Your best images from 2023

Aston Hall in Birmingham, on a family visit on an inset day.

We went to the Villa Village before that which was less scenic.

There is a fleck of dust, bottom left hand corner on the door frame, that I watched dance across my phone screen. It looks a bit like an orb of light, or a ghost if you believe the hall's claim to be the most haunted place in Britain

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So much great stuff in here already.

It’s been a bit of an odd year for me, work has been building and building in intensity and I’d also put a load of time into training so photography did get a bit sidelined.

That said, there’s a few I’m quite pleased with. Most of the most prized images are just pictures of my kid so that doesn’t count - also a bunch of other people I don’t want to invade the privacy of.

Been trying to play around with more abstract stuff, especially motion blur and there’s two here that I’ve kept coming back to.
Also managed to do Dunwich Dynamo with an old mate who I’ve not spent enough time with in the last decade, and it meant a lot. The landscape is from that ride when the sun came up.

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I think these are excellent tbh, I’m always drawn to this type of image .

A couple that I’ve taken this year, been trying to take my camera out with me more often and to take shots whilst it’s with me. Meant I managed to get my favourite shot of the year, a picture of my friend Aram (elguapo, of this parish) who died earlier this week. Laughing like a drain, enjoying the moment that he was a part of, hanging out with friends, close to his old haunts. I liked it when I took it, and I love it now.

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Couple of others, which looking back at the photos I’ve taken this year remind me that I like taking photos of people above all else..

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The standout photo for me this year is the first (film) photo that I have shot, developed and printed entirely under my own steam - and also possibly the most effort for a photo (so far). Looking forward to learning more on printing. The LFGSS weekly competition has also been great, which I started this year. There’s been loads of memorable photos, ideas, interpretations from everyone in there.

Honorable mention to the Solargraph, possibly the laziest form of photography going. Summer to Winter Solstice 2023 with a slight wobble somewhere in between.

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You’re very kind! Thanks for the encouragement, definitely resolving to take more photos this year.

Predictable ones from me 😀

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Here’s a few from the summer

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spectacular nonetheless

Two from me. Both are bike related and, coincidentally, both were taken while riding a bike.

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Love the let one.

Beautiful pictures to cap the year.
Aston Hall worth a visit @doubleodavey ?

Yes definitely. We all loved it. Well the kids were a bit scared from time to time, and we didn't get a chance to read all the signs but i would love to go back

A few of my faves from this year, mix of Digi and film.

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Probably my most relaxing moment in the chaos that was 2023. Glad it's over tbh

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Swan Lake Feb 2023
&
A street in Belfast

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I'm not going through a year's worth of photos but here's one I liked from our last ride. It's using night mode, probably sat on a glove on a post, so not sexy and sharp or anything but I like it for triggering a bunch of happy memories.

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Few film point and shoots from this year.

– Saint Piran 123 podium at Lincoln GP
– The Richardson-Trek boys debrief also at Lincoln
– Susie cooked after a long off-road climb on a big lap of Abruzzo
– Crossing the Campo Felice (Happy Fields?) plateau with Monte Cefalone in the distance and film scratch angel hovering ominously

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A few from me a combination of film and digital.

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A great idea @Well_is_it and going back through all my images from this year made me realise how much I've loved shooting photos. And the weekly comp always keeps the brain cells ticking over.

Here's mine, two per season.

Spring.

Edinburgh & Bishopbriggs, Glasgow.

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Summer.

John Kerry & a weathered Marseillan resident.

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Autumn.

Kircaldy & East Wemyss, Fife.

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Winter.

Aberdeen & Errol, Perthshire (yesterday).

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That first one is very pleasing, also love the use of a hornless animal atop The Horn haha