Lavender Fields in full bloom, captured on the 1st sunrise of 2019.

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Phase One IQ3 100MP, Schneider Kreuznach 80mm LS f/2.8.

Photo Settings: 80mm, f/16, 1 second, ISO 50.

Taken from wooden boat, during a romantic sailing. Truly an incredible place for sightseeing. Phi Phi Islands, Thailand 2018

Adobe Lightroom 5.6.

Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 34mm, f/4, 1/800 second, ISO 100.

Top view of the Pag city located on Pag island, Croatia

Adobe Lightroom CC.

Panasonic Lumix DC-GX9.

Photo Settings: 12mm, f/7, 1/13 second, ISO 200.

Unlike most visitors, I find Zion National Park most magical during low season in the winter. It rains . . . a lot, but the low hanging clouds against the bright orange rocks and abundant waterfalls make for the most incredible captures. I hope this shares a slice of what a truly special place Zion is.

Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop.

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

Map: 37.2750, -112.9445

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

Taken from Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

Tokyo Tower is the second tallest structure in Japan.

Apple Aperture, Color Efex Pro.

Nikon D7000.

Photo Settings: 46mm, f/8, ISO 100.

Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park. I took this photo in June, 2018.

Location: Schwabacher's Landing.

Adobe Lightroom.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 28mm, f/16, 1/2 second, ISO 100.

Sunset at Grand Teton National Park. I took this photo in June, 2018. Shot from the Heart Six Ranch.

Adobe Lightroom.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM.

Photo Settings: 135mm, f/4, 1/500 second, ISO 400.

Beautiful sunrise above Bohol flying from Cebu to Cagayan De Oro in the Philippines.

Adobe Lightroom.

, Sony FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar T*.

Mount Rundle is lit by the lights of Banff, Alberta against a starry background reflected in the calm waters of the Second Vermillion Lake. Taken in May 2016 on a late night excursion out into Banff National Park.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

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

Map: 51.1805, -115.6062