White Sands is a photographer's dream. There are so many different shapes and shadows to use and it's fun trying to find the right layering and yucca plants to make a compelling image. The dark shadows two hours or so before sunset help define the dunes against all the white sand.

Nikon D800E.

A long exposure of Whitby harbour east pier taken at sunrise on 31 July 2018.

Copyright © Ed White. Permission to use as personal screen wallpaper only.

Sony A7RIII, Sony 70-200GM, NISI ND64, Miops Smart Remote, Adobe Lightroom.

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/16, 255 seconds, ISO 100.

I took this picture in Yellowstone National Park, at around 6am. The mist had subsided partially as the Sun came up but was reluctant to leave, lingering on the surface.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/22, 1/8 second, ISO 50.

This was shot from my campsite at Paulina Lake, Oregon, October 2015. Its the last week the campground is open, so it a great time if you want the place to yourself. Really cold though!!

Sony A7R, Canon 24-70mm f.2.8L II. Adobe Lightroom CC.

Not long before sunset at Monument Valley (AZ) the sun came out and opened this atonishing view.

Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D90, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/3, 1/800 second, ISO 200.

Taken at my favourite place at Kullaberg in the south of Sweden.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/16, 1.3 seconds, ISO 100.

Let your imagination drift into the cosmic void and find solace there... Serenity is waiting.

Created in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Last month I joined my brother and my 70 year old mother for a fishing trip in Alaska. I went focused on being a photographer, and ended up being focused on being a fisherman. I did manage to get some shots off, mostly with my Phantom 4 Pro. Its so exciting to get a perspective that I can't see in front of me. This was taken at Harlequin Lake.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

This image was taken near Cissbury Ring, an Iron Age hill fort near Findon, West Sussex, UK. This area is part of the South Downs National Park.

Lightroom 3.6 with Nik plug-ins.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II.

A 3-light-year-long pillar, bathed in the glow of light from hot, massive stars to the top of the image. Scorching radiation and fast winds (streams of charged particles) from these stars are sculpting the pillar and causing new stars to form within it. Streamers of gas and dust can be seen flowing off the top of the structure.

Nestled inside this dense structure are fledgling stars. They cannot be seen in this image because they are hidden by a wall of gas and dust. Although the stars themselves are invisible, one of them is providing evidence of its existence. Thin puffs of material can be seen traveling to the left and to the right of a dark notch in the center of the pillar. The matter is part of a jet produced by a young star. Farther away, on the left, the jet is visible as a grouping of small, wispy clouds. A few small clouds are visible at a similar distance on the right side of the jet. Astronomers estimate that the jet is moving at speeds of up to 850,000 miles an hour. The jet's total length is about 10 light-years.

Composed of gas and dust, the pillar resides in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team