The locally famous "Face Rock" in Bandon, Oregon, USA. Lots of photographers flock to this small coastal town these days. You see ads for tours to Bandon in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer. This small town has changed much from the 1980s when I went to high school there.

Adobe Lightroom 5.2, LEE 0.9 ND Hard Grad, Manfrotto tripod.

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

Photo Settings: 27mm, f/16, 1/8 second, ISO 200.

Map: 43.1068, -124.4368

I shot this on my trip to Southern Sweden. On Hovs Hallar, as this beach is called, there are vast amounts of rock piles standing all year around.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, Adobe Lightroom 3, Adobe Photoshop CS5.

The Golden Gate Bridge viewed from Baker Beach in twilight.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop CC.

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

Photo Settings: 42mm, f/16, 10 seconds, ISO 50.

The form of the coastline around Durdle Door is controlled by its geology--both by the contrasting hardnesses of the rocks, and by the local patterns of faults and folds.The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run parallel to the shoreline. The rock strata are almost vertical, and the bands of rock are quite narrow. Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band that appears one mile along the coast forming the narrow entrance to Lulworth Cove. Behind this is a 120-metre (390 ft) band of weaker, easily eroded rocks, and behind this is a stronger and much thicker band of chalk, which forms the Purbeck Hills. These steeply dipping rocks are part of the geological structure known as the Lulworth crumple, itself part of a broader monocline (a kinked type of geological fold) produced by the building of the Alps during the mid-Cenozoic.

Nikon D800E, Samyang 14mm F2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/9, 1/200 second, ISO 125.

Map: 50.6225, -2.2725

Taken at Second Beach on the Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington.

Adobe Lightroom 4.

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

Photo Settings: 26mm, f/11, 1/10 second, ISO 50.

This shot was taken in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey during sunrise.

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

Photo Settings: 26mm, f/10, 2.5 seconds, ISO 50.

Pebbles stacked like hanoi towers on a beach on Leman lake, Amphion, France.

I really enjoyed such diversity of shape and colors, the evening light was just awesome.

Pebble beaches are definitely better than sand!

DxO Optics Pro 7.5, Canon FD 28mm F2.0 S.S.C. lens.

Sony Alpha NEX-5N.

Photo Settings: 28mm, 1/320 second, ISO 100.

Although I absolutely love my trusty Canon 17-40mm f4L lens, I finally decided to upgrade to a 16-35mm f4L. What better way to test it than a weekend at the coast with the family! This is hands down one of the best sunsets I've seen at the Oregon Coast.

Shot with a Sony A7R, and of course a Canon 16-35mm f4L IS. Also using a Manfrotto Tripod and a fotodiox lens adapter.

Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC.

Sony Alpha 7R.

Sea foam accumulation at my local wetlands taken just before twilight. This was the first test shot with my newly acquired D700. Taken on a tripod with a 3-stop GND filter.

Nikon D700, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR, Adobe Lightroom 3, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Nik Software Color Efex Pro.

Another image from Alki Beach in West Seattle. This was the first sunset of 2013 - and it was a good one.

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

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/11, 30 seconds, ISO 50.