Runners in the fourth race at the Forbury Park Trotting Club's meeting in January. The breakdown of a water tanker, a warm day and blustery winds made the racing surface dustier than usual. Not so good for the punters but a golden opportunity for me! : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
A tender moment as former gang member Takurua Tawera shares a hongi with his grandson Tamarau Howard (2). : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
Dr Don Eigler, a US pioneer in nano-technology, stands in front of a magnified image of a group of atoms displaying quantum behaviour. Originally published in black and white, here it is again - a lot more impressive in colour. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
Painting the town red - well Knox Church anyway - for the Acoustic Church Tour - Dragon in Concert, November. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
Class Act award winners (from left) Jasmine Seifert Simpson, of Logan Park High School, Katie Mulholland, of Columba College, Prime Minister John Key, Hannah Grant, of Taieri College, and Laura Miller, of Gore High School. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
Peter Fleury, of Dunedin, cut a fine figure as Mortimer Merriweather at the Les Belles Vilaines dance group picnic at the Otago Museum Reserve in November. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
A colourful sight as Lola Teokotai (left) and Avalea Fallows (both 4) watch as they and other children from Little Wonders early childhood centre in St Kilda celebrated Red Nose Day in August by releasing red balloons. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
World-renowned British milliner Stephen Jones wore a hat he fashioned from an Otago Daily Times and tinfoil as he celebrated with Shanghai model Ding Yi at the Friday finale of the 2013 iD Fashion Show at the Dunedin Railway Station. : Snaps of the year: Linda Robertson
ODT photographer Linda Robertson shares her favourite snaps for 2013.