◀ Best of 2006 (January 1st - December 31st, 2006) ▶

Best of 2006 - Contributions by Region

 

Africa

 

Congo, Republic of the

Cammie Clarke: Cammie from the Congo
 

Lesotho

Peter van de Haar: Village in Lesotho
 

Mozambique

Mickael Therer: People before Patents
 

South Africa

Bo Lorentzen: The "Good Boy" Singers in Ulusaba South Africa
 

Asia

 

Afghanistan

Wim Gombeer: Kabul Airport - 30th December 2006
 

Cambodia

Sachio Izumi: Scenery from Angkor Wat
Paul Stewart: Security Office 21
 

China

Dehua Yang: Zhenbao Island
GDHUAYANG: Dingzi Garden
Jin Hai 金海: The 30th Anniversary of the Great Tangshan Earthquake
Jin He: Sunrise at Lhasa
Jesse Lee 李景超（鱼眼龙）: String Quartet
yunzen liu: Aershan Mountain‘s Sunrise
Gang Liu: Kai Wah Plaza International Hotel
Patrick Sun: Shanghai People's Square
Tamas D.Varga: Great Wall at Full Moon
Robin Xu: Early Morning in Peking
Jiannian Xu: Yuyuan Garden
 

Georgia

Charles M. (Chuck) Lampman: Bagrati Cathedral
 

Hong Kong

Tommy Poung: Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
 

India

C B ArunKumar: Gateway of India
Art Baltrotsky: Art of Living Silver Jubilee
pandu chilakala: Rashtrapathi Bhavan Delhi
Jagan Mohan das Chinapaka: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Bryson Shearwood: Usha Kiran Palace
 

Japan

Yasuhiro Fujimoto: Port of Kobe
Makoto Hayashi: Portable Shrine in "Fundoshi" Style
Shuji Inoue: The Manda Coal Mine Mark
Yoshiyuki Kaneko: Welcomes GODZILLA
Rikuichi Kishimoto: Cherry Blossoms at Kawazu
Yasuhiro Muranaka: Autumn Tint of National Treasure Tofukuji Temple
Katsufumi Nagamine: Japanese Slow Food Somen
Sosuke Sakai: Sunset
K,S: Seiyasan Kitain 500 Rakan
Yasushi Shikano: The Shiny Corridor
Hiroharu Shizuya: Where does Mr. Saigou Look At?
Yoshito Takagi: Oyster Fisherman
Masao Yamamichi: Lamp Museum
Keiji Yokotani: Steam Whistle
Kazuyoshi Yura: Swans in the Nagayama-Shinkawa
 

Korea, South

Ingemar Bergmark: Throne Room
Terry K.C. Kim: High Sky Above Pyoung-Chang on Paraglider
 

Nepal

Alain Collet: Piyung Pass, 5030 m
RikkieRik: World Peace Stupa
 

Philippines

Benigno T Toda III: Calm after the Storm
Fung Yu: Vigan Heritage Village - A UNESCO World Heritage Site
 

Taiwan

Shawn Chiu: The First Panorama of All My Life
Mike Lin: A Peaceful Summer Afternoon in the Trees
Jerry Liu: Chijin of Summer
Yumin: Travel with My Girlfriend
Walker Young: The Space
 

Thailand

Florian Bertzbach: Before the Rain
Tord Remme: Tam Bun in Wat Noong Na, Thailand
 

Atlantic Ocean

 

Iceland

Martin Sammtleben: Lighthouse Reykjanestá
 

Australia - New Zealand

 

Australia

Bill Bailey: Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge
Mark Crawford: Chinese Gardens
James Edge: Bournda View
Colin Ewington: Federation Square
Nick Milligan: View from Ivanhoe Town Hall Tower
Andrew Novinc: Hop, Skip, and a Jump from Cocora Beach
Paul Palmer: Darling Harbour Australia
Aaron Spence: Beautiful Desolation
Steven Spink: Vale of Avoca - Grose Vale
Kathy Wheeler: Tribute to a Mate
 

New Zealand

Michael Bajko: Down on the Free Range
 

Europe

 

Austria

Holger Fell: Peak of the Falkert
Manfred Gruber: 'Stephansplatz'
Willy Kaemena: Transeuropean Night
Clemens Pfeiffer, MBA: X-mas is Over @ Big Billa
Thomas Rauscher: Wachau im Herbst
Michael Schröckenfuchs: Meiereiwiese bei Mödling, AUT
Bernhard Vogl: Sailing
 

Belgium

Alain Hamblenne: Aerial Panorama of Town / Panorama Aérien de La Ville
360 Spin - Malcolm Maybury: Grand Place Market Square
Stijn Swinnen: Grand Place Mechelen
Koen Verschaeren: Cathedral of Our Lady - Antwerp
 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dean Karamehmedovic: Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar - UNESCO World Heritage
 

Cyprus

Norma Boylan: Fishing Shelter
Juhani Laiho: Partial Solar Eclipse
 

Czech Republic

Tomas Bartusek: Monastery Gardens - Pool
Jaroslav Hora: Tower Lit in Czech Colors
Martin Hrdlička: Prague
Libor Kadlec: Papa's Garden - Restaurant
Jeffrey S. Martin: Prague Christmas - Flying Above Old Town Square
Sadlek Roman: Moravská Třebová
Martin Vejrosta: Magic Light in Czech Republic
 

Denmark

Flemming V. Larsen: FungiCube
Hans Nyberg †: Elmelunde Kirke Kalkmalerier-Medieval Church Paintings
 

Estonia

Andrew Bodrov: Preved Medved! - Bear Surprise!
 

France

Beeloba: Hollyhock in Troloc'h - Roses Trémières à Troloc'h -
Christian Braut: Cap Ferret Lighthouse
Boštjan Burger: Nostalgia
Francois Cochin: La Rivière Plate
Guillaume Fulchiron: Sprinter Club, School Cycling Team
James Gentles: San Ciprianu Beach, Corsica
Denis Gliksman: Taden, an Antique Villa
John Law: St. Joseph's Le Havre
Éric Lerch: Hôtel d'Assézat
Julien Lopez: Le Parc de Carpinet de Nuit
Vincent Ogloblinsky: Saint-Michel Place
Hubert Pawlowski: Bay of Talloires
Seb Perez-Duarte: In the Orchard
Michel Thoby: Equestrian Festival
 

Germany

Markus Altendorff: In Between the Fireworks
Simon Baker: Autumn Falls
Carl von Einem: Kunstareal - Sculpture in Public Space
Jürgen Joseph Geißler: Henkersteg
Peter Groth: View from Wartburg Palas at Eisenach and Thuringia
Gabi Haindl: Atzelbergturm
Dirk Henze: A Nice Place To Be!
Wolfgang Hoffmann: St. Brigitta
Michael Hundrieser: "Curtis in Memphis"
Erik Krause: Spetzerfehn Windmill
Jan Kurschewitz: Kübelwagen (VW 181)
Frank Liebke: Henriettebridge
Joakim Löber: Meeting Point
Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto: The First Nicolo's (My Brother) Panorama
Jürgen Matern: The Main Train Station of Frankfurt/M.
Markus Matern: Racing Cars at the "Deutsche Museum"
Joachim Nickel: Dropping Knowledge - Table of Free Voices
Wilfried Pinsdorf: At the Fireplace in the 17th Century
Carsten T. Rees: Adelhauser Platz
Hardy Richter: Athletic Sports
Thomas Rist: Merry Christmas
Ralf Roesberger: A Morning in a Public Park
Mike Runge: The Holy Grail
Johannes Schellen: Park after Dark
Mario W. Schild: Weihnachtsmarkt - Marienplatz
Reinhard Schmolze: A Rainy Night
Eckart Schoenlau: Musical Journey Around the World
Mark Simons: Old Timer in Front of Castle Nymphenburg
Michael Stoss: Argentina vs. Germany World Cup Game
Tom! Striewisch: Small Christmas Crib (Again)
Alexander Thomsen: Copper Mill Museum (Kupfermühle Museum)
Chris Witzani: Mülheim Bridge
Christian Wolf: Dawn over Dragon's Rock
 

Greece

Hervé Fenneteau: Zorbas's Tavern
murat germen: Pure Concentration Despite Gorgeous View
George Kountouris: Vouraikos Gorge
Jean Guy Lathuilière: Agios Nikolaos Metamorfosis: the Minimal Footprint
Nikos Pachtas: Chalki Island
Yiorgos Teo: Aerial 360° View of Lavrion
 

Hungary

Vendel Miskei: Bátaszéki Templom
Gábor Rév: Old tram #436 (Urban Transportation Museum )
Gilles Vidal: Memories of Sziget
 

Ireland

Peter O'Donnell: Trad Session, O'Briens Pub
Brian O'Reilly: Late Afternoon - Ashford Castle
Julian Pecenco: Cliffs of Moher
George Row: Dún Chonchúir Stone Fort
 

Italy

Alessandro Castagna: PanoGRAFIA del Palazzo Chiericati e Teatro Olimpico
Maurizio Castelli: Dia Sotto le Stelle
Giancarlo De Leo: Roman Forum
Marco Dessì: Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso
Toni Garbasso: Hera's Temple
Claudio Lanconelli: Bagno Smeraldo
Roberto Mancuso: Tempietto Longobardo
Isaac Martinez: Lido di Venezia
Peter Nyfeler: A Lake, a Board and Me.....
Alessandro Ugazio: The Nuragic Well Temple of Santa Cristina
 

Man, Isle of

Andrew Reid: Ballacraine Traffic Lights
 

Netherlands

Wil Brugman: Café Central
Arie P. de Ruiter: Cruquius Steam Drainage Pumping Station
Aldo Hoeben: 'Parade' in False Color Infrared
Don Hofstee: Brown Fleet, Bruine Vloot Groningen
Jan Willem Kattenbeld: Martinitoren
Henk Keijzer: De Oude Toren (The Old Tower)
Wim Koornneef: Inside a Whale
Gerard Kuster: "Bronneger Dolmen"
Jook Leung: Dam Square
Serge Maandag: Sunset over the North Sea
Barbara Merlone, Marc Wubbe: Brouwersgracht
Nico Westerhof: Hunebed D50
 

Norway

Hans Hagen: Old Farm
Witek Kaszkin: Northern Lights above Polish Polar Station
Steve Nilsen: Firehouse Tower (Toppen av brannastasjonen)
Bjørn Kåre Nilssen: Boats and Fortress
 

Poland

Martin Frost: Wawel Cathedral
Dawid Gorny: Football Training Field
Piotr Jakubowski: Such Construction Which Would Stop the Strengths of the Nature is Not Here
Piotr Popik: The Garden at my Parent's House
Krzysztof Wojciechowski: Leon Tarasewicz`s Installation
Jerzy Zamora: Old Cement Mill
 

Portugal

Carlos Chegado: Dolce Vita Antas Shopping Center
K. Wayne Heil: Estação do Oriente
Pedro Silva: Árvore de Natal em Lisboa
 

Romania

Robert E. Dumea: "St. Gheorghe" Orthodox Cathedral of Iasi
 

Russia-Urals West

Yuriy Gershteyn: Alexander Park in Moscow
Andrey Ilyin: The Story Behind Old Stuff
Vladimir Shirokov: Kazansky Cathedral
Andrew Varlamov: Gallery of Tretyakov
Andrew M. Zubetz: Making Bikes
 

Serbia and Montenegro

Andrzej Harasz: Rafting Paradise - Club SOKO
Goran Sekulić: Petrovac
 

Slovakia

Jerry J. Astary: Stary Smokovec
 

Slovenia

Betka Burger: The Oldest Town
Marko Potocnik: A long way down
 

Spain

Ricardo Cambón: Plaza do Obradoiro - Navidad
Blas Cediel Gil: Alcalá de Henares, 28 de Diciembre 2006
David Clota: La Sagrada Familia
Robin De Baere: Palma de Mallorca Cathederal
Ignacio Ferrando: Puente de Piedra, Zaragoza
Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, PhD: The Lady of Elche
Michael Hansky: Colonia St. Jordi Harbour
Simone Lahme: Mirador del Rio - La Graciosa
Alan Legg: Moon Bathing
Paco Lorente: Market of Colón in Christmas days
Simon Pukl: Red Bull X-Fighters 2006
Iñaki Rezola: Majorka l'hiver
Pau Valiente Moral: Home Sweet Home
 

Sweden

Lars Arned: Sunset at Villinge
Mahmood Hamidi: Stockholm View
Lennart Mollerstrom: Järntorget
Jakob Norstedt-Moberg: Just Married - Ingela Gidlund and Peter Emanuelsson
 

Switzerland

Claudia Betschart: View from the Basler Münster
W.D. Fuchs: Skilift Telli / Swiss Holiday Park
Guido Homberger: Wild Flowers
Tudor Jenkins: Plant Hunting Beside a Glacier
Rolf Ris: Plattform Conn
Matthias Taugwalder: Sunrise at Klein Matterhorn, 3883m (12736ft)
 

Turkey

Nurcan Azaz: Gift Shop in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul
Nick Gordon: Solar Eclipse - 2006 March 29
Yilmaz Tufan: Istanbul Bosphorus View from Ortaköy Square
 

UK-England

Rodrigo Alarcón-Cielock: Southport Dunes
Peter Baumber: Crummock Water
Robert Bilsland: Standing on the Footplate
Bernd Dohrmann: London Eye
Francis Fox: Mullion Harbour
Philip Giles: I Canada Square, Canary Wharf
Jonathan Greet: Tom's Room, Ridge Farm
Karl Harrison: Exeter College Chapel and Choir
John Houghton: The View from Ashwell Church Tower
Jacques Joffre: London: on Parliament Bridge near Big Ben
Ian Kerr: Millennium Square - Coventry
Colin Mackenzie: Exeter Cathedral UK
Geoff Mather: Newhaven Fort - Castle - Harbour
Will Pearson: Under Southwark Bridge
Steve Pendleton: The Oldest Inn in England
Bruno Postle: Hardwick Hall
Pip Price: Crich Stand
NYCreate: Dracula's Hideaway
Andy Savage: Heage Windmill - Inside the Cap, Where the Public are not Allowed
Howard Wilkinson: Fountains Abbey
 

UK-Scotland

Mark Lewis Boiling: The High Altar, St Peter's College
Richard Crowest: The Spey and Feshie Valleys from Creag Far-leitire
John Leith: Happy Valley
Bill Ward: Christmas Shopping Glasgow City Centre
Robin Wilson: Tolsta Bay
John Wilson: Slains Castle
 

UK-Wales

Philip Silver: Castell Coch
 

Indian Ocean

 

Reunion

Romuald Vareuse: Inside a Narrow Gorge
 

Latin America

 

Argentina

Ronald Pronk: Circulo Militar
 

Bahamas, The

John J Housser: A Sandy Christmas
John E Schwarzell: Dolphin Encounters, Blue Lagoon Island
 

Brazil

A Y R T O N: FIFA World Cup 2006
Eduardo Figueiredo De Macedo: Genipabu Beach - Northeast of Brazil
Giancarlo Miragliotta: Through the Bones
Rodolpho Pajuaba: The Cow Pa(no)rade
Fernando Costa Pinto: Old Crane
Dudu Tresca: Gustavo Rosa's Studio
 

Chile

Patricio Armijo: Saltos del Petrohué
 

Cuba

Joop Greypink: El Morro
 

Dominican Republic

John G. Dobbins: La Finca de Tony y Arelis
 

Haiti

Ralph Greene: The Flow Rider
 

Mexico

Luis Benitez: La Risa del Coyote / Coyote's Laughter
Roberto Gómez Torres: God's Bridge (Puente de Dios)
Felipe González y Aura Castro: Palacio de Bellas Artes
Dylan Surridge: Vacation
 

Peru

Duri Campell (Duca): Ruins of the Incas at Saqsaywaman
 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Bruce Hemming: Sailing on the Schooner Friendship Rose
 

Venezuela

Gerardo A. Sanchez: Bolívar Square in Mérida - Plaza Bolívar de Mérida
 

Middle East

 

Iran

Kresimir Zimonic: Caspian Sea
 

Israel

Michael Fankhauser: Spotlight on the Western Wall
Yuval Levy: Back to the Roots
 

Jordan

Uri Cogan: The Siq
 

Pacific Ocean

 

USA-Hawaii

Pat Rooney: Olomana
 

Vanuatu

Ben Nelson: Gin And Tonic Sunset
 

USA-Canada

 

Canada-Alberta

Milko K. Amorth †: Freedom of the Town Parade in Banff
Andrew Bennett: Aero Space Museum
Shannon Oatway: Tank Farm
Nathanael Sapara: Winter Light Up
 

Canada-British Columbia

Tommy Au: Eagle Spirit Lodge
G. Donald Bain: Saturday on the Seawall
Lucia Bazan: Burrard SkyTrain Station
Rob Marks: The Point - Victoria Golf Club
Dave Silver: Rivers Inlet
 

Canada-New Brunswick

Jean Berthélémé: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
 

Canada-Nova Scotia

Sarah Duplisea: Feltzen Nova Scotia
David Kadlec: The Tall Ship Amistad in Halifax Harbour
Paul Toman: The Old Town Clock - Halifax
 

Canada-Ontario

Robert Julian Agnel: Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All
F. Sean Bickford: Transportation - Prince Arthur's Landing Marina Park
Francis Fougere: Bruce Peninsula National Park and Georgian Bay
aleksandar janicijevic: Our Ex Garden
Alex Makienko: Blakeney Rapids at Full Moon
Roberto Portolese: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Theo Suboh: 2 Cities 2 Countries
Jim Watters: Maze at Saunders Farm
 

Canada-Quebec

Michel Briere †: Grand Prix Racing in Trois-Rivières
Mark Fink: Personal Best
Yannis Guillon: Chinese Lanterns 2006, Botanical Garden, Montreal
 

USA-Alaska

Jan van der Woning: The Village that is Drowning
 

USA-Arizona

Richard Wall: Bright Angel Point Trail
 

USA-California

Eric Anderson: Innoventions
Bryant Arnett: Rodeo Drive
Joel M. Baldwin: Valley View
Kat Bennett: Treasure Island
Landis Bennett: The Bay Bridge from The Embarcadero
Charles C. Benton: UC Berkeley Campus
Robert C. Fisher: A Night at the Races
Devlin Francis: Lake Merritt
Christian Gavin: Stairs on Telegraph Hill
Val T. Hoang: The Best Of The Murphy Law's Worst of 2006
Brooks Leffler: Elegance and Boredom at Pebble Beach
Lin SE: Disney's California Adventure Park
Keith Martin: Watching a Cable Car being Turned, Late Dusk
Lee Nelson: Wine Trail Autumn Color
Mike Posehn: Bill's Office
Pat Swovelin †: Under the Dish
 

USA-Colorado

John Blake: Paradise Aviary
John Fellers: Immigration Protest - April 10, 2006
Rodrick Hemingway: Oh My God Road
Mark Pearson: Highland Bowl, Aspen Highlands
Laura Pearson: Wintersköl Fireworks Aspen Mountain
Shawn Steigner: Lily Mountain Trail - Roosevelt National Forest
Simon Wheaton: Aspen Highlands Bowl - Aspen/Snowmass Ski Resort
 

USA-Connecticut

Elizabeth Gentile: Garden at End of Day
 

USA-Idaho

Stephen Slocomb: DeVoto Grove
 

USA-Illinois

Richard C. Drew: The Back 40
Tom Lassiter: Under 'The Bean'
Robert M. Lightfoot III: Sculptor Richard Hunt at Work in his Chicago Studio
Dietrich Neumann: Architecture of the Night
 

USA-Maine

Ken Stuart: Appledore Island
 

USA-Massachusetts

Cody Carlson: Annisquam River
William M. Delabarre: Mechanical Room
 

USA-Michigan

Mark Houston: 2006 Woodward Ave. Dream Cruise
 

USA-Minnesota

Brandon Rowell: High Falls on the Pigeon River
 

USA-Nevada

Norman Shapiro: Fountains of Bellagio
Dan Taylor: Las Vegas Shows
 

USA-New Jersey

Russ Addie: Nor Easter Roller Coaster
Alex Balako: Waterloo Village in May
Caroling Geary: 2001 Memorial
Bob Shindel: After the Fire
 

USA-New Mexico

Andrew C. Bairnsfather: El Rancho de las Golondrinas Harvest Festival
 

USA-New York

Margaret Bazura: "A Night of Art, Film, and Ultraperception - The Universe of the Imaginaires"
Eduardo Hutter: Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower
Bill Jr: Buffalo Central Terminal
Alexander Spielberg: Perkins Memorial Tower at Bear Mountain
 

USA-North Carolina

Gary O'Brien: Surf Fishing at Oregon Inlet
 

USA-North Dakota

David Schaubert: Jake and Eldora Schaubert Farmstead
 

USA-Oklahoma

Victor Zaveduk: Dog Run Hollow Canyon
 

USA-Oregon

Eva LaMar: Rock Climbers on the Basalt Columns
 

USA-Pennsylvania

Tom Fulmer: Peaceful Evening
Yischon Liaw: Holiday Light Show at Macy's
 

USA-South Carolina

Hoyle Koontz: Corner of Market and Meeting #2
John Riley: Falls Park
 

USA-South Dakota

Edward S. Fink: Crazy Horse Memorial
Michael J. Oistad: First Night Sioux Falls
 

USA-Tennessee

Dan Heimsoth: Alum Cave Bluffs
 

USA-Texas

Dave Albright: Texas Native Forest Boardwalk
Pat Albright: Texas Native Forest Boardwalk Part 2
Patrick Born: Christmas in Corpus Christi, South Texas
Jonny Donut Carroll: Breckenridge Creek
Tim Hatch: Dickens Spring
Marc W. Huff: Texas Capitol Dome
Wally Tirado: Mission Espada
 

USA-Utah

Christopher K. Talbot: Photographing Delicate Arch
 

USA-Vermont

Tom Pollak: Schooner Lois McClure
 

USA-Washington

Andy Leffler: Pacific Science Center

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