So, it's time once again to do my favorite pictures of the year. A bit later this year, admittedly -- and it's not like I have any excuse, being not quite yet employed and all. At any rate, I'm keeping the same format as last year, and just posting them in chronological order instead of trying to rank them. Honestly, I don't think I got as many good pictures last year as I did the year before, but then I didn't take nearly as many, either.

So, without further ado:

Plum blossom, 2/19:



Plum blossom, 2/20:



Starting blocks, 5/29:



Airborne, 5/29:



Baton pass, 5/29:



Runner, 5/29:



Lane markers, 6/26:



Wedding bears, 7/20:



Spiny Devil, 9/8:



Emu, 9/10:



Uluru, 9/10:



Frogmouth, 9/12:



Wallaby and joey, 9/12:



Opera house tiles, 9/13:



Bee and flowers, 11/6:



Koishikawa Korakuen, 11/6:



Tokyo Metropolitan Building at night, 11/6:



Monkey, 11/9:



Grooming time, 11/9:



Mantis, 11/11:




...And that's it. If you'd like to see the rest of the pictures that didn't quite make the cut, you can go look at the "Better and Best" set on Flickr.

ETA:

Special bonus picture -- Eye-chan, 9/10: