{"id":1562,"date":"2013-01-07T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T21:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.journeyoflight.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2013-01-07T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T21:38:59","slug":"12-best-photos-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/2013\/01\/07\/12-best-photos-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Best Photos of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is the tradition here, I always post what I considered my favorite images of 2012 or the &#8220;Best&#8221; in my eyes. Some have been shared, some may have not yet been posted and may be new. These are presented in no particular order. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=WaitingbytheCascade&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/colorado.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=5&amp;keywordselected=Colorado&amp;DescriptionProperties=Colorado&amp;MostRecentFirst=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1569\" title=\"Waiting by the Cascade\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_6150-aspen-leaf-in-stream-2.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWaiting by the Cascade, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado<\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=GreetersoftheNorthInletTrail&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/colorado.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=1&amp;keywordselected=Colorado&amp;DescriptionProperties=Colorado&amp;MostRecentFirst=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1567\" title=\"Photograph - Greeters of the North Inlet Trail\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_5575-horse-on-trail.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nGreeters of the North Inlet Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=MorningonGibbonsMeadow&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/v-wyoming.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=0&amp;keywordselected=Wyoming&amp;DescriptionProperties=Wyoming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1563\" title=\"Photograph - Gibbons Meadow\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_3871-gibbons-meadow.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nGibbons Meadow &#8211; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=QuietThoughts&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/midwest.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=7&amp;keywordselected=2012&amp;DescriptionProperties=2012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1574\" title=\"Photograph - Quiet Thoughts\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_7646-Missouri-River-Sunset-1.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nQuiet Thoughts &#8211; Niobrara State Park, Nebraska<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=SpringIllumination&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/midwest.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=8&amp;keywordselected=2012&amp;DescriptionProperties=2012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1573\" title=\"Photograph - Spring Illumination\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_2853-sun-trees-h.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpring Illumination, Two Rivers State Park, Nebraska<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=MumstheWord&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/midwest.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=0&amp;keywordselected=mum&amp;DescriptionProperties=mum\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1571\" title=\"Photograph - Mum's the Word\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_6900-mum-centered.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMum&#8217;s the Word, Arbor Day Lodge State Park, Nebraska<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=DawnUponDeSoto&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/midwest.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=4&amp;keywordselected=desoto&amp;DescriptionProperties=desoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1572\" title=\"Photograph - Dawn Upon DeSoto\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_7773-DeSoto-Sunrise.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDawn Upon DeSoto, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=StillnessandSolitary&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/colorado.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=4&amp;keywordselected=Colorado&amp;DescriptionProperties=Colorado&amp;MostRecentFirst=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1568\" title=\"Photograph - Stillness and Solitary\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_5918-big-meadow-sunrise.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStillness and Solitary, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=TheGrandView&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/colorado.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=3&amp;keywordselected=Colorado&amp;DescriptionProperties=Colorado&amp;MostRecentFirst=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1570\" title=\"Photograph - The Grand View\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_6367-sunset-tundra-2.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Grand View, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=BadlandsStorm&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/midwest.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=3&amp;keywordselected=badlands&amp;DescriptionProperties=badlands\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1566\" title=\"Photogrpah - Storm Over the Badlands\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_3269-badlands-storm-v.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStorm Over the Badlands, Badlands National Park, South Dakota<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=LiftingTheMistyVeil&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/v-wyoming.xml&amp;x=0&amp;i=1&amp;keywordselected=Wyoming&amp;DescriptionProperties=Wyoming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1565\" title=\"Lifting the Misty Veil\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_4647-foggy-morn-trees.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLifting the Misty Veil &#8211; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyoflight.com\/journey12\/photo-picture.asp?pictureid=FordingtheRiver&amp;xmlfile=\/journey12\/xml\/color\/wildlife.xml&amp;x=12&amp;i=17&amp;keywordselected=Wyoming&amp;DescriptionProperties=Wyoming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1564\" title=\"Photograph - Buffalo Ford\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads-old\/2013\/01\/IMG_2076-buffalo-ford.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFording the River &#8211; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is the tradition here, I always post what I considered my favorite images of 2012 or the &#8220;Best&#8221; in my eyes. Some have been shared, some may have not yet been posted and may be new. These are presented in no particular order. Enjoy! Waiting by the Cascade, Rocky &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}