I like the view with this romantic cottage in front of the landscape, illuminated from the evening Sun. Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria. Copyright © 2010 by Martin Aglas.

Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4.5 DC, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photomatix Plug-In.

Mana Kai is a resort on the West shores of the island of Maui, in Kihei, Hawaii. Every night, at sunset, the conch shell horn is blown to say goodbye to the day, and hello to the night. I shot this long exposure at this moment, in a high dynamic range way. Hope you like it. Mahalo!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens. Developed in Adobe Lightroom 4 beta, HDR in Photomatix4 and sharpening in Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5.

Location: 20° 42' 16.16" N, 156° 26' 49.43" W

A high shutter-speed image of Lake Ontario, Toronto. It was taken while half buried in the sand with a freezing wind chill blowing past.

Canon EOS 5D, Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM.

Valley in Oahu from helicopter. Great morning light for the whole 45-minute tour.

Canon S95, ISO 80, f/4, 1/250, RAW, Apple Aperture.

Digital composition of several photographs and over 100 layers.

Adobe Photoshop CS5.

A sunny day this winter in Nevada. Would love to return when the desert flowers are in bloom.

Nikon D90, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR. Exposed for 1/160 second at 35mm, ISO 200, f/13.

This is the Milford Highway in New Zealand on a cold morning. It was taken while travelling out of Fiordland. After many days of perfect whether, when we finished exploring the natural attractions, the biggest snow storm in 50 years hit the southern island. This was the day before, and the first weather we had that was not clear blue skies. We drove into this area with a long straight road in the middle of a flat glacial valley, and I had to stop immediately. The lighting, the mist, the frost, everything worked out for a really nice photo.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, CPL, Adobe Lightroom.

Location: -44.959241, 168.018132

Sunday morning photo-tour with my best friend. I like the silence there and the wonderful coldness of about -20°C. Just awesome to feel that.

Canon Digital Rebel XSi (450D), EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Tripod MF. 3 RAW exposures. ISO 100, f/11.0 @ 1/250-1/40s.

Naturpark Schwäbisch Fränkischer Wald. 49°9'38.11"N, 9°39'55.37"E

Copyright © 2009 Sven Müller. All rights reserved.

I took this picture while standing on Ponte dell'Accademia bridge, looking south down the Canale Grande onto Santa Maria della Salute church.

Nikon D700, AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED, ISO 50, Camera Raw.

45°26', 12°20'

This image has been taken on top of the Rigi mountain near Lucerne, Switzerland. It was -20°C (-4°F) plus strong winds that made it feel like -100°C. Of course I thought that my leather gloves would suffice which turned out to be wrong...

Nikon D700, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, f/11, Adobe Camera RAW.

Location: 47° 3′ 13″ N, 8° 28′ 32″ E