Vipul Kapadia

Stunning! Superb visualization and execution! I for sure see a lion or a chimp.

Placed 54^th in the challenge. Cactus blossom in Spring here in Arizona.

Placed 28^th in the challenge. One of the luckiest days to visit the hottest place in the world. The temperature was favorable and the cloud cover provided us a surreal sunset. I pulled over the car to snap this unbelievably colorful sunset.

Placed 86^th in the challenge. Bad Water Basin, Death Valley, CA. Drive miles in this area and see if you can find a tree!

Placed 49^th in the challenge. Cactus in Arizona!

Placed 28^th in the challenge. Looking to the left from the Bad Water Basin in Death Valley, CA at sunset time showed some wonderful patterns with the ground, the slope, the mountains, the sky and was aptly filled by the golden soothing rays of the Sun. Who says there's no beauty in the desert?

Placed 62^nd in the challenge. Cows are used commonly to carry goods around in India. Sometimes, they don't even have the strength to pull the load/weight yet they don't have a choice and are made to do this work.

Placed 46^th in the challenge. I met this boy in India who spent hours trying to catch a fish without any luck. The innocence on his face is beyond describable. I asked him if I could take a picture of him and he didn't even know what I was trying to do.

Placed 35^th in the challenge. If you know when to STOP, great but if you can read the words "STOP" when you get out, that's even better!

Placed 31^st in the challenge. Family get-together at Big Bear. I loved the shadow near the lake in the evening so had to pull my camera out!

Placed 59^th in the challenge. The Needle, Seattle, WA. Envisioning an eagle looking up from this spot.

Placed 35^th in the challenge. From the Tumbleweed Park in Chandler, AZ, if you want to go to the railway museum, you may cross this bridge on small water canal. You will enter the farmland and there's a road that leads you to the museum! I go here for a walk regularly and yesterday the sunset was so gorgeous, I had to pull out my iPhone 5 to take this image.

Placed 48^th in the challenge. Recently visited this active volcano and I was really lucky to take this shot as this area rarely opens up due to high amount of gas. After an hour+ wait, it opened up for like 10 seconds and I was able to take this picture.

Wow - beautiful!!! What software do you use to create these types of images? Do you merge mutiple images (bursts) into a single image?