"I almost never set out to photograph a landscape nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot.' My first thought is always of light"
--Galen Rowell

Lightfall

In addition to subject and composition, the light frequently adds additional drama and impact to an image. These are photographs that I made because of the light. It is the light that makes interesting photographs of these subjects, some of which are otherwise rather mundane.

Night Bus Trees on the Merced Sunset in Cape Meares Lighthouse Dakota Plains A Summer Morning at Bodie Timberline Motel On a Desert Trail Tranquil Tableau Mission Light Spotlight at Canyon X Cranes at Dusk Pfeiffer House at Custer Ghost Town Three Sisters Parked Cars at Blue Swallow Imaginary Friends A Patch of Sun at Hornbeck Homestead Teacup and Luke Surf at Gull Rock

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