Your single favorite picture of your Camino

[Deleted member 56069]

Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.

 

[Tincatinker]

 

[Purky]

 

[LesBrass]

I think my most favourite ever camino day was on the Camino Sanabres between Laza and Xunqueira de Ambia. We left Laza as the sun was rising through the mist and watched an old chap tend his veg patch and another moving five cows from one field to another. We walked out of Tamicelas and up out of the valley over Mount Talariño... oh I loved that day!

 

[mspath]

Sunrise with moon,
Leaving Najera, 11/01/2012

 

[SabsP]

 

[simply B]

Canal de Castille, 14 October 2017 - moments before dawn.

 

[LesR]

History as it is writ...

 

[taozenqi]

 

[VNwalking]

I got 'lost' on the Ebro above Santo Domingo de Silos, on the way to Covarrubias. The Sierra de la Demanda is in the distance.

 

[Icacos]

 

[Icacos]

I like this one too.
(Camino tan.) This picture was taken in April. The young man had been two months on the camino; he had walked from Munich.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Heading toward El Acebo on the Camino Frances...mystical! (I have many more favorites than just "one"!)

 

[Camino Chrissy]

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Love your furry little friend! Apparently he rode YOU to Santiago!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Early morning at O-Cebreiro.

 

[mark connolly]

I throw in my vote for the ubiquitous lone tree on the mesata, as well as my other favorite.

 

[mvanert]

This is mine, the start of my second day from St. Jean.

My Life

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• Feb 24, 2017
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This photo was taken between Orrison and Roncesvalles and is a favourite of mine. Tonight I was...

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Walking the Meseta

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• Feb 17, 2016
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[CaminoDebrita]

El Acebo

• CaminoDebrita
• Jan 18, 2016

so cold and so beautiful

 

[yaying]

ow...not again some i cant open...
thank you for sharing your lovely photos.

 

[Theatregal]

Camino Frances

 

[SabsP]

Camino Frances

To San Juan de Ortega?

 

[Theatregal]

To San Juan de Ortega?

Yes!

 

[Former member 49149]

step we gaily on we go...

 

[HedaP]

 

[nalod]

I have many favourites and in fact my all time fav is not of the Frances but I will stick to the Frances for this post.

"Leaving Foncebadon on a Winters Dawn." These two were taken just minutes apart.

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

This was 10 kilometer before Salamanca, after the only day with heavy rain

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

Sorry, I failed to add the picture. I thought I could simply copy and paste the picture. This does not seem to be the case and i have not figured out how to
manage it

 

[yaying]

Heading toward El Acebo on the Camino Frances...mystical! (I have many more favorites than just "one"!)View attachment 37899

lovely...alternating side by side end....

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I can't pick the favorite but this is one of them (must have Peg in the view.) This is at the entrance into Pamplona.

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

I hope it has succeeded now. This is 10 kilometer before Salamanca

 

[mariaalvarez]

My best picture is this one! It was in Santiago de Compostela with two pilgrims I met on a special trip for groups. @Laura @Silvia It was really an incredible experience, I made the French way because I wanted to meet new people! I recommend doing the Camino de Santiago in an organized group.
I really want to go back in 2018. Someone here is planning to make the Santiago Way?

 

[Heikki]

Allways a favourite moment after camino just before a barbershop

 

[Davie Blisters]

So many memories from my first camino - the glorious landscapes, the villages, the wildlife, the communities, but the photo that I always pause upon involves the people I met. This shot was taken in Hontanas, after pilgrim dinner at Alburgue Santa Brigida.

 

[timr]

I hope it has succeeded now. This is 10 kilometer before Salamanca

Worth waiting for!!

 

[Sarah80]

I took this at sunrise in July 2015 after spending the night in the town below which I can never remember how to spell.

Just looked back over my shoulder and there it was, with an Iphone 6. No one was up there with me at that time.

 

[timr]

Allways a favourite moment after camino just before a barbershop

In Cafe Casino!! I have a picture of my nephew having EXACTLY the same as you. For his breakfast!!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I took this at sunrise in July 2015 after spending the night in the town below which I can never remember how to spell.

Just looked back over my shoulder and there it was, with an Iphone 6. No one was up there with me at that time.

Stunning moment to capture! Wow!

 

[Miroslaw]

Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.View attachment 37882

Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.View attachment 37882

Maybe not most artistic but quite symbolic. Portas do Sol, Santarem

 

[Deleted member 43985]

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Sunrise has always been my favourite time of the day and seeing this sight before my eyes was nothing short of divine

 

[Fletchonides]

So many photos to choose from. This is my current favourite, taken just past Moratinos, just after sunrise.

 

[Man in Black]

I throw in my vote for the ubiquitous lone tree on the mesata, as well as my other favorite.View attachment 37901 View attachment 37902

Love both these pictures and I swear that I recognize that tree from this fall. My little Samsung phone just could not zoom the tree in close enough for a good picture.

Here is one of my favourite pictures of our 2017 Camino ... an outdoor pilgrim offering outside a albuerge in the ghost town of Ciruena.

Ciruena.

 

[nalod]

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Sunrise has always been my favourite time of the day and seeing this sight before my eyes was nothing short of divine

Great shot.

 

[Icacos]

I hope it has succeeded now. This is 10 kilometer before Salamanca

I'm guessing that's the same place your avatar pic was taken.

 

[Former member 49149]

What a delightful thread, zrexer. Thanks, you have had us all rooting through past treasures, and what a feast!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

What a delightful thread, zrexer. Thanks, you have had us all rooting through past treasures, and what a feast!

Agree, Kirkie!
This thread made me excited to look through so many pictures from my three Caminos. I have 6000 photos total and that's after I'd painstakingly reduced them after each trip trying to make them "manageable". Problem is, I have soooo many favorites!

 

[Icacos]

In Cafe Casino!! I have a picture of my nephew having EXACTLY the same as you. For his breakfast!!
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At least your nephew looks somewhat pleased about tucking into his breakfast. I can't understand why the other fellows look so glum!

 

[jmcarp]

This is not a great image from a photography standpoint, but for me it represents the essence of our first Camino in 2013: Jeanette, 566 to go...

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[Icacos]

I throw in my vote for the ubiquitous lone tree on the mesata, as well as my other favorite.View attachment 37901 View attachment 37902

These are beautiful shots. The patchwork field is particular meaningful for me. I have a picture taken from the same location in the spring; the fields are all green save for that section immediately to the right of the path behind the tree, which is all yellow. I won't post my picture here as the clarity is rather disappointing. But thank you very much for posting your picture.

 

[Juspassinthru]

I thought the end of the World and the end of my Camino needed to be represented.

 

[Mark Barnes]

Hontanas

 

[Brian&Deb J.]

Day 2, just out of Orisson. Off into the unknown

 

[peregrina2000]

This is like picking which one of your children you love most. But the mountain stretch on the Salvador has got to be right up there at the top.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

This is like picking which one of your children you love most. But the mountain stretch on the Salvador has got to be right up there at the top.

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Gorgeous! This looks like "the moon in bloom"!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Not the prettiest picture but I thought it unique. Norte- 2016

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Norte-2016...yes, I'm cheating!

 

[Deleted member 43985]

This is not a great image from a photography standpoint, but for me it represents the essence of our first Camino in 2013: Jeanette, 566 to go...

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I gently disagree... even exposure, leading lines, story telling and action are some of the reasons I think it a great travel photo! Well done.

 

[yaying]

I hope it has succeeded now. This is 10 kilometer before Salamanca

...that was awesome... shades of bluesh...grayish..yellowish...

 

[HedaP]

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Sunrise has always been my favourite time of the day and seeing this sight before my eyes was nothing short of divine

Cracker of a photo!

 

[yaying]

6000 photos

wala....any chance i can view half of it for free?

 

[jmcarp]

I gently disagree... even exposure, leading lines, story telling and action are some of the reasons I think it a great travel photo! Well done.

Thanks for the positive critique.

 

[jmcarp]

View attachment 37931 Day 2, just out of Orisson. Off into the unknown

Great photo...great narrative. I don't know which is better.

 

[jmcarp]

On the subject of Camino photos, one of the members of the APOC (American Pilgrims on the Camino) Facebook group, John Mattingly, has published an online collection of really compelling photos from the Camino Frances. John has applied artistic post-processing techniques to his photos that give them the appearance of impressionistic watercolor paintings. I know that many photography purists do not like this kind of manipulation, but I think John's results are truly artistic, and I encourage members of this forum to give them a look at https://www.facebook.com/pg/CaminoArtbyJohnMattingly/photos/?ref=page_internal (you must be a Facebook member to connect to this link). I know John only through Facebook, but I think his work is worth sharing for the unique way it portrays the Camino.

 

[MaryLynn]

On the way to Santo Domingo, May 2011

 

[Icacos]

View attachment 37941 On the way to Santo Domingo, May 2011

That’s another shot taken from pretty much the same location as the earlier one in @Mark Connolly‘s post. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!

 

[MaryLynn]

That’s another shot taken from pretty much the same location as the earlier one in @Mark Connolly‘s post. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!

Thank you! I looked more closely at Mark’s photo after I had posted mine. It is my favouite scene on the CF in any season!

 

[james walter purdum iv]

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Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.View attachment 37882

steep descent but beautiful. I stayed in acebo and had one hell of a time getting to ponderfedder the next morning in the dark.. whew!!

 

[mlhhome]

Just 30 minutes until sunset - a magical mystical moment

 

[Deleted member 43985]

View attachment 37941 On the way to Santo Domingo, May 2011

Stunning!!!

 

[MaryLynn]

View attachment 37948 Just 30 minutes until sunset - a magical mystical moment

Your photo captures the warm evening light. The light on the Camino Frances is indeed magical - and is one of the many reasons I like to return.

 

[stevov]

Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.View attachment 37882

I have many but I always come back to this one of my daughter 'at last at one with the Camino ' ....between redondela and pontevedra on the Portugues.

 

[tomnorth]

Lady of Nájera.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Anyone know why the more recent photos on this thread have turned from being a photo to now being a string of numbers as a jpeg?? I'm not tech savy and cannot open the jpeg files on my Smartphone so I cannot view the newest photos being submitted, and even others I did see are "gone".

 

[jmcarp]

I guess it's within the spirit of "one picture that defined your Camino" to post another shot from a different Camino, so here's one from the Camino Portugués -- the little waterfall at Touguinhó, a few km out of Vila do Conde on the way to São Pedro de Rates via Arcos:

 

[Kanga]

@Camino Chris I can see everything. It may be download sizes are too big and are being choked by your IP or phone service.

I find this an almost impossible question. Do I pick the glorious view? Or the one that reminds me of some fabulous artefact? Or the people photo? An emotional moment? Every one requires a different photo.

 

[Former member 49149]

@Camino Chris I can see everything. It may be download sizes are too big and are being choked by your IP or phone service.

I find this an almost impossible question. Do I pick the glorious view? Or the one that reminds me of some fabulous artefact? Or the people photo? An emotional moment? Every one requires a different photo.

Yes, Kanga. I went for one that quite simply reminded me of home.

 

[yaying]

I'm not tech savy and cannot open the jpeg files

me too

 

[Kanga]

A tough call, but this one from my last camino. Because it was so unexpected and so astonishing, yet could only be in Spain. And the colour of the sky!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

@Camino Chris I can see everything. It may be download sizes are too big and are being choked by your IP or phone service.

I find this an almost impossible question. Do I pick the glorious view? Or the one that reminds me of some fabulous artefact? Or the people photo? An emotional moment? Every one requires a different photo.

Thanks, Kanga, for your thoughts about this. Now this morning, ALL the pictures are showing up...go figure!?

 

[peregrina2000]

@Camino Chris I can see everything. It may be download sizes are too big and are being choked by your IP or phone service.

I find this an almost impossible question. Do I pick the glorious view? Or the one that reminds me of some fabulous artefact? Or the people photo? An emotional moment? Every one requires a different photo.

My first thought was that Chris's (and my) problem had to do with the evil forces that have voted to end net neutrality, but of course I have no idea what I am talking about. I assume we aren't already seeing the effects, though.

And yes, I also struggled with that question, but in the end I put up the picture where I remember feeling more at one with the universe, more in awe of its beauty, and more aware of my own insignificance than at any other moment.

 

[Kieran Kenneally]

Tough to single out one picture that defined your Camino, but for me it is this shot as we left Cruz de Fero and were on our way to Acebo and ultimately to Ponferrada at the end of the that day of walking.View attachment 37882

Cloud taken between St Jean and Roncesvalles going over the Pyrennees. I think there is something ethereal about it, almost angel like in its formation.

 

[Mary Colleen]

Camino Portugues

 

[dandagenais]

WoW, so many beautiful photos! Almost impossible to pick a favourite with so many amazing photos I have taken... but this one, leaving Torres del Rio early morning with View media item 2018

 

[robelford]

My son and I.

 

[Icacos]

Cloud taken between St Jean and Roncesvalles going over the Pyrennees. I think there is something ethereal about it, almost angel like in its formation.
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'Angel' came to my mind even before I read your script!

 

[Viggo]

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November 2017, The Church in Muxia, captures the spirit of my Camino Del Norte.

 

[Richmond Gardner]

Early morning at O-Cebreiro. View attachment 37900

Beautiful!

 

[Richmond Gardner]

Walking out of Logrono after saying goodbye to a fellow caminante, around Easter

 

[Richmond Gardner]

I have many but I always come back to this one of my daughter 'at last at one with the Camino ' ....between redondela and pontevedra on the Portugues.View attachment 37950

Wow, really nice photo

 

[Viggo]

Wow, really nice photo

Simply beautiful.

 

[Viggo]

Walking out of Logrono after saying goodbye to a fellow caminante, around Easter

Simply beautiful.

 

[David Fletcher]

Galecia.

 

[digger]

Approaching Moclin, north of Granada May last year

 

[DurhamParish]

Out behind the albergue in Tricastela.

 

[stevov]

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November 2017, The Church in Muxia, captures the spirit of my Camino Del Norte.

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From one Armenian to another...sunset at oia...an unforgettable, priceless experience

 

[OLDBIKERIDER]

Near San Bol, a grab shot of an older French couple who noted upon asking if I could take this picture that it is so hard to hold hands on the uneven terrain.

 

[simply B]

This is not a great image from a photography standpoint, but for me it represents the essence of our first Camino in 2013: Jeanette, 566 to go...

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Those markers were not there when I walked in Fall of 2012.

My reaction to them in Spring 2014 was: "Well, this is going to make the walking tedious!" (I got over it.)

B

 

[simply B]

Folks above have reported this as well but, at time of this posting, I cannot view many of the photos owing to there being an inactive link between the jpeg listing and the photo itself. The effect is random though so I suspect it has to do with a "slow web" today. I hope to get back in the next few days to see what I have missed.

Wonderful thread, @zrexer , thanks for starting it.

B

 

[Camino Chrissy]

A tough call, but this one from my last camino. Because it was so unexpected and so astonishing, yet could only be in Spain. And the colour of the sky!


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Very unusual! Which Camino was that?

 

[Kanga]

@Camino Chris the Camino Madrid. It is in Coca.