Taken on the peak of Mount Pilatus.

At first I just wanted to capture the valley, then I spotted a goat sitting in the grass. The goat must have felt uncomfortable having me so close by. It stood up and walked away. But for a few seconds it was looking down the valley, just the way I wanted it for the picture.

Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 26mm, f/9, 1/320 second, ISO 200.

Taken from the peak of Uetliberg, a Swiss mountain plateau next to Zurich, using a Vixen Polarie, a device that helps to even out the rotation of the Earth. Exposure time was about 90 seconds at ISO 50.

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Camera RAW 7.

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

Photo Settings: 15mm, f/2, 84 seconds, ISO 50.

Map: 47.3495, 8.4913

The Matterhorn, as seen from the Lauterbrunnen valley.

Adobe Photoshop CC, Nik Color Efex, Adobe Camera RAW.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II.

Photo Settings: 200mm, f/5, ISO 50.

Map: 46.6000, 7.9167

Over a Thanksgiving holiday I was spending some solitary time at the rapids. The hike was full of colourful leaves and this bright red maple tree caught my attention.

This shot is a composite of an exposure lasting several minutes using my Lee Big Stopper to blur the water, and another series of photos combined using HDR to freeze the leaves.

Lee Big Stopper, Photoshop 6, Photomatix.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

Photo Settings: 21mm, f/11, ISO 100.

This was taken at a botanical garden in Kauai. It took a fair amount of patience, but the lighting and positioning finally worked out.

Adobe Lightroom 3, Adobe Photoshop CS4.

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

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/2, 1/5000 second, ISO 1600.

Map: 21.9079, -159.5120

After a party while waiting for the first train to go back home I was all alone on this deserted trainstation in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. To kill time, I decided to take a picture. Hope you like the result!

Nikon D3100, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED, Adobe Lightroom.

Here's a shot of the Pennybacker Bridge in Austin, Texas. I took this after midnight under a full moon on a warm Friday night late last summer. I had to wait a while to claim a good spot amongst all the young couples having a late-night "picnic." I shot this at f/8, ISO 200 for 30 seconds on a sturdy Manfrotto tripod. The wind was blowing harder than the photo suggests, so I had to hold down the tripod for the duration of the exposure to keep it steady, and it's a fairly heavy tripod. I wasn't planning on working out the old guns that night! I think by the time I took this particular shot my arms were shaking from all the work, so I do notice a bit more softness than I'd like in the image. Hopefully someone out there enjoys it...

Nikon D90, Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX AF 11-16mm f/2.8 shot at 16mm, f/8, ISO 200 for 30 seconds. DXO Optics Pro 6, Adobe Photoshop CS3.

I took this shot during a balloon ride that my wife and I took during our anniversary. The morning sun was at our back as the pilot descended to skim over a cornfield. I thought that the shadow of our balloon was a nice contrast against the green of the cornfield. The natural color of the corn stalks was a little dull and so I adjusted the color and shadow levels with Picasa.

Nikon D3000, Google Picasa.

Location: 33.264821, -111.753353.

Moraine Lake, in the Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

This shot is from my first trip to North America since getting a Nikon D4. Taken July 25th, 2012.

Adobe Lightroom 4.1.

Nikon D4, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/9, 1/400 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.3278, -116.1806

A falcon in flight. I must say that luck can play a big role in photography.

Nikon D90.