What I find interesting is how Light can create depth, but also destroy it. Texture and shadow help create a far away feeling (like my blog post on texture) but it can also minimise distance between two objects. This picture was taken when I went camping up in the mountains near Bishop, and the mountains felt really small and close up whilst in reality, they were over 8 miles away. I look at this picture, and I see that the light from right above me washes out any sort of depth from the trees to the mountains. Light can be useful in creating depth, but it can also take it away if used just willy nilly. Suddenly and 8 mile canyon becomes a canvas, and so many beautiful hills and dips and valleys become nothing more than washed out.
I love that area, and there is no better way to study light and depth than high up in those mountains! We get great color and intensity differences on vastly unique surfaces! Just remember blogs are supposed to be taken during the week and not commentary on past photos.
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