St Peter Dome From Piazzale Socrate, Rome, Italy
Although Rome is known as the City of Seven Hills, there are actually very few vantage points for capturing cityscapes. Until recently, these spots included a small area at Piazzale Socrate, on the slopes of Monte Mario, offering a view of St. Peter’s and a vast stretch of the city reaching all the way to […]
Misty Labyrinth, Lomza Landscape Park, Narew River, Poland
I took this photo with a drone in Łomża Landscape Park, Poland. The river in the photo is the Narew. In this location, the river meanders, creating winding bends. A riverbank always creates interesting guiding lines that can be used to compose landscapes. That’s what I wanted to achieve in this photo. Additionally, I wanted […]
Sparks Lake Sunset, Deschutes County, OR, USA
As frequent storms off the coast of Oregon had been producing warm, humid, and unstable weather in Central Oregon this summer, I knew the atmospheric conditions were favorable for an exceptional sunset. Hoping nature would cooperate one more time, I packed my camera and headed for Sparks Lake. By late afternoon, I was hiking along […]
An Evening Remembered, Palouse, Washington State, USA
There are sunsets that impress us with brilliant color, and then there are evenings that stay with us for reasons we don’t fully understand until much later. I had spent the afternoon wandering the back roads of Washington’s Palouse, drawn by its graceful hills and the quiet rhythm of farmland stretching to every horizon. As […]
Pre Dawn, Alpe di Siusi, Dolomites, Italy
This was my second day at this location, hoping for a decent sunrise. Up at “stupid o’clock” to hike up to this viewpoint. A tiny bit of ground mist started to form but disappeared as the light and temperature slowly increased. This image was taken 30 minutes before sunrise; when the sun finally appeared, it […]
Last Rays, Dege Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
This was my second attempt to capture the sunset over the Sunrise area of the park. On the first attempt, a fog bank rolled in five minutes before the sun was about to fall behind the distant peaks of the Olympic Mountain Range! Dege Peak is a short hike from either the Sunrise Visitor Center […]
Sunset at Vik Beach, Iceland
We began the evening photographing the Reynisdrangar sea stacks from the black sand beach near Vík, Iceland. The sky was a heavy, unbroken gray, and it seemed unlikely that sunset would amount to much. Rather than leave, we decided to wander farther down the beach and wait. Little by little, the light began to change. […]
Autumn Twilight, Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA
This was long awaited, and I’ve missed out on many opportunities to experience this beauty in Michigan. In September 2024, I wanted to make this happen. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it in time to get to this location. In hindsight, it wasn’t meant to be. About two weeks later in October, I went for a […]
Light And Shadow, Dluzew, Poland
I took this photo on a June morning on the Swider River in central Poland. There was a very thick mist over the river, which is a typical phenomenon for this location. The rays of the rising sun, which was hidden behind a tree, scattered through the mist, creating interesting chiaroscuro effects. They looked like […]
Sunset Hues, Reflection Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park, USA
During winter months, Reflection Lake freezes over, remaining ice-bound until late spring (and sometimes early summer). As the lake thaws, leads begin to develop in the covering ice, slowly, over a number of weeks, revealing the reflection of Mount Rainier (Mount Tahoma) that draws large numbers of visitors to this spot. On this particular evening, […]