Low rays of the late afternoon sun at the Waite Arboretum turn the long stalks on this native bush into glowing stalks.

Duesseldorf 2019, processed 2021

A landscape image of the setting sun on a windy summer's evening in Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.

The sunlight lights up the Autumn leaves in the surrounding thicket

Vermillion Lakes

Image taken on a sunny spring day in the garden of Elfi and Friedel. Hall, Austria 2016.

Softly, hope of light through darkness.

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“And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.”

*Kahlil Gibran*

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Photo from the hills of Tuscany, taken from my balcony in the Borgo Tre Rose Hotel.

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Late afternoon light on Japanese maple leaves.

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The Western Cape of South Africa is frequently blessed with good sunsets which produce interesting hues to land and sea.

A long exposure, landscape image of rocks at low tide on the shore of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland, at sunrise.

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Photo was taken on September 5, 2006 in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

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"Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography."

— George Eastman

on a summer morning

or ... like an angel ?

arctic sunset in february 2020, norway

Autumn gold..

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This is a glowing reminder of the pleasant, warm sunny days of summer on Mission Point, near Traverse City, Michigan.

Cherries are still iconic in this area of Northwest Michigan, though many of the cherry orchards have been replaced by vinyards.