Sunday, December 31, 2023

Top 20 Images of 2023

While reviewing the images I captured over the course of the past year, I wanted to publish my top 10 favourites, but I had a hard time picking only ten - so here are my favourite 20 images from 2023, in no particular order:

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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Panasonic Lumix GH-6, 800mm


Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Olympus OM-1, 1000mm



Female Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Olympus OM-1, 1000mm



Black Oystercatcher 
(Haematopus bachmani) 
Sony A7R V, 600mm



Common Mergansers 
(Mergus merganser)
Olympus OM-1, 1000mm



Brickyard Beach, Gabriola Island
Olympus OM-1, 18mm


Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Nikon Z9, 840mm



Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Nikon Z9, 840mm



Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Sony A9, 600mm



Driftwood Logs and Seaside Pea, Lock Bay

Sony A7R III, 24mm



Anna's Hummingbird
 (Calypte anna)
Fujifim X-H2S, 600mm




Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Enjoying a Bath
Nikon Z8, 400mm



Sea Shell, Lock Bay
Nikon Z7 II, 14mm




Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Nikon Z8, 400mm



Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Nikon Z8, 400mm



Red-Breasted Nuthatch 
(Sitta canadensis)
Panasonic Lumix G9, 400mm



Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)
Nikon Z7 II, 105mm




Ferry at Sunset, Salish Sea
Nikon Z9, 400mm



Pacific Slope Flycatcher 
(Empidonax difficilis)
Nikon Z8, 840mm



Chestnut-Backed Chickadee 
(Poecile rufescens)
Nikon Z9, 1200mm













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