I captured this a while back, but never submitted it because it is best viewed in a panoramic format, not 16x10. I finally decided to submit a cropped copy. It was created with three images. When I shot it I didn't really see the eye. But when I stitched the panorama it jumped out of the screen at me!

Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

Planetary nebulae like the Helix are sculpted late in a Sun-like star's life by a torrential gush of gases escaping from the dying star. They have nothing to do with planet formation, but got their name because they look like planetary disks when viewed through a small telescope. With higher magnification, the classic "donut-hole" in the middle of a planetary nebula can be resolved. Based on the nebula's distance of 650 light-years, its angular size corresponds to a huge ring with a diameter of nearly 3 light-years. That's approximately three-quarters of the distance between our Sun and the nearest star.

The Helix Nebula is a popular target of amateur astronomers and can be seen with binoculars as a ghostly, greenish cloud in the constellation Aquarius. Larger amateur telescopes can resolve the ring-shaped nebula, but only the largest ground-based telescopes can resolve the radial streaks. After careful analysis, astronomers concluded the nebula really isn't a bubble, but is a cylinder that happens to be pointed toward Earth.

Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

Kahlenberg hills, north-west of Vienna, Austria.

June 2013.

Samsung NX10.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/5, 1/125 second, ISO 100.

A little bit of trespassing led me to the Rose Valley Reservoir in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada which is still largely frozen-over (though not traversable). Then it was just a matter of waiting for the Sun to set.

Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujifilm 10-24mm f/4 R OIS.

Adobe Lightroom 5.7.

Photo Settings: 10mm, f/4, 1/30 second, ISO 1600.

Taken somewhere above Montana as we were cruising at 38,000 feet, from Alberta, heading south to a warmer weather, escaping cold and snow.

Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 35mm, f/5, 1/640 second, ISO 100.

An old lonely tower watching over his rough cold cliffs.

O'Briens Tower, Cliffs Of Moher, Ireland. January 2016.

Capture One Pro 9.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

It is a huge valley at 1000 meters off the ground.

Adobe Lightroom 5.3.

Nikon D800E, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/9, 1/320 second, ISO 100.

Map: 37.7281, -119.5731

This view of Sydney CBD (Central Business District) and the Sydney Opera House was taken from the north shore of the harbor. Days of rain and overcast skies finally broke for a few colorful sunsets.

Adobe Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop CC (2014), MeFOTO GlobeTrotter tripod.

Nikon D750, Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/22, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

A panoramic view of Bryce Point shortly after sunrise. Bryce Canyon National Park.

Also take a look at the Multi-Monitor wide panorama version!

Adobe Photoshop CC.

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM | C.

Photo Settings: 25mm, f/14, 1/15 second, ISO 100.

Coming of the clouds just at sunset at my local spot.

Adobe Lightroom 5.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 11, B+W Circular Polarizer.

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

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/11, 1/2 second, ISO 50.