Landscapes rarely contrast so strongly as Day 64’s Northern Maine potato field and this New Zealand mountain view. Beam me up, Mr. Scott, and down to Kiwi. The photographer, who goes simply by Vern, is from the Blue Mountains of Australia.
Much as I would appreciate your finishing this post, the real story—told in a series of long captivating captions—unfolds in Vern’s Flickr album Mt Aspiring Mountaineering. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes that’s not enough. I chose this image for the composition and what it represents, but even more for the story he tells along with the 45 photos.
Vern shot self-titled “Slippery Slope” on Nov. 13, 2014, using the Nikon D5100. Vitals: f/8, ISO 100, 1/250 sec, 26mm. The photo is the first of three where a person sets the scene rather than is dominant subject.
Photo Credit: Vern