Shoreline and Reflected Ridge
“Shoreline and Reflected Ridge” — A high Sierra Nevada ridge is reflected in the waters of a subalpine wilderness lake.
Id you are a Sierra Nevada backcountry traveler, you probably recognize this a a kind of “classic” Range of Light scene. It was early morning, and I had been photographing since before sunrise. I was walking the shoreline of this subalpine lake, mostly crossing terrain like that on the shoreline in this photograph. As the sun cleared ridges to the east it banked across the high peaks and talus slopes.
When I first started backpacking so many years ago, I think I was overwhelmed by the existence of such places and the idea that I could travel through them. Later on I slowed down and no longer thought of them as a sort of staging for the higher peaks, but rather as important places on their own. Today I’m quite happy to walk slowly through hem with my camera gear, sometimes pausing to just sit and look.
Shoreline and Reflected Ridge
“Shoreline and Reflected Ridge” — A high Sierra Nevada ridge is reflected in the waters of a subalpine wilderness lake.
Id you are a Sierra Nevada backcountry traveler, you probably recognize this a a kind of “classic” Range of Light scene. It was early morning, and I had been photographing since before sunrise. I was walking the shoreline of this subalpine lake, mostly crossing terrain like that on the shoreline in this photograph. As the sun cleared ridges to the east it banked across the high peaks and talus slopes.
When I first started backpacking so many years ago, I think I was overwhelmed by the existence of such places and the idea that I could travel through them. Later on I slowed down and no longer thought of them as a sort of staging for the higher peaks, but rather as important places on their own. Today I’m quite happy to walk slowly through hem with my camera gear, sometimes pausing to just sit and look.