The Montenegran town of Kotor dates back to Roman times and is surrounded by 4km of city walls which encompass both the city and the mountains behind it. This picture was taken around mid day, there was still a touch of mist lingering in the mountains.

Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Nikon D610, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/8, 1/200 second, ISO 100.

I arrived at the circle just before dawn, and after a few minutes the sun broke through the clouds to spectacular effect.

Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Nikon D610, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/6, 1/2000 second, ISO 400.

I arrived shortly before sunrise to avoid the crowds of tourists that are usually found here. I used my wide angle lens to fit the entire circle into the shot, I under exposed by a stop to avoid blowing out the brightest parts of the sky.

Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Nikon D610, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/8, 1/200 second, ISO 400.

Map: 54.6028, -3.0986

I took this at dusk as a storm approached from Pitstone village. It is the oldest windmill in the UK, built around 1627.

Adobe Lightroom. Nikon COOLPIX P7100.

Photo Settings: 6mm, f/5, 1/320 second, ISO 200.

Map: 51.8317, -0.6299

Stockholm has many wonderful Metro stations. This was taken at Rådhuset T-bana early on a Sunday morning to avoid commuters!

Nikon D610, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/5, 1/80 second, ISO 1600.

World Heritage listed columnar basalt in Northern Ireland. According to legend it was created by the giant Finn MacCool so he could cross the sea to Scotland to fight another giant there.

Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D610, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Bethesda Arcade in Central park.

Taken on Christmas Day, 2010 - hence the lack of people in the shot.

Nikon D700, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 28mm, f/8, 1/40 second, ISO 1600.

Map: 40.7739, -73.9710

Dawn at Heartwood Forest, Sandridge, Hertfordshire.

Post-processing in Adobe Lightroom.

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

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/16, 1/45 second, ISO 200.

Map: 51.7892, -0.3108

Hitchin lavender farm in Hertfordshire. Taken on July 4th, 2010.

Nikon D700, AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, 1/80th sec, f/16, ISO 200. Adobe Lightroom 3.

51.97746000, -0.26921333