{"id":13081,"date":"2026-11-14T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/?p=13081"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:55:12","slug":"my-favorite-photos-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/my-favorite-photos-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Photos of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, I like to take a look back at my output for the year and select my favorite photos for the year. If you search the site for ‘favorite photos’ you’ll find this post on every year dating back to when I first started the site in 2012. Now some of you may be looking at the title and be thinking: you’re a bit late, aren’t you? And yes, yes I am. As you know, my output on this site has been wildly diminished as I have been very busy over the past couple of years with work and family, and while I haven’t written that much, I was still shooting. As we near the end of 2026, I want to put my favorite photos post up for this year sometime in December or early January, but I need to clear out the backlog first – so here is the post for my 2024 photos, and I’ll do 2025’s photos in the next few weeks, before sharing my favorites for 2026 at the end of the year. Again, these aren’t necessarily my ‘best’ photos, but my favorites for the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 was somewhat dominated by my trip to Italy in the summer of that year, but I did manage to shoot some<\/em> other things too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roebling Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, OH – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 14mm, f\/8, 0.8s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SuperSPARC CPU Die – Nikon Z8 with Laowa 25mm f\/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro @ f\/4, 1\/100s, ISO 64, 276 frame focus stack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chickadee – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 180-600mm f\/5.6-6.3 @ 600mm, f\/6.3, 1\/2000s, ISO 2800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Total Solar Eclipse – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 180-600mm f\/5.6-6.3 + 1.4x TC @ 840mm, f\/10, 1\/60s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lisska Bar – Fujifilm X100VI @ f\/7.1, 1\/210s, ISO 125<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wastewater Patterns – DJI Mini 4 Pro @ 6.7mm, f\/1.7, 1\/60s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Palazzo Ducale Courtyard, Venice, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f\/2.8 S @ 14mm, f\/9, 1\/160s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gondola in front of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 24mm, f\/6.3, 1\/500s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Calle de la Turchette, Venice, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 24mm, f\/8, 8 sec, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gondolas, Venice, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 24mm, f\/11, 1\/125s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Votives, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f\/2.8 S @ 20.5mm, f\/2.8, 1\/50s, ISO 200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flowers, with Duomo in the distance, Florence, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 110mm, f\/4, 1\/400s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sorrento, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 24mm, f\/8, ISO 100 (3 image time composite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ancient Home, Pompeii, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f\/2.8 S @ 14mm, f\/8, ISO 100 (3 shot HDR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento, Italy – Nikon Zf with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 61mm, f\/8, 3s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Orange Butterfly – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z MC 105mm f\/2.8 VR S @ f\/4, 1\/1000s, ISO 3200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lamp – Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, OH –
Nikon Zf with Voigtl\u00e4nder 21mm f\/1.4 @ f\/1.4, 1\/250s, ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Main Street Bridge, Columbus, OH – Nikon Zf with Voigtl\u00e4nder 21mm f\/1.4 @ f\/8, 1\/500s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oldsmobile – Nikon Zf with Voigtl\u00e4nder 21mm f\/1.4 @ f\/1.4, 1\/1600s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking Garage, Columbus, OH – Canon EOS 30D with Canon EF-s 15-85mm f\/3.5-5.6 IS USM @ 15mm, f\/8, 1\/160s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stone Arches, Berea, OH – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 VR S @ 300mm, f\/8, 1\/2s, ISO 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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East Falls, Elyria, OH – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 53mm, f\/11, 0.6s, ISO 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Autumn Sun – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f\/4 S @ 65mm, f\/14, 1\/5s, ISO 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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East Falls, Elyria, OH – Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f\/2.8 S @ 19.5mm, f\/11, 1\/20s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Columbus, OH Before Dawn – Canon EOS 7D with EF-s 15-85mm f\/3.5-5.6 IS USM @ 15mm, f\/8, 15s, ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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