The following gallery shows 25 finalists for my “Top 10 Photos of 2014.” The photos are presented in reverse-chronological order beginning in October 2014 and ending in April 2014.
This year I decided to select the Top 10 photos using reader feedback. Please enter a comment at the end of this post listing the number for each of your 10 favorite photos. If listing 10 photos is asking too much, then please list at least five photos, e.g., No. 2, 5, 11, 20, 21, etc. Thanks for sharing your selections, and thanks for following my photoblog!
Editor’s Note: The “Discussion Settings” for this blog were edited to remove most of the “filters” that are intended to prevent SPAM comments. This should make it much easier for regular readers to share their list of favorite photos.
No. 1
24 OCT 2014 | HMP | Shadow Darner dragonfly (male)
No. 2
24 OCT 2014 | HMP | Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly (female)
No. 3
17 OCT 2014 | HMP | Great Spreadwing damselfly (male)
No. 4
14 OCT 2014 | HMP | Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (male)
No. 5
06 OCT 2014 | HMP | Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (male)
No. 6
06 OCT 2014 | HMP | Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (male)
No. 7
06 OCT 2014 | HMP | Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (male)
No. 8
06 OCT 2014 | HMP | Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (male)
No. 9
06 OCT 2014 | HMP | Common Green Darner dragonfly (male)
No. 10
02 OCT 2014 | HMP | Common Buckeye butterfly
No. 11
28 SEP 2014 | HMP | Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies (mating pair)
No. 12
28 SEP 2014 | HMP | Slender Spreadwing damselfly (male)
No. 13
12 SEP 2014 | HMP | Black Saddlebags dragonfly (male)
No. 14
04 SEP 2014 | HMP | Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonfly (male)
No. 15
24 AUG 2014 | HMP | Blue Dasher dragonfly (male)
No. 16
07 JUL 2014 | HMP | Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly (male)
No. 17
26 JUN 2014 | WP/DC | Common Sanddragon dragonfly (male)
No. 18
23 JUN 2014 | HMP | Slender Spreadwing damselfly (female)
No. 19
02 JUN 2014 | HMP | Swamp Darner dragonfly (female)
No. 20
31 MAY 2014 | HMP | Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonfly (young male)
No. 21
23 MAY 2014 | HMP | Painted Skimmer dragonfly (female)
No. 22
08 MAY 2014 | MRA | Eastern Ratsnake
No. 23
02 MAY 2014 | MRA | Ashy Clubtail dragonfly (male)
No. 24
12 APR 2014 | HMP | Eastern American Toad (male)
No. 25
02 APR 2014 | HMP | Common Ribbonsnakes (mating pair)
Editor’s Note: The following location codes are used in the photo captions, shown above.
- HMP = Huntley Meadows Park
- MRA = Meadowood Recreation Area
- WP/DC = Wickford Park/Dogue Creek
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January 1, 2015 at 5:57 am |
Here are my picks for the top ten: 21, 20, 19, 17, 1, 2, 11, 5, 7, and 14, roughly speaking in order from top to bottom. It’s a tough call, though, and I know if I were to choose again, I might make differetn selections.
January 1, 2015 at 12:13 pm |
I agree with Mike about this being a tough call. Here are my choices 19, 5, 2, 9, 11, 21, 16, 7, 8, 24.
January 1, 2015 at 8:48 pm |
1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22
January 2, 2015 at 1:32 pm |
It was a tough call, but here are my picks: 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22
January 2, 2015 at 11:36 pm |
I like a nice bokeh in the background, so that made my choices easy. It would be difficult to choose otherwise. 6,7,8,9,10,14,15,16,20,21…
January 4, 2015 at 11:46 am |
6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24
January 4, 2015 at 2:32 pm |
Beautiful pictures, tough call. 1,2,7,11,17,20,21,12,8,6
January 5, 2015 at 8:06 pm |
My picks are 21, 1, 2, 8, 16, 20,19, 9, 10 and 17. Beautiful photos!
January 6, 2015 at 10:08 pm |
My picks are 6, 12, 17, 23 and 24. I’m not a photographer, I find those photos appealing 🙂
January 6, 2015 at 10:11 pm |
Oops, didn’t mean to be anonymous in previous comment.
February 4, 2015 at 5:00 am |
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