My Favorite Photos of 2015 – A Year-End Retrospective

Please enjoy this year-end collection of images made over the course of 2015. For reasons that I won’t go into here, 2015 was not my most productive year of shooting. However, as a wise person once said, it’s the quality that counts, not the quantity. Fortunately, I can still look back over these images and feel it was a pretty good year, with a few very special images which will soon be gracing my portfolio. As for these images here, I’d love to know which one(s) you like most in the comment section below. Of course, I would also be deeply appreciative and honored if you’d consider sharing this post using the Social Media buttons above.

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Picture #01: Milky Way next to Volcanic steam rising out of Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Caldera, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Big Island of Hawai’i, Hawaii

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Picture #02: Clearing snow storm over Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

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Picture #03: Sunlight through trees and mist, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

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Picture #04: Couple watching the sunset along the headland cliffs at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California

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Picture #05: Sunlight on an oak tree after a storm, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California

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Picture #06: Waves breaking at sunset along the Kailua-Kona shoreline, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, Hawaii

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Picture #07: Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Delglupta) bark detail, on the North Shore of the Big Island of Hawai’i, Hawaii

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Picture #08: Wind turbine power-generating windmills at sunset, Montezuma Hills, Solano County, California

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Picture #09: Boogie boarder catches a wave on the Kona Coast at White Sands Beach, Kailua-Kona, North Kona District, Big Island, Hawaii

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Picture #10: Sunbeams stream through tropical forest at sunrise, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Big Island of Hawai’i, Hawaii

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Picture #11: Waves crashing against coastal lava rocks at sunset at The End of the World, Maihi Bay, near Keauhou, South Kona District, Big Island of Hawai’i, Hawaii

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Picture #12: Trout seen underwater in the Stream Profile Chamber along Taylor Creek, South Lake Tahoe area, California

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Picture #13: Dogwood flowers in bloom in forest, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

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Picture #14: The definition of a ‘Photographer Couple’ (vs. a couple of photographers) at sunset, San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County Coast, California

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Picture #15: Through the looking glass, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Contra Costa County, California

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Picture #16: The Cosmic Web – A spider web mimics the distribution of galaxies on strand-like bands of matter throughout the universe following the Big Bang.

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Picture #17: Sunrise over boat launch building on Tomales Bay at Inverness, near Point Reyes, Marin County, California

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Picture #18: Sub-launched Trident Missile soars into the evening sky above California; November 2015

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Gary Crabbe is an award-winning commercial and editorial outdoor travel photographer and author based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He has seven published books on California to his credit, including “Photographing California; v1-North”, which won the prestigious 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal award as Best Regional title. His client and publication credits include the National Geographic Society, the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, TIME, The North Face, Subaru, L.L. Bean, Victoria’s Secret, Sunset Magazine, The Nature Conservancy, and many more. Gary is also a photography instructor and consultant, offering both public and private photo workshops. He also works occasionally a professional freelance Photo Editor.