The Maroon Bells in Aspen, Colorado. Sunrise the morning of Sunday 10/2 with peak fall colors.

Nikon D3100, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II.

This photo was taken on a nature trail at Frederick Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Focus is on the brown leaf, with other varieties blurred out to different degrees.

Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. Shot at f/4.0, 1/200th second, ISO 400. Edited in ACR 6.5.

Morning light strikes Mount Sefton, part of the Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. Mount Sefton is one of the lesser known peaks in the area, but still rises to over 10,000 feet.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, CPL, Adobe Lightroom 3.

Location: -43.734267, 170.09634

I took this photo during a walk to the "Königsstuhl" in Heidelberg, Germany. The mood in the wood was just great so i had the chance to take this photo. I hope you like it too...

Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Beams of sunset light shining through the coastal hills on the west coast of New Zealand. This shot was taken between Fox and Franz Josef glaciers by the side of the road after a long day of driving. I saw the light in the rear view mirror but couldn't see a good place to frame it. In the end I stopped just before turning the final corner into the mountains and got lucky!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 70-200L, Adobe Lightroom 3.

Location: -43.449367, 170.053425

This was a shot looking up at the redwoods on the Roaring Camp Railroad, thus the smoke in the air. The steam from the engine made the sunlight piercing through the trees come to life. Felton, California

Nikon D3100, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR, Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Sunset shot from a cliff above Menton on the French Riviera. Menton Garavan with its port in the foreground, the old town of Menton with the smaller port in the center leading to Roquebrune Cap Martin, and part of the Principality of Monaco appearing just behind. Enjoy!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM shot at f/14.

I took this photo in Faro, Algarve, Portugal and was impressed with the way the paint used in this house mimicks so closely the intense colour of the sky. No polarizer or other filters were used.

Sigma SD9, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM AF.

Went out to get a carton of milk and noticed that the sunset was looking interesting, so I diverted to the nearby Shoalhaven river to see if I could get any interesting shots. The tide was high and I had to wade out into the water waist-high (shorts got a bit damp) with my tripod to get a clear shot of the river. The sunset turned spectacular pretty quickly and shortly before it disappeared, a lone pelican glided into view. In the background are thousands of roosting seabirds just behind the local oyster beds.

I took this shot with an ND4 filter on my Canon EOS 550D with the standard kit lens. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Taken near Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, California during a beautiful sunset.

Nikon D7000.