{"id":4178,"date":"2026-01-10T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:41:23","slug":"best-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/best-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The images I like best, either because of the effort required or because I like the results, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs-1024x633.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs-768x475.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs-640x396.jpg 640w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670228bs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A steam locomotive from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN passing thrugh the Chckamauga Battlefield park in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-160x200.jpg 160w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-512x640.jpg 512w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A671124-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A troll by Thomas Dambo, a Danish artist.  One of five in the Raleigh, NC area and one of 168 in the US.  Made of natural materials so they will eventually just decompose back into the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-684x1024.jpg 684w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-134x200.jpg 134w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-768x1149.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s-428x640.jpg 428w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A670366s.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bald Cypress trees at George L Smith State Park in middle Georgia in late October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A679921-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after sunset at Hopi Point in the Grand Canyon National Park in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s-640x400.jpg 640w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677505s.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunrise at Lake Lanier.  2025 was not a great year for colorful sunrises, and I did not get out for sunrise as often as I have some years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4172\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A677719-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nice light on a rock in the stream below Minnehaha Falls in northeast Georgia. This on a photography club trip in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s-640x428.jpg 640w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676762s.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">????????????????????????????????????????????????????<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in April as the trees were getting their new growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-267x200.jpg 267w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s-640x480.jpg 640w, http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/A676756s.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a flower.  This an azalea bloom in the yard in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The images I like best, either because of the effort required or because I like the results, or both. A steam locomotive from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN passing thrugh the Chckamauga Battlefield park in October. 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