This shot was taken on an incredibly windy, cold evening after work. I was headed home over Coleman Valley and pulled over and got stuck in the mud. So while waiting for a tow truck I hiked up a hill and found a nice viewpoint. Luckily it took the tow truck a while so I was there for the perfect moment just after sundown to get that incredible golden light in the shot!

Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Manfrotto tripod, Adobe Lightroom 3.

This shot was taken in Bensingersiel at the North Sea a few minutes before sunrise. Except for graduation curves, I didn't have to add any saturation. The colors were amazingly strong. The sky and foreground were taken from two separate shots, because I didn't have an ND-Grad filter with me and the difference in brightness was even too strong for RAW-editing.

Foreground: 11mm, f/11, 26 seconds, ISO 1600.

Sky: 11mm, f/11, 49 seconds, ISO 100.

Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM, polarization filter, tripod. Edited with Adobe Lightroom 3 and Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Taken outdoors on a winter's night in the hills. The fog was created using an outdoor smoke machine. The light source on the other side was a spotlight.

Nikon D90, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 , shutter release, tripod, Adobe Lightroom.

My favorite little sleeper bike in my backyard.