The Sun sets over the Pacific ocean as storm clouds gather. This creates wonderful rays of light through the gathering cloud layer.

Storm in the night. Gironde, France. August, 2008.

Long-exposure shot taken during daylight at Ostia beach in Rome, Italy.

Nikon D7000, Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM, 9-stop neutral-density filter, tripod.

9-shot bracketing, 6-frame panorama, totaling 54 exposures. Combined in Photomatix and then merged in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Final color corrections in Adobe Lightroom 3 and sharpening and resizing in CS5 with the Kenko Polarizing filter.

Nikon D300s, AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 17mm and ISO 100. Velbon tripod, Manfrotto head.

Old Seven Mile Bridge in Florida, April 2006. Pre-dawn with scattered thunderstorms.

As my previous wallpaper... Beautiful Manarola. Luckily I've been back, only this time it was not sunny. Still, amazing. Hope you like it.

Note: I left horizon like that on purpose. Lately I'm tired of straight horizon lines.

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM.

An HDR-picture I took last summer just before a thunderstorm. Taken in Ruhr-Valley (Germany).

Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF-S 18-200m, Photomatix Pro, Adobe Lightroom 2.

I saw the other ones on the site and i decided to make my own.

Taken on a misty morning in Waconia, Minnesota during the unseasonably warm winter this year. I spotted this scene off the road on the way to work one random morning. First submission - be kind.

Canon EOS Rebel XS (1000D), Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.

Leuty Lifeguard house on the beaches of Toronto at Sunrise. One exposure was taken for the sky and one was taken for the foreground then merged in Photoshop.