Paul da Serra, Madeira
Tongues of cloud plunge into the dark valley below the high moors of Madeira known as Paul da Serra, as numerous wind turbines on top slowly rotate in a gentle ocean breeze. I took several shots at different shutter speeds, and this one of 6 seconds gave the best balance of portraying the cloud movement without blurring all of the cloud detail. This image is my favourite of the ones I made in Madeira; it gives the impression of a giant river, lit soley by reflection from the darkening twilight sky. Without the turbines to lend the truth of the scene's scale, it would perhaps almost look like an abstract of a mountain stream.

Rock fins, Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Elgol beach, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Tree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
As I descended from the mountain Bla Bheinn (Blaven) on Skye, the valley was in complete shadow in the late afternoon. However, the sun was at such a precise an angle that it lit up the entirety of this tree, but none of the hillside surrounding it. Its intricate beauty and spring colour emphasised from the surrounding moor, just for a short while, this tree was elevated from anonymity and took spectacular centre stage in the landscape.

Cloud and Trees, Madeira
This column of cloud on the upper slopes of Madeira's volcanic peaks caught my eye as it streamed through the trees and down the shaded valley.

Flanks of Pico do Arieiro, Madeira
Sunset light on the far north west coast of Scotland; a wilderness of windswept rock, clinging lichen and wild seas. This shot taken a short time before #1.

Pico do Arieiro, post-sunset, Madeira

Valley above Lukla, Khumbu Everest region, Nepal

Sheigra, Sutherland, Scotland
Sunset light on the far north west coast of Scotland; a wilderness of windswept rock, clinging lichen and wild seas.

Lake Pukaki and Ben Ohau mountains, Canterbury, New Zealand

Alpenglow on Mount Blackburn
After the sun had set, camped by the side of the road above Willow Lake, the mosquitos were rampant. But when I saw a pink alpenglow lighting up the tip of Mt Blackburn, an ancient volcano and the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains, I wasn't about to let a mosquito or even fifty get in the way of my shot.

Mount Tasman and Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook National Park
Shot from a helicopter heading back to Mount Cook Village airfield, after being picked up from the mountains on the right.

Tasman Valley, Mount Cook National Park
This opportunity presented itself as we descended to land at Mount Cook Airport in a skiplane. The lengthening evening shadows and sky-reflecting river winding away towards Tasman Glacier give this image a dramatic atmosphere.