Best Photos of 2013 by JMG-Galleries Blog Readers

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If inspiration is what you’re looking for then the following 328 “Best Photos of 2013” entries should keep you busy for sometime. As with years past Best of Photos project entries there is some amazing new talent to discover. I continue to be amazed that this blog project attracts so many talented and passionate photographers. 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, some famous, and many others you won’t. I highly recommend visiting each entry as I have.

My only regret now that this blog project has grown so popular is that I didn’t ask participants to categorize their entry along a specific genre of photography. I started to do this manually last night, but decided against completing it myself as I’d end up with 300+ angry photographers who felt their work was miscategorized. Next year I’ll revise the format to accommodate this.

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Thank to everyone who took part! I hope reviewing your best photos of the year and comparing them to years pasts keeps you inspired and aware of your progress as a photographer.

Best Photos of 2013

1. Best Photos of 2013 JMG-Galleries – Jim Goldstein
2. Scottish Holidays 2013 – Mhairi Coyle
3. www.tjhamiltonphoto.com – T.J.Hamilton
4. My Favorite Photos from 2013 – Ed Rosack
5. 2013 Highlights and Shadows – Ronan Bree
6. Stories from Home by David Patterson – David Patterson
7. 2013: Our favorite images of the year – Isabel & Steffen Synnatschke
8. Winter Faulk – Best of 2013 – Winter Faulk
9. 14 Denver Photographs from 2013 – Neil Corman
10. “Moments of Joy – Eliya Selhub
11. Douglas Dolde Images of the American West | Best of 2013 – Doug Dolde
12. http://www.mawpix.com/blog/2013/12/18/2013-the-best/ – Matthias Wassermann
13. 2013 – Rene Marzuk
14. 2013 – The landscapes – Janis Janums
15. Best of 2013 – Dmitriy Rozentul
16. My Top 10 Photos of 2013 – Michael Russell
17. Best of 2013 – Roman W. Schatz
18. Dave Wilson Photography – Best of 2013 – Dave Wilson
19. www.gabrieldiazphotography.com – Gabriel Diaz
20. http://shaneeganstudios.zenfolio.com – Shane Egan
21. Natural History Photography – Best Images of 2013 – Phillip Colla
22. Craig Ferguson Images – Looking Back on 2013 – Craig Ferguson
23. Lisa Hale Photos – Lisa Hale
24. C.Beyett Photo’s Best of 2013 – Courtney Cochran-Beyett
25. Best photos of 2013 – Carlos Eduardo
26. Richard Wong – Favorite Photos of 2013 – Richard Wong
27. Chaz Curry Photography – Chaz Curry
28. David Coyne Photography – David Coyne
29. The Stormtroopers Are Coming! – Michael Walker-Toye
30. Gentle Wit – Best of 2013 – Cyndy Otty
31. 2013 Favorites – Aung Lwin
32. Best & Favorite Photographs of 2013 – Scott Wyden Kivowitz
33. Greg Clure Photography Best of the Year – Greg Clure
34. David Safanda Photography – David Safanda
35. 2013 … What a Year! – Jon McCormack
36. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajecaldwell/ – Andrew Caldwell
37. My Favorite Photos from 2013 – Mike Matenkosky
38. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/107738843012091161542/albums/5924203651143397425 – A NAVANTH
39. Top Photos of 2013 – Alex Filatov
40. Top Ten Photos of 2013 – Chris Moore
41. Tony Heyward Images – Tony Heyward
42. Top 10 Photos of 2013 – Brian W. Downs
43. USKestrel Photography – Best of 2013 – Pete Miller
44. Jim Denham Photography – Jim Denham
45. My Favorites of 2013 – Scott Wood
46. http://www.ryanwrightphotoblog.com/2013-year-in-review/ – Ryan Wright
47. Best pics of the year. – Calle Höglund
48. My Year in Florida – Kerry Rowand
49. Honolulu Photographer of the Year – Jason Matias
50. Skolai Images 2013 Favorite Photos – Carl Donohue
51. Best of 2013 – Rachel Cohen
52. Favorite images of 2013 – Bill Bean
53. 500px – Dave Flynn
54. Best Photos of 2013 – Holliday Photography – Rick Holliday
55. The Year in Review – My Favorite Images of 2013 – Rob Tilley
56. Sugar Mountain Photography – 2013 Favorites – Dale King
57. Western Skies Top 13 From 2013 – Björn Göhringer
58. Best of 2013 – Olivier Du Tre
59. http://www.flickr.com/photos/teabag69/ – Dave Ross
60. My top photos of 2013 – Milan Hutera
61. Best of 2013 – Stephen Weaver
62. Anasazi Photography’s Ten Favorite Photos of 2013 – Randy Langstraat
63. Regis Vincent – Regis Vincent
64. Top 2013 Nature Images including Wildlife Photography – Anette Mossbacher
65. 2013: A Gallery Of Favorites And A Year In Review – Mark Garbowski
66. Guy Tal Photography Journal – Guy Tal
67. Images of 2013 – John Patrick Pemberton
68. Best Photographs of 2013 – David Leland Hyde/Landscape Photography Blogger
69. 2013 Year in Review – Greg Russell | Alpenglow Images
70. Top Photos of 2013 by Gary Crabbe – Gary Crabbe
71. 2013 | Best Of – ONE7 Studios
72. 2013 – Twenty Mile Markers – Peter Carroll
73. Behind The Clicks – Mohammad Noman
74. Year 2013 in review and parks night favorites – QT Luong
75. “top 13 images – Denise Goldberg
76. Changing Perspectives – Jenni brehm
77. Floris van Breugel’s Best Photographs of 2013 – Floris van Breugel
78. Under Pressure Photography – Scott McGee
79. Edith Levy Photography – 2013 A Year in Review – Edith Levy
80. EarthandSeaPhoto-Favorites of 2013 – Mick McMurray
81. My Best of 2013 – Dan Baumbach
82. Top 10 of 2013 – My 10 Best Landscape & Scenic Photos – Clint Losee
83. Best Images of 2013 – Alanna St Laurent Photography
84. Best of 2013 – LANDSCAPES – Forget Me Knott Photography – Brian Knott – Forget Me Knott Photography
85. The Carey Adventures – My Favorite And Odd Photos From 2013 – Peter West Carey
86. My Favorite of 2013 – Sara M. Skinner Photography
87. Russ Bishop | 2013 – The Year in Pictures – Russ Bishop
88. Creating Great Photos Workshops – Dave Hammaker
89. My Top Ten Images From 2013! – Clark Crenshaw
90. My Favorites of 2013 – Sara M. Skinner Photography
91. Hockley Photography – Aaron Hockley
92. JesseSewell.com – Jesse Sewell
93. 2013 Top Five – derek byrne
94. 2013 in Review – Steve Cole
95. Top 12 2013 – Patrick Ottoy
96. www.martijnvandernat.nl – Martijn van der Nat
97. Best of Views Infinitum 2013 – Scott Thomas Photography
98. Best photos of 2013 – Robert D. Kusztos
99. Favorites of 2013 – Niklas Storm
100. My Best of 2013 – Brian Alberghini
101. Travel & Landscape Photography – Brent Huntley
102. 2013 A Year in Review – Tim Taylor
103. My 10 favourite images of 2013 – Alexandre Buisse
104. Another Bird Blog – Phil Slade
105. Retrospective 2013 Graf Nature Photography – Mark Graf
106. 2013 Retrospective – Matt Levine
107. 2013: A Year In Review – Michael Muraz
108. in the year 2013 – Rhoda Maurer
109. David Ryan Taylor Fine Art Photography: 2013 – A Photographic Retrospective – David Ryan Taylor
110. A Photographer’s Journey: Best of 2013 – Michael Burkhardt
111. Looking Back on 2013 – Tony Wu
112. Photogrick’s Best of 2013 – Richard Baker
113. Best underwater photos 2013 – Suzy Walker-Toye
114. Images Through The Door Photography – Lesli Cohan
115. Chuqui.com – Chuq Von Rospach
116. dubland.net – Caleb Weston
117. My favourite shots of 2013 – Catalin Marin
118. http://jaygoodrich.com – Jay Goodrich
119. 2013 in review – Allen Rowand
120. Colleen Miniuk-Sperry Photography: Favorite Photos From 2013 – Colleen Miniuk-Sperry/CMS Photography
121. Best of 2013 – My Top Images of 2013
122. Best of 2013 – Abigail Gossage
123. Nomadic Pursuits : Best of 2013 – Jim Nix
124. Favourite photos from 2013 – Bryn Tassell
125. Brian Rueb Photography – Brian Rueb
126. Himalayan road builders – Rahul Dhankani
127. http://zzolotce.blogspot.ru/ – Olga Loginova
128. 2013 – Mike Walker
129. The Birder’s Report – Larry Jordan
130. 10 favorite photos of 2013 – Oscar Dominguez – deepwildphoto
131. https://plus.google.com/105189038578015288310/posts/avZcpMpwqcM – peter harris
132. David Hernandez photos 2013 – David Hernandez Aponte
133. 2013 – Through the lens – Patanjali Somayaji
134. 12 Favorite Photos from 2013 – Mike Cavaroc/Free Roaming Photography
135. Ten Personal Favorites of 2013 – Stefan Bäurle
136. 2013 Photo Highlights – Alan Majchrowicz
137. The Global Photographer – Blog – Andy Biggs
138. My Top 10 Photos – Brent Logan
139. The Stentorian Image/Best of 2013 – John Fujimagari
140. Best Photos 2013 – Brian Kostiuk
141. Evan Gearing’s Top 10 of 2013 – Evan Gearing
142. Mike Dooley Photography – Mike Dooley
143. Best of Belize 2013 – Tony Rath
144. “Scott Shots Photography – Scott Thompson
145. Outdoor Exposure Photography – Sean Bagshaw
146. Best of 2013 Marc Elliott – Marc Elliott
147. My favorites from 2013 – HDRshooter – Miroslav Petrasko
148. Best Of 2013 – Shalabh Sharma
149. Arizona Panorama: Best of 2013 – G. Reid Helms
150. http://www.ryanengstromphoto.com – Ryan Engstrom
151. Kerber Creation Photography – Gregg Kerber
152. Top 10 photos for 2013 – RW Hawkins
153. Cleon Adonis Santos | Photography – Cleon Adonis Santos
154. Dan Sorensen’s best photos of 2013 – Dan Sorensen Photography
155. 500px.com/cadarette – Kai Cadarette
156. Today’s Photo Best of 2013 by Sandy DeWitt – Sandy DeWitt
157. Adventures in Photography – 2013 Year in Review – Paul Weeks
158. Top 10 – Most liked photos 2013 – Mac’s Photography
159. www.ericefernandez.com – Eric E Fernandez
160. Great Outdoors Photo – Justin Soderquist
161. Best Photos Of 2013 – Dawnstar Australis – Daniel McNamara
162. My best landscape – Damian Stoszko
163. Best of 2013 – Peter McCabe
164. Dynamics of Light and Shade: 10 from 13 – Richard Murphy
165. My Favourite Images from 2013 – Petri Damstén
166. mcwain photography – jason mcwain
167. 2013 – Favourite Shots – Chris Blizzard
168. Azrin Az Photography (Best of 2013) – Azrin Az
169. www.wernerpriller.wordpress.com – Werner Priller
170. My Top 10 in 2013 – Emily Jacob
171. Picture Day – Mike Christoferson
172. Steve Coyle Photography – Steve Coyle
173. 500px – TJPhotography
174. Maine Landscape and Nature Photographer” – “Jlynn Frazier
175. Best Of 2013 – Jeff Addicott
176. Alexander S. Kunz Photography – Alexander S. Kunz
177. Mema’s Creations and More – Velda Truitt
178. 2013 Top Photos – Randy Halverson
179. Nature Diary – Tom Whelan
180. In The Rhythm – Jim Stamates
181. Brad Barton Photography – Brad Barton
182. 13 Images of 2013 – A Photo Narrative – Callum Snape
183. 13 of the Best – 2013 – Andrew Thomas
184. Your Favorite Shots from 2013 – Fred S. Brundick
185. My Ten Best of Images of 2013 – Mike Chowla
186. 2013 – My Year In Photography – Robin Black Photography
187. A Year on Prince Edward Island – Stephen DesRoches
188. 2013: A Photographic Retrospective – Johann Briffa
189. 13 Significant Photographs of 2013 – Zack Clothier
190. Jessi’s Best of 2013: A Year in Iceland – Jessi Kingan
191. Digitized Chaos – Rian Castillo
192. Living Wilderness: Best of 2013 – Kevin Ebi
193. My best small animals (six legged) – Jeroen Mentens
194. Best of 2013 – Ted Truex
195. Best Photos of 2013 – Cody Duncan
196. a Norse View – Michael A Koontz
197. http://heebphoto.com – Christian Heeb
198. Top 10 Images for 2013 – Eric E Photo
199. FocusedOnNature.com – Favorite Photos from 2013 – Alan Dahl
200. Best Images of 2013 – Brian Snyder
201. Le Petit Grand Films – Nadja K. Rutkowski
202. My top favorite photos of 2013 – Patricia Davidson
203. 2013 Favorites – Tim Mulcahy
204. yackleyphoto Top 10 images – Thomas Yackley
205. 2013 Favorites – Mike Cleron
206. Top 10 from 2013 – Nick Fitzhardinge
207. Moments of Marvel in 2013 – Morkel Erasmus
208. My Top Photos of 2013 – Bryan William Jones
209. Best Photograph from 2013 – Amanda Sinco
210. My 10 Favorite Night Photos of 2013 – Sean Patrick Mahoney
211. Sapna Reddy Photography – Sapna Reddy
212. Best Photos from 2013 – Kevin Thornhill
213. My favorites in 2013 – Jaakko Paarvala
214. Best Images of 2013: Andrew S. Gray Photography – Andy Gray
215. Kent Cabreira Photography | Favorites from 2013 – Kent Cabreira
216. Looking back on 2013 – Daniel Sroka
217. Wildlife Photography: 2013 In Review – David Lloyd
218. 2013: A Year of Photography – Charlotte Gibb
219. http://heebphoto.com – Christian Heeb
220. nature-moments best of 2012 – “Roland””Bill””Moser”
221. A Year of Adventure: My Favorite Photos of 2013 – Sutter Laird
222. 13 of 2013 – Ixtussy – Tom Davidson
223. Top 10 Landscape Photos of 2013 by Anne McKinnell – Anne McKinnell
224. Top 12 Photos of 2013 » blargmedia inc. – Ben Wong
225. My Top Ten Favourite Photos From 2013 – Andrew S. Gibson
226. Looking back at 2013 – Carl-Johan Rådström
227. My 2013 – Sean Parker
228. Best photos of 2013 – Jose Maria Cuellar
229. Best of 2013 – Larry Rosenstein
230. 2013 Top 10 – Kyle Jones
231. http://www.tonyheywardimages.com.au/ – Tony Heyward
232. Best of 2103 – Jared Phillips
233. 2013 images – stacey harrison
234. Curious Creature – Romain Guy
235. Burrard-Lucas Wildlife Photography – Will Burrard-Lucas
236. My best photos 2013 – Michel Plungjan
237. https://plus.google.com/u/0/105230744250655140789/posts – Aantar Ayoub
238. Rick Louie Photography – Rick Louie
239. Top 2013 – Clement Biger – Clement Biger
240. 2013 | A Retrospective – John Dunne
241. Top 10 Favorites Images from 2013 – Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston – Journey of Light Photography
242. Korwel Photography Blog – Iza Korwel
243. Favorites of 2013 – Jim Nickelson
244. Best of 2013 – Maciej B. Markiewicz (landscape.lu)
245. www.themultopadventures.com – Chris Multop
246. Favorites – 2013 – Daniel Leu
247. “leavesnbloom – Rosie Nixon
248. My Top 12 Images Of 2013 – John Paul Caponigro
249. Best Photos of 2013: Top 10 of My National Park Road Trips – Belinda Shi
250. 13 Greatest Hits from 2013 – Kirsten Tucker
251. “Flickr “”Best of 2013″”” – Barbara Lee
252. Steve Mattheis Best of 2013 – Steve Mattheis
253. Light on the Landscape Photoblog – William Neill
254. 2013 in review. – Geoff Billing
255. Best of 2013! – Aravind Ravisankar
256. “Super Moons – Dan Legere
257. 2013 – a year in review – Beate Dalbec
258. Best of 2013 – jflphotography.com – Jacob F. Lucas
259. 13 Photos from 2013 – Taylor Davidson
260. Flickr/Best photos from 2013 – Francois Dereeper
261. The Year that Sucked – Rebecca R Jackrel
262. Sandra Parlow Photography – Sandra Parlow
263. Alex Huff’s Best Photography of 2013 – Alex Huff
264. Andrew Scharlott Photography – Andrew Scharlott
265. Kenji Yamamura Photography – Kenji Yamamura
266. http://www.flickr.com/photos/blinken – Patrick Coleman
267. My 10 Best Photographs of 2013 – Chuck Underwood
268. 2013, my year in 20 pictures – João Almeida
269. My top photos for 2013 – Neil Creek Photographer – Neil Creek
270. My personal Top 5 Photos of 2013 – Benno Kress | Photography
271. Fred Mertz Photography – Fred Mertz
272. Jarrod Erbe Photography – Jarrod Erbe
273. 10 Favorites of 2013 – Kurt Lawson Photography
274. 2013 Year End Review – Bryon Lippincott
275. My 10 Favorite Images of 2013 – Rich Greene
276. 2013 – A Retrospective – Ruben Vicente
277. One year of publishing images: the best of 2013 – Jan Hof fotografie
278. MJM Images – Best of 2013 – MJM Images
279. “Lehman Images – 585 – R. Ben Lehman
280. Dan Hawk 2013 Redux – Dan Hawk
281. My Best 12 Photos from 2013 – Vaibhav Tripathi
282. Out and About with the GeoKs – Denise Kitagawa
283. Endings and Beginnings – Dotty Molt
284. Reflections of 2013 – Paul Conrad
285. Avelino’s Best Photos of 2013 – Avelino Maestas
286. www.graceberge.com – Grace Berge
287. It’s that time of the year again… Best of 2013 – David Richter
288. 2013: My Top Ten Images – Michael Frye
289. G Dan Mitchell Photography – G Dan Mitchell
290. Best Photos of 2013 by Kenneth Snyder – Kenneth Snyder
291. Rob Dweck Photography 2013 – Rob Dweck
292. Favourite Thirteen – Pam Levy
293. 2013 Favorites – Eric Streicher
294. ARTroendle best of 2013 set – ARTroendle
295. Scenic River Imaging – Personal Favorites of 2013 – Aaron Bedee
296. Castle Graphics – Jan Kohl
297. Favourite Moments throughout 2013 (Australia / Africa / Nepal) – Karl Lindsay Nature Photography
298. 2013 Top Twelve Photographs – David J Grenier
299. My best 10 pictures of 2013 – MacDuff Knox
300. Best Photos of 2013 – Lewis Fogerty
301. The Year in Photos – Best of 2013 – Fedor G Pikus
302. Robb Hirsch Best of 2013 – Robb Hirsch
303. Top 10 Images of 2013 – Scott Smorra
304. Lifes Journey 2013 – Arlene Winfrey
305. Lindsay Daniels Photography: Best of 2013 – Lindsay Daniels Photography
306. 2013 Selections – David L. Hoffman
307. latoga photography Favorite Photos of 2013 – Greg A. Lato
308. Best of 2013 – PriyankaP. Photography – Priyanka Patel
309. FACZEN Best of 2013 – Glenn Springer
310. Aaron Bates Photography – Best of 2013 – Aaron Bates
311. http://lookingatthewest.com – Andrew McAllister
312. What a Year! 13 Photos From 9 Countries – Greg Goodman
313. 2013 Top 10 Picks – Vidya Narasimhan
314. Favorites 2013 – Kristal Leonard
315. Daniel Hopkins Photography – Best of 2013 – Daniel Hopkins
316. A (Re)collection of 2013 Images – Jim Patterson
317. Best of 2013 – Jake Tull
318. Chris the Photog – Chris Hansen
319. Shane Black Photography – Best of 2013 – Shane Black
320. Best of 2013 – Jake Tull
321. Best Of 2013 – Oasisantonio
322. www.jasonorourke.com – Jason O’Rourke
323. Ten Favourite Landscape Images of 2013 – Jeff Cruz
324. http://drustefanstone.blogspot.com/2014/01/best-of-2013.html – Dru Stone
325. Photoblog 2.0 – My best of 2013 – Harold Davis
326. Best of 2013 – Jake Tull
327. Best of 2013 – Dave Ross
328. 2013 – Top 10 images – Jeff Olson

Thanks to all who took part. Here’s to an even better year of photography in 2014!