, 8, 14, 20, 21, 23, 25, 44, 45, 47
As always, I love your work. Whittling down your list into just 10 choices isn’t easy. I could have doubled this list.
16 & 31.
Thank you, I enjoy all the picture.
Really enjoyed your photos, choosing just 10 wasn’t easy.
6, 7, 9, 22, 24, 25, 35, 38, 42
Hard to choose. I changed my mind dozens of times! 6, 8, 9, 23, 29, 30, 37, 39, 40, 43
ALL Beautiful!!!—-as always!!
Here are my favorites:
1, 3, 7, 10, 16, 20, 24, 32, 38, 46.
Wow! I suggest 1,5,6,7,9,21,23,37,43 and 44
My boyfriend (Robert Tucker) and I continue to differ on our picks. Good thing at least of us knows how to pick the best ones!! Haaaaaa
# 2,7,15,24,25,32,37,41,44,47
7, 10, 23
They’re all good, and these really catch my eye: 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 21, 26, 31, 34, 36, 41, 47.
Happy New Year!
6,7,11,16,35,18,21,25,26,29 Loved!!! the poppies and the angle of the slope, and especially the water in the milky way Tuolumne shot. Thank you
so many wonderful shot but #6 is my favorite!
looking forward to seeing 2017 through your lens!
7,14,47,35,32,25,24,23,21 and 20.
Thanks Michael, these are all lovely. My best pick in order: 8, 1, 31, 23
Michael, you’ve made restricting the choices to only ten selections difficult, but here are mines: 1, 7, 18, 21, 23, 25, 33, 38, 41, 47
Tough choices this year. I suspect there is less consensus this year because of the variety for different tastes. I probably have evolved my tastes, so here goes my choices: 1,6,7,13,16,18,23,25,32,39. Thanks for sharing again!
My vote: 4,7,9,15,17,25,37,42.
Thanks!
Happy New Year!
Hard choices, but here are mine:
6, 7, 16, 18, 21, 23, 38, 40, 41, and 43.
Happy New Year to you and Claudia. To choose only ten was extremely difficult. Here are my choices: 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 18, 23, 24, 35 and 43. Thank you so very much.
Hi Michael,
Impossible to choose! My brain hurts! I need a couple more. All Great images as always.
7, 10, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25, 43, 45, 47
No. 7 and No. 42
Michael, I just have to list my fist four selections in the order of my appreciation. They take me to another level. The remaining six are in numerical order. Thanks so much for sharing your outstanding vision.
21, 7, 1, 22… 2, 6, 9, 17, 34, 40
Hi Michael, Thank you for sharing these images with us. Your work is as usual of the highest of standards. Here are my choices: 1,5,6,7,9,13,14,20,23,and 34. Best wishes for 2017.
Very hard to select 20 favorites, they are so wonderful. My selections are 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 18, 19, 23, 28.
Thank you for sharing your art and Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you and Claudia! I could have picked several more than ten as my favorites. Love them all, but here are the ten I choose: 2,7,9,23,27,32,35,37,41,42
I hope to be able to take one of your workshops someday. I so appreciate all the knowledge that you share on your blog. Thank you!
Beautiful shots! Thanks for sharing your art with us.
My favorites: 1, 5, 14, 23, 38, 43
Michael, thanks for compiling, as always. Favorites: 5,6,10,16,23,26,35,36,41,43
Woot Woot!
#4,8,22,46
It was difficult to list my top 10 but here they are:
2, 6, 8, 13, 22, 29, 35, 36, 38, 46.
I enjoy your pictures and your writing. Have a great 2017!
47, 43, 40, 31, 25, 18, 8, 7, 5, 6
Happy New Year – Amazing photos. My top 10 choices are: 1, 6, 7, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 39. Thanks for sharing your art.
As always, tough choices.
6, 7, 10, 13, 16, 23, 25, 32, 34, 39
Wow what a selection! This is so tough to pick. Here are my votes
7,10,14,18,20,24,25,37,40,47.
Great work!
7, 25, 32, 10, 1, 36, 14, 42, 44, 1
Amazing photographic art Michael! So easy to see the many artistic gifts you have to capture these incredible moments and share with the world! It’s very difficult choosing only 10! I chose as my top 10, numbers 1, 10, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26 and 32. Good luck in your contest for best photographer & Happy New Year to you!
Thank you again for sharing all of your lovely photographs and your stories, tips and hints! Top choices: 23, 38, 45, 47, 1, 6, 14, 21, 26, 29
Love your photos, love your writing….thank you.
2,3,7,14,16,23,32,35,44,47.
23,24,25,34,35,36,37,42,43,18,17,31. Not sure which is best
5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 19
My picks are 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26, 35, 38, 47.
I had to go through several times – it was hard to narrow down the selection. May favorites are 2,7,8,9,11,21,24,25,39,44
2, 7, 9, 14, 19, 23, 24, 25, 38, 42.
Thanks for sharing!
Tough choices! My picks are 1, 6, 7, 13, 21, 25, 33, 37, 39, 47.
1 ,4 ,5 ,6 10 ,43 ,42 ,35 ,24 23
Your a very talented artist
PS- Hope the Russians don’t hack this election
Happy New Year!
Ken
With so many beautiful photographs, it is hard to pick favorites. These are the ones I am choosing today: 3, 14, 20. 23, 25, 26, 32, 34, 38 and 44.
2,7,9,20,25,39,41,42,45,47
Happy new year. Your images are all so beautiful and inspiring. My 10 favorites are 5, 7, 9, 11 18, 20, 23, 44, 35 and 47. All the rest are runner ups.
I love many of these photos, so difficult to choose as others have said above. In any case my choices are
#1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 18, 23, 29.
Happy New Year, Michael! You have 47 winners here.. my top ten favorites are 1, 5, 4, 13, 8, 25, 32, 39, 47, and 44. Thanks for sharing these stunning photographs and thank you for your wonderful blogs.
So very challenged to choose only 10! My choices after all are: 7, 14,16,18,19,21,23,33,35,36
Thanks for the beautiful images. They are all great and it is difficult to pick only 10.
My top 10 are 1,5,9,10,17,20,24,25,37and 39.
My votes: 18, 21, 25, 34, 39, 45, 47
I choose the these 10 out of creativeness, difficulty, different and old favorites. 5,6,7,21,22,26,21,35,37 and 43.
Happy New Year, the best to you and yours.
6,10,14,16,20,23,30,32,38,43
I like them all, but these ten especially:
1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 31, 34
I really love your photography ! It is no easy matter to choose only ten, but here are my choices.
4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 16, 23, 38, 41, 47