Location Taken: Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Time Taken: June 2010
There’s an odd fact about mountain photography that I hadn’t realized before I visited the Canadian Rockies.
The mountains actually look MUCH bigger in real life than they do in photos.
In real life, you’re there, a small ant staring up and up at the massive edifice of rock in front of you. If you drive past them, the mountain fills your window entirely, and you must press your face to the glass if you want to see the top. They are truly awe-inspiring.
In photos, they’re still gorgeous, but the sense of size is lost. You aren’t right there to compare its size to your own, to feel how much you are craning your neck to look at it. An entire mountain can fit in one image.
There are some photos, like this one, which do still retain some of that size. It’s the fog. Or rather, the clouds. It blurs the top, creating a sense of depth that tells your brain that you’re looking up at this mountain rather than at it.
Though my favorite part of the photo isn’t the fact that I retained the size. It’s that waterfall. I love mountain waterfalls. They’re so pretty…
