Over a Thanksgiving holiday I was spending some solitary time at the rapids. The hike was full of colourful leaves and this bright red maple tree caught my attention.

This shot is a composite of an exposure lasting several minutes using my Lee Big Stopper to blur the water, and another series of photos combined using HDR to freeze the leaves.

Lee Big Stopper, Photoshop 6, Photomatix.

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

Photo Settings: 21mm, f/11, ISO 100.

Taken from the peak of Uetliberg, a Swiss mountain plateau next to Zurich, using a Vixen Polarie, a device that helps to even out the rotation of the Earth. Exposure time was about 90 seconds at ISO 50.

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Camera RAW 7.

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

Photo Settings: 15mm, f/2, 84 seconds, ISO 50.

Map: 47.3495, 8.4913

Moraine Lake, in the Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

This shot is from my first trip to North America since getting a Nikon D4. Taken July 25th, 2012.

Adobe Lightroom 4.1.

Nikon D4, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/9, 1/400 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.3278, -116.1806

This is Moraine Lake in Banff National Park. The colour of the water has a sweet and creamy look that reminds me of Havasu Falls in Arizona.

Enjoy!

Nikon D7000, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).

Photo Settings: 32mm, f/9, 1/160 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.3278, -116.1806

I took a trip to some of the Lord of the Rings locations in New Zealand and our guide explained to us that this area was chosen to be Ithilien in the movie.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED shot at f/5.0. Adobe Camera Raw.

Taken at "Schwarzenberg" near Hinterstein in Bavaria, Germany. I hope you like it!

Adobe Photoshop CS6.

This photo was taken about two weeks ago from "Riserva Naturale dei Calanchi di Atri" in Abruzzo, Italy. This particular portion of the territory is known for a very impressive rock formation where you can see particular "calanghi" thousands of years old.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM.

Fog in the morning in a forest in Waldenbuch, Germany (near Stuttgart).

Adobe Lightroom 4.

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

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/7, 1/100 second, ISO 200.

As I was driving through Stouffville, Ontario, I spotted a big maple tree with bright yellow/orange leaves and had to stop and capture it. I waited for the leaves to fall in order to convey movement in the photo.

Photomatix and Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/11, 1/50 second, ISO 100.

Early morning light on the Kootenay River after the first snowfall of the year. A very peaceful place in British Columbia.

Processed with Adobe Lightroom 4.0

Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II.

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/7, 1/80 second, ISO 1600.