Oh, Claudia, it's so hard to say. Different ones for different reasons, I think! I'm still discovering shots I had previously overlooked, which is interesting. Some of the ones that grabbed me while we were still on the ship haven't held up as well as some of the ones I've been slower to appreciate. So interesting, because I have had a lot of epiphanies about my work in recent weeks.
But a couple of quick picks that have surprised me with how much I like them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j.....1589109159
I struggled while taking this photo and almost didn't bother. Conditions were challenging -- moving ship, shooting against the light, pushing the limits of my "walking around" 28-300mm lens. But after downloading it and doing a little work on it in Lightroom (we're talking about 5 minutes of work), it's one of my favorites from the trip. It's not my usual style -- not a macro, but a fairly straightforward landscape -- but it captures something that gets deep down inside of me. To me, it represents not only awe and complexity, but also perseverance.
This one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j.....1589109159
is a recent discovery -- I only really discovered it and started paying attention to it yesterday, and it's resonating with me a lot. I love how there's a bit of an optical illusion in it -- the light part is inside an arch and therefore actually the background, but because it's light, it almost jumps to the foreground when I look at it sometimes.
I'd be curious to know *your* favorite(s)!
