The Story Behind The Image: “Dancing Alpine Light”.
Taking some time to sit and observe while on a high altitude overnight hike allowed me to capture some beautiful alpine vistas.
Side Note: Even though images are all around us, we rarely delve deeper into how an image came to be. As such, in this series, I share the stories behind some of my images. You can read the complete (growing) series here.
It has been a while since I last shared a story behind one of my images.
Last one was in May this year, in fact.
About time again, wouldn’t you say so?
Agreed.
Well, this particular image involved a fair bit of effort to make.
And even though it wasn’t a planned image - I made it while on a hike with friends - it certainly ticked all the boxes:
late afternoon light
layered mountain landscape
clouds letting the light through in selective regions
etc.
We were underway on a two day hike to cross a glacier and summit a mountain peak that towers over our valley here in Switzerland.
In fact, I wrote about it in the very first post on Alpine Dispatches, here:
On day one, we arrived a bit earlier than expected at the mountain refuge, which meant I had some time to explore the surroundings for some image making opportunities before sunset.
The clouds had been drifting in and out for most of the afternoon.
And light was piercing through gaps between them.
This, combined with the layered landscape of mountain ridges that I could compress with a longer focal length lens, made for a sublime opportunity for making images.
I just had to wait for the right moment.
So, I found a good spot, set myself up (camera, lens, handheld, sitting and leaning against a rock), and waited for the elements to align.
Fortunately they did!
Sometimes the only thing we have to do is be prepared to wait.
And know how to make the image, of course.
In any case, as with many images, at first I didn’t think I had made a good image.
But over time it grew on me.
And finally I came to really appeciate it.
Because I made it?
No.
It is due to the beautiful way the light dances across the alpine landscape for a fleeting moment.
I was just fortunate enought to observe it.
And it’s now available as a limited edition print in my print store, here.
That’s it for this week, hope you enjoyed a little insight into the story behind the image.
Do you have any interesting stories or thoughts to share?
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Have a great week!
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Until next time ✌🏽.
Cornelius
The previous “Story Behind The Image”:
The Story Behind The Image: “Blades of Grass”.
Side Note: Even though images are all around us, we rarely delve deeper into how they came to be. As such, in this series, I share the stories behind some of my images. You can read the complete (growing) series here.
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