You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.
– Joan Miro
Tina has set the most difficult challenge ever… at least if you are a nature lover like me. Which five to choose from more than 100 000 pictures in Lightroom? Now I have chosen five pictures I often come back to – so I guess they are personal favourites. I was inspired by Tina to pick most of them from my own surroundings at home. That way I was automatically limited too.
So, this week our challenge is to choose no more than 5 images as our all-time personal favorites!
Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. — Unknown
My favourite dog breed is Lagotto, and these two guys were my first ones. Always together, always playing or sleeping or eating together. This photo shows their different characters perfectly well. Mille is the brown and wild one, while Totti is the ”monitor” and supervisor. He was very laid back too.
We were fortunate to have them in our lives for 12 years each, and they will always stay close to my heart.
Only photograph what you love. – Tim Walker
The land of my dreams is Iceland, and we have visited several times – never disappointed in our favourite destination. Some years ago we went in winter instead of summer – the hot spring baths are at their best when there is snow and ice. One evening we went to the black beach in the south of Iceland to see the sunset. And like everything else in Iceland – it was magical.
Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. — David Alan Harvey
In 2020 we went to an art exhibition some 20 kilometers from my home – which ended in me mostly taking photos of the entrance windows instead of the art…The window was overgrown with vines and an enigmatic golden light shining through.
I wish that all of nature’s magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed. – Annie Leibovitz
I think many of you know how much I love winter and snow, and how climate change has deprived us of this in later years. Some days still have the old glory, and this photo was taken on such a day, when the light was perfect and the air crisp and clear. Bitter sweet memories.
Photography is a love affair with life. — Burk Uzzle
This aster I photographed in my garden, an autumn some years ago. I woke up to frost and a clear sky, and as I looked out of my bedroom window, I knew there would be a short photo option not to be missed.
The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.
– Anne Geddes
Thank you, Tina, for another challenging challenge!
So now it’s your turn. Share with us your five favorite images making sure to link them to Tina’s post and to use the Lens-Artists Tag. We so look forward to seeing your choices! Last week Ritva challenged us to focus on portraiture. As usual your responses were terrific. Many of us wondered how to manage such a challenge, but ended up more satisfied than expected! Finally, we hope you’ll join us next week at noon EST when Egidio once again leads us on his Through Brazilian Eyes post. Until then, be kind and enjoy the adventure.
Leya 
Loved the photo of the waves in an orange light. It would make a great framed piece of art.
Thank you !
WOW. Great photos, I can see why you like them. I love the dogs!
Ohhh stunning. Cannot possibly pick a favourite from those
Ann-Christine, thank you for these marvelous photos. Each one tells a beautiful story. My favorite? All of them.
Like poetry, Ann-Christine. All favourites, I can’t pick one over the others.
These are beautiful. You’ve shown a few of them before, and I really liked them. Today the one that jumps out at me is the sunset in Iceland. The golden light, and the spray around those breakers! Beautiful.
They are all beautiful Ann-Christine and it is so lovely to see sweet Mille and Totti again too 🥰❤️🐾 xxx
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They are all wonderful. But the window with the vines is so different and beautiful. It feels like a Tiffany window. And the aster is swirling in her tutu.
Thank you, Marie – that window was really a lucky strike, and the aster I am happy you liked it too!
Fabulous photos! My favorite is the winter scene. The window and the aster are close behind.
Thank you, Joanne – glad you liked them!
I guess all of us have pets and family photos as favourites, even though they may not be our best work. Your dogs are very photogenic and I fully understand your excitement to get outside with your camera on a frosty day.
Thank you, Jude. And yes, I love that photo of those two – even if it is not one of my best photos… This year we had no snow or frost, so I hang on to old photos.
Wow these are stunning!
♥ Thank you!
Ann-Christine, your favorites are breathtaking! I love the one of Mille and Totti. The winter scene with the snow and clouds is beautiful.
Thank you, Beth – those two guys meant so much to us over so many years!
Your images are lovely, you chose winter, I didn’t because I dont like the season. Your image is beautiful as winter can be. Love this; Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot
what it feels like. — David Alan Harvey and the photo above it. And our pets – they like our children are often the favorites even if we don’t post them.
Thank you, Ritva! I know you don’t like winter – despite its beauty when there is snow. Glad you liked the picture anyway!
All gorgeous but I particularly like the one of the two dogs
A lovely selection from the many beautiful images you must have 🙂 I love the window and the aster in particular, and also that quote from David Alan Harvey – spot on!
Thank you, Sarah – yes, it is spot on!
All are beautiful – but being a dog lover – Millie and Totti steal the show for me!
Thank you – I still wish they were here with us!
Dear Ann-Christine
We love this effect with the white clouds.
Thanks and cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you – that was a lovely evening and evening light too.
Every one of these is a wonder. I think I’ve seen that window shot before? Thanks for setting my morning off to a good start!
Well, Margaret, that window has been posted a couple of times before…how can I resist?
Don’t resist is my advice😏
Wonderful!
These can be my favorites to look at, too.
The window and the aster are magical.
I agree with your Tim Walker quote.
♥ Thank you very much – much appreciated!
Everyone is so wonderful Ann-Christine. I like seeing ones I have seen before too. The sunset in Iceland is a first and is my favourite, although the window is a wow too 😀
♥♥ Thank you, Brian!
Crickey, you can take a photo 🙂. I keep going back and looking at that window shot, just brilliant 👏
Thank you so much – that was a lucky day!
Fabulous faves, Anne-Christine! Love the quote you chose… so true! I’m glad I’m not the only one who loves winter and snow. The pic of your sweet dogs is my favorite, having lost my own over the years. Thank goodness for those photos we take out our fur babes.
Thank you, Terri! Yes, few photos bring back olden days as touching as those of our pets!
Wonderful photos and stories Ann-Christine, and the last image is gorgeous!
Thank you, Brad – that morning was magical.
Indeed. 😊
I love all of these but the first and the window shot are my favorites. ❤️
♥ Thank you,!
Very hard to choose favourites! You’ve chosen well. The flower shot is exceptional
Thank you, Alison! It was a difficult challenge…
Well done!
Thanks!
I guess it would be no surprise that my absolute favourite is the one of the snow, just magical. Something I will never get to photograph. Not like that anyway. Stunning. I do love the windows at the gallery, I spent a lot of time looking at it and wondering. They are all great though, wonderful set of favourites Ann-Christine.
Thank you so much, Leanne for a great comment – much appreciated!
4 out of 5 of my all time favourites, Ann-Christine. Mille and Totti are adorable in that shot, and I never saw a more dynamic sunset. Such an amazing world xx
♥ Thank you, Jo. It is good to be reminded in this chaos today.
I expected nothing less than perfect Ann-Christine and you did not disappoint! Of course Mille and Totti deserved a place oh honor, as did Iceland. And I remember that window image, one of my all-time favorites of your work. And how could you not choose a snowy landscape? The icy little flower is a perfect ending to your wonderful choices. ♥️♥️
Thank you, Tina – I was guided by your choices of scenes from your home. A lovely challenge!♥
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