TOP Photos of 2009

Last year, fellow photographer Jim Goldstein started a weblog projects about sharing your top photos of the year, so here are mine in an almost random order for 2009. (Given that I didn’t photograph for over half the year – I’ll take what I got.)

#1. Stormy sunrise light over the Eastern Sierra above Round Valley & Mount Tom, near Bishop, California

#2. Sunrise light on the hills below a rain-shrouded Basin Mountain, near Bishop, Eastern Sierra, California

#3. Aerial over Los Vaqueros Reservoir and the foothills of the Diablo Range, looking toward San Francisco Bay, California

#4. Evening light over the Grand Canyon at Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

#5. Sunset light over the Grand Canyon near Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

#6. Sunlight on bush in sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California

#7. Tourist overlooking Badwater and the Panamint Mountains at sunrise, Dante’s View, Death Valley National Park, California

#8. Fall snow storm at sunrise over the Eastern Sierra, from the Buttermilk Region, near Bishop, California

#9. “Spirits in the Air” – Cloud rising into blue sky, Eastern Sierra, near Bishop, California

#10. Alpenglow at sunset on clouds over Wheeler Crest, Eastern Sierra, California

#11. Moving rock at sunrise on the Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California

#12. Stormy morning light over Badwater & salt pan from Dantes View, Death Valley National Park, California

#13. Panoramic of the Owens River below the Easten Sierra, near Bishop, California

#14. Rural highway and Mount Shasta volcano at sunrise, Northern California

#15. Stormy sunset light over the rugged Kern River Canyon, California

#16. Red clouds at sunrise over lava rock, Lava Beds National Monument, Modoc County, California

#17. Rainbow over old wooden barn in morning light, near Susanville, California

I hope you like them. I’m kinda fond of a few of them, given that I barely got to take any pictures in 2009. I guess I’ll have to try & make up for that in 2010. (Fingers crossed – knock on wood – saying prayers -waving incense – tossing salt & avoiding cliffs.)