A break from the rain at the Cliffs of Kerry.

Bare Island is a small island in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 16 km south east of the Sydney central business district, close to the northern headland of Botany Bay.

Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.

Nikon D810, Nikon AF NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8D.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/16, 238 seconds, ISO 100.

Sunset was captured somewhere on US Hwy 89 during our trip to Panguitch, Utah.

Adobe Lightroom 5.2.

Canon EOS 100D.

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/8, 1/200 second, ISO 100.

The locally famous "Face Rock" in Bandon, Oregon, USA. Lots of photographers flock to this small coastal town these days. You see ads for tours to Bandon in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer. This small town has changed much from the 1980s when I went to high school there.

Adobe Lightroom 5.2, LEE 0.9 ND Hard Grad, Manfrotto tripod.

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

Photo Settings: 27mm, f/16, 1/8 second, ISO 200.

Map: 43.1068, -124.4368

This was taken on the south shore in Kauai near Poi'pu. The crew of this boat would sail people towards the sunset while providing diner to couples aboard. I wanted to capture and edit this photo in a way that would give it a feeling of a peaceful dream. Enjoy!

Adobe Lightroom 5, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 FLD HSM.

Sony SLT-A58.

Mount Katahdin from Chimney Peak, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine.

Adobe Lightroom 4.

Canon EOS Rebel T2i, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM.

This distinctive rock formation is part of the geologically fascinating coastline. Cathedral Rocks has lured sightseers since 1890. These volcanic rocks, while intensely hard, have many joints. These joints have been eroded for many years, leaving these mysterious rock formations.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G.

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/13, 20 seconds, ISO 100.

Another scene captured from West Seattle looking at downtown Seattle at dusk. I used a 4-stop ND filter on this one for a longer shutter speed.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/8, 15 seconds, ISO 50.

From the top of Blue Mountain in the Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 200mm, f/16, 1/40 second, ISO 100.

NASA and ESA are celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's silver anniversary of 25 years in space by unveiling some of nature's own fireworks — a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2. The cluster resides inside a vibrant stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina. The comparatively young, 2-million-year-old star cluster contains some of our galaxy's hottest, brightest, and most massive stars. The largest stars are unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet light and hurricane-force winds that etch away the enveloping hydrogen gas cloud. This creates a fantasy celestial landscape of pillars, ridges, and valleys.

Press release: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/12/full/