Morning dew rolling off daisy petals

close-up shot of Niagara Falls (American side)

as the snow accumulates in the high mountains, it stacks up and begins to slide down the mountain side as a glacier. as the glacier continues to get pushed from behind (from more incoming snow), it becomes packed into a very dense ice and can travel decades across the country side. sometimes they end by finally giving way to the heat, and turn into a stream of icy cold water. other times they end by crumbling into an ocean like this one.

I'm precariously hanging over a sheer cliff to capture a straight-down perspective of the ocean waters below. With my assistant faithfully grasping my belt and a small nearby tree, i was able to get the camera gear over the edge enough to watch for the best mixture of rock and swirling waves.

foliage on the tropical island of Guam

extremely well manicured shrubbery in Japanese garden

this was captured at the International Rose Test Gardens in Oregon where they have thousands of well cared for roses.

unique purple lily blooms in southern China