My favourite photos from 2024
- Dave Shaw
- Jan 17
- 9 min read
Updated: Jan 18
Last year, I shared a blog featuring my favourite photos of 2023. It was fairly easy to put together since most of my favorites came from just one or two photography trips. However, 2024 was an exceptional year with great conditions, and I found it much harder to narrow down my selection. Out of the 100-200 photos I really liked, choosing a top 20 felt impossible. So, instead, I decided to impose some restrictions and only allow myself one image from any one trip. This means my favourite season (Bluebell season) won't dominate my top 20 as it might have otherwise, but as it's worked out there's a nice mix from throughout the year. I also included 21 photos. Go figure.
In 2024 I took 24,055 photos, a little bit lower than the previous year where I snapped a whopping 27,000 images. However, while in 2023 I 'only' edited 2800 of those photos, this year I polished 3,358 turds, the first indication that my keeper rate was a little bit better.
I also used my camera on 101 days, roughly one day in three. I captured foggy conditions on 46 of those days—nearly 50% for the Maths fans out there. Kudos to the Met office who continued to deliver the most accurate forecasts. Autumn was particularly rewarding, with several consecutive misty sessions. Even when it wasn’t foggy, there were stunning northern lights, beautiful sunrises, and dramatic skies.
My 24-120mm f/4 lens was still my most-used lens, but it stopped working in October. This gave my 24-70mm kit lens a chance to 'shine' again. During this period, I also bought a Nikon Z6iii. I should’ve returned it after realizing my Z7ii wasn’t the problem, but I couldn’t resist the better focus and LCD. Now my trusty Z7ii serves as a backup, though my bank account isn’t thrilled.
Lastly, a quick note: some of the images in this blog didn’t resize so well, and in real life they look a little better...
21 - Northern Soul

20 - Fat Bottomed Girl

19 - Overpopulated Poppy Panorama

18 - 10,000 Spoons

17 - Big metal trees

16 - When we grow up

15 - Wiltshire Chainsaw Massacre

14 - Light waves

13 - A place to reflect

12 - Stupid fat hobbit

11 - New Horizons

10 - Ghostface thriller

9 - Tuscanshire

8 - Feeling sketchy

7 - More Bluebell

6 - V for Victory

5 - Invaders from outer space

4 - Spice girls

3 - Get Shorty

2 - Quantocks Airways

1 - Cheers Dad

So what do you think? Do you agree with my choices or maybe you think I'm a bit weird about trees and you don't get it...you might not be wrong..
I bet you think it's too long.
My last blog got quite a bit of traction (...ahem) but this one is less spicy and more in keeping with the type of thing I normally do (self promoting and self centred ego peices- again with the irony!) so for any new reader I hope you enjoyed it.
See you out there! (in a friendly not creepy way)
Ah dammit, I forgot to add my joint favourite photo of the year - top blogging from me! Change all mention of 21 images to 22 and humour my sorry attempt to save face and not have to rewrite everything I've written so far,,,

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