Morning Tranquility ( 碧水映丹霞 )

Sunrise at Bonsai Rock. Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

On my first visit here a few years back, the serenity of the scene captivated me instantly. After I got into photography, I always thought to come back here to capture this the way I first saw it. Unfortunately, conditions never exactly lined up on my numerous return trips. Not to be denied, I made another attempt on one ordinary evening when I saw that calm weather and cloudy sky were forecasted. I drove tirelessly for 5 hours to get here before sunrise. Standing still in cold ankle-deep water, I waited anxiously for the "moment" as I observed the tranquility of my surrounding. As the sun rose, patches of clouds started to illuminate with colors while the lake water mirrored the hues above it. I hold my excitement and triggered my shutter happily, realizing that I have finally captured the shot I had in mind for a long time!

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Golden Passage

Raging water of the Virgin River cuts through this narrow canyon, with reflected light providing that ethereal glow on the sandstone cliff wall. The Narrows. Zion National Park, UT.

While I have been to Zion numerous times, this was my first time to hike the Narrows. My friend and I waded in waist deep water for several miles to get here. Along the way, we admired the beauty of canyon sceneries as light moved through from one side of the canyon to the other.

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Horseshoe Bend ( 馬蹄灣 )

Horseshoe shaped meander of the Colorado River. Page, AZ.

I have the opportunity to revisit this popular tourist location on my last Southwest trip for 2 consecutive nights hoping to get some good sunset light. However, sunset colors were muted on both nights as dark clouds took over the sky. This was from 40 minutes before sunset on the second night and was the best light I got. Not sure when I will pass by this place again, so this will have to do for now. Hope you enjoy this nonetheless!

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Rock Saddles

Alien Looking Hoodoos in the Southwest.

After shooting at a few popular destinations during my last trip to the Southwest, I went to search for this location and was very much delighted to have it all to myself when I found it!

A semi-remote and precarious location that features some of the most amazing, alien shaped pedestal rocks that I have seen thus far. These hoodoos, seemingly defying the law of gravity by balancing their enormous tops in acute angles give this place an otherworldly feel. Getting here requires a 4x4 or by hiking in soft sand trail. I went in by foot! Encountering some desert mice, rabbits, and weird looking lizards on the sandy trail provided some interesting "amusement" during the hike.

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Cosmic Canopy ( 宇宙的天篷 )

Milky Way Arches Over Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park ( 優勝美地 ) , CA.

A panoramic view of Glacier Point in Yosemite with the milky way arches directly over it and the foreground bushes mirroring the milky way above. This image is composed of 18 frames from my Nikon D800 stitched manually and blended in Photoshop. The resulting image is about 122 megapixel in size!

Updates: This picture was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Bay Area Photo Contest sponsored and organized by Pashadelic Landscape Photography, and Tamron USA.

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Enchanted Forest ( 迷霧森林 )

Sun Beams Shining Through the Misty Redwood Forest. Redwood National and State Parks, CA.

The light beams came out of nowhere during my hike in the dense redwood forest, and was gone just as quickly as it came. But during that brief two minutes, this forest looked truly magical!

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Moonlight Jazz

Full Moon Rise Over Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco, CA.

Full moon rising over San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge during twilight hour illuminating the surrounding thin clouds in the sky. The tip of TransAmerica building is also perfectly aligned with the North tower as seen from this vantage point.

As I was shooting, a plane briefly flew in front of the moon and cast a shadow at the bottom left which I thought was kinda cool, so I am keeping it as-is.

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