Discovered this beach while camping at El Capitan State Beach in Santa Barbara, California. I recently upgraded my camera system to the Sony A7 and I was testing all types of scenarios.

Adobe Bridge RAW processing to Photoshop CC: unsharp mask filter on the sky.

Sony Alpha 7, Samyang 14mm F2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical.

Photo Settings: 50mm, 1/2 second.

Map: 34.4315, -119.9169

This picture was taken from one of the Maui beaches at sunset with an ND400 filter.

I slipped on a rock and fell in the water to the waist, almost drenching the camera...

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

Photo Settings: 105mm, f/14, 15 seconds, ISO 100.

Fred Hartman bridge after a cold front blew through Baytown, Texas.

Shot using a Nikkor 135mm 2.8 AI lens via a Kipon F-Mount adapter.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Sony Alpha 7, Nikon AF DC-NIKKOR 135mm f/2D.

Photo Settings: 20 seconds, ISO 100.

Skyline of San Diego, California.

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

Photo Settings: 40mm, f/9, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

White Sands is a photographer's dream. There are so many different shapes and shadows to use and it's fun trying to find the right layering and yucca plants to make a compelling image. The dark shadows two hours or so before sunset help define the dunes against all the white sand.

Nikon D800E.

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in southern Iceland. Night was closing in, it was cold, muddy, rainy... but I had to take this picture.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/11, 3.2 seconds, ISO 100.

Taken during a holiday trip in September, 2013. Crater Lake, Oregon.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/4, 1/400 second, ISO 250.

This HiRISE image shows a valley filled with an assortment of linear ridges. These ridges are often referred to as transverse aeolian ridges, or TAR, and they take a variety of forms. Here they sit at right angles to the direction of the valley, because the topography funnels the wind along the trough.

At this location, some of the TAR have secondary structures, likely small ripples. It is common for sand dunes to be covered in small ripples, often with different orientations that may be shaped by winds redirected by the larger dunes. Here the secondary structures have an unusual radiating/converging pattern, giving the TAR here a feathery appearance.

HiRISE is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

Port Fontvieille at red sunset captured from "Le Rocher", Monaco. There is one week in October where Monaco turns red and deep orange during sunset. I had stunning cloud formations on that day which intensified the evening light behind La Turbie.

Photomatix Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Canon EOS 60D.

Photo Settings: 8mm, f/22, 3.2 seconds, ISO 100.

A tiny fully melted patch on the mostly frozen surface of Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada.

Shot in May 2014.

Samsung NX10.

Photo Settings: 12mm, f/11, 1/180 second, ISO 200.