A Good Crop 2025 - Video Photo Essay

 We've made it to 2025, so it's time for another "Good Crop" photo review!  This year's video has been published to YouTube, give it a look! 

The "Good Crop" concept is based on a Ansel Adams quote:  "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop".   In the spirit of that quote, I try to pick my 12 favorite photos from the previous year. I've been doing this for 14 years now, so I guess that makes it a tradition!

A few months ago, I started a new twist, putting the "crop" into a video-essay, and dropping it on YouTube.  I've done videos for 2022, 2023, 2024 and now 2025.I'll probably do videos for more of the earlier years, if anybody wants to see them!

So here you go, A Good Crop 2025, Subtitled This Didn't Pass Quickly

A Good Crop 2023 - Video Photo Essay

 Yep, another "Good Crop" video has been published!!  This one looks back at 2022... I've been doing Good Crop yearly look-backs for several year, only recently started dong Youtube videos.  I'd be honored if you were to check them out, let me know what you think!!  

I've been working on 2025's Good Crop for a few days now, plan to have it posted around January 1.  Stay tuned!!

A Good Crop - 2022

A Good Crop 2023 - Video Photo Essay

 I noticed today, that I had never posted here about my most recent "A Good Crop" photo essay!  This one if for 2023.  So here goes:

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Yep, I've made another video essay.  Regular readers (hopefully) know about the ongoing "A Good Crop" series, reflecting back on my 12 favorite photos from each year.  If not, check it out here.

Anyway, I made a Youtube video for the 2023 edition, will probably make similar videos for the other years.  Check it out, comments welcome:

2023 - A Good Crop

t is my intention to keep doing these.  In fact, the 2022 version is ready to post to YouTube, and the 2025 "A Good Crop" is in progress (and will hopefully be ready in early January).  If people stay interested, I have "A Good Crop" sets going back to 2012.

So, enjoy, share, comment...  all that good stuff!

A Good Crop 2024 - Video Photo Essay

Yep, I've made another video essay.  Regular readers (hopefully) know about the ongoing "A Good Crop" series, reflecting back on my 12 favorite photos from each year.  If not, check it out here.

Anyway, I made a Youtube video for the 2024 edition, will probably make similar videos for the other years.  Check it out, comments welcome:

2024 - A Good Crop

A Good Crop - 2024

 Regular readers should know that I usually do a post of my favorite images from the previous year.  Titled "A Good Crop", after Amsel Adam's quote "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop".  

In the spirit of Ansel Adams' quote, I've tried to pick my 12 favorite photos from last year (2024). I don't claim anything I've done to be "significant", especially by Ansel Adams standards.  So we'll stick with favorites)...

Meanwhile, I never got around to finishing / posting my selection for 2023, so that's next on my to-do list.

A Good Crop 2024 (chronological)

Leftovers

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Alton Slough

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Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Horses, Dogwood

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Sparrow Mother and Fledgling

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Bluebird Display

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Straight Lines

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Against The Odds

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Driftwood

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Carolina Chickadee

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Leaves On Picnic Table

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Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Click the TAG to see previous editions.

 

A Good Crop

 Regular readers (should) know that I've done a series of posts through the years looking back at my "best" or favorite photos every year.  I call it "A Good Crop" in honor of an Ansel Adams quote: ""Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop".  Well, I was doing some maintenance on the blog today and realized I never did a 2023 edition!  I also never did a 2015 edition, but that's another story.

I guess I need to rectify that before it is time to do 2024!  STAY TUNED...

Meanwhile here's one of my most popular photos of 2023.  It received a 2nd Place badge, and a Photo-Of-The-Day recognition at BetterPhoto, as well as "Popular" and "Trending" at 365Project.  It'll be on the Good Crop list for sure!

A Good Crop - 2021

Regular readers may remember that I usually do a post of my favorite images from the previous year.  Titled "A Good Crop", after Amsel Adam's quote "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop".  I was thinking about my "good crop" selections for 2022, and realized that I never got around to finishing / posting my selection for 2021!  I figured I should go on and do 2021 before thinking about 2022, and dug up my scratch sheet from 2021's photos.  So, a last pass at culling, and here you go:

In the spirit of Ansel Adams' quote, I've tried to pick my 12 favorite photos. I don't claim anything I've done to be "significant, especially by Ansel Adams standards.  So we'll stick with favorites)...

If you're interested, here's previous posts (I missed 2015):

2020 - A Good Crop

2019 - A Good Crop 

2018 - A Good Crop

2017 - A Good Crop

2016 - A Good Crop

2014 - A Good Crop

2013 - A Good Crop

2012 - A Good Crop

Or you can use the tag:  AGoodCrop

So here you go, my crop for 2021.  I've arranged them semi-randomly, but no "ranking" should be implied.  If you have a favorite (or two), let me know in the comments!  Click though to see larger versions over at my 365project site. 

Cathedral Of Learning

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Reflections

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Milkweed, Wind

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December Streaming

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Chaos

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Wind Power

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Grey Headed Coneflowers

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Cone Cap

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All Alone Together

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Bald Eagle

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Under The Bridge

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Dark Eyed Junko

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A Good Crop - 2020

 Late, as usual, but here's my "good crop" review of 2020:

Ansel Adams is credited with saying "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop". In that spirit, I've tried to pick my 12 favorite photos each year, and post them here.  (I don't claim anything I've done to be "significant, especially by Ansel Adams standards.  So we'll stick with favorite)...

If you're interested, here's previous posts (I missed 2015):

2019 - A Good Crop 

2018 - A Good Crop

2017 - A Good Crop

2016 - A Good Crop

2014 - A Good Crop

2013 - A Good Crop

2012 - A Good Crop

Or you can use the tag:  AGoodCrop

So here you go, my crop for 2020.  I've arranged them semi-randomly, but no "ranking" should be implied.  If you have a favorite (or two), let me know in the comments!  Click though to see larger versions over at my 365project site. 

Just Hanging Around

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St. Louis

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Bighorn Sheep, Badlands National Park

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Female Cardinal

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Ludington Breakwater Lighthouse

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Abridged #6283

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Look Through Any Window

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Viceroy

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36 - Farm to Table

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Bluebird

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MOTEL

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People will be tired ...

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There you have it, hope you enjoyed!

A Good Crop - 2019

I'm a little late with this one, I got sidetracked with the Trending project...  But better late than never.

Ansel Adams is credited with saying "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop". In that spirit, I've tried to pick my 12 favorite photos each year, and post them here.  (I don't claim anything I've done to be "significant, especially by Ansel Adams standards.  So we'll stick with favorite)...

If you're interested, here's previous posts (I missed 2015):

2018 - A Good Crop

2017 - A Good Crop

2016 - A Good Crop

2014 - A Good Crop

2013 - A Good Crop

2012 - A Good Crop

Or you can use the tag:  AGoodCrop

So here you go, my crop for 2019.  I've arranged them semi-randomly, but no "ranking" should be implied.  If you have a favorite (or two), let me know in the comments!  Click though to see larger versions over at my 365project site.

Hontoon Island State Park

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Untitled 1089

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Nothing left but memories

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A Thousand Miles From The Sea

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Angry Bird

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Piasa Point

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Storm Warning

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Old Barn #1314

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Slow Down

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Solitude Revisited

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Frosty

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The Birds

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There you have it, hope you enjoyed!