The prize of the Portland Japanese Garden, this Japanese Maple tree shows off her colorful autumn best on a foggy morning in Autumn.

From an incredible trip to the Canadian Rockies, these submerged aspen trees were the highlight of my time there.

Fine mist particles from the nearby ocean catch sunlight illuminating this coastal redwood forest with divine light beams.

Morning light dances through a grove of aspen trees submerged in the glacial waters of Abraham Lake. Panoramic Print ratio is 2 to 1 (width to height).

A wall of Aspen trees glitter with golden leaves in Colorado

The magnificent Angel Oak tree near Charleston, South Carolina. Located on Johns Island it is believed to be 500 years old. It stands 66 feet tall with branches that stretch 180 feet long. To understand the sheer size of this beauty, it produces shade covering 17,000 square feet!

Fog blankets the Redwoods in a Northern California forest during springtime with rhododendrons in full bloom.

Late afternoon light catches the spanish moss on the bald cypress trees in the Texas swamps. I sat in my kayak for quite some time watching the daylight fade. Just listening to the chorus of insects performing their evening songs as the stillness of this dark cypress cove washed over me.

Birch trees on display during the changing seasons in autumn

A beautiful Japanese Maple with vibrant red leaves in the peak of Autumn.

Sun coming over a mountain ridge lights up the background trees on Sparks Lane in Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

This small Japanese Maple tree puts on a big show of brilliant fall colors on a misty morning in the Portland Japanese Garden

A cluster of bald cypress trees gets bathed in afternoon sun on Caddo Lake

Fall colors arrive to the cypress swamps in the southern states.

A lone bald cypress tree stands in the waters of the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana with the soft pastel colors of sunrise painting the sky in the background.

The Milky Way rises behind a lone old tree in the Utah desert

The morning mist was thick as I paddled along in Big Cypress Bayou. Slowly the smoke on the water began to dissipate as I found myself near this well shaped bald cypress showing off her fall colors. With the foggy backdrop making this tree standout and the natural framing of the tall, skinny ones on the side, it was as if she appeared out of nowhere. As soon as the mist was gone, so too was the significance of this tree as she disappeared into the backdrop of fall colors behind. I was grateful to witness this brief appearance.

Aspen trees and fall foliage in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Light shines through a canopy of old oak trees in Georgia.

A perfectly manicured pathway through a carpet of wood sorrel on the floor of a Redwood forest in northern California.

The sun sets between a pair of Acacia trees in the haze of a blazing red sky in the Serengeti, Tanzania.

Golden Aspen trees in full autumn splendor in Colorado

The bare twisting branches of a Japanese maple tree after losing its leaves in the fall. A companion piece to my image titled “All Dressed Up” which was photographed exactly one week prior.

Beams of sunlight pierce through the fog and redwood trees on a spring morning in the forest in Northern California.

Old Oak trees line this picturesque country road at the Wormsloe Plantation near Savannah, Georgia. Panoramic Print ratio is 2 to 1 (width to height)

The most famous resident of the Portland Japanese Garden is this unique Japanese Maple tree pictured here in very early spring.

A towering old growth Redwood tree stands guard over the misty forest

A cottonwood tree in showing off its autumn gold color against the canyon walls in Zion National Park, Utah.

The twisting branches of a Japanese maple tree wearing colorful peak autumn leaves. A companion piece to my image titled “Naked” which was photographed exactly one week later.

A picturesque country road on a foggy autumn morning in Vermont.

Branches of a moss covered maple tree grow parallel each other among leaves in full autumn colors.

A small tree clings to life on a canyon wall deep in the Zion Narrows.

Layers of desert plants turning colors in the fall in Utah

Cholla cactus get backlit by the warm morning sunshine in Joshua Tree National Park

The sun sets in the rock Pinelands of Everglades National Park, Florida.