The Colored Curves, La Coulee Grou Beach, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Let me tell you this unbelievable story. I took this photograph on April 28th at 5:30 am at Coulée Grou Beach in Montreal. That early morning, I was driving to reach La Plage de l’Est, my local sunrise paradise location, to catch sunrise. On my way I saw these unusual colored clouds in the sky […]
Sunset Seen From Pienza, Tuscany, Italy
From the walls of Pienza, the landscape of Val d’Orcia unfolds beneath the fading evening light. Rolling fields, cypress-lined roads, and scattered farmhouses reflect centuries of coexistence between people and the Tuscan countryside, with some structures dating back to the 14th century. Arriving in Pienza during the afternoon, shifting weather brought dense clouds over the […]
Big Valley Sunset, Milroy, Pennsylvania, USA
Big Valley in central Pennsylvania has many Amish farms. The Amish shun most modern technology, including electric power and cars. Therefore, their farms do not have power lines running to their houses and outbuildings. They use horse-drawn buggies that leave long, thin wheel tracks in their dirt farm lanes. The Amish also often keep large […]
Wanaka Tree Autumn Sunrise, South Island, New Zealand
April 15, 2026 – This is one of two locations we revisited this year that we also visited on our 2019 trip to New Zealand. The shot I took in 2019 lacked the weather conditions needed to qualify as the dramatic image I had dreamed of capturing. For this trip, we stayed in Wanaka for […]
Superstition Mountains, Gold Canyon, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Sunset settles over the Three Sisters in the Superstition Mountains, casting a final wash of color across Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. The fading light gathers along the ridgelines, brushing them with amber and rose before slipping into shadow. Saguaros rise in silhouette, their arms lifted as if in watchful presence, rooted in a landscape shaped by […]
Stintino Salt Pan, Sassari, Italy
Nurra is the name given to the stretch of land in northwestern Sardinia that corresponds to the northern part of the province of Sassari, encompassing the towns of Sassari, Porto Torres, Alghero, and Stintino. It is a green, predominantly flat landscape, yet punctuated by sudden hills rising from the sea and featuring magnificent coastal lagoons—reminders […]
Elegug Stacks Sunrise, Pembroke, Wales
A rather grey morning greeted me at the Elegug Stacks in Wales, and I didn’t have very high expectations. The sun hadn’t risen yet, and I set up my tripod with my camera. A slight break in the clouds appeared on the horizon, giving me hope for a bit of nice light. Then the sun […]
Fire In The Sky, Venice Beach Pier, Florida, USA
I was wanting to go back to the Venice Beach Pier again to do another sunset photo op, but almost didn’t go because of the 1-1/4-hour drive (I was worried the sun would be concealed too much by all of the storm clouds everywhere). Once I arrived, though, I immediately realized it was going to […]
Morning Curves, Plage de l’Est, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
I took this photograph on April 28th at 5:42 am in Montreal, Plage de l’Est. Montreal is a big city. However, I found many places free of visual distractions appropriate for capturing sunrises and sunsets. Before leaving home, I checked the Photographer’s Ephemeris app to confirm whether the location was appropriate to capture the sunrise, […]
Sunrise Over Kanchenjunga Range, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Must have been a few minutes after sunrise. What strikes you is the sudden lighting of the top of the mountain range while the layers below are still in darkness. The town of Darjeeling is at the lower left of the image. The climbers’ route is over the ridgeline in shadow, right behind the summit.