Another image from my old growth series of forest photographs. What I really enjoy about taking photographs of forests is that in print the photos tend to have a more lasting effect on the viewer. Lately I have been displaying my photographs at galleries and it is the quieter photos that most viewers are drawn to. Richly colourful and dramatic photos do have that wow appeal but the effect is generally not long lasting. Just my observations.

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A warm summer night in the beautiful Sonora desert

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Upper Antelope Canyon. First black and white image of this canyon. Enjoyed the experience. Aloha

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On our Sahara expedition in Libya we primarily searched for rock arches and rock formations, but we soon discovered that the country has so much more to offer. There is no infrastructure in the Sahara, so with our 4×4’s we basically just drove from place to place whenever we thought we saw something interesting through our binoculars. At some stage our Tuareg guide told us he knew of a ‘magical place’ that we should see with our own eyes. He didn’t want to say where we were going, because he wanted it to be a surprise. We were about to witness a wonder.

When we arrived at this magical place, it turned out to be an oasis. For someone who doesn’t live in the desert, it’s just a small pond with a few trees – nothing special. But for the Tuaregs who have been living there all their lives, it’s the most amazing thing ever.

I saw the place had potential for a nice photograph, but the problem in the Sahara is that there usually is quite a bit of wind – the water was rippled and the reeds were moving all over the place. So I decided to set up camp close to the oasis and try to shoot it early next morning, before sunrise. That turned out to be the right decision – I got some nice pastel colors and a great pre-glow, the water was like a mirror, and the grasses were motionless.

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The Milky Way seen from Lake Racollo . Campo Imperatore Abruzzo – Italy

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Panorama ‘Painted Twilight’ minutes before sunrise at nature reserve ‘Ravenvennen’ in Lomm, north of Venlo (Netherlands).

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The Giant’s Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption.

It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant’s Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.

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Grey Glacier on an exceptionally calm day where you could see the details of all the shapes and lines of the ice reflected in the water – despite storm clouds brewing in the sky.

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