Kochelsee ist the lake of Kochel (Germany). Beautiful landscape, nature power.

Fuji X-T2, Fuji 10-24. Adobe Lightroom.

Map: 47.6552, 11.3538

On Wednesday I spent 14 hours and drove around 700 miles chasing storms through Kansas and Oklahoma. The "cap" prevented many of the storms from producing much, but we ended the night with a breathtaking sunset that lasted over an hour! What a sight! This is a photo I took near Enid, Oklahoma while we were enjoying the show.

Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Photo Settings: 11mm, f/4, 1/50 second, ISO 100.

Credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

Rumkale and the Milky Way.

Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 15mm, f/2, 30 seconds, ISO 3200.

Map: 37.2722, 37.8380

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

Catching the last rays of sun above Storebælt - strait running between the two largest islands in Denmark.

The suspension bridge (The Great Belt Bridge), which has one of the longest mainspans in the world, meets a massive offshore wind farm and a huge container ship right in the line of fire, yet all these man-made constructions come out tiny in comparison with the greatness of nature.

Adobe Lightroom 5.5.

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

Map: 55.3512, 11.0940

Ben Lomond (Bob's Peak) is a mountain in New Zealand which offers a great aerial scenic view over Queenstown, a resort town at Lake Wakatipu. A Skyline Gondola ascends Bob's Peak on Ben Lomond, making it easy to lift your 20 pound camera gear up to the 1,631m summit.

Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CC.

45°0?25.2?S 168°36?56?E

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

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/4, 1.6 seconds, ISO 50.

Map: -45.0070, 168.6156

It is said that Tolkien travelled through the landscape of Switzerland to the Lauterbrunnen Valley, a deep valley that many people now believe was the direct inspiration for the valley of Rivendell, a place instrumental to events both in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

The name Rivendell itself means "Deeply Cloven Valley" and the Lauterbrunnen, with its steep sides and many waterfalls (72 to be exact), certainly fits this description, with the mountains of the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau lying beyond.

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom, Color Efex, Turkey Bacon Avocado Sandwich.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Map: 46.6000, 7.9089

Walking through the Daintree Rainforest I stumbled back as I saw this lizard clinging to a tree at my eye level. We looked at each other for a while, he didn't move at all, and he kindly let me take his photograph before I continued through the rainforest back to Mossman Gorge.

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR.

How various the colors of the sky can be, you can see on this picture I created from nine of my favorite shots since 2008. Enjoy!