View from Victoria Peak onto Hong Kong, Kowloon and the surrounding areas.

Taken with Canon EOS 5DS R and the Zeiss Milvus 18mm lens, the sharpness and the level of detail are absolutely insane. You will need some time to practice because there is no autofocus on those lenses but its so much fun (and results are so insane) once you got used to it.

Hong Kong, April 2017.

Canon EOS 5Ds R, Carl Zeiss Milvus 18mm f/2.8

Capture One Pro 10.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/4, 1/800 second, 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.

The last rays of the day over the Glencoe Lochan, Scottish Highlands, during a warm evening of July 2014. Thanks to K.G. for knowledge and inspiration. The midges ate me.

Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

This photo was taken in the "Speicherstadt" District in Hamburg (Germany). On midday this place looks kind of boring but in the late evening, the lights go on and the place turns into a great photo spot.

Adobe Photoshop, Nik Software.

Canon EOS Rebel T3i.

Photo Settings: 22mm, f/11, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

Taken at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada while hiking to the other end of the lake. The colour of the water, canoes and trees made for a nice composition.

Adobe Lightroom CS.

Sony Alpha NEX-7, Sony E PZ 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS.

Photo Settings: 47mm, f/8, 1/125 second, ISO 200.

Map: 51.4121, 116.2332

My first trip to Yosemite, and there was a wildfire in the national park. The sun set through the smoke, illuminating Half Dome with this fiery orange glow.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 185mm, f/2, 1/250 second, ISO 160.

The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.

This sharpest-ever image of the Whirlpool Galaxy, taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, illustrates a spiral galaxy's grand design, from its curving spiral arms, where young stars reside, to its yellowish central core, a home of older stars. The galaxy is nicknamed the Whirlpool because of its swirling structure.

The Whirlpool's most striking feature is its two curving arms, a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. Many spiral galaxies possess numerous, loosely shaped arms which make their spiral structure less pronounced. These arms serve an important purpose in spiral galaxies. They are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars. In the Whirlpool, the assembly line begins with the dark clouds of gas on the inner edge, then moves to bright pink star-forming regions, and ends with the brilliant blue star clusters along the outer edge.

Some astronomers believe that the Whirlpool's arms are so prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the Whirlpool's arms. At first glance, the compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm. Hubble's clear view, however, shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind the Whirlpool. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years.

As NGC 5195 drifts by, its gravitational muscle pumps up waves within the Whirlpool's pancake-shaped disk. The waves are like ripples in a pond generated when a rock is thrown in the water. When the waves pass through orbiting gas clouds within the disk, they squeeze the gaseous material along each arm's inner edge. The dark dusty material looks like gathering storm clouds. These dense clouds collapse, creating a wake of star birth, as seen in the bright pink star-forming regions. The largest stars eventually sweep away the dusty cocoons with a torrent of radiation, hurricane-like stellar winds, and shock waves from supernova blasts. Bright blue star clusters emerge from the mayhem, illuminating the Whirlpool's arms like city streetlights.

The Whirlpool is one of astronomy's galactic darlings. Located 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), the Whirlpool's beautiful face-on view and closeness to Earth allow astronomers to study a classic spiral galaxy's structure and star-forming processes.

Object Names: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Sunrise off the coast of Texas.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

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

I took a road trip last summer from Atlanta, Georgia to Anchorage, Alaska. This picture was taken in Yukon, Canada, several hours away from the border of northeast Alaska at a place called Kluane Lake. It is located on Alaska Hwy 1.

I drove back down this road three months later at the beginning of Fall and it was a completely different scene. Most of the trees were bare--and the water had large waves coming from across the bay. Still beautiful, but not as breathtaking as in the Summer.

Adobe Lightroom 5 CC, Adobe Photoshop CC.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.

Photo Settings: 35mm, f/10, 1/400 second, ISO 200.

Map: 61.0027, -138.4573

I discovered this palm at the wonderful place called Punta Cana.

Adobe Photoshop.

Sony Alpha 7.

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/22, 2 seconds, ISO 100.