[Rondec]

We are coming to the end of 2021 and it has been nice to have a thread to display some of the best/most interesting photos from the last year. I never know what the appropriate number is – probably between 5 and 10. Last year it was suggested that if you do more than five to break them up between two posts for the sake of those with slower internet connections.

I hope it was a good year for all of you. COVID continued to make life challenging and I didn’t do as much travelling as maybe I would have liked, but there was still plenty of beauty close to home and beautiful sunrise and sunsets to capture.

I'll start with a first five and then add another post at some later date with another five. Ten seems like a good round number to start with.

Little Waterfall (DFA 24-70mm/pixel shift) -- this captured on the Roaring Fork Motor Trail near the Smoky Mountain National Park.



Cornfield at Sunset (DFA 24-70mm)



Barn and Sunrise (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



Round Bale at Sunrise (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



Open Gate at Dawn (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



For those interested in seeing the threads from the last several years, here they are:

Best Ten Images of 2020 - PentaxForums.com

Top Ten for 2019

Top Ten for 2018

Top 12 for 2017

Favorite Images 2016

Top Ten for 2015

Top Ten for 2014

Top Ten 2013

[Hattifnatt]

I took so few images in 2021 that it's not really that hard to pick

[Stefan Jr]

I recon this is not a model specific thread, so I might add few, add a KP to the two K1's.

▪ Pentax KP
▪ Asahi Takumar 105mm f2.8 (pre-set version)





▪ Pentax KP
▪ Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 100mm f2.8 (early zebra with 15 blades)

[aaacb]

Hard to settle on something, but here's what I picked in the moment from my K1ii images, there would be a few others with the GR and M43

DFA 28-105



M 50/1.4



FA 80-320



FA 80-320, a couple weeks and five feet apart from the image above


F 70-210



FA 43

[GLM]

We are coming to the end of 2021 and it has been nice to have a thread to display some of the best/most interesting photos from the last year. I never know what the appropriate number is – probably between 5 and 10. Last year it was suggested that if you do more than five to break them up between two posts for the sake of those with slower internet connections.

I hope it was a good year for all of you. COVID continued to make life challenging and I didn’t do as much travelling as maybe I would have liked, but there was still plenty of beauty close to home and beautiful sunrise and sunsets to capture.

I'll start with a first five and then add another post at some later date with another five. Ten seems like a good round number to start with.

Little Waterfall (DFA 24-70mm/pixel shift) -- this captured on the Roaring Fork Motor Trail near the Smoky Mountain National Park.



Cornfield at Sunset (DFA 24-70mm)



Barn and Sunrise (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



Round Bale at Sunrise (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



Open Gate at Dawn (DFA 15-30mm/pixel shift)



For those interested in seeing the threads from the last several years, here they are:

Best Ten Images of 2020 - PentaxForums.com

Top Ten for 2019

Top Ten for 2018

Top 12 for 2017

Favorite Images 2016

Top Ten for 2015

Top Ten for 2014

Top Ten 2013

Beautiful pics. Love the sky shots.

[iheiramo]

We are coming to the end of 2021 and it has been nice to have a thread to display some of the best/most interesting photos from the last year.

I already kicked one end of the year thread up few days ago: 2021 in 12 shots - PentaxForums.com

[baro-nite]

Thanks for kicking off this year's Best Of thread. I really enjoy both sides of this—seeing all of your selections, and the process of reviewing my output for the year.

Little Waterfall (DFA 24-70mm/pixel shift) -- this captured on the Roaring Fork Motor Trail near the Smoky Mountain National Park.

The fallen leaves really pop to give this wonderful depth.

Cornfield at Sunset (DFA 24-70mm)

Love the vertical layering.

I took so few images in 2021 that it's not really that hard to pick

Compelling use of multiple exposure (or is that a single long exposure with the model in motion?)

▪ Pentax KP
▪ Asahi Takumar 105mm f2.8 (pre-set version)

I particularly like the first of these. Subtle tones and colors, abstract and "painterly".

Hard to settle on something, but here's what I picked in the moment from my K1ii images, there would be a few others with the GR and M43

Excellent set! The last one, with the snow and the leaves, is a wonderful reflection (in both senses) of the change of seasons.

As usual I have selected 10 of my own, so here's the first set:

I did a lot of stereo sets last winter. This is "cross-view" stereo, i.e., you need to focus closer than the actual image to get it to "snap" back into focus in stereo:



Springtime on the Eno River, where I spend a lot of time:



Fog on Scaly Mountain:



Sunset after a thunderstorm, southwest Virginia:



Evening light on the salt marsh:

[timb64]

My first five from 2021.











KP and 16-85/55-300 PLM

[Rondec]

I'll do one more series of five...

Blue Ridge Before Dawn (DFA 24-70mm)



Light on the Road (DFA 24-70mm)



Sunrise (DFA 24-70mm)



Sunset (FA 31 limited)



Before Dawn on Staunton River (DFA 24-70mm/pixel shift)



Thank to everyone who has contributed so far -- some great photos. This is not a camera specific thread so feel free to share whatever shots you want. It also is not a competition and so don't worry if you think your shots don't "measure up." They still can and will be enjoyed by others.

[jersey]

Ugh, i feel like kid showing his "dad and mum" drawing to da Vinci but why not.


Smog (K-50 and 55-300 PLM)


Torpedo house (K-50 + HD DA 15mm Limited)


Girl (K-3 Mk III + Sigma 17-50)


Light poisoning (K-3 Mk III + HD DA 15mm Limited)

[3by2]

I don't know what constitutes a 'best' image but I know that there are perhaps 3 or 4 which are closest to the style I'm trying to achieve. I don't know if other people like them but I know I'm pleased with them, which is often as far as my judgement can go.

[ffking]

Not a vintage year, but here we go - B&W selection first

[baro-nite]

My first five from 2021.

Lovely images of winter and spring.

Blue Ridge Before Dawn (DFA 24-70mm)

A classic Blue Ridge view!

Smog (K-50 and 55-300 PLM)

Great use of light and shadow, both compositionally and thematically.

I don't know if other people like them but I know I'm pleased with them

I don't know if there's a better standard that this for us amateurs. I like all three of your selections; each stands on its own but they also connect as a coherent set.

Not a vintage year, but here we go - B&W selection first

Excellent moody seascapes!

[3by2]

Some excellent shots above.

Landscapes are still a work in progress for me, most of mine have been local this year and living on the coast, seascapes.







And the final theme that comes through in this years shots were all taken with the DFA100WR macro








That probably summarises my year in terms of themed best shots, as ever there's always things that don't quite fit.

[ffking]

As I said above, quite a thin year for me, but here are some of my (very subjective) colour favourites