Taken during my secluded walk around Sandy Cay Island, British Virgin Islands.

Adobe Lightroom 4, Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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

This shot was made during a beautiful sunset over Manhattan.

A purple glow glanced over the manhattan skyline, seen from pier 2 at Brooklyn Bridge park.

Perfect view to end your day!

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Camera Raw , VSCO.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 33mm, f/5, 120 seconds, ISO 100.

Map: 40.7008, -73.9968

Sunrise at the Bachalpsee in Switzerland.

Adobe Lightroom.

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

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/8, 1/20 second, ISO 100.

A beautiful starry sky at Porteau Cove, British Columbia.

Nikon D750, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G.

Taken in Circular quay, Sydney

Adobe Lightroom 5

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 USM.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/6, 20 seconds, ISO 200.

A quick weekend getaway with the wife. Cannon Beach Oregon, Tolovana State Park. I sure do love this new 70-200mm lens!

Adobe Lightroom 5.

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

Photo Settings: 200mm, f/5, 1/100 second, ISO 100.

This is Waimea canyon, also known as the grand canyon of the Pacific. I took this photo while vacationing with my family in Kauai. It was one of the most beautiful places I've been, and the most exciting to photograph. Being a resident of Arizona I would have to say I like this canyon in Kauai much more than the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is nice to see, but it offers little in terms of contrast, being mainly brown dirt and brown rocks. Enjoy!

Adobe Lightroom 5.6, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 FLD HSM.

Sony SLT-A58.

Photo Settings: 35mm, f/8, 1/200 second, ISO 100.

While walking through the forrest near Apeldoorn, the Netherlands I came across this nice patch of trees where the sun came through beautifull.

Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR, Adobe Lightroom CC.

Nikon D7100.

Map: 52.2100, 5.9203

Crater Lake, Oregon, USA during sunset hour.

Rock island is called "ghost ship".

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 32mm, f/16, 1/5 second, ISO 200.

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).