"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 North Head Lighthouse Sundown at Mono Lake Timberline Motel Toll Free at Texas Springs A Summer Morning at Bodie On a Desert Trail Spotlight at Canyon X Industrial Strength Cranes at Dusk Pfeiffer House at Custer Ghost Town Surf at Gull Rock Three Sisters A Patch of Sun at Hornbeck Homestead Mesa Arch Imaginary Friends Reserved for Interrogation Parked Cars at Blue Swallow

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