Herbert Lake is a small glacial lake situated on the Icefields Parkway.

The mansion sits on the lake shore of the beautiful Bled Lake. With the low side sun lighting and the reflection on the lake water to construct this dreamy image, you probably like to spend some time there. Will it be an urge to you going this place. Is it the next on your bucket list?

The Minden Whitewater Preserve is a 100 acre park with trails adjacent to a some of Canada's best whitewater rapids for park'n play kayaking and canoeing. A visit at any time of the year will be inspirational. You can walk along the Minden White Water Rapids and marvel at the beauty of the rushing water. At times you might see paddlers, or fisherpersons, or photographers, etc. also appreciating what the rapids provide to one's soul. On one side of the Minden White Water Rapids is the Minden Wild Water Preserve and on the other side is Harrington Park. This is a location that is worth visiting during any season.

When hand-held capture this image in the late afternoon (6:30pm) in October, it was in a low light situation. However, to make the flowing stream water silky, the exposure time was set to 1 sec as I also want to keep the low ISO and my lenses sweet spot aperture.

This shot was captured before entering to the Cathedral Cove, North Island, New Zealand

Hiwayama Lighthouse (Japanese: Hiwayama Lantern Stand, Hiragana: ひ よ り や ま と う だ い, Roman Pinyin: Hiyoriyama-toudai) is a medium-sized lighthouse at the Tsuzu Takashima Cape, Otaru, Hokkaido. In Hokkaido, it is the second-lighting lighthouse that ranks second only to the Cape Nashab Lighthouse.

It is observation deck (70.9m above sea level) located in "Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Seminational Park".

The Sea of Japan spreads through one side in front and can look around weather mountain Lighthouse, Otaru City Nishin Goten of brave shoreline and Cape Takashima of the Akaiwa area and is known as famous place of the morning sun, the setting sun and can see fishing boat and ferry depending on time, too.

A beautiful scene of countryside captured from a moving vehicle, Queenstown NZ.

Maligne Lake Boat House was originally built by Donald “Curly” Philips, the historic boathouse at Maligne Lake houses canoes, kayaks and rowboats. Come experience a class family-friendly summer activity in the Canadian Rockies.

Maligne Lake is the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies. Ringed by snow-and-ice-capped mountains, the

22 km long lake stretches past serene Spirit Island right to the melt-water channels of Coronet Glacier. An open forest of lodgepole pine and spruce, home of moose, Harlequin Ducks, and many other types of wildlife surround visitors at the north end of the lake. Hiking and, in winter, cross-country skiing trails abound making this a popular retreat at all times of the year.

Maligne Lake was originally known as "Chaba Imne" (Beaver Lake) by the Indigenous people who lived in Jasper. In 1907 Mary Schaeffer, a wealthy Quaker from Philadelphia, learned of the mysterious lake. Following a map obtained from Samson Beaver, Mary explored the valley and lake and later wrote about her adventures, making the area a popular tourist attraction in years to follow.

A different view showing how the park road winds it's way through this beautiful park and again is at it's best in the large size.

The cloudy and shady day always provide diffused lighting condition with less contrast specially after the rain. The foliage of late autumn in Hokkaido gave the leaves different colours at the same time from green to red. I personally like the shape of the leaf in Hokkaido like various broad leaf trees and conifers are mixed together, such as maple (kaede), Japanese rowan (nanakamado), black locust (niseakashia), Ezo spruce (Ezo matsu, and Sakhalin fir (todo matsu). Here is just the beginning of Hokkaido autumn foliage.

A blue hour shot from Mercure Queenstown Resort, Queenstown

Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula and sand settlement. The view of Pauanui seen from the top of Vista Paku.

Transportados por un sulqui, llevados por un caballo... atravesando un camino que los llevaba al sol, a las montañas… al atardecer.

Transported by a sulqui, led by a horse ... crossing a road that led to the sun, the mountains ... at sunset.

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Cape Kamui (神威岬 Kamui misaki) is located in Shakotan, Hokkaidō, Japan. The Shakotan Peninsula in Shiribeshi, on the west coast of Hokkaidō, Japan, is a mountainous peninsula which projects some 30 kilometres (19 mi) into the Sea of Japan. The Shakotan Peninsula forms part of the Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park. The beautiful foot path/trail lead you walk from start gate toward the end so that you can see the very end of the peninsula that you can see the little island and the huge rock erected on it called 神威岩 (かむいいわ).

Fall colors in Hokkaido start from Mount Asahi in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and move south. A unique feature of the mountains in Hokkaido is various broad leaf trees and conifers are mixed together, such as maple (kaede), Japanese rowan (nanakamado), black locust (niseakashia), Ezo spruce (Ezo matsu, and Sakhalin fir (todo matsu).

For this reason there are three colors of red, yellow and green which come together and create something special. Also you don’t have to go to the mountains or forest to enjoy the fall colors: you can find here in Fukidashi park in Kyogoku (Hokkaido prefecture), Japan.

An overthrown pine tree trunk rests quietly along The Fenland Trail in Banff National Park is a 2 km loop trail which follows a wide, dirt path along the banks of 40 Mile Creek. The creek links up with the Vermillion Lakes and to the Bow River.

Torres del Paine is a national park located in southern Chile, towards the tip of South America

Visitors at Daisetsuzan Asahidake (大雪山旭岳), they hike to go up the mountain to see closely. There are steam vents at Asahidake. When you walk close to it, the roaring sound came out probably from the boiling water underneath.

A black-billed gull was captured at Eely Point, Wanaka, New Zealand.

The black-billed gull has the undesirable status of being the most threatened gull species in the world.

The black-billed gull is more slender than the red-billed gull, with a longer bill. Breeding adults have a white head, neck, rump, tail and underparts, and pale silver-grey wings and back. The outer primaries are mainly white with white-tipped black margins. A diagnostic white leading edge to the wing shows in flight. The bill and legs are black; during late incubation and hatching the legs become vibrant blood red. The eye is white, and the eye-ring red. Non-breeding adults have a bi-coloured bill, reddish at the base with a black tip and line through the middle.

Pancake Rock, Punakaiki to Hokitika - South Island, New Zealand. It takes a while to make a pancake on the West Coast of New Zealand - 30 million years actually!

The Pancake Rocks at Dolomite Point near Punakaiki are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes.

Part of the Paparoa National Park, the Pancake Rocks are accessed by the easy Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk right in the centre of Punakaiki.

At night

Our Lady of the Rocks, Kotor, Montenegro, Balkans - is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe Island). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks. The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rocks (Italian: Chiesa della Madonna dello Scarpello) is the largest building on the islet; it has a museum attached. There is also a small gift shop close to the church and a navigation light at the western end of the islet.

According to legend, the islet was made over the centuries by Croat local seamen who kept an ancient oath after finding the icon of Madonna and Child on the rock in the sea on July 22, 1452.

Itsukushima (厳島, Itsukushima?) is an island in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is popularly known as Miyajima (宮島, Miyajima?), the Shrine Island. Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture. The island was the town of Miyajima prior to the 2005 merger with Hatsukaichi.

Itsukushima is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to records, the shrine was established in the time of Empress Suiko. The warrior-courtier Taira no Kiyomori gave the shrine its present form. In 1555, Mori Motonari defeated Sue Harukata at the Battle of Miyajima. Toyotomi Hideyoshi built a large building, the Senjō-kaku, on a hill above the shrine.

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The name of the town was derived from the nearby Lake Toya (Toya-ko). Toyako-cho) is a town in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It was formed on March 23, 2006, through the merger of the town of Abuta and the village of Toya. Nature Observation Trail) and the Nishiyama Sanroku Crater Trail. There are also onsen managed by the town of Toyako that offer a view of Lake Toya. There are also a number of hand and foothbaths nearby. Uniquely, large vending machines near the onsen offer spring water that can be taken to be used at home. Surrounding Lake Toya, there are numerous parks each with their own unique character and charm. There are also numerous walking trails along the lake to take a stroll in, such as the Waterfront Forest Lane (Takarada Toyako (????,