Majesty Doubled, Sierra Nevada mountains near Bishop, california
This photograph could have been called “Persistence”.
Not the persistence of mountains, not the persistence of trees, not the persistence of water and clouds.
This location is not in any Guide Book or Google Map. It’s not on anyone’s GPS tracking device. This location — the place where I was standing to make this photograph — was discovered through Persistence.
And it was not discovered by MY persistence but by my friend Steve Ornberg‘s persistence!
After a long day of mostly cloudy skies, the sun came out and we wanted to drive around and see what we could find. I hiked into a field for an hour and had a really mediocre composition of a cotton wood tree from a really bad angle. I was fed up and wanted to quit for the day.
Then good old Steve, as we were driving back to our hotel, said “Hey, I wonder what’s up this way.”
We followed a nondescript dirt road for about a hundred yards and came upon an irrigation pond that served as a perfectly positioned reflecting pond. It doubled the majesty of the Eastern Sierra mountains in the west.
Majesty Doubled!
Harry, awesome shot. Perhaps alternative monikers are in order, for example: The Divine Bracelet, Reflecting upon Reflections, The font pond of natures pixel pallett? Great stuff, Harry.
Thanks, Bob. Those alternate titles are quite apt, now that I am reflecting on them. 😉
Epic shot! SO BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you Helena. The Eastern Sierra mountains are magnificent, and finding this pond was a rare opportunity for making an amazing photograph.
Harry, You never cease to amaze me with your incredible visually and spiritually pleasing photographs of our beautiful earth….but this one is beyond words. In my opinion your best work that I’ve seen. Simply amazing, utterly awe inspiring.
—mark t.
Thank you for your thoughts Mark.