Thanks Rob - will do so over the "wires" - Susan is over in the good old UK, while I am trekking down here!

Thanks Rob, these falls are quite spectacular, not by their height, but by the mass of water tumbling down and are very well known, while the Creux du Van amphiteater is quite unknown, I enjoyed them both and am glad to see that you also were enticed by these!

Thanks Rob for looking in on the waning posts of my last series - first day or much later, your comments are always very welcome! As far as I know, there is no particular avalanche danger in that specific area, but where there is a combination of steep slopes and snow, I guess that danger always exists. In many avalanche-prone locations the Swiss have installed avalanche barriers to lessen the danger. Glad to hear that you enjoyed these images.

Greetings from Puerto Varas at the shore of Lake Llanquihue in the center of Chile!

Beautiful scenery and mood captures, Chris!

Thank you Eugene - I was very lucky to catch this "brief moment in time" which should remind me of the positive sides of early rising! - maybe one of these years, if not too late, that wisdom will sink in! And thank you also for your kind trip wishes - I am really looking forward to finally get to experience these Chilean extremes, like the Atacama and Rapa Nui!

Thanks Dave - I never thought of it that way, but there is a certain resemblance, maybe I should call them my "Eastern Lights", after all I caught them looking east!

Thank you Earnest, glad you liked my "special discovery" upon rising early!

Thanks Bill for your kind words of appreciation! Yes, focus inaccuracies are one of the things we cannot fix in post - at least not yet - but there is always hope for the future!

Thank you very much, Kathy. The trees are actually kind of pretty with their filigrane branch network in the winter, they just bother me in the summer when Mt Baker and most of the mountain chain almost totally disappear. - I never thought of taking the lens off my camera when bringing it in for cleaning and actually cannot quite understand why they have to change the settings when cleaning the sensor.

Thank you very much Mike!

Thank you, Jim, for looking in and your kind comment. Yes, both for sunrises and sunsets, I like to stay with the developing scenes and often find the "after-glow" effects to be just as effective as the main event - particularly of course for the sunsets.

Thank you John, I am happy to hear that you enjoyed these.

Thank you Larry for having a look and your kind comment - it was quite a show that nature presented on that Christmas Eve morning!

Thank you Joe for your kind words - I wondered how that super-soft focus pair would be received!

Thank you for your kind comment!