Iceland's iconic Kirkjufell mountain and the aurora borealis reflecting on the still waters of a shallow inlet.
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I debated whether to shoot this scene with a wide angle lens but eventually opted to shoot a pano at 50 mm. Shooting it at 16 mm or wider would not have gotten the entire scene in and it would have made the mountain quite small. I love the natural curve that starts from the tall aspen on the right and leads into the open pasture, to the creek, and then Mount Sneffels. Sometimes, there's just nothing like a pano to capture the breadth and depth of a grand landscape, and the San Juan Mountains of Colorado are filled with such scenes!
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Thick morning fog at Deadvlei highlights one tree and obscures another.
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Silhouette of camel thorn trees during a misty sunrise at Deadvlei.
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Sunrise at Blue Lake in the North Cascades. This lake has a very photogenic curved larch tree that guides the eye towards the reflection. The arrow like patterns of the snow and the trees also create a tension and symmetry that makes this a visually stunning place. It wasn't easy getting up here before sunrise. I had to leave the house at 2:45 am, and I just barely made it on time as the sky turned pink about 5 minutes after I got to this spot!
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