Another year gone. I like to look back over the photos I've published over the year and pick out my favourites. So without further ado, here's my top ten CoffeeWaffle photos for 2006. 
The winner. Taken just last month this is my first real successfull shot using a kite to loft a camera. It is the public Japanese garden here in town. The thing I really like about the image is the purely serendipitous way it was captured. When triggering the shutter from the ground (via radio control) I really don't have much idea what the camera is looking at. I don't think I could have composed this better if my eye was against the viewfinder. (and then there's the red fish which are just the compositional icing on the cake).
Number 2. This sunset was taken from right outside my front door. I like how the clouds look like a large planet or moon passing very close to earth.
Number 3. This shot of Port Nelson and the lighthous out on the Boulder Bank makes a great dual-screen wallpaper and is also now the banner for this site (although only readers with a screen wider than 1280 pixels get to see the lighthouse).
Number 4. Marsden Valley Creek. This is one of those scenes I pass often, but rarely notice. One rainy day in March I stopped to photograph this inconspicuous little creek and have had a new appreciation for it since.
Number 5. I really like the mood and soft colours of this picture. I find seagulls to be very under-appreciated creatures.
Number 6. My mate Craig jumping his big-foot kite buggy on 9-mile beach in Westport. Kite buggying is quite a difficult sport to photograph mainly because its difficult for a the photographer to keep up with them. From a photographer perspective its nice to find a buggy pilot who knows how to play for the camera.
Number 7. Taken just a few weeks ago, this afternoon had some wonderful light. Sun and patchy clouds meant the light was bright but difused. Recent rain meant everything looked clean and green. It wasn't hard to find good pictures that day.
Number 8. Ok its blurry, and over exposed, but it like it anyway. This is my friend Mark paddling his kayak out of a cave mouth on Pepin Island. I like how the long exposure has captured his movement.
Number 9. Couldn't have a top ten without a Kaycee shot. My dog is sooo cute.
Number10. A typical mid-winter sunset in Nelson. I find this shot very peaceful.
10:17:05 PM 
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