My Favorite Images of 2010

So it only took me half a month to get this ready, but in reality it took me 20 minutes to get it ready and 14 days to remember to post it! Oops! So in absolutely no particular order, here are my favorite images from the year of 2010. I tried to get it down to ten pics, but in the end a few spoke to me as much as the others, so you get 15! Happy viewing!

The power of Mother Nature. This was a powerful summer storm that passed over in August after a beautiful summer day.

We had an awesome display of fall color this year. I was happy to be out shooting most days as in previous years I seemed to miss the best of the color.

When I first shot this image I didn't think it was anything special. I guess in terms of great photos it's not that spectacular, but I absolutely love the contrast of cool and warmth in the image. The blue in the ridges of the right side of the tree just pops out at me and it's a great contrast to the whole left side of the frame. I like it.

This one is more for me. I have never taken a self portrait that I was proud to display until I rented the Nikkor 24mm PC lens and shot this image. I think it's a great representation of myself and how I view my photography and what I have learned in the past year. Kudos to me!!

This is just a pretty image, plus it was the first one to sell from my gallery at Coco's Cafe, I don't think it lasted a while 24 hours there.

Ahh, Maligne Lake in winter. It was cold, and even colder when I fell through the river after shooting this image. Good times. At least I came home with a good picture AND a story!

This one just screams Fine Art Photography in my opinion. I am amazed how simple the image is, but how powerful all at the same time. Most likely one of my favorite Black and White images of the year.

Sunrise at Medicine Lake, that was pretty much happening when I got out of my van. I almost missed this one, and this was the second frame of the morning. Glad I got out of bed on this day.

A blistering cold winter sunrise over the Athabasca River in early January, just an overall nice picture.

I really don't know what to say about this one. I find it's different from most of my photography, but at the same time it really represents me as a photographer. I don't know if it's the composition, the processing, or what it is, but I really like this image and up until now I don't think I have even shown it to many people.

An image I have been chasing the past couple of years, but finally captured to my pleasing this time around. Definitely one of those trophy hunting shots, but I'm happy to go hunting every once in while.

The colors in this one make me smile. Fall was nice this year.

There is something peaceful about this one that just puts me in a calm state of mind. Maybe it's the thought of sitting on a calm quite mountain lake in a boat that puts me at ease.

The Edith Cavell road was closed for a while this year, and this was taken the second day it was open. I didn't spend as much time up there as I had anticipated, but I'm happy with the images that I came away with.

This was sort of an unexpected image. I went to Maligne Lake one night in search of a completely different image, but after walking around the shore of the lake for a while and not leaving when I was feeling unmotivated, the sun began to set and this turned out to be one of my top images this year. I love the color and the composition a lot.

Hopefully this year will prove as fruitful for my photography as last year, guess we'll have to wait and see......