This picture was taken about a minute after sunrise from a beach in Amalfi, Italy in October 2012. I took many pictures that morning and it was very hard to select only one for this contest. It was taken handheld at ISO 400, f/9, at 1/100s. The lens used was the newer Sigma 18-200mm II DC HSM which was very useful on this trip. Although I had 4 other prime lenses with me, this lens was used in over 60% of the 5000 pictures I took.