This year we had an amazing turn out for the Best Photos of 2011 blog project with 289 entries, topping the results for best photos of 2010, best photos of 2009, best photos of 2008 and best photos of 2007! Participants spanned a spectrum of skill levels from hobbyists to professionals and covered a wide variety of genres including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, event, wildlife, fine art photography and more. There are likely many names you’ll recognize below and many others you won’t. I highly recommend visiting each entry as I have. Even after 5 years of running this blog project I’m blown away by the talent of those that take part. It is truly inspirational to see so much creativity and beauty. If your curious to see photos I personally enjoyed look out for the entries with *** next to them.
- JMG-Galleries Best Photos of 2011 – Jim M. Goldstein
- Dalal al-Dhubaib’s flickr – Dalal al-dhobaib
- www.mawpix.com – Matthias Wassermann
- 2011 Retrospective – Alex Wise
- Jon McCormack Photography – Jon McCormack ***
- Top 10 of 2011 a Exploring Light Photography – Chris Moore
- The year in review: My favorite 2011 Photos – Ed Rosack
- Dave Wilson Photography – Dave Wilson
- Top 10 from Behind The Clicks – Mohammad Noman
- Art in Nature Photography: Best of 2011 – Floris van Breugel ***
- Alaska Photography – Mike Criss
- My best photos from 2011 – Lasse Sørnes
- http://www.500px.com/photo/3230405 – Keivan Zavari
- My Five Best Images of 2011 – Peter Cox ***
- My Top 10 images of 2011 – Charlie Widdis Photography
- MY TOP PHOTOS FROM 2011 – Chaz Curry ***
- Best of 2011 – Juan Guevara
- Stories From Home – David Patterson
- My Best Of 2011 – The Photographs – Sven Seebeck
- The Uprooted Photographer – Zach Frailey
- Top ten wildlife photos of 2011 – Burrard-Lucas Wildlife Photography ***
- Eleven From Twenty Eleven – Jacob F. Lucas ***
- My ten favorite photos of 2011 – Stefan Bäurle
- Changing Perspectives – Jenni Brehm
- 2011 Top 10 Photos – Andrei Olariu
- Best Photos of 2011 – Ahmed Almuhairi
- Favorite Photos of 2011 – Pat Ulrich ***
- Top 11 of 2011 – Younes Bounhar
- Natural California – John Wall ***
- 2011 – A Review – Jim Denham
- yeeehah.com – William R. Bullock
- 2011Top11 – Kate Church
- Top Ten Photos of 2011 – Steve Cole
- Top 10 of 2011 – Brian Rueb ***
- http://www.davidjohnstonart.com/index.html – David Johnston
- 7 Images of Denver in 2011 – Neil Corman
- My Top 10 for 2011 – Lon Overacker
- Craig Ferguson Images | The Year That Was – Craig Ferguson
- My Best Images of 2011 – Clark Crenshaw
- “Sort of the best of 2011: ants – Jeroen Mentens
- Best Photos Of 2011 – Dawnstar Australis – Daniel McNamara
- Skolai Images – Carl Donohue ***
- Favorite 10 of 2011 – Alan Dahl ***
- Tony’s Blog – Tony Unwin
- Best of 2011_Laurie Rubin – Laurie Rubin ***
- FlixelPix Best Photos of 2011 – David Cleland
- Ilja Melnikov – Ilja Melnikov
- Best of 2011 – Rob Tilley ***
- Free Roaming Photography 12 Best Photos from 2011 – Mike Cavaroc ***
- Adventures Through the Lens: 2011 in Review – Rebecca R Jackrel ***
- Top Photos of 2011 by Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images – Gary Crabbe ***
- My 10 Best Photos of 2011 – Michael Russell
- Digitized Chaos’ 2011 faves – Rian Castillo
- Top 10 Photos of 2011 – Mike Chowla
- John Fujimagari’s Best of 2011 – John Fujimagari
- 10 Best Landscape Photos of 2011 – Cody Duncan ***
- Best photos from 2011 – Janis Janums
- Best Photos Of 2011 – David Leland Hyde ***
- PhotogAbby’s Photoviews – Abigail Gossage
- Do Not Get On or Off While in Motion – G. Kaltenbrun
- Tony Wu’s Underwater Photography Blog – Tony Wu ***
- 12 Months – 12 Favourite Images – Petr Hlavacek | NZICESCAPES IMAGES ***
- Alpenglow Images | Greg Russell Best of 2011 – Greg Russell ***
- An End of Year Retrospective for 2011 – The Top 11 Images of ’11 – Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston
- 11 from ’11 – Dru Stefan Stone
- William Neill’s Top Forty Images for 2011 – William Neill ***
- Dave’s Best Of 2011 – Dave Reichert
- 10 Best Photos of 2011 by Scott Thompson – Scott Thompson – Scott Shots Photography
- My best 10 images of 2011? – Duffy Knox
- My 5 Top Photos from 2011 and Photography Year in Review – Tommy Holt
- Russ Bishop Photography – Russ Bishop ***
- My Top 10 Favourite Images of 2011 – John Dunne Photography
- Asif Patel Photography – TopPhotos2011 – Asif Patel
- The Best of 2011 – Neil McShane (aka Mononeil) ***
- Top Nature Photographs of 2011 by Mark Graf – Mark Graf ***
- Year 2011 in 10 photos. – Filip Lucin
- Views Infinitum: Best of 2011 – Scott Thomas
- Dobson Central Photography – Top 10 Photos of 2011 – Ken Dobson
- “The Best of Myrmecos – Alex Wild ***
- Your Favorite Shots from 2011 – Fred S. Brundick
- Patrick Gensel – The Best Of 2011 – Patrick Gensel
- 100 Favorite pictures from 2011 – Patrick J Endres
- My Ten Favorite Photos of 2011 – Randy Langstraat
- KennethVerburg.nl – Kenneth Verburg ***
- Naturography: My Top 5 for 2011 – Mike Spinak ***
- Edith Levy Photography – 2011 A Year in Review – Edith Levy
- G Dan Mitchell Photography – G Dan Mitchell ***
- Jonesblog – Bryan William Jones
- Timages’ 2011 Top Ten – Tim Mulcahy
- naturalvision-photo.com – Derek Griggs
- Favorites of the Year: 2011 – Ken Trout
- Beetles in the Bush – Ted C. MacRae
- Chuqui 3.0 – Chuq Von Rospach
- Peter Carroll Photography – Peter Carroll
- My photos of 2011 – Frederico Quintao
- http://raptorgallery.wordpress.com – Glenn Nevill
- Best of 2011 – Brad Barton Photography – Brad Barton Photography ***
- Rocky Mountain National Park 2011 / Non-Rocky Best of 2011 – Erik Stensland
- My Favorite/Best Photographs of 2011 – Inge Fernau
- Best Photos of 2011 – Ryan Golias
- Best of 2011 – Larry Rosenstein
- Best of 2011 – Mellimage
- The Quiet Picture – Year 2011 In Pictures – Minna Kinnunen
- My personal Top 10 images from 2011 – Alexander S. Kunz / Daylight Colors
- 11 Best of 2011 – Olivier Du Tré ***
- Best Photos of 2011 – Jim Coda ***
- Living Wilderness: Best Images of 2011 – Kevin Ebi ***
- Oxherder Arts – Best of 2011 – Don Schulte
- my best images of 2011 – Rhoda Maurer ***
- http://www.stamates.com – Jim Stamates
- Organic Light Pan – Youssef Ismail ***
- Rick Diffley Photography – Rick Diffley Photography
- Best Images of 2011 – Robin Black ***
- PhotoWalkPro – Jeff Revell
- Highlights from 2011 – Roman W. Schatz
- Uncommon Depth – Roberta Murray ***
- TKM Journal – Highlights of 2011 – Kent Mearig
- Amanda Herbert’s best of 2011 – Amanda Herbert Photography
- Google+ – Umes Shrestha
- Anne McKinnell’s Top 10 Images of 2011 – Anne McKinnell
- Best Photos of 2011 – Jim Maher
- www.fredmertzphotography.com – Fred Mertz
- Top 10 Photos of 2011 – Ireena Worthy
- 11 in 2011 – My Favorite Photos – Debra Feinman
- 2011 Top Ten Plant Photos By John Manuwal Photography – John Manuwal
- www.azaelmeza.com – Azael Meza
- David Sharp – The Best of 2012 – David Sharp ***
- Looking back at 2011 – Ivan Makarov ***
- Best Photos of 2011 – Pete Miller – USKestrel Adventography
- My favorite 10 of 2011 – John Christopher
- Neil Creek – Photographer – Neil Creek ***
- JohnLPhoto Best of 2011 – John Lemen
- Momentary Awe – Catalin ***
- 2011 Top Ten – Andrew S Gibson
- “Crest, Cliff and Canyon – A. Jackson Frishman
- 2011 – A Good Year – Margaret Summers
- Favorite Photos from 2011 – Richard Wong *** – Richard Wong
- latoga photography – Favorite Photos of 2011 – Greg A. Lato
- Looking Back – 2011 – Derek Fogg
- My Photo Blog – Ron Niebrugge’s favorite photos from 2011 – Ron Niebrugge ***
- My 10 Favorite Photos of 2011 – Dan Bailey ***
- My 11 favorites from 2011 – Kurt M. Lawson Photography ***
- Happy New Year – Lori Ann Cole
- My Top 10 Mixture – Ashley Cottle
- Google+ Beach Photography – Jennifer Brinkman
- Top 10 images of 2011 – Denise Goldberg
- www.azaelmeza.com – Azael Meza
- Erwin Kessing Photography – Erwin Kessing
- The Closing of the Year – Eustace James
- Mark Feenstra Photography: 10 Favourites from 2011 – Mark Feenstra
- Best Photos of 2011 – Ingo Meckmann ***
- Dynamics of Light and Shade – Richard Murphy
- My 20 Best from 2011 – David Maurer
- Top11 2011 – Patrick Ottoy
- Best of 2011 – David Edenfield
- Little Time Machine – This was 2011 – Pete Carr
- The Owl and the Wildcat – Jen Joynt
- Best of 2011 – Alison Wells
- My 2011 Best Nature and Landscape Photographs – Steve Sieren ***
- Best photos of 2011 on Flickr – Jono Hey
- Best Photos of 2011 – Ken Snyder
- Best Photos of 2011 by Ilya Genkin – Ilya Genkin ***
- My best of 2011 – Terri Jacobson
- Piya Trepetch Photography – Top Ten Images from 2011 – Piya Trepetch
- My Best 10 Pictures for 2011 – Barbara Newson
- Woo’s 2011 in Pictures – Gary Woo
- My (Possibly) Ten Best Photos from 2011 – Jim McCoy
- Favorites – 2011 – Daniel Leu ***
- Closescapes Favourites From 2011. – Marshall Black
- Nature and Landscape – Small Choice 2011 – Ben Schreck
- http://wernerpriller.wordpress.com/ – Werner Priller ***
- Peter de Rooij’s Top 10 for 2011 – Peter de Rooij
- Best photos of 2011 by ISIK MATER – ISIK MATER
- Best Photos of 2011 – ysvry
- Focused Planet Photography – Justin Scicluna
- Best of 2011 by Carl-Johan Rådström – Carl-Johan Rådström
- Western Skies Top 11 From 2011 – Björn Göhringer
- My Best People Shots – Matt Goode
- Darin Rogers Photography: Best Of… – Darin Rogers
- http://www.juzno.com/ – Rob Castro
- Remembering 2011 in Photos – Aaron Hockley ***
- Favorites From 2011 – Brad Mangas ***
- Robb Hirsch Best of 2011 – Robb Hirsch ***
- Best Photos of 2011 – Sathish Jothikumar ***
- My best underwater photos 2011 – Suzy Walker ***
- Year 2011 in review and favorite images – QT Luong ***
- “10 From Michael Toye – Michael Toye
- Photoimagery.net – Peter McCabe
- 2011 – Our Favorite Images of the Year – Isabel & Steffen Synnatschke ***
- ylitalot.net – Juha Ylitalo
- Top Ten Photos of 2011 – by Brian Grzelewski – Brian Grzelewski
- Jim Nickelson Favorites of 2011 – Jim Nickelson
- 2011: My Top Ten Images – Michael Frye ***
- My Top Images of 2011 – Andrew Kee
- Favorites of 2011 – Simon Ponder
- 2011’s Top 10 Picks – Vidya Narasimhan
- My Top Ten Favourites from 2011 – Adriana Glackin
- Top Ten of 2011 – Fedor G Pikus
- Best Photos of 2011 – Hady Moslehi
- Mara @ Fantasia – Photo Round up of 2011 – Mara Acoma
- My Journey through 2011 – Kevin Thornhill
- My 10 personal favorites of 2011 – Marleen Hallaert
- Favorite Photographs From 2011 – Seung Kye Lee ***
- Best Photos of 2011 – Michael Gerken
- Simple Photography – Jay Shah
- My Top Ten Photos of 2011 – Mike Isaak ***
- http://lensmankc.com/?p=811 – Amit Jung K.C
- baliultimatephoto.blogspot.com – Hendra Wiguna
- My Favourite photos from 2011 – Alan Owens
- John Dusseault’s top 10 of 2011 – John Dusseault
- Favorites of 2011 – Plastic[Picture]
- Farsighted – Ron Artigues
- Google Plus – Darren Harmon
- Bill Hornbostel Photography – Bill Hornbostel
- Korwel Photograpy blog – Iza Korwel
- Favorite Photos of 2011 – Elizabeth Brown Photography PhotoBlog – Elizabeth Brown
- 2011 Highlights – Alan Grinberg
- TJTPhotography.com – Ted Truex
- Thamer Al-Hassan Photographer – Thamer Al-Hassan
- Top 11 of ’11 – Brian Arnold
- Looking Back – 2011 Top Ten – Jessica Sweeney
- Light Coming Back – Favorite Images of 2011 – Jennifer Durham
- My Favorite Landscape Photos of 2011 – Joshua Cripps
- Favorites Photographs from 2011 – Sudheendra Kadri
- João Almeida Photography – João Almeida
- Le meilleur de 2011 – The Best of 2011 – Francis Gagnon
- Five Pictures for 2011 – David Lloyd ***
- Ian Ference – Google+ Top Photos 2011 – Ian Ference ***
- Marcin P?kalski – Google+ – Marcin P?kalski
- www.thephotographerblog.com – Mandy Jones
- My Top 10 of 2011 – Clement Biger
- russell.tomlin at Flickr – Russell S Tomlin
- Yosemite – Sheldon Neill
- My Top 10 shots for 2011 – Greg Berdan
- Best of 2011 – Dan Baumbach ***
- Top Photos 2011 by Mark Dodge Medlin – Mark Dodge Medlin
- The Carey Adventures – Peter West Carey ***
- http://www.wildernessadventureimages.com/ – Michael Burkhardt
- “Looking at the West – Andrew McAllister ***
- Photos and Ramblings by Steve Mattheis – Steve Mattheis
- My Favorite Photos of 2011 – Brandon Doran ***
- Shanti Gilbert – Best Of 2011 – Shanti Gilbert
- “10 of 2011 – David S. Ottavio
- Best photos from 2011 – Mark J P
- Heather’s Flickr – 2011 Top 10 – Heather Wallace
- Ben Chase Photography – Benjamin Chase
- Hypo-theses – Ian Stimpson
- “Best photos of 2011 – Robert Kusztos
- “Best of 2011 – Anton Huo
- Best of 2011: JMG Gallery – Stephen Zacharias
- Flickr Best of 2011 – Esther Reyes
- My Top 10 of 2011 – The Siggins Photography – Richard Siggins
- Andrew Benson | Best of 2011 – Andrew Benson
- http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/ – John Paul Caponigro ***
- Google+ – Jim Davis
- Beckmann Images – Best of 2011 Images – 500px – Matt Beckmann
- Google + – Paul Conrad
- Avelino’s Best of 2011 – Avelino Maestas
- JMK Photography’s Best of 2011 – J. Krasner
- Rob Dweck’s Top 10 From 2011 – Rob Dweck ***
- www.myFedoraPhoto.com – Neal Fedora
- Best of 2011 on Google+ – Robert Mann ***
- My Top 10 Best Photos from 2011 by Matt Suess – Matt Suess ***
- My Favorites from 2011 – Michele Wassell
- My Top 10 Images of 2011 – Tom Bushey
- A Selection of Favorites from 2011 by Christine Hauber – Christine Hauber ***
- Favorite Images from 2011 – James B Martin
- Kauai 2011 – Sharon Willson
- “Best of 2011: Top 10 – Mark Hespenheide ***
- shirley lo photos – shirley lo
- Google+ – Christina Lawrie – Christina Lawrie ***
- My Ten 2011 Faves – Rich Greene
- Sunset at Vizhinjam – Agnisoonu K
- Gary Randall Photography – 2011 – Year in Review – Gary Randall ***
- 2011 faves – Anthony Chiong
- NewmanImages: 2011 in Retrospect – Jay and Sue Newman
- My 11 favorite pictures of 2011 – Marc Perkins
- My Best Images of 2011 – Vaibhav Tripathi
- My Best Shots 2011 – Annika Ruohonen
- Top 11 Photos of 2011 – Shane Srogi ***
- Wolfcats Top 10 images – Wolfcat
- Alexander Filatov Photography – Alexander Filatov ***
- Wendy Baker Photography Best of 2011 – Wendy Baker
- My 6 best of 2011 – Patrick Smith
- randomfire: The best of 2011 – Ramin Miraftabi
- Closing California Parks – Eliya Selhub ***
- MY BEST OF 2011 – Stan Rapada
- 2011 Top 10 – Kyle Jones
- 2011 Studies | Best of 2011 – Oskar Bruening ***
Special Thanks To Oskar for his technical contribution to this list!
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woah awesomee!!! have a look at this you’ll love it!! the pics are so good….i dunno who did this but they are brilliant!
http://simplephotography23.blogspot.com/ HAVE A LOOK!
Wow, its getting bigger every year. Thanks for running this again Jim. My image viewing is sorted for the next month at least 🙂
Great job Jim. Some very inspirational stuff there!
Thanks for the *** 🙂
Will
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Wow, that’s quite a list! I don’t think I’ll get chance to look at all of them, but I’ll certainly try!
I was tempted to join in, but since I do a favourites of the month every month, and my portfolio is basically a best of 2011 now, I decided against it. Looks like I need to set aside a few hours at some point…
Thanks for putting this together, Jim! For having done something similar on G+, I know just exactly how much work it entails! Some fantastic collections.
Shoot! I missed the project! My Top Photos of 2011: http://www.whereverimaywander.com/2012/01/you-capture-top-10-of-2011.html
Can’t wait to check out all the fabulous photos in your list!
Happy New Year!
Another fantastic compilation Jim and a big “thanks” for the inclusion.
Wow nearly over 100 more than last year! I really hope you have a script to collect and format all of these. Thanks again for putting this list together!!
289 items on the list this year Congratulations on a fine list for 2011 Jim!
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Another stellar year of contributors. Thanks for all the time and effort in continuing to put this list together Jim! Looking forward to some great photo viewing over the next few nights…
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Thanks for putting this together again, Jim. I am looking forward to looking at every entry and add some new blogs to my reader.
Congratulations with the 289 this year, Jim!
A great collection and a lot of excellent work here, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you so much for your personal ***-recommendation.
Deeply appreciated.
Best Wishes
Seung Kye
Oh I’m going to be spending hours going through these 🙂
Just clicked on a few at random and already inspired.
Great list, thanks for the mention!
Thoroughly looking forward to working my way through them all! 🙂
Once again, big thanks for putting this all together! Very cool seeing everybody’s entries.
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Jim, thanks so much for putting this together! Going back through and assessing my work for the past year is a must from now on.
Very honored to be in with some of the great photographers of our time.
Thanks Jim.
2011: A Look Back
http://pabloconradphotography.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/2011-a-look-back-a-selection-of-my-best-images/
Great list! Awesome effort has gone into curating this I am sure 🙂
Great list, thanks for the mention
Well Jim, this is going to take a long time to peruse. Time to clear my calendar. Thanks for the heads-up!
Cheers,
Patrick
Pretty impressive list, thanks for sharing it!
Wow that list has really grown over the years! Thanks.
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I didn’t even know this project existed. Learnt about it from Dan Bailey’s newsletter. I did a top 12 for 2011 at my blog at http://dandenong-ranges-photography.com.au/top-12-photos-for-2011/
I really enjoy the fact that all these listings are right here for me to bring up and view what others are doing. I hope to see some visits to my blog from all of you! Thanks for all the time and energy spent on this project!
I feel left out … here’s mine. http://howardowens.com/2011/12/31/twelve-photos-from-2011/
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This is a fantastic collection. I´ll have to spend some time tonight checking it out!
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I found this thread so inspiring that I put together our best 10 of 2011
http://www.heedingthemuses.com/?p=763
Thanks everyone for your comments. I’m really happy that so many are enjoying this list both as participants and viewers. It’s a great project and I can’t thank everyone enough for taking part.
Jim – I finally got a chance to look through this year’s collection of work posted here… and I am not disappointed! Beautiful work by all!
Bummer, Jeffrey Sullivan and I both participated but didn’t make the list. It’s a great one nonetheless. Thanks for the effort.
Lori Hibbett
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Glad you felt inclined to put the 3 stars beside my name, thanks!
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Thanks for doing this… I’ve enjoyed going through everyone’s photos. Some stunning work! I re-did my post on my blog due to the stripping of colors when converting for web. I finally figured out how to prevent that from happening.. 🙂
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