Simple wave and sunset shot near my home. Just a little vibrance, sharpening, and noise reduction. Tried not to over do it.

Adobe Lightroom 5.3.

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

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/11, 1/15 second, ISO 50.

A break from the rain at the Cliffs of Kerry.

My first visit to Indian Beach, Oregon. Amazing place!

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.

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.

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.

Another scene captured from West Seattle looking at downtown Seattle at dusk. I used a 4-stop ND filter on this one for a longer shutter speed.

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

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/8, 15 seconds, ISO 50.

This was taken at Indian Beach in Oregon. The edge of the stream looked like a cliff in a miniature world. I love the texture of the rocks. I used a second image to darken the sky a little bit.

Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

Mount Jefferson, taken from Highway 26 on an early fall morning.

I Love the color spectrum from top to bottom.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 105mm, f/7, 1/1 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.

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