Everyone else seems to be having a year in review theme, so here's ours.

Show us your best captures of 2011

Capture away...

Kind of feels like enough time has past to revisit the French flare, eh?

Thanks for sharing those Jackie.

+1

PA seems to be kind of exploding with awesomeness right now.

You've lowered the tone, but don?t fret about it ;-)

Also...
Thanks, Doug.

I remember Ans Westra saying if people seemed concerned about her taking pictures, she would just smile innocently and keep walking. It may have helped that?

This is a view of Cross Street?

We have a few hints for uploading in our upload guide, but the grey usually means you need to wait a little longer before refreshing page.

Thanks for posting?

Loving the Capture photoblog. Cheers.

This fine gentleman Mark is skipper to one of the Gin Palaces down at the Viaduct

You?re a bloody marvel Ian, just so you know.

Sorry for delayed response. Trying to think of clever riposte, but that?s a hard one to top.

This is Ironbank Building at the end of Cross St.

Totally.

No. Maybe a little slow but I'm sure that?s just me.

I should get out more...
:- )

*much like the waltzing swagman of yore
I prefer stability** to no billy?

too clever by half...

Too modest, Ian. But it is time for a cuppa (coffee), agreed?

I didn't see her there that day, but I've often been out and about when she's been shooting in Wellington. I think we were both taking pics at the Free Burma Rally in Welly some years back. For a tall?

Whoops! I missed that bit when I posted my city scenes last night. I'd figured that was the theme for this thread, not a review of the year. If it's the latter?

Jackie and here I was thinking it was City scene, best shots 2011. Now by my thinking , Auckland City envelopes one hell of a big wide space and stuff, so your wee girl, being part of Auckland an' all, qualifies. Go for?

Sorry, yeah I too thought the brief was street scenes.

Well, he's learnt to respond to you quickly ;). He is lovely.

threadmerge! Nice shot.

Hey, I?m never one for sticking to briefs. Street?

Yuck, now that's an image I didn't want.

Ha, indeed. And that's why I chose that shot for our thank-you cards, because I like the idea of my son sticking his tongue out at dozens of our friends and whanau. Speaking of which, is Keystone still the appropriate place?

Why 'tis Damian.

I like the idea that there's a container ship containing all the remaining Blue Stratos that's been circling the Pacific since the 1970s.

A slightly pongy Marie-Celeste...

One might even call that irony. ;-)

I took photos of that wall too this year. But yours are better.

Not an everyday sight, but, well, it is Gisborne.

Yeah, for the record, that's how it appears in her book.

See, right there .Loving it.

Could be. It was in Handboek, the beautiful compilation of her photography published in 2004. Not sure where that came from – the photo (rather crudely cropped) also appears in 1967's "Maori", but annoyingly none of the photos?

While cleaning the garage for some fine visitors tomorrow, this fellow came out from behind the curtain.

Yikes!

See, right there .Loving it.
Thanks Sofie. ;-)

Jack...do I need new glasses, or does your friend have 10 legs??

Jackson, that is not a spider. This is a spider!

Yikes, Aussie spiders are always going to win in a fight!

I don't have a best photo of the year (still time, right?) so I am posting one of the few images I have that makes me laugh out loud, in keeping with Doug's great photos. This is from an anti-nuclear protest in London?

I actually jumped back from the screen just then. Thanks for that. ;-)

Turns out I'm the one who needed to be warned. It's so great you're getting into this PA thing by the way. While there are lots of photos going on Twitter and Facebook?

I think I only counted 8. Might be the double vision effect of the blurry web?

But aren't there 2 in front and 4 down each side?

Thanks for the Cure. I'd forgotten the video was so funny. :-)

What arach!
This is a spider!
that's a Rorschach test!

But, back on my track. Auckland City from Waitamata Harbour.

We could do this all day. ;-)

It's so great you're getting into this?

Hey Chris. Thanks for sharing this with us. I've got a photo of the Ferry building from a similar angle taken in 1989. I'll try to dig it out.

The process?

Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work there Jackson.

No worries. And Sofie, I'm tapping my fingers here. Moar!

I'm going for a three fo'. Thanks for that. Hoping we can sustain it. Everyone has jumped in so enthusiastically. Might have to work out a way to reward people more for dropping by.

Hmm, scheming time.

Not quite the same. During a dragon boat festival, by the looks.

That's four. Better wait for someone else to post now I guess.

If you missed it (which I did) the Town Hall marked 100 years last week, as highlighted here. It's certainly played a big part in my Auckland life, with graduations, many concerts, notably for me Shihad and Kraftwerk in the past?

This is probably my favourite of all the photos I have taken because it was so opportunistic
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Seems there is a lovely turtle with hearts on its back in the middle of that pic... skody poster dreaming!

This one is lonely and ambitions to be skody... cool but. Edinburgh.

JLM, that is a real beauty. Love these shots everyone. I'm rummaging through my mental photo Rolodex. Sure I've got one somewhere.

Snap!

The lights were on in the middle of the day. It was a sign... of something.

Thank you Adrienne. Any time you want to share more of your glimpses into the world, don't hesitate in letting us know. Much merriment to you over the holiday season, although?

Damn, beat me to it.
Wonder if the guy that painted that sign knew what he was doing?.

And in the foreground, I see you can hire quips? Are you selling your services, now? ;-)

Case in point Smith's Bookshop owner only found out the shop was being pulled down, last week, when?

Case in point Smith's Bookshop owner only found out the shop was being pulled down, last week, when a friend phoned him to see if he knew?

That is utterly amazing. Thanks Ian, it's like a Christmas present. Sometimes you see something and think 'damn, I wish I was that person!'

Merry Chchristmas.

...swearing is easy in a town with...

...Turret's syndrome...

now I shall go unwarp my presence...
y'all have fun, relax and be safe, y'hear!

The last 24 hours recorded by the digital paper roll on the digital drum of the McQueens Valley seismograph, 20 km south of Ch-Ch-Ch.

Guess this should have been on the #EQNZ thread – I'll put a?

And for many hours thereafter – the 6.38am Saturday alarm shake 5.1 magnitude is the one on the bottom line.

It truly looks horrible, about 7pm Friday it got to?

One does wonder if someone in Chch has done something really smiteworthy. I mean, this is getting ridiculous.

Well Gerry would say that.

Now that would be a load of bull.... :)