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Algonquin Park, Ontario. Sky breaks through clouds over this reed-lined river.
Some mornings the clouds part in just the right spot, and you get a column of light that looks borrowed from a Renaissance painting. This was one of those mornings.
I was scouting locations along a reed-lined river in Algonquin when the sky began to break. The clouds had been solid grey all morning, flat and unremarkable. Then a gap opened and the sun came through in a concentrated beam, hitting the water and the reeds while the rest of the landscape stayed in soft shadow.
The contrast only lasted a few minutes. In landscape photography, you spend a lot of time waiting for moments like this, and when they come, you work fast.
What makes this image work is the interplay between the sky and the calm water below. The reeds frame the scene on both sides, drawing the eye toward where the light meets the water. The kind of view that makes you stop walking and stand there for a minute.
Limited edition Chromaluxe metal print. The ultra gloss finish accentuates the contrast between the bright sky break and the shadowed landscape, giving the light an almost three-dimensional quality. For those who've stood by an Ontario river and watched the weather change.
Algonquin Park, Ontario. Sky breaks through clouds over this reed-lined river.
Some mornings the clouds part in just the right spot, and you get a column of light that looks borrowed from a Renaissance painting. This was one of those mornings.
I was scouting locations along a reed-lined river in Algonquin when the sky began to break. The clouds had been solid grey all morning, flat and unremarkable. Then a gap opened and the sun came through in a concentrated beam, hitting the water and the reeds while the rest of the landscape stayed in soft shadow.
The contrast only lasted a few minutes. In landscape photography, you spend a lot of time waiting for moments like this, and when they come, you work fast.
What makes this image work is the interplay between the sky and the calm water below. The reeds frame the scene on both sides, drawing the eye toward where the light meets the water. The kind of view that makes you stop walking and stand there for a minute.
Limited edition Chromaluxe metal print. The ultra gloss finish accentuates the contrast between the bright sky break and the shadowed landscape, giving the light an almost three-dimensional quality. For those who've stood by an Ontario river and watched the weather change.
