My camera got stolen on December 24th last year. I replaced it with a very cheap camera that I learned to hate, which made me put less and less effort into photos. So the whole year was pretty much a photography wash for me. I saw at least a dozen things that were incredible to me...but the photos just don't match the reality at all. I never spent much time taking good shots, but this year was really bad.
Good news is...my first "nice" camera is actually in the news as we speak. Thank God for Panasonic's FZ200 falling all the way down to $250! I might actually even start trying on photos now.
If I have to pick one photo from the year, I guess it was this speck. Put my face about 18" from his face while I peaked under the boulder...saw a rattler body...then slowly backed away.
Not a fabulous photo (snapped the one shot as-it-is then ran to catch the rest of the leaving group), but I like what it shows.
