my favorite banners of 2025

What makes banners so satisfying? 

Is it the lack of words?

Is it the pure photography, boiled down from about 400 banners to just the ones that really popped?

And which of the ones in this collection, are the ones you would delete to improve the over all impression of excellence? I deleted 4 after I'd made this. 

Your thoughts in the comments please, I'm curious 

my favorite banners from 2022