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Top 10 Travel Photos: 2011

Yosemite Falls Moonbow Star Trails, finalist in the 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest

Continuing the retrospective look at my last decade of travel and landscape photography, 2006 – 2015.  Here are some of my favorites from 2011. This was my first full year covering Southern California for my guidebook “Photographing California Vol. 2 – South, A guide to the natural landmarks of the Golden State“, so naturally I cris-crossed the state with much enthusiasm, to find the best possible sites to include, in the best possible conditions.

Skeleton of an Inland Sea, Death Valley National Park
Rainbow Over Font’s Point, Anza-Borrego State Park
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water on the Big Sur Coast
Morro Rock from Montana de Oro, California Coast
Alien Terrain, Mojave Desert, California
Goldfields and Poppies at Sunrise, Antelope Valley
Out of This World, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra
First Light on the Dry Lake, Eastern Sierra
Spring Storm Arriving in Yosemite Valley

This was a selection of a few favorites from an album of over 50 photos from 2011. To see more of them, as well as some of my road trip itineraries, click on the link or album photo below.


More of my favorite photos from 2011, including my Outdoor Photographer Magazine cover: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/72157650751241608

 

Stargazing

This image won the People and Space category in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011 competition conducted by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian).

My daughter Nicole Sullivan won Runner Up (second place) in the Young Astronomer category. They sent a film crew up from Los Angeles and interviewed her for 7 hours! Here’s the video: www.vimeo.com/28740663

Full results including all awarded images: www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of…

My Favorite Landscape / Travel Photos from Each Year, 2006 – 2016

Here are some of my collections from prior years.  It has been a great dozen years of adventure, I can’t wait to see what I can find to show you in the next 12!

New: 2017 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2016 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2016 Top 10 Landscape/Travel Blog Post

2015 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2015 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2014 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2014 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2013 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2013 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2012 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2012 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2011 Favorites album on Flickr
2011 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2010 Favorites album on Flickr
2010 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2009 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2009 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2008 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2008 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2007 Favorites photo album on Flickr 
2007 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

2006 Favorites photo album on Flickr
2006 Top 10 Landscape / Travel Photos blog post

Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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