Your Top 10 Photos of 2011...

[grouseking]

Spectacular photos, as usual. Simply incredible. For me, it was tough to narrow em down. But here goes nothing....I have a top 10 with one honorable mention.

In no particular order:

Zealand Notch foliage

ready for the Lafayette assault

I never told you that you could take MY picture!

ready for the sunset

RETREAT!

Ladyslippers

Turkeys struggling to am-scray

Letchworth State Park

I smell carrots.

Goodnight from Mt Cardigan

honorable mention...AHH BLAST IT! I've been spotted!

And here are 89 more...

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[Elizabeth]

Wow! Some great shots in this thread. Forgive me if most of mine are canine-centric.

Wonderful ski down the back side of Wildcat with AMC group (Feb. 5, 2011). It was a great year for it, with tons of snow. We also completely lucked out on the sunny, mild, windless weather.:


Skiing the Glades on Wildcat Valley Trail by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

My dog, Salty resumes climbing 4,000 footers with a loop over Lafayette and Lincoln, after a Fall and Winter battling canine lymphoma (March 20, 2011):


Salty on Lafayette summit with the Presidentials behind by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Salty and Gracie on Madison (Apr. 22, 2011):


Gracie and Salty on Madison summit by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Monorail on 19 Mile Brook Trail (May 22, 2011):

Monorail by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

View from Mt. Hight summit with undercast (May 22, 2011). It was a gorgeous sunny day above 4,000 feet. Down below was in clouds all day.:

Admiring the view by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Salty on the summit of Mt. Adams (June 11, 2011):

Balance by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

View from a point just north of Middle Carter summit (July 24, 2011):

Salty and Gracie looking into the Wild River Wilderness by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Salty on Bond Ridge, where he completed his NH 4,000 footers - the last third of them done while undergoing chemotherapy for canine lymphoma (August 12, 2011):


The Ridge by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Turkeytails, Blueberry Mountain Trail, Benton Range. (August 20, 2011):

Turkeytails by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Porcupine. Dorchester, NH. (Nov. 15, 2011):


Porcupine, in field near Bob Porter Road junction by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

 

[Bobby]

well, another year of fine photography. Thanks for sharing. I'll bring things down a notch with my attempts

In no particular order:

Wagon Wheel in the Northeast Kingdom, VT

BW shot in the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Medford, MA

Lenticular clouds over Franconia Ridge, from Lonesome Lake

An icy Mt. Monroe in April

My left arm after sliding down an icy Mt. Monroe in April

Arrow Slide, North Hancock Mtn.

Peeps and pups on Mt. Lafayette - Toby's 48th

Cutler River, Mt Washington

Crystal Cascade, Mt Washington

Mom's OK! Thanksgiving Day, 2011

 

[Kevin Rooney]

Some of my favorites. (And my apologies for initially posting these to the wrong thread.)

These are from B.C. -









Panamint Dunes (Death Valley)



From my porch -



Clare Island, Ireland -





Two of my favorite friends -

 

[Paul_Bear]

After visiting Alaska for the first time this year, it was tough to select only 10 photos. I've cheated a bit and not included my photo from the "one photo of 2011" thread.

The morning view from our tent at the Wonder Lake Campground in Denali National Park.



Some of the lower peaks in the Alaska range peaking through the clouds in Denali National Park



Flight seeing over Denali National Park



The Ruth Gorge in DNP from the air.



Brown bear cubs in Katmai National Park.



Mama bear, Katmai National Park



Ptarmigan in the forest, Katmai National Park.



Sea lions in Kenai Fjords National Park. This is one of my favorite shots of the year just for the expressions on their faces.



Mountains near Whittier, Alaska



A stormy day at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

 

[mtruman]

This has been a fantastic thread so far (as it always is)! Great stuff everyone. Not sure how anyone has managed to choose just ten. Definitely no way to pick a favorite among all the current posts. Here are my choices and best memories from a wonderful year.
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Marshmallows in the Stream - Parker Woodlands, Coventry RI

Mt Washington Sunrise from Monroe

Last of the Diapensia

Goldthread - Lakes of the Clouds

Lazy summer Sunday morning watching the hummingbirds in the Trumpet Vine on our deck

Lunch on our private island - Beach Pond, Voluntown CT

Mt Lafayette on a perfect September day

Franconia Ridge over Lonesome Lake at the end of an amazing day

Mill Pond Dam - Keynon's Grist Mill, West Kingston RI

Our little friend overseeing his domain on Mt Willey on our last White Mountains hike of 2011