Magic and Majesty - Exmoor National Park, Devon, UK

Taken on a cool morning in early April before the sun had chased the mist away.

This was taken on a beautiful hike along the Lyn River near Watersmeet, Exmoor,, Devon, UK. Exmoor is one of the dampest places in England, hence the lush green setting for these silver-barked trees.

This shot offers a glimpse of a bucolic setting seemingly as frozen in time as the copper horse. Only the ducks bring it to life.

Basingstoke Canal, Church Crookham, Hampshire, UK

The Azores allow you to step back in time, whether you encounter a milkman bringing his milk to market on horseback or a tea-grower using a horse and cart to deliver the tea leaves to the factory.

The discarded hazelnut shells in the foreground are evidence of a meal with a view. This was taken on the top of Old Rag Mountain with its characteristic granite boulders.

Cattle and sheep are given free reign in this bleak and beautiful landscape with only the occasional tree to shield them from the wind and rain.

There’s no shortage of green stuff in the lush valleys of the Lake District. This once glaciated landscape offers some of the best hiking in the UK.

Stone walls decorate and interlace the Lake District. Many are centuries old.

This tree in this distinctive setting was seen by millions in the popular movie “Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.” However, it hasn’t been around as long as the nearly 2,000 year-old Roman wall it is located on. Hadrian’s wall was built to keep the Barbarian invaders out of Britain.

Located off the Northeast coast of the UK, this island can be accessed at low tide by a walkway. I preferred the view at high tide when it looks like a ship out to sea.

This pair of Sea Stacks frames the sunset for a few weeks every year in June. We happened to visit at just the right time.

When the water is low the rocky shoreline is reminiscent of scenes from Maine.

A bike ride in Exmoor National Park took me to a field full of sheep. As I clambered up onto the gate for a better angle, they all turned to watch. The perfect shot!

View from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

One of my favorite viewpoints on the Blue Ridge Parkway provides both a beautiful vista towards the Priest and colorful blossoms in the foreground.

The rocks in the foreground are at the top of a popular but steep 3/4 mile hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was waiting for the sunset. The best colors tend to reveal themselves as much as an hour after the sun drops below the horizon. I was so involved in getting the shot, that I had forgotten how dark it was getting. I had to find my way down the rocky trail with only the light from my cell phone!

Waves are often difficult to capture without getting rather wet or tossed about. This shot was taken from a sea wall protecting the harbor in Vila Franco Do Campo on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores

I began my hike in the dark, breaking cobwebs along the trail . I felt as if I had the mountain to myself. This is one of the most popular hikes on the East Coast, and for a good reason. The top third of the mountain is mostly bare rock requiring frequent use of ones hands and feet in the scramble to reach the top.

Stonehenge is one of the oldest man-made structures in the world, predating the pyramids. It is a UNESCO world heritage site.

As a child I remember clambering over the rocks when we would stop off on the way to visit my grandparents in Devon. Today the stones themselves are off limits and the site is closely guarded. If you look carefully at the top of the horizontal plinth, a raven helps provide a sense of scale.

Stonehenge is one of the oldest man-made structures in the world, predating the pyramids. It is a UNESCO world heritage site.

As a child I remember clambering over the rocks when we would stop off on the way to visit my grandparents in Devon. Today the stones themselves are off limits. Typically it is circled with visitors, but I wanted to catch it alone on the plain.

This was an early morning shot taken hours before the site is open to the public. I happened across a public footpath which leads right by the structure with only a barbed wire fence between one side and the other. I was watched carefully by a pair of guards and a few ravens as I set up my tripod on the fence-line.

I was fascinated by these boulders as evidence of both the sheer power of the sea and the graceful forms into which it has shaped them over thousands of years.

My eye was caught by the ribbon of road weaving its way across the winter landscape along a line of windswept trees.

Both rugged and intimate, The Valley of the Rocks is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South West England. If you look carefully the silhouette of a man standing on the left hand side of the rocks in the enter of the picture provides a sense of scale..

The reflective nature of the wet sand caught my eye. This shot has a mystical element as if the waves are breaking over clouds. The three figures in the center of the picture provide a sense of scale for this three-mile expanse of beach.

This shot was taken a few miles north of the Rockfish Gap where Interstate 64 crosses the Blue Ridge. Forty-five minutes after the sun has set, the color emerges from which the mountains get their name.

This works well as a triptych.

Although these two landmarks are separated by over a mile, the telephoto lens brings them closer together.

Safe in the harbor, the boat symbolizes tranquility.

I got up early to catch this prehistoric stone circle draped in the morning mist. Behind it lies the ruins of a Victorian Mill, a mere infant next to the Hurlers themselves.