A boggy planet full of swamps and moisture.

Designed in Photoshop CS6.

Texture credit: http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/pages/clouds.html

Painted from scratch in Adobe Photoshop CS6. Think of a garden of... violets :D

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).

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.

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.

Saw the storm system rolling in and went for a small hike to capture the storm rolling to our East. It was definitely worth it.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/4, 15 seconds, ISO 50.

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.

Tree canopy. Moulton Falls, Washington. Spring 2014.

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop. Samsung NX30.

, Samsung NX 10mm F3.5 Fisheye.

Photo Settings: 10mm, f/22, 1/80 second, ISO 400.

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

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.