Seeing the first light of a wonderful day reflected in a heart-shaped pond makes for a pretty good start. The picture was taken at Milford Sound, Fjordlands, New Zealand, on a chilly autumn morning. For a place that gets roughly 360 rainy days a year, I turned out to be pretty lucky!

Lumix DMC G1, Lumix G Vario 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS.

Taken at a height of 244.3 metres from the open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor of the Shard, the tallest building in western Europe.

Adobe Camera Raw.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Map: 51.5045, 0.0865

A view from the Natural Park of Blue Bay, Mauritius.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A700, Sony DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/11, 1/25 second, ISO 200.

The boat was gone in to the raging sea as the Sun set with glorious colors. Iran - Caspian sea.

Nikon D5000, Tamron SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II, RAW edited in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Nikon D5000.

Seattle, Washington at night from Kerry Park.

Nikon D7000, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/10, 20 seconds, ISO 100.

Map: 47.6294, -122.3600

To get dark in the belfry.

Panoramic photo shoot at Marine Eye Lake in the Tatra Mountains of Poland. August 2012.

Nodal Ninja 5, Velbon Sherpa 600R, SNS-HDR.

Nikon D5000, Nikon AF DX Fisheye-NIKKOR 10.5mm f/2.8G ED.

Map: 49.1972, 20.0674

This was a very rare morning with the sunrise, clear mountains and the Moon. This used to be my view and I miss it!

Canon EOS Rebel XS, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS.

Photo Settings: 90mm, f/8, 1/250 second, ISO 200.

This is a photograph of a poster behind a store window. The droplets are from melting snow. You'll see more of this on in a later post.

This is the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna, British Columbia. Taken at night with a tripod.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR.