My Favorite Photos of 2024

I took this photo from a spot called Hurricane Point during my last (photo) trip of the year to Monterey and the Big Sur area in California in late October, getting another point of view on the Bixby Bridge from about a mile away (75mm, 1/400sec, f/13, ISO 200)

We seem to be traveling less these past few years than we have in the past. But I still find the energy and time to experience and photograph things that interest me. Some of those images are discussed at varying lengths in other posts found in this blog and the photos are also uploaded to both my photography website and to my albums on Flickr.

Okay, before getting too far into this post, here’s my usual caveat about favorites: as the title of the post says, these images are my favorites of the year, not necessarily favorites of yours or anyone else (although, of course, I do hope you enjoy them). As usual, your mileage may vary.

Monterey & Big Sur Area

This was the last such trip for us this year, and in addition to the image at the top of the post providing more of a location-surrounding view of the Bixby Bridge, I have two other favorites from the adventure. One is a panoramic view of a section of the coast taken while we were further south into Big Sur.

The other is a shot of the McWay Waterfall that, quite honestly, was my reason for choosing to travel down to Big Sur this year. I had to work a bit harder to get this image as you may know if you’ve read an earlier post in this blog describing the trip.

Lake Tahoe

It was only a few weeks earlier than our Monterey / Big Sur trip, that we had managed to spent a week at Lake Tahoe (we’d not traveled much at all during the first three quarters of the year so I was trying hard to make up for lost time). I got all three of my favorites during our Lake Tahoe trip this year from the same early morning hike on the Cave Rock Trail.

San Francisco

This was not a trip for the two of us but a sponsored, early morning photo walk at a shorebird habitat in Heron’s Head Park in San Francisco. For me, it was also something a bit different in that I was deliberately looking for wildlife to photograph (not something I’ve normally pursued).

Because we started very early, all of us on the walk had the opportunity to also grab a sunrise over the bay, before starting the search for bird photos.

These two were my favorite bird images. The first while the Great Blue Heron politely posed for photos and the second when he tired of posing.

Maui

The only other travel we did this year (a couple of weeks during the first three-quarters of the year) was our (usually) annual trip to the Hawaiian Island of Maui. And, once there we took it very easy, only leaving the property for groceries or an occasional dinner meal elsewhere. As a direct result, the only photos I took were on the property. The first of my Maui favorites are these two of some of the flowers growing at the resort.

My other favorite was captured on our last night, while having dinner at the Sea House Restaurant (on the property) when I noticed a wonderful sunset developing outside. The only camera I had handy was my phone, so I excused myself for a moment, stepped outside, and captured this image.

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Thank you for taking a look at my favorites of 2024. If you would like to see these images somewhat larger and with greater photographic detail and color fidelity, just click on this link to my photo website and the What’s New section or use this Flickr link to my 2024 Album. There you will find all of the above favorites along with others taken in the same locations at around the same time. If you agree with any of my choices or find something in my collection that you like better, you can always let me know by commenting in the Reply section below or by leaving a comment on the photo itself while viewing them in my photo website or Flickr site.

Here’s wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a terrific 2025.

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