an 80-foot waterdrop along the McKenzie River in Willamette National Forest

Many northern states like Montana have an abundance of colourful stones delivered by glaciers long ago. These happen to be at the edge of a lake under a few inches of water. The entire beach area and bottom of the lake (as far as I could see) was covered in this manner and the stones just under the water provided great rich colour with minimal wave distortion. To be able to shoot straight down and not have any perspective in the stone pattern, I stood in the water and waited for the ripples to disappear before capturing this neat texture image.

There are many woodsy areas within biking distance of the studio and they make wonderful places to explore and capture images. This particular one is nearly all pine trees and has a wonderful air about it. The ground is very soft with years of accumulated pine needles and while the sun is high, light dances through the trees and makes for very interesting patterns for as far as the eye can see. I chose to capture this as a wider shot to enhance the field of view so the viewer becomes more immersed and can almost smell the pine air.

the lovely Andrea West orchid (Hawaii rainforest)

Below ground caverns in Arizona wilderness, carved out by centuries of flash flood waters from rain many miles away.

It's been raining most of the day and it's paying off by making this typically smaller waterfall much more voluminous.

from time to time, i see a shot that just shouts "tropical" and i capture the moment just for that reason.

close-up shot of Niagara Falls (American side)