Tag: Year in Review

2016 Blog Report

It seems WordPress.com has done away with the annual blog report they typically release in January of the previous year. As a JetPack user, I get this report for each of the blogs I have connected to WordPress.com through that plugin. Although I didn't see any official announcements, I think WordPress.com have done away with this feature.

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In 2016 15,141 visitors viewed my blog 23,271 times, and I published 130 posts. Most of the visitors come from the USA with most of the rest coming from Germany, United Kingdom, Canada and France. The top 3 of most viewed posts were HDR photography with Raspberry Pi, Create a Multi-Room Wireless Speaker System with Apple Airport Express and AirPlay, and OS X Terminal Session Management.

The most visited post is one from August 2012 with 4,443 views HDR photography with Raspberry Pi. The second is Create a Multi-Room Wireless Speaker System with Apple Airport Express and AirPlay with 1401 views, followed in third by OS X Terminal Session Management with 1,187 views.

Thank you all for visiting my blog in 2016. I hope to see you in 2017.

My Best Images From 2016

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Every year Jim Goldstein runs a blog project asking his readers to list the year's best photos. He's run this blog project every year since 2007 and each year. Here are my best in 2016. It was tough. I took a lot of images this year. Per Jim's direction, I culled these down to ten.

I enjoyed the process of culling the images. I had to focus on why I liked a particular photo and also on whether I had done my best editing. It was an enjoyable challenge.

Busy Work, Skillman, New Jersey | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR @ 18 mm | f/13 | ISO100
Kugler Woods Waterfall, Stockton, New Jersey | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR @ 18 mm | f/8.0 | ISO100
Pera Bistro, Williamstown, Massachusetts | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G @ 35 mm | f/8.0 | ISO200
The Red Mill Museum, Cliinton, New Jersey | Nikon D5100 | Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm f/2.8 AF @ 11 mm | f/10 | ISO100
Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED VR @ 18 mm | f/16 | ISO100
Montgomery Township Football, Montgomery Township, New Jersey | Fujifilm X-T2 | Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ 55 mm | f/5.6 | ISO12800
John Kanabay, 2016 ISKA World Breaking Champion, at Montgomery FunFest, Montgomery Township, New Jersey | Fujifilm X-T2 | Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR @ 36.5 mm | f/4.0 | ISO320
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Nikkor 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR @ 58 mm | f/8.0 | ISO200
Three little birds. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, New Jersey | Nikon D5100 | Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS @ 600 mm | f/9.0 | ISO1400
LoRe Pasta at the Montgomery Farmers Market, Montgomery Township, New Jersey | Nikon D5100 | AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G @ 35 mm | f/4.0 | ISO100