First Light On The Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
Sometimes a location lives up to its name. From Sunrise Point in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, I witnessed the first light after an overnight February snowstorm. Fresh snow blanketed the canyon, revealing every contour as the rising sun ignited the cliffs, creating a striking contrast with the snow below. For a few minutes, the […]
Moeraki Boulders, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Our trip to New Zealand was originally for five weeks, with the majority of time spent traveling around the South Island with many photo opportunities planned along the way. Due to logistical limitations in my itinerary, I hadn’t planned to visit the southeast of the South Island. However, while we were there, the war in […]
Vermillion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
We were on our last day of the holiday and had had a great day seeing wildlife in the National Park, including wolves, bears, elk, and Rocky Mountain sheep. On our way back to our base, we stopped here. The sun was fading, leaving a subtle pink in the sky, and the water was still. […]
Renewing, Pagham, West Sussex, England
I had planned this image for several weeks, but the weather or tide didn’t always cooperate. I wanted the sun to be rising over the renewable energy turbines, hence the title ‘Renewing.’ Probably not the most imaginative, but it works for me. I used a slow shutter speed partly to soften the water, and a […]
Sunset Over Umiam Lake, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Umiam Lake is a reservoir in the hills 15 km north of Shillong in the state of Meghalaya, India. It was created by damming the Umiam River in the early 1960s. It’s a great place for boating and other aquatic activities. We passed by the lake on our way to Shillong for an overnight stay.
San Diego Sunset, California, USA
While visiting family in San Diego, I caught this moment of the local birds enjoying the sunset.
Attraction To Colour Red, Lavra, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
The red flag was adopted in the 19th century as the banner of unions and workers’ movements. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, this flag was progressively adopted by unions, parties, and regimes that adhered to communism. Red became associated with the politically advanced and the revolutionary (through a kind of chromatic declension, Mitterrand’s French […]
Subtle Sunrise Serenity, Long Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Here in our new home on the sheltered southeast coast of Vancouver Island, we are so grateful for the warmth of this lovely Mediterranean-like climate and the calm, gentle waters that welcome us at our local beach. Still, every so often we long to experience the rugged, untamed beauty of the island’s west coast up […]
The Half-Born Light, Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
I took this photo in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. It had rained heavily the day before, so the valleys were filled with thick mist that morning. The mist kept the rising sun from being too intense, preventing it from being overexposed and giving it a delicate reddish-pink hue. Just after sunrise, the sun began to […]
Sunrise In Jebel Hat, Oman
This photo was taken in one of my favorite locations in the Oman mountains: Sharaf Al Alamein in Jebel Hat. In the past, it was only possible to get there via graded roads using a four-wheel-drive vehicle, but today you can travel there in a saloon car, driving along a safe tarmac road. That is, […]