On this last day of 2015 I am reflecting on the images created since I began this blog. I’m filled with gratitude for the majesty of God I’ve been blessed to experience, and for the photographic work that resulted.

I leave you now with a gallery of my favorites from the first 18 months of blogging, trusting that the pictures will speak for themselves and reveal the fingerprint of the Divine…

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“Mystery is spoiled by a word.”

– Brennan Manning
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The sun sets in dramatic fashion over blue-tinged layers of mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway

A lone warm-toned rock contrasts with a pattern of blue beach stones

Mesa Arch glows from reflected light at sunrise in Canyonlands National Park, UT

An autumn forest cathedral invited me to worship in the Great Smoky Mountains

A summer sunset casts spectacular light on clouds above Mount Rainier at Reflection Lake

When sunset was over the last glow of dusk lended lovely color to clouds behind Devils Tower

Showy maples bring jaw-dropping color to the autumn party on Zion’s east side canyons

Steam rises off the rainbow-colored cGrand Prismatic Spring evoke an alien landscape

A big beautiful ponderosa pine artfully decorates Lee Vining Canyon

An October sunrise brings glorious life to the Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park

Soft warm light at dusk gives shape to patterns and lines in the Badlands

Layers of pink and blue light at dusk highlight tufa formations in Mono Lake

Late evening sun highlights the steaming terraces set against storm clouds

Falls Creek Falls along the Snake River in Idaho has become a favorite of photographers who travel off the beaten path

Dusk falls over the Gulf of Mexico at low tide near the coastal town of Dunedin, FL

A grove of aspens explodes in bright yellow on a hillside covered in the more muted colors of scrub oaks

An autumn thunderstorm passes over the grandiosity of the Grand Canyon

Seemingly endless ridges are layered at sunset at Grand Canyon National Park