The Aerial Horizon

In the moments after sunrise, light begins to find its way to the back side of the mountain ranges while the slopes remain in shadow. The colors in this photograph have been saturated to bring out the orange hue of the sky and the purple of the shadows, making this seem a little more than reality…In this view, one can barely see the lines of light streaming through particles suspended in the atmosphere behind the mountains, possibly the most dramatic element of the scene. In the real moment, those lines create the image that sticks with me…the color is just emotion.