Sydney Glows at Sunset During the Sydney photowalk, we ended up with some nice skies! I always love a bit of drama in the skies… makes everything a bit more exciting and epic I think. And just after the sun set, there were a few interesting splashes of color in the sky to break it up.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Secret Pond in New Zealand This amazing little place is right by my house! It’s less than a five minute drive. I put the location in HDRSpotting above… so if you click through, you can also visit this secret spot when you come here some day!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Opposite Hotel
What an amazing hotel in the heart of Beijing!  Thank you all for the suggestion to go here...  I love this kind of neo-modern-techno architecture, so it was a real treat to run around and take photos everywhere.  I was like a man possessed :)This is the lower pool area.  It was dark in there for sure.  I used a tripod to make sure the exposure was long enough to get the effect I was going for.The video on the right is from another part of the hotel... up in my room... where you can see some cool things as well as what was in my bag.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read more, including an exciting announcement for Android fans, at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Futuro House Remember those old timey visions of the future? They usually involved people in all-white suits sashaying around hyper-realized modernist structures that were just on the edge of imagination. Most of them never came to pass, but this reminded me of one of those scenes.I found this one via Stuck On Earth while recently in LA. It’s very close to the water processing building, which sounds incredibly boring, but it a gold mine for photos!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Cheerful Austin Christmas Dragon
It was a great PhotoWalk in Austin last night! Remember to tag your photos with #gplusaustin -- and click around to see some stuff. We had over 100 sign up on plancast, and it got pretty crazy because a lot of people brought friends and family. It was a lot of fun to meet people.

We had one guy come in from South Africa, a gal Karen Hutton come in from California, and many more from all around the Texas area. Everyone we very nice and fun as usual.

I had an autographed 2012 calendar to give away, but I forgot! Sorry that was lame of me... I had it on the floorboard of my car and everything, but with getting the kids out and everything, I forgot - you know how it is.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Ascending to the Temple at Night
There is a temple atop a huge hill in Lijiang that has several "staging areas" for rest along the way.  This is one of them.

This is an area where I took a lot of photos of the old town below.  That area is kind of behind me here in this photo, although that is hard to tell from this vantage.  It is a good resting place to recharge your batteries before finishing the rest of the hike up the stairs to the top.  There's also a little shop here that sells snacks and drinks...  To me, a true adventurer never passes up a good snack.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Farmhouse and Roosting Birds at Dusk
I only got to stay in this magical place for one night.

If you're really into birds, then you may notice a thing or two about this photo.  Iceland is known for many species of birds, and you can see a bunch of them roosting back in the cliff there.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Little Elves, Little Waterfall
Going into one of the valleys by Isafjordur takes you to many little homes near waterfalls.  I thought this one was quite lovely.

And if you look to the left there, you'll see the tiny homes they also built for the elves.

I was editing this photo at dinner one evening in Isafjordur.  One of the waitresses saw this house, recognized it, and said, "Oh that's jklasdj(jkasdj^dhsaj".  Of course, I am doing my best to approximate the Icelandic language there...

- Trey Ratcliff

Read the rest here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Ascending to the Temple at Night


There is a temple atop a huge hill in Lijiang that has several "staging areas" for rest along the way. This is one of them.

This is an area where I took a lot of photos of the old town below. That area is kind of behind me here in this photo, although that is hard to tell from this vantage. It is a good resting place to recharge your batteries before finishing the rest of the hike up the stairs to the top. There's also a little shop here that sells snacks and drinks... To me, a true adventurer never passes up a good snack.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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There is a temple atop a huge hill in Lijiang that has several "staging areas" for rest along the way.  This is one of them.

This is an area where I took a lot of photos of the old town below.  That area is kind of behind me here in this photo, although that is hard to tell from this vantage.  It is a good resting place to recharge your batteries before finishing the rest of the hike up the stairs to the top.  There's also a little shop here that sells snacks and drinks...  To me, a true adventurer never passes up a good snack.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Ascending to the Temple at Night


There is a temple atop a huge hill in Lijiang that has several "staging areas" for rest along the way. This is one of them.

This is an area where I took a lot of photos of the old town below. That area is kind of behind me here in this photo, although that is hard to tell from this vantage. It is a good resting place to recharge your batteries before finishing the rest of the hike up the stairs to the top. There's also a little shop here that sells snacks and drinks... To me, a true adventurer never passes up a good snack.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
See photo in original gallery.