The iconic Scottish mountain Buachaille Etive Mor (or simply The Buachaille) with the mini cascades of River Coupall in the foreground.

I love the abstract layers of swirls between the foreground and background.

There's something cool about the shape of the submerged portion of this iceberg.

One Emperor Penguin chick boldy steps forward.

The tree on the right with the dangling branches are some of what I find most interesting about this image.

The brilliant scarlet colored bird found in Southern Africa.

An abstract of polygonal ice in the Arctic.

In Antarctica you just point your camera in the direction of a storm and fire the shutter.

A bunch of Kittiwakes hang out on an iceberg as it floats by.

A Common Loon floats by on a lake near Kamloops, British Columbia.

King Penguins and Seals at the side of a rushing stream in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island.

Definitely an image where one could get lost in all the detail. At a higher level the beams created by the sunlight are interesting but...

The incredible Basalt Columns of Aldeyarfoss in Iceland.

A different kind of curves with the waves and this beach boulder.

Another abstract of curves and lines, this time from the American Southwest.

A curvy, line-y abstract.

A pair of Beluga Whales swimming in Svalbard. Belugas are very skittish and so having the large pod of which these two were a part of...

I wonder if this bear could see us.

Wrapping things up with this very loud squirrel making its morning calls. I didn't realize just how loud squirrel calls were until...

A couple of Band-tailed Pigeons chillin' on.a branch.

Black crows are in no shortage in the yard, including this one loudly making its morning calls.

The same squirrel as before, but it seems its now noticed me with my gigantic lens!

Squirrels are a common sight in the yard and in spite of being rodents they can be cute in a photograph. They seem to love the palm...

Another of that brilliantly yellow Hooded Oriole, this time perched on a palm frond.