Annual Review: Pictures from 2016 + A Chance to Vote!

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Annual Review
Pictures from 2016

2016 was a fun year for me taking pictures. After using my Canon in the early part of the year I got a new camera for my birthday — an Olympus Pen-F. That provided renewed motivation, and I found lots of opportunities to take pictures around Indiana — especially through a beautiful blue-sky summer and golden fall. Then there were trips to Florida, Chicago, and Ohio, along with several other delightful outings and events at which I found interesting subjects to shoot.

♥︎ VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES! ♥︎

Here’s what I’d like from iMonk community with regard to these photos…

I have a gallery here of 50 pictures (click on each one to see a larger image). I would like to to boil this collection down to the 15 best photos of the year, and you have a chance to contribute your opinion.

Pick those that you like best (up to five pictures) and let me know in the comments. Add what you like about them if you wish. Your choices and the comments you make about these pictures will help me narrow down my list to my 15 faves.

Thanks, and enjoy!

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34 thoughts on “Annual Review: Pictures from 2016 + A Chance to Vote!”

  1. Apacolyptic Skies
    Sunset Pastorale
    Christmas Lamp
    Orchards in Snow
    Golden Hour Train

    Lovely photos, Mike!

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  3. I will make the final choices, to be announced in Sat Ramblings. But I thought it would be interesting and helpful to see them through other eyes before making my picks.

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  4. They’re all great, however, if forced to pick 5:

    1. Father, Son, Spirit
    2. I’m Waiting
    3. Memories in the Old Barn
    4. Fall Front Door
    5. Christmas Lamp

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  5. I think pictures elicit memories of life experiences for each of us that generate different emotions or ways of identifying. Consequently I think you would need a sample size of enormous proportions to find a trend in voting that created clear winners.

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  6. I’m waiting is the funniest.
    Orchards in snow is the bleakest.
    Old checkerboard is the friendliest.
    The friendly confines is the most hopeful (it springs eternal)
    And descend to the waters of baptism is the deepest.

    They are all so well done but I give old checkerboard the nod. I won’t vote on the order of the others out of sheer laziness.

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  7. Clearwater Sunset
    Spring Barn
    Descend to the Waters of Baptism
    Indiana Country Road
    Memories in the Old Barn

    Good eye, man.

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  8. Not a bad shot among them! I’ll vote for:

    Keeping Watch
    Old Meeting House
    Resurrection Glory
    Orchards in Snow
    Cumberland State Park Bridge

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  11. 1) Apocalyptic Skies
    2) Cumberland State Park Bridge
    3) White River St Park
    4) Chicago Riverwalk at Night
    5) Resurrection Glory

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  12. I love trains. I have spent more than a few hours watching youtube videos of trains. It’s a wonderful picture.

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  14. Apocalyptic Skies
    Clearwater Sunset (I love good sunset photos)
    Descending to Baptism
    Indy Canal (I like the framing, how the shapes and colors are juxtaposed)
    Autumn Epiphany
    Orchards in the Snow (tree photos draw me just like the trees do)

    Nice shots, CM.

    Dana

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  15. “God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.”
    (St. John of Kronstadt)

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  19. 1) Keeping Watch
    2) Crocuses about to Burst
    3) Craftsmanship
    4) Cumberland State Park Bridge
    5) The Old Barn
    Honorable Mention
    6) “I’m waiting…”
    7) Fall Front Door

    CM, between you and David, in house here is as good as it gets. “Heartland” is more than just a nickname.

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  22. Mike, beautiful photographs. You picked a winner in the Olympus Pen-F camera. I love the four-thirds system, and the Olympus cameras and lenses. Later today I’ll try to make some choices from the photos.

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  26. 1.Apocalyptic Skies (just because it is such a striking shot)
    2.Clearwater Sunset (the ocean sunset is one of those landscapes that looked the same 100,000 years ago)
    3.”I’m waiting…” (Ice cream scoop inspector on duty)
    4.Craftsmanship (it’s all about texture)
    5.Translucent Yellow (“All that is, is Light” – Johannes Scottus Eriugena)

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  27. 1) Apocalyptic Skies (amazing pic, best of the lot, could win a prize at a fair)
    2) Spring Barn
    3) Keeping Watch
    4) Descend to the Waters of Baptism (very cool visually)
    5) Tie: Golden Hour Train, Johnson Co. Fair, December Field, Christmas Lamp

    You are an amazing photographer, CM.

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  29. 1. Apocalyptic Skies (lift up your eyes…your hope will soon appear)
    2. Clearwater Sunset ( I love the ocean, especially at sunrise and sunset)
    3. I’m Watching (too cute and so much like life…waiting for the sweet delights)
    4. Morning Mist (morning is my favorite time of day)
    5. Christmas Lamp

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  31. Apocalyptic Skies, Clearwater Sunset, Walking the Canal, Indiana Country Road, Sunset Pastorale. Sky shots are evocative of hope for me. So are road shots, I like the idea of going somewhere. I walk the canal almost every day on my lunch hour.

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